$4,085 / set
H 1.38 in W 19.69 in D 5.91 in
Fornasetti Fish Bowls Set on Tray, Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
By Fornasetti
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of four Fornasetti Fish Bowls on a Tray, Italy 1950s. The measurements given apply to the tray.
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Puffer Fish Oval Metal Tray
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian oval enameled metal tray depicting orange puffer fish / made in Milan Italy in the 1950s Original Fornasetti label on the base Measures: width 20.5 inches, depth 13.5...
Metal
Fornasetti Silk Cushion Sardine Fishes on Blue
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
The Fornasetti cushions will add to each room an unexpected detail thanks to the most iconic Italian atelier designs. Cushion cover material: Silk The inner is included Size:...
Silk
Fornasetti Silk Cushion Sardine Fishes on Red
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
The Fornasetti cushions will add to each room an unexpected detail thanks to the most iconic Italian atelier designs. Cushion cover material: Silk The inner is included Size: 2...
Silk
Fornasetti Set of 2 Silk Cushions Grande Pesce Fish
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
It is a set of two cushions depicting the famous Fornasetti decoration of the fish divided in two parts.
Silk
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Fish Plate, Passata De Pesce- Passage of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Single File, Please: Fornasetti's Captivating "Passage of Fish" Plate #6 Artist: Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988) Pattern: "Passata de pesce" (Passage of Fish) or "Pesci," plat...
Pottery
$950 / set
H 1.25 in Dm 9.25 in
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
School's In Session: Fornasetti's Enchanting "Passage of Fish" Plates Artist: Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988) Pattern: "Pesci" or "Passage of Fish," plates numbered #2 & #3 Pe...
Porcelain
$3,750 / set
H 1 in Dm 10 in
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates, Set of Six Plates with School of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Swarming School of Style: Fornasetti’s Vibrant "Pesci" Porcelain Dinner Plates Dive into the vibrant, hypnotic depths of this captivating set of six porcelain plates by Piero Fornas...
Porcelain
$2,184
H 1.19 in W 19.69 in D 5.91 in
Rare 1960s Fish Pesci Appetizer or Hors D'oeuvre Tray by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, London
Appetizer tray consisting of four ceramic dishes Gold metal tray Printed section of fish on each dish Fornasetti mark underneath Slightly faded print Reference: Fornas...
Ceramic
$5,447
H 0.5 in W 24 in D 10 in
Fornasetti Piero Milan Italy in years '50 a first edit of lacquered tray fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Biella, IT
Fornasetti Piero Milan Italy in years '50 a first original edit of lacquered tray in metal, with printed decoration of fish.
Metal
Vintage Set 'Passata Di Pesce' by Piero Fornasetti, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in JM Haarlem, NL
Complete vintage set of six plates 'Passata di Pesce' (Passage of Fish) by Piero Fornasetti 1955. Screen printed in black lines on German porcelain and painted in color by hand in th...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 60.24 in W 62.21 in D 16.54 in
Cupboard in the Style of Featuring the Medieval Twin Towers of Bologna
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Very unusual stunning cabinet or cupboard much in the style of Piero Fornasetti. Beautiful inlay fish bone patterned rosewood and in the middle two doors with original key featuring ...
Glass, Rosewood
Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Italy, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Italy, 1955
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Pesci Pattern or Passage of Fish
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of Rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, "Pesci" pattern or passage of fish, #1 & 6, circa 1960s The plates depict two different schools of fish swimming together across the ...
Ceramic
An Unusual Fornasetti Fish Tray.
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Dimensions: Length: 23 inches x 10 inches wide Mark: #27 of 90 Fornasetti. Milano/ Made in Italy Reference: Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Barnaba Fornasetti, Page 526, ima...
Rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Appetizer Tray, Pisces
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Each dish: 5 5/8 inches long 4 1/4 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches high (14.3 x 10.7 x 3.1 cm). Reference: Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Edited by Barnaba Fornasetti, Illustration...
Set of Six Rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Pesci
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The fish form Fornasetti on #3 is printed backwards!
Pottery
Set of Six Rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates, Pesci
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The fish form fornasetti on #3 is printed backwards!
Earthenware
Early Fornasetti Fish Tray from Milano, Italy
Located in Munster, NRW
There was a hole subsequently drilled into the tablet see picture number 4.
Enamel
Small Italian Console from the 1950s in the Manner of Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Small Italian console from the 1950s in the manner of Fornasetti. Fish and shell print on the surface and brass fitting.
Brass
Fornasetti Silk Cushion Sardine Fishes on Blue
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
The Fornasetti cushions will add to each room an unexpected detail thanks to the most iconic Italian atelier designs. Cushion Cover Material: Silk The inner is included Size:...
Silk
Set of Four Piero Fornasetti Pesci (Fish) Pattern Plates
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The plates each show a school of fish. Mark: Fornasetti marks over green Bavarian porcelain makers mark.
Sold
H 1 in W 19.5 in D 6 in
Rare Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Appetizer Hors D'oeuvre Tray, Pesces
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain fish appetizer Hors D'oeuvre tray, Pesces, early 1960s.
Sold
H 1 in W 19.5 in D 6 in
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Fish Appetizer Hors D'oeuvre Tray, Pesces, 1960s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Piero Fornasetti ceramic fish appetizer hors d'oeuvre tray, Pesces, Early 1960s.
Ceramic
Sold
H 1 in W 19.5 in D 6 in
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Appetizer Hors D'oeuvre Tray, Pesces, 1960
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain fish appetizer Hors D'oeuvre tray, Pesces, Early 1960s.
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Ice Bucket, Decorated with Sea Shells & Fish, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ice bucket, Decorated with sea shells & fish, The 1960s The Piero Fornasetti circular metal ice bucket with a gilt metal lid is raised on six short gilt-colored...
Plastic
Sold
H 1.25 in W 19 in D 5.75 in
Piero Fornasetti Rare 5 piece Serving Set center piece with fish decoration
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Piero Fornasetti Rare 5 piece Serving Set center piece with fish decoration.
Porcelain
Sold
H 1.25 in W 19 in D 5.75 in
Mid-century Modern Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Appetizer Fish Kebab Dishes and Tray
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Appetizer Fish Kebab Dishes and Serving Tray, 1960s There are four ceramic deep rectangular dishes placed in a long rectangular gold metal tray with handles...
Aluminum
White and Gold Porcelain Fish Lamps
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
White and Gold Porcelain Lamps with Gold Tropical Fish Decoration, probably French, circa 1940's. They would be perfect in a beach house. They are rewired and ready to use. Price not...
Brass
Sold
H 1.25 in W 20.25 in D 5.75 in
Piero Fornasetti Dishes Mounted in a Metal Serving Tray, Verdure Pesci Pattern
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The six different rectangular trays are illustrated with different fish, shell fish and vegetables-the pattern is named Verdure Pesci (Vegetables and Fish).
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Fish Plate, Passata de Pesce 'Passage of Fish'
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Piero Fornasetti plate, dating from the 1950s has an earthenware body and depicts a school of fish swimming together across the plate.
Piero Fornasetti Fish Plate, Passata de pesce 'Passage of Fish', circa 1950s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti pottery fish plate, Passata de pesce (Passage of Fish), circa 1950s.
Pottery
A Vintage Piero Fornasetti Fish Plate, Passata de pesce (Passage of Fish).
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The plate, with more of a pottery body, depicts a school of fish swimming together across the plate. Reference: Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, Patrick Mauriès, page 264,, #164, ...
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Fish Plates, Passata De Pesce ‘Passage of Fish’
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Piero Fornasetti pottery fish plates, Passata de pesce (Passage of Fish) or Pesci.
Pottery
"Pesci" Piero Fornasetti Plates, Italy, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
1960s Piero Fornasetti plates depicting fish. Sold individually, price per plate.
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Table Lamp, Italy, circa 1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Piero Fornasetti, Table Lamp, Painted sheet metal decorated with a fish, Stamped Fornasetti Milano, Italy, circa 1960.
Sheet Metal
A Sea of Imagination: Piero Fornasetti’s Iconic Pesci Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Sea of Imagination: Fornasetti’s Iconic Pesci Plates Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913–1988) A Set of Six Porcelain Plates, “Pesci” Pattern Milan, Late 1950s Porcelain, transfer-pri...
Ceramic, Pottery
Sold
H 0.99 in Dm 8.27 in
Piero Fornassetti Hand Painted Ceramic Zodiac Plates, Astral Pisces Fish, 1971
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Paris, France
This rare and the most sought after collectibles vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain lithographically-decorated and hand painted ceramic zodiac plate have a white background with word...
Gold
A Piero Fornasetti “Pesci Giapponesi” Tray
By Fornasetti
Located in Macclesfield, Cheshire
A Piero Fornasetti tray “Pesci Giapponesi.” Japanese fish.
Metal
Vintage Set 'Passata di Pesce' by Piero Fornasetti, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in JM Haarlem, NL
Complete set of six plates 'Passata di Pesce' (Passage of Fish) by Piero Fornasetti 1955. Screen printed in black lines on German porcelain and painted in color by hand in the studi...
Porcelain
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
Monkeys Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans
By Vito Nesta
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Contemporary dinner plate 'Monkeys' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an Ottoman world made of exotic animals and characters such as dancers, soldiers and mu...
Porcelain
$6,972 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$2,121 / item
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
Kosta Boda Crackle Pink Bowl
By Asa Jungnelius
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Crackle and thunder – a magical wonder! At Kosta Boda, we marvel at beautifully preserved cracks in glass. The pink bowl from the Crackle collection has an expressive, sculptural ext...
Crystal
Rare Vintage Mid-20th Century Limited edition Fornasetti Umbrella Stand
By Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
This highly decorative piece is in excellent condition and a rare subject depicting bags & light luggage from the mid-20th century. There is also an image showing the limited edition...
Metal
$6,450 / set
H 32.88 in W 78.75 in D 63.19 in
Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Set with Table, Bench, Set of Chairs
By Rainer Daumiller
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining room set consisting of a dining table, bench, and pair of chairs, solid beech, Scandinavia, 1980s This expansive dining room set is a rare find, distinguished by its exceptio...
Beech
Gio Ponti, First Edition Book
By Gio Ponti, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
To study Gio Ponti’s prolific body of work is to appreciate the clear, unifying vision behind a complex creative universe. His creations expand intuitively with the Italian grandeur ...
Paper
$141 / item
H 11.82 in W 17.72 in D 7.88 in
Ametista II Brick & Pink Velvet Deluxe Handmade Decorative Pillow
Located in Viseu, PT
Ametyst, the gem of calm and clarity, has long been admired for its soothing hues and its ability to inspire inner peace and criativity. Like so, our AMETISTA striped cushions are a ...
Cotton, Velvet
$548Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4.14 in W 2.56 in D 4.14 in
Set of 12 Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
By Roberto Beltrami
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Murano Glass
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
Annie Leibovitz, XXL Edition Book
By Annie Leibovitz, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Annie’s Big Book. 40 years of era-defining photography, now in an accessible edition. When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leib...
Paper
Radicchio Hand-Painted Ceramic Serving Tray, Made in Italy
By Bertrando Di Renzo
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Bring the beauty of the garden to your home with our hand-painted radicchio-style plate in a pink hue. Perfect for tableware, this serving tray/platter adds a touch of natural elegan...
Ceramic
$3,964 / set
H 13.78 in W 27.96 in D 3.75 in
Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...
Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine
Handwoven Silk Velvet Ikat Cushion - Tigers
By Bertrando Di Renzo
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Add a touch of luxury and color to your space with our silk velvet cushions, available in an array of vibrant Ikat designs. Each cushion combines rich textures with bold patterns, br...
Cotton, Silk, Velvet
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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