1970s C.A.S. Vietri Fat Lava Ceramic Mug and Pitcher Set, 12 Pieces
By C.A.S. Vietri
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The set includes twelve mugs and one matching pitcher, all finished in a heavily textured volcanic “fat lava” glaze. Each piece features cratered surfaces and thick sculptural forms...
Ceramic
Mid 20th Century Vase in Fat Lava Sea Green Ceramic, Raku Style, West Germany
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage vase that alternates on its surface a rough and smooth texture at the same time, is part of the vast production of East German ceramics made with the technique called "F...
Enamel
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 German pottery maker Üebelacker, also called Ü-Keramik.
Ceramic
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 thick lava glazes. The body of the vase has textured volcanic glazes in blue and bright...
Ceramic
$795 / set
Seventies Fat Lava Vases Germany (3 pcs)
By Bay Keramik, Scheurich Keramik, Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Three vibrant colored vases. The highest vase is from Scheurich Keramik and the height is 28 cm The orange vase is from Bay Keramik and its height is 20 cm The triangle vase is fro...
Ceramic
Fat Lava Vase by Walter Becht Germany
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Nice vase from the Walter Becht company Germany.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Drip Glaze Ceramic Vase, West Germany, 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Drip Glaze Ceramic Vase, West Germany, 1970s The base is moulded with the words ‘W.GERMANY’ and the model number 414-16.
Stoneware
XL Floor Lamp by Hustadt Leuchten, Germany, 1970s, Studio Ceramic, Fat Lava
Located in Cork, IE
From the thick contoured glaze, so typical for West-German Studio Pottery and often associated with the fat Lava style, to the elongated fabric lampshade, this very large floor lamp ...
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Fat Lava Ceramic vase designed by Alfred Krupp, Germany 1970s
By AKRU Ceramic
Located in Beograd, RS
Combining bold proportions with refined surface decoration, this piece reflects the era's fascination with sculptural forms and tactile finishes while offering a more restrained alte...
Ceramic
huge scheurich 16 1/2" floor VASE colorful fat lava flower decor model 286-42
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Mannheim, DE
The main color is an off white decorated with a beautiful flower decor in different nice colors and fat lava glaze. Bottom and top are shiny brown.
Ceramic
Vintage Black and Teal Fat Lava Ceramic Vase Multi-Color 484-30 Scheurich WGP
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany. Black and Teal Fat Lava Ceramic Vase Multi-Color 484-30 by Paul Scheurich WGP.
Ceramic
Ceramic, Sign: 244-15, Design: Carstens Tönnieshof, Modet: Fat Lava
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
They designed pieces with a brutalist aesthetic featuring wild textures and the thick, frothy glazes of the Fat Lava movement, including the "reptile-skin" texture.
Ceramic
Sigismondi Fat Lava Ceramic Bowl with Glaze, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
This 1970-1979 ceramic from Italy is worked in glazed ceramic, finished with richly toned lava accents. Its form follows honest, well-proportioned lines typical of well-made pieces f...
Lava
Set of Five Vallauris Fat Lava Ceramic Snack Bowls
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th century ceramic from France is worked in glazed ceramic, finished with richly toned lava accents. Its form follows honest, well-proportioned lines typical of well-made piec...
Lava
Scheurich Fat Lava Floor Vase, Red Glaze, Germany, 1968-1978, 47cm
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Landshut, BY
a striking RED FAT LAVA FLOOR VASE no. 284-47 by SCHEURICH Scheurich originated from a joint venture initiated in 1928 by Alois Scheurich and his cousin Fridolin Greulich in the sma...
Pottery
Original Vintage Keramik Tischleuchte Fat Lava Midcentury 1960
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten eine wunderschöne Vintage Tischleuchte aus den 1960er Jahren zum Verkauf an. Die Lampe verfügt über einen Keramikfuß und einen abnehmbaren Schirm aus Stoff. Zustand: Gute...
Ceramic
Ceramic German, Carstens Tönnieshof (Made in Argentina), Model: Fat Lava, 1967
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
In the country, the factory focused heavily on a segment of Fat Lava vases. In 1892, brothers Christian and Ernst Carstens acquired a pottery factory in Rheinsberg (East Germany).
Ceramic
Midcentury Scheurich Keramik Fat Lava Style Designed Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful West German vase handcrafted for Scheurich Keramik with prominent red and black-brown hues. Bottom raised letters W. Germany and numbered 293-26.
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Fat Lava Mirror with the back light by Pan Keramik, Germany
By PAN Keramik
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking backlit ceramic mirror by Pan Keramik, Germany, 1970s, executed in the iconic Fat Lava aesthetic of the period. The sculptural frame is form...
Ceramic, Mirror
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic, Germany, 1960, Model: Fat Lava, Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
They designed pieces with a brutalist aesthetic featuring wild textures and the thick, frothy glazes of the Fat Lava movement, including the "reptile-skin" texture.
Ceramic
Fat Lava Pottery Serving Plate, German Design, Richly Toned, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
This 1960-1969 serving piece from Germany is worked in richly toned pottery, finished with richly toned lava accents. Its form follows honest, well-proportioned lines typical of well...
Lava
Mid-century Modern Fat Lava Vase by Carstens Keramik
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A stunning vase by Carstens Tonnieshof Keramik Germany.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Orange Fat Lava Vase by Roth Keramik
By Roth Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Roth Keramik vase, orange outlined with black lava. These vases are very sought after. Original sticker/label present.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Orange Fat Lava Vase by Roth Keramik
By Roth Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Roth Keramik vase, orange outlined with black lava. These vases are very sought after. Model is also called The Banjo, due to its shape. Original sticker/label present.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Roth Fat Lava Black and Red Vase
By Roth Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Roth Keramik vase, with a matte bubbly 'lava' glaze thickly poured over a glossy red glaze. Measures: height: 20cm and depth: 10cm.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Fat Lava Spherical Vase, Handcrafted Ceramic
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful spherical vase from the 1970s Warm yellow and brown tones in a running glaze flow into a dark brown. Good vintage condition, no chips. There are glaze defects on the botto...
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern Fat Lava Vase by Carstens Keramik
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A beautiful, so called Coral vase by Carstens Tonnieshof Keramik.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Vintage Fat Lava Vase by Scheurich Keramik
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rare vase from Scheurich Keramik, in a very good condition.
Ceramic
Seventies Vallauris Ceramic Fat Lava Lemonade Set (7 pcs)
By Vallauris
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning Seventies lemonade set in a very good condition. Jug: 25 cm high Mug: 15 cm high
Ceramic
Fat Lava Ceramic Vase, Blue Floral Pattern, German Design, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
This 1960-1969 vas from Germany is finished in white with a blue floral pattern, worked in ceramic. Its form follows honest, well-proportioned lines typical of well-made pieces from ...
Lava
Ceramic, Sign: W. Germany 7653-25, Design: Carstens Tönnieshof, Modet: Fat Lava
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
They designed pieces with a brutalist aesthetic featuring wild textures and the thick, frothy glazes of the Fat Lava movement, including the "reptile-skin" texture.
Ceramic
Brutalist Scandinavian Stoneware Vase with Brown Fat Lava Glaze, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Interesting square - block shaped vase with Sgrafitto inspired incised ribbings with fat brown lava glaze. Its an unique piece by an unidentified Scandinavian Ceramist.
Stoneware
French Moderne Annecy Fat Lava Glaze Ceramic Drink Serving Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Heavily textured ceramic nine-piece drink serving set including eight cups/tumblers and a single pitcher (ca. 1960s, Annecy, France). Fat volcano lava glaze in charcoal and white w...
Ceramic
1990s Modernist Gray and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bull
By Scheurich Keramik, Otto Keramik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bull by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowned German pottery studio Otto K...
Ceramic
Seventies Fat Lava Vase of Jug by ES Keramik Germany
By Roth Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful yellow glazed vase/jug with thick lava. Stamped underneath.
Ceramic
Set of 2 Ceramic Wall Lights Fat Lava Style, 1970
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful set of two oval ceramic wall lights, manufactured in Germany around the 1970s. The glaze has warm color gradients. We used clear light bulbs (see images), but silver or g...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Fat Lava Vase by Iparmuve Szeti Vallalat Hungary
By Iparmuveszeti Vallalat
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful Hungarian Fata Lava vase.
Ceramic
W. Germany Fat Lava Ceramic Vase, Green, 1960s Design, 8.3" Diameter
Located in High Point, NC
Worked in green ceramic, this 1960s vase from Germany carries the quiet confidence of an object made to be handled and admired. It was made with evident care, the kind of object mean...
Lava
$112Sale Price|20% Off
Studio Ceramic Fat Lava Vase by Jasba Keramik, Germany, 1970s
By Jasba
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing midcentury studio art pottery vase with orange and brown lava glaze, Germany, circa 1970s. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Signed with...
Ceramic
Green Fat Lava Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp, German Design, 20th Century
Located in High Point, NC
This table lamp from Germany centers on a glazed ceramic base dating to the 20th century, fitted for continued everyday use. It has been fitted for continued use, a practical update ...
Lava
Red Fat Lava Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp, German Design, 20th Century
Located in High Point, NC
This table lamp from Germany centers on a glazed ceramic base dating to the 20th century, fitted for continued everyday use. It has been fitted for continued use, a practical update ...
Lava
rare awesome red and white fat lava vase, Germany 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very good condition.
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase FAT LAVA Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
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 pottery object was ...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Gray Fat Lava Earthenware Catchall / Videpoche by Lino Zaramella, Signed
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Lino Zaramella in the 70s. This bowl is made in hand-modeled earthenware. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be consid...
Earthenware
Purple Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Midcentury Bay Keramik Fat Lava ‘Bubble’ Vase by Bodo Mans
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Vibrant Orange Seventies tall Bay vase, quite rare decor and to my opinion the most attractive vase from this period. I have a similar (large) one for sale in another color scheme....
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Designer: Heinz Siery. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vi...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Designer: Heinz Siery. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vi...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase FAT LAVA Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
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 vi...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Stunning Mid Century Pottery Fat Lava Vase Scheurich, Germany 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing midcentury studio art pottery vase made in Germany, circa 1960s by Scheurich Keramik. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Signed with part...
Ceramic
Set of Fat Lava Ceramics by Strehla, East Germany, 1960s
By Strehla
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of East German pottery by Strehla.
Ceramic
Huge Mid-Century Fat Lava Ceramic Vase by Scheurich, Germany
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
West German ceramic vase by Scheurich Vase by Scheurich, Germany. Base is marked. No chips, cracks or repairs.
Ceramic
Mid Century ES Keramik Blue and White Fat Lava Pottery Vase
Located in Nottingham, GB
A heavily textured, foaming glaze in intense cobalt and oceanic blue dominates this substantial West German vase, accented with frothy crests of white glaze cascading down the should...
Ceramic
Vintage Italian Fat Lava Ceramic Attributed to Bitossi, Table Lamp, 1960s
By Bitossi
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
Vintage Brutalist Style Ceramic Table Lamp, Attributed to Bitossi, 1960s Vintage Brutalist Style Ceramic Table Lamp, Attributed to Bitossi, 1960s The substantial sculptural ceramic ...
Ceramic, Fabric
Scheurich West German Studio Pottery Vase – Brown & Ochre Fat Lava Glaze
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage West German Scheurich pottery vase exemplifies the refined craftsmanship and earthy aesthetic associated with mid-century European ceramics. The form is elegantly balanc...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Italian Sculptural VASE Gitano San Marino fat lava 60s
By San Marino Pottery
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage - Retro Jar Ceramic Very Good Condition Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions.?? With best wishes, Geert?
Ceramic
Large 20cm Ceramic Brutalist Vase FAT LAVA Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase FAT LAVA by Walter Gerhards, Germany, 1970s
By Walter Gerhards
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Walter Gerhards, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by WALTER...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Large 25cm Ceramic Brutalist Vase FAT LAVA Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Large 30cm Ceramic Brutalist Vase FAT LAVA Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
By Carstens Tönnieshof, Heinz Siery
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceramic pottery vase. Origin: Germany. Producer: Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany. Decade: 1970s. This original vintage pottery object was designed and produced by C...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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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