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Kaiser Leuchten Vintage Fat Lava Floor Lamp Orange and Black Drip-Glazes
By Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Verviers, BE
Kaiser Leuchten Vintage Fat Lava Floor Lamp Orange and Black Drip-Glazes
Dramatic fat lava floor
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Large Fat Lava Floor-Vase 517-38 by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Beirut, LB
Stunning fat lava floor vase from the 70's by german manufacturer Scheurich. Form number 517-38
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Fat Lava Floor Lamp Orange and Green Drip-Glazes by Walter Gerhards
By Walter Gerhards
Located in Verviers, BE
Dramatic fat lava floor lamp in green and orange glazes on a neutral stoneware ground, with a
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Large Fat Lava Floor Vase with Cobalt Blue Drip-Glaze 88-40 W-Germany'
By Bay Keramik, West German Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage Large Fat Lava Floor Vase with Cobalt Blue Drip-Glaze 88-40 W-Germany'
Large Bay W Germany
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Ceramic
H 19.69 in Dm 10.24 in
Large Mid-Century Fat Lava Floor Vase by West German Art Potter Üebelacker WGP
By Ü Keramik
Located in COLMAR, FR
An amazing and very sought after mid-century modern 1960s fat lava floor vase by the renowned West
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Fat Lava Floor Vase by West German Art Pottery Producer Jasba
By Jasba
Located in COLMAR, FR
An unusual and striking mid-century modern 1950s fat lava floor vase by the renowned West German
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
H 17.72 in Dm 10.24 in
SCHEURICH RED 70s FAT LAVA FLOOR VASE West Germany 1970s marked 284-47
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kumhausen, DE
a striking RED FAT LAVA FLOOR VASE no. 284-47
by SCHEURICH
SCHEURICH had its origins in a joint
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
xxl Fat Lava Floor Ceramic Pottery Floor Vase by Fritz van Daalen, Germany 1960s
By Fritz Van Daalen 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Fritz van Daalen
Producer:
Fritz van Daalen, Germany
Decade:
1960s
This original vinta...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
H 15.36 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Carstens Tonnieshof Fat Lava Floor Vase with Red Drip-Glaze 7901-45 W-Germany'
By Carstens Tönnieshof, West German Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Carstens Tonnieshof
Classic fat lava red drip-glaze on charcoal background. Floor vase
Glazed
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Fat Lava Floor Vase with Red Drip-Glaze 'Scheurich 279-38, W-Germany' 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik, West German Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Classic fat lava red drip-glaze on charcoal background. Floor vase with handle.
Vintage Scheurich
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Tall Wabi-Sabi Organic Pattern Ceramic Floor Vase by Jasba, West Germany, 1960s
By Jasba
Located in Barcelona, ES
Tall fat lava floor vase produced by Jasba in the 1960s. Organic shape pattern, mimicking pine tree
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
H 16.15 in Dm 7.49 in
Mid Century, Space Age 'Fat Lava' Ceramic Floor Lamp 1960s
Located in Herentals, BE
Large floor lamp in caramel-colored fat lava ceramic with beige and brown accents.
The lamp has a
Category
Vintage 1960s German Space Age Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Large Floor Lamp Gerda Heuckeroth for Carstens Tönnieshof, 1960s, Germany
By Gerda Heuckeroth, Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare large Gerda Heuckeroth for Carstens Tönnieshof 'Prehistoric' Series floor lamp features fat
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Huge Fat Lava Ceramic Floor Vases, West-Germany, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 2 huge fat lava ceramic vases, manufactured in 1960s in West-Germany.
The individual
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pottery Fat Lava Ochre Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase version
Model: 288-40
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fat Lava Carstens Tonnieshof Ceramic Pottery RareLarge 'Atelier' Floor Jug Lamp
By Gerda Heuckeroth
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
This Carstens mid-century large 'Atelier' floor jug lamp was designed in 1968 by Gerda Heuckeroth
Category
Vintage 1960s German Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
H 22.84 in Dm 9.06 in
Big Floor Vase, German Pottery, Fat Lava, Scheurich Model 517-45, Horses
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Berlin, BE
Rare, big floor vase by Scheurich Germany with Fat Lava glaze and red horses.
Model 517-45
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Rare Green Floor Vase Fat Lava "Onion" Vase by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Design:
Nr. 285-30
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large 38cm Pottery Fat Lava "supercolor" Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 553-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in Dm 6.7 in
Super Color Crusty Fat Lava Blue Floor Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 17.33 in Dm 8.67 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava "Abstract" 39cm Floor Vase by Scheurich, WGP 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 15.36 in Dm 7.88 in
Super Color Crusty Fat Lava Blue Floor Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in W 9.85 in D 9.06 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi Color Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 15.75 in W 9.85 in D 8.67 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in W 9.45 in D 8.27 in
Monumental Fat Lava Metallic Floor Vase Midcentury by Otto Keramik Ceramic 1960s
By Otto Keramik
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing lava glazed ceramic Mid-Century Modern floor vase in the shape of a mushroom, made in
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Brutalist Fat Lava German Pottery Ceramic Floor Vase, vintage 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing ceramic Mid-Century Modern floor vase made in Germany, circa 1960s. This is a heavy
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Very Large Retro Vintage West Germany Scheurich Fat Lava Vase / Floor Vase / Ear
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Tilburg, NL
Very large retro vintage West Germany Scheurich Fat Lava vase / floor vase / ear vase
Retro
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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H 17.72 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in
Mid-Century Bay Keramik Fat Lava Vase
By Bay Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A stunning and rare Bay Keramik floor vase. This large vase has been decorated in volcanic and
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Scheurich Floor Vase Model No. 269-53 'Vienna' Fat Lava Leaf Decor 60s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Mannheim, DE
', model no. 269-53 with red and orange glaze and black fat lava glaze. Abstract leaf decor. A great
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
H 20.87 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Large 39cm Pottery Fat Lava "white-rings" Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 15.36 in Dm 7.29 in
Large 38cm Pottery Fat Lava "blue-blue" Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in Dm 6.7 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava "Strawberry" 517-38 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 517-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 15.16 in Dm 8.08 in
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Floor Vase Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof Germany 1970
By Carstens Tönnieshof, Heinz Siery
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
H 16.15 in Dm 8.27 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava "Abstract" 279-38 Floor Vase by Scheurich, WGP 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in W 9.85 in D 8.27 in
Super Color Crusty Fat Lava Blue 38cm Floor Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in Dm 8.08 in
Large Fat Lava Pottery Floor Vase, Bodo Mans Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
BAY Ceramic, Germany
Design:
Bodo Mans
Decade:
1970s
Description:
Original vintage 1970s pottery cerami...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 18.12 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color "FLORAL" Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version with floral illustration.
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Ceramic
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H 15.75 in Dm 9.45 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color "Sailing Boats" Floor Vase by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version with two sailing boats.
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Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Ceramic
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H 17.52 in Dm 8.67 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color "FLORAL" Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 13.39 in Dm 8.67 in
Extra Large Floor Vase Fat Lava "284-47" Vase by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Design:
Nr. 284-47
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Multi-Color Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color Floor Vase Made by Scheurich
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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H 18.51 in Dm 10.24 in
Studio Pottery Floor Vase Intense Blue WGP Fat Lava Retro Mid Century Modern
By Silberdistel
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Large intense blue glazed ceramic vase or floor vase or umbrella stand, probably made in Germany
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Floor Vessel Fat Lava Made by Bay With Label W-Germany in, 1950s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage Floor Vessel Fat Lava Made by Bay With Label W-Germany in, 1950s
The piece is in excellent
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Large 38cm Pottery Fat Lava "super glaze" 279-38 Floor Vase by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in W 9.85 in D 8.27 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava "brown-red" 241-47 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 241-47
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 18.51 in Dm 10.63 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 284-53 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Model: 284-53
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Ceramic
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H 20.67 in Dm 9.45 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 414-38 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 414-38
Producer:
Scheurich
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 14.97 in W 9.45 in D 8.27 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color Floor Vase 408-40 Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 15.36 in W 9.85 in D 8.27 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 517-45 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Model: 517-45
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Ceramic
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H 17.72 in Dm 8.27 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 204-41 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XL version
Model: 204-41
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 284-47 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Model: 284-47
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Ceramic
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H 18.9 in Dm 7.09 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 284-47 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Model: 284-47
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 18.9 in Dm 7.88 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 517-45 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 517-45
Producer:
Scheurich
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 17.72 in Dm 8.27 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color 284-47 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase XXXL version
Model: 284-47
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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H 18.9 in Dm 7.88 in
Large Pottery Fat Lava Multi-Color Floor Vase 408-40 Made by Scheurich, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 408-40
Producer:
Scheurich
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
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Ceramic
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H 15.36 in W 9.85 in D 7.49 in
Oversized Mid-Century Modern 1960s Fat Lava Lamp Base in Turquoise Ceramic
Located in COLMAR, FR
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Authentic mid-century so called "fat lava" lamps in ceramic like
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
turquoise lava glazed RUSCHA FLOOR VASE 60s 70s hand-thrown marked G.- 863-40
By Ruscha
Located in Kumhausen, DE
(Otto Gerharz, 1951)—which heralded the move towards thick, dripping fat-lava glazes—and the iconic no
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Scheurich Ceramic Mid-Century Modern Floor Vase, Germany, 1960s
By Ceramano, Scheurich & Carstens
Located in Miami, FL
Large and impressive 1960s Mid-Century Modern German lava glaze pottery floor vase from Scheurich
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
West German Pottery Floor Vase in Red and Green by Scheurich, Germany, 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an extra large, gorgeous fat lava ceramic Floor Vase manufactured by
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of West German Mid-Century Modern Scheurich Signed Ceramic Floor Vases
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
hand-painted glaze. The larger vase is done in a red/orange gloss, with an accenting black fat lava
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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Fat Lava Floor For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the fat lava floor you’re looking for. Each fat lava floor for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, pottery and lava. Your living room may not be complete without a fat lava floor — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A fat lava floor is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern styles are sought with frequency. A well-made fat lava floor has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Scheurich Keramik, West German Pottery and Bay Keramik are consistently popular.
How Much is a Fat Lava Floor?
A fat lava floor can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $671, while the lowest priced sells for $284 and the highest can go for as much as $3,638.
A Close Look at Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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- What is a fat lava glaze?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A fat lava glaze refers to a specific type of very thick, lava-like glaze that were commonly used by West German potteries from 1949-1990. Fat lava is sometimes used as a synonym for all West German pottery, although only some examples have the true fat lava style. Shop a collection of antique fat lava glazed pottery from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is a fat lava vase?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022A fat lava vase is a nickname for West Germany pottery. The vases feature very thick flowing glazes. When eBay first came into popularity, German sellers often mistranslated their descriptions, calling the finish fat instead of thick. Collectors soon adopted the term. Shop a variety of fat lava vases on 1stDibs.
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