Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This splatter-decorated cup is signed (with Shire's customary "EXP" stamp) and dated (1979 A.D.) by Shire on the base.
Ceramic, Pottery
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Honey Pot, 1978
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass an...
Ceramic, Pottery, Paint
Peter Shire Exp Signed Hand Painted Modern Large Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This work is from 2001 and is dated and signed with Shire's customary "EXP" (Echo Park Pottery which he started in 1972) mark on the base.
Ceramic
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H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 2.75 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Tall Mug Sculpture, Dated 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This work is from 1981 and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery which he started in 1972) seal/stamp and impressed "EXP Rolle ‘n W/ Rolando 1981 A.D."
Ceramic
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H 2.5 in W 5 in D 3.75 in
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP Pottery" (Echo Park Pottery which he started in 1972) seal/stamp on the base.
Ceramic
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H 2.5 in W 5 in D 3 in
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP Pottery" (Echo Park Pottery which he started in 1972) seal/stamp on the base.
Ceramic
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H 3 in W 5 in D 3.75 in
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Early 1980s
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This work is from the early 1980s and is signed with Shire's customary "EXP" pottery (Echo Park Pottery which he started in 1972) seal/stamp on the base as well as a litany of words/...
Ceramic
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H 4 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1983
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Ceramic
PC Consolidated Listing, 9 Peter Shire Mugs
Located in Studio City, CA
Including: Peter Shire EXP Signed Ceramic Pottery Splatter Mug Cup Sculpture, Dated 1979 , f_20438552 , 2.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 , Price: $ 299 , Curated Line 12566 Peter Shire EXP Signed C...
Ceramic
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H 2.25 in W 4.5 in D 3.75 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This beautifully glazed purple-hued cup is signed (with Shire's customary "EXP" stamp) and dated (1978 A.D.) by Shire on the base.
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 2.5 in W 4.5 in D 3.5 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This beautifully glazed blue-hued cup is signed (with Shire's customary "EXP" stamp)and dated (1979 A.D.) by Shire on the base.
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 2.5 in W 5 in D 4 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
This splatter-decorated cup is signed (with Shire's customary "EXP" stamp) and dated (1979 A.D.) by Shire on the base.
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 8.25 in W 10 in D 4.25 in
Peter Shire EXP Signed Rare Early Post Modern Ceramic Pottery Teapot Sculpture
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Shire's work or post-modern ceramic/ California Pottery collections or an eye-catching stand-alone piece in about any setting.
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 5.5 in W 15 in D 5.5 in
Peter Shire EXP Signed Rare Early Ceramic Pottery Splatter Teapot Sculpture 1978
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore S...
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 7.5 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Honey Pot, 1978
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass an...
Ceramic, Pottery, Paint
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H 3 in W 7.15 in D 7.15 in
Peter Shire Signed Ceramic California Exp Studio Pottery Splatter Bowl, 1982
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and scarce work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) o...
Ceramic
Large French Mid Century Ceramic Bowl or Centerpiece, Signed
By Apt
Located in Miami, FL
Large French Mid Century Ceramic Bowl or Centerpiece, Signed Stunning ceramic or mixed earths piece was made by combining clay slips of light and dark brown, gray-blue, and cream co...
Earthenware
$3,250
H 4 in W 9.25 in D 9.25 in
Arne Bang Signed Monumental Midcentury Danish Scandinavian Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Arne Bang
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare large work by Danish designer Arne Bang. Truly special. Beautifully glazed and signed with artist mark and number on the base. Would be a great addition to...
Ceramic
'Belmont' Ceramic Mug Sculpture by Peter Shire, 2016
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Glazed Whiteware ceramic mug sculpture by Peter Shire, 2016. Approx: 8 3/4" high x 13" wide x 23" long (to handle). Peter Shire: Peter Shire is an LA-based artist whose work elu...
Ceramic
20th Century, Ceramic Bowl by Brent Bennett
By Brent Bennett
Located in Denton, TX
20th century, stoneware bowl by Brent Bennett.
Clay
$350
H 4.5 in W 9.63 in D 8 in
Italian Mid-Century Biomorphic Incised Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl, Green Interior
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This striking vintage Italian centerpiece bowl is a wonderful example of the bold sculptural ceramics produced in Italy during the 1960s. Formed with an elegant biomorphic silhouette...
Ceramic
$395
H 3.75 in W 8.25 in D 8 in
Large Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Artisan Glazed Art Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery artisan bowl featuring an array of beautiful colorful abstract dripped glazes over a heavy bowl form. Quite reminiscent of t...
Pottery, Stoneware
Mid-Century Modern Large Ceramic Bowl by Albert Green, 1970s
Located in Dallas, TX
A potter and painter, Albert Green (1914-1994) earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware, and canvases. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he studied ...
Ceramic
Otto and Vivika Heino Signed Midcentury Large California Studio Pottery Bowl
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, exquisitely handmade bowl by pottery or ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. The two were best known for their inspired designs an...
Ceramic
Herta Gerz Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Studio Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Mid-Century Modern art pottery bowl was produced in approximately 1965 by Hand Decor of British Columbia Canada, and designed by Herta Gerz. The bowl is somewhat triangular in s...
Ceramic
Vintage 1994 Studio Pottery Vessel - Signed American Ceramic
Located in Delray Beach, FL
This vintage studio pottery vessel dates to November 1994 and reflects a thoughtful balance of weight, tactility, and restraint. Substantial and thick-walled for its scale, the piece...
Ceramic
Large Mashiko Cup Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery
Located in Norton, MA
A Japanese Mashiko Cup studio pottery with stylized designs in the brown glazed body in the manner of cloud-water flowing pattern and dating from around the 1950s. The large cylindri...
Stoneware
$1,495
H 8 in W 12 in D 2.75 in
Peter Shire Signed Memphis Milano California Studio Pottery Wall Sculpture, 1981
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and rare/scarce wall relief sculpture by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore ...
Pottery, Paint
Midcentury Ceramic Cachepot by Giovanni Toccafondo, circa 1970s
Located in London, GB
Midcentury ceramic cachepot by Giovanni Toccafondo, (circa 1970s). Stylized with abstract geometric forms and delicate hues over an off-white background, it is a delightful piece. Th...
Ceramic
Polychrome Ceramic Vase by Gudrun Baudisch for Wiener Werkstätte
By Gudrun Baudisch
Located in Montreal, QC
Polychrome Ceramic Vase by Gudrun Baudisch for Wiener Werkstätte Signed: '9139 W' ' Provenance: Important Private Collection, Chicago
Ceramic
$615
H 3.94 in W 5.12 in D 3.54 in
Mid-Century Modern Danish Studio Pottery Mug from Kingo Keramik, 1960s
By Kingo Keramik
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Danish Studio Pottery Mug from Kingo Keramik, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark, Additional information: Ma...
Ceramic
$60Sale Price|20% Off
H 3 in W 3.63 in D 5 in
1983 Vintage Pottery Art Black Single Coffee Cup Mug Signed Melching
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s black pottery art coffee cup mug vintage condition Artist signed Melching 1983 Measures: 3 tall x 3.63 width x 5 depth Unrestored vintage condition with chipping. Please se...
Pottery
$595
H 2.76 in Dm 3.75 in
Small Art Deco Lustre Lidded Bowl by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1920s
By Gustavsberg, Rörstrand, Josef Ekberg, Gunnar Nylund, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Malmö, SE
A small lidded bowl with amazing green lustre glaze and hand painted gold details. Swedish Grace / Art Deco. Made by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1920s. Great condition. So...
Ceramic
$2,500 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
Rosso Glass Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
$4,247Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 15.75 in
Pink Murano Glass & Brass Luxury Bedside Tables: Italian Artistry Modern Bedroom
Located in Guazzora, IT
These luxury bedside tables in pink Murano glass and brass exemplify exquisite Italian craftsmanship and Mid-Century Modern style. Handcrafted in Italy exclusively for Milan Fashio...
Brass
Swedish Pine Wood Table Lamp by Markslöjd, Sweden, 1980s
By Markslöjd
Located in Værløse, DK
Swedish Modern Pine Wood Desk lamp made by Markslöjd in the 1980s. * Table lamp in Pine wood with a white lace-trimmed fabric shade. * Manufacturer: Markslöjd, Sweden * Style: 1532 ...
Wood, Pine
Glossy Cream Ceramic Chandelier in Antique Brass 5-Arm 42.5" DIA
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Five antique brass patina arms curve up from a ceramic cluster dish to five tall stoneware ceramic shades in a glossy glaze with a subtle off-white hue. With a fixed black walnut orb...
Brass
$4,250 / set
H 15.75 in W 5 in D 3 in
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces, Mid-Century Modern Style, Italy, New Design
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This pair is...
Brass
Country English Painted Pine Trunk with Georgian House Facade
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming grand country English folk art blanket chest or trunk crafted from pine. The chest features a painted Georgian manor house facade on three sides. The house is decorated with...
Iron
Antique bed, France, circa 1900.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique mirror from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, France. This piece of furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. The upholstered elements have ...
Walnut
$3,852Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 15.75 in
Pair of Birch and Murano Glass 2 Drawer Bedside Tables, Made in Italy Available
Located in Guazzora, IT
Enhance the beauty of your bedroom with this exquisite pair of Italian-made bedside tables. Handcrafted by skilled artisans, these stunning pieces showcase the beauty of light blue...
Brass
$88,500
H 56.5 in W 193 in D 45.625 in
Sculptural Wall-Mounted Teak Console in the Style of Ico Parisi, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary and rare Mid-Century wall-mounted teak console, exquisitely crafted and evocative of the visionary work of Italian designer Ico Parisi. Strikingly sculptural and hig...
Steel
Beehive Opaline Glass & Burnished Brass Ball Pendant, Germany 1930s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This elegant Art Deco pendant was designed and manufactured in Germany in the 1930s during the Bauhaus period. The light features a ribbed marbled opaline glass shade in warm honey...
Brass
$2,450 / set
H 48.5 in W 40.25 in D 80 in
A Pair of French Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Twin Beds, C. 1920.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A graceful pair of French twin beds each with a finely carved giltwood frame with classical detailing, including central floral crests, fluted posts, beaded moldings, and rosettes. T...
Upholstery, Giltwood
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 36 in W 43 in D 19 in
Pr Art Deco Art Moderne Dressers by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller c 1930's
By Herman Miller, Gilbert Rohde
Located in New York, NY
Chic pair of streamline Art Moderne dressers designed by Gilbert Rohde, for Herman Miller c 1936. The dressers feature opposing right and left cases, each with pale yellow drawer fro...
Birdseye Maple, Walnut
$10,090
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 19.69 in
Original Josef Hoffmann & J. & J. Kohn Bench Vienna Secession, 1901
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Jacob & Josef Kohn
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare and early bench, obviously the role model for the famous Barrel chair #720 which was presented four years later, in 1905.
Bentwood, Plywood
Swedish Modern Gentleman's Chest of Drawers, 1930s
Located in Bozeman, MT
Fine early 20th century Swedish modern gentleman's chest of drawers in birch, with nine drawers and the top lifts up to reveal three compartments with brass details. ca 1930s Sweden.
Brass
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.