Guzzini, Vase, Plastic, Italy, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A moulded plastic vase produced by Guzzini, Italy, c. 1970s.
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Turtle-finish Plastic Triangulal Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Turtle-finish plastic triangulal vase.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Vases
Materials
Plastic
Italian Postmodern Glass and Green Plastic Vase by Cleto Munari, 2000s
By Cleto Munari
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian postmodern Glass and green plastic vase by Cleto Munari, 2000s Hemispherical vase in perforated glass.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Plastic
21st Century Tomato Peel and Bio Plastic India Vase Handcrafted, Italy
$518Sale Price / item|20% Off
21st Century Tomato Peel and Bio Plastic India Vase Handcrafted, Italy
By Chiara Ravaioli
Located in Ravenna, IT
Named after the designer's memory of a trip to India, the India Vase's graceful form is the perfect marriage of an emerging industrial technology and Italian craftsmanship. Made ...
Category
2010s European Modern Vases
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Fruitwood
21st Century Bio Plastic Totem Torri Spontanee Sculpture 3D Crafted, Italy
By Chiara Ravaioli
Located in Ravenna, IT
An ever-changing interplay of shapes and colours: the Spontaneous Towers by Fornice Objects are born from the encounter between technology and craftsmanship. This is how the idea of ...
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2010s European Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
21st Century Bio Plastic Totem Torri Spontanee Sculpture 3D Crafted, Italy
By Chiara Ravaioli
Located in Ravenna, IT
An ever-changing interplay of shapes and colours: the Spontaneous Towers by Fornice Objects are born from the encounter between technology and craftsmanship. This is how the idea of ...
Category
2010s European Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
21st Century Contemporary Ebony India Vase Handcrafted, Italy
By Chiara Ravaioli
Located in Ravenna, IT
Named after the designer's memory of a trip to India, the India vase's elegant shape is the result of the symbiosis between the emerging 3D print technology and Italian craftsmanship...
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2010s European Modern Vases
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Ebony
Original White 'Lampedusa' Vase by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano. Italy, 1960s
By Danese Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari
Located in Malmö, SE
White melamine "Lampedusa" vase (Pencil Holder). Designed by Enzo Mari in 1967. Produced by Danese Milano in the late 60s. Great condition, only a few light scratches and a small di...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Original White 'Lampedusa' Vase by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano. Italy, 1960s
By Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Malmö, SE
White melamine "Lampedusa" vase (Pencil Holder). Designed by Enzo Mari in 1967. Produced by Danese Milano in the late 60s. Fair condition, a chip to the top rim and a small crack to...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Original Orange 'Lampedusa' Vase by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano. Italy, 1960s
By Danese Milano, Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari
Located in Malmö, SE
Orange melamine "Lampedusa" vase (Pencil Holder). Designed by Enzo Mari in 1967. Produced by Danese Milano in the late 60s. Great condition, some light scratches. Stamped with maker...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Set of Three "Pago-Pago" Double Sided Vases by Enzo Mari for Danese, Italy, 1960
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Milan, IT
Set of three "Pago Pago" vases by Enzo Mari for Danese. "The particular feature of the vase is that it is formed by two truncated conical cavities of diverse volumetric capacity. The...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Vases
Materials
Plastic
Vastill Dark Brown Plastic Planter by Michael McCann, 1970s
$388Sale Price|52% Off
Vastill Dark Brown Plastic Planter by Michael McCann, 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Oversized dark brown Vastill plastic planter with water tank by designer Michael McCann, 1970s, made in Italy - ON WHEELS. This item presents modern form and practicality. It has wa...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...
Materials
Plastic
Mario Bellini Shanghai Gold Vase for Kartell
By Kartell, Mario Bellini
Located in Miami, FL
Gold Shanghai vase designed by Mario Bellini for Kartell. A multi-faceted vase widening from the base to the top in a swirling motion. Shanghai is like refracted light radiating fro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Pair of Pago-Pago vases by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Pair of “Pago Pago” Vases by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano, First Edition, 1969** An exceptional and highly collectible pair of *Pago Pago* vases, designed in 1969 by **Enzo Mari...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Vases
Materials
Plastic
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Vase Polyurethane Glass Catodo Scapin
By Elena Salmistraro
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Catodo vase, design by Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni Limited Edition The design of Catodo arises from an elegant combination of different volumes and materials....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Plastic
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Vase Polyurethane Glass Catodo Scapin
By Elena Salmistraro
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Catodo vase, design by Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni Limited Edition The design of Catodo arises from an elegant combination of different volumes and materials....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Stella ice bucket by Guzzini, Italy, 1970
By Guzzini
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Beautiful and rare green ice bucket designed and produced by pablo tilche for guzzini in italy in the 1970s. Space age style spherical acrylic bucket. Decorative object that will bri...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
21st Century Elena Salmistraro PatinaGreen Vase Polyurethane Glass Catodo Scapin
By Elena Salmistraro
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Catodo vase, design by Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni Limited Edition The design of Catodo arises from an elegant combination of different volumes and materials....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Plastic
21st Century Elena Salmistraro Flame Red Vase Polyurethane Glass Catodo Scapin
By Elena Salmistraro
Located in Tezze sul Brenta, IT
Catodo vase, design by Elena Salmistraro, product by Scapin Collezioni Limited Edition The design of Catodo arises from an elegant combination of different volumes and materials....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Pair of 1970s Design Modular Planters by Micheal McCann for Vastill Italy
$406Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of 1970s Design Modular Planters by Micheal McCann for Vastill Italy
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Rare modular vintage planters from the Programma Vastill, designed by Michael McCann for Vastill – Italy, 1970s. Known as the “Scarabeo” model, each planter is crafted in glossy the...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Vases
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Italian Korno Thermos Coffee or Tea Bottle by G. Gagliani, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Italian Postmodern Korno Thermos Coffee or Tea Bottle by G. Gagliani for Macabo, Milano and Alfi, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attr...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bottles
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Alessi Big Ovo Glass Biscuit Jar Designed by Joanna Lyle Italy
By Alessi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Alessi Big Ovo Glass Biscuit Jar Designed by Joanna Lyle. Large Post Modern Big Ovo Jar designed by Joanna Lyle and manufactured by Alessi in Italy. The Big Ovo large kitchen...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Jars
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Large Italian 1970s Hammered Copper Planter
Located in Milan, IT
Large Italian 1970s Hammered Copper Planter with an interior black plastic vase.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...
Materials
Copper
Portable Bar in Faux Turtle and Brass Italian Design 1970 Dior Gold
$453Sale Price|51% Off
Portable Bar in Faux Turtle and Brass Italian Design 1970 Dior Gold
By Dior Home
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Portable Bar in Faux Turtle and brass Italian Design 1970 Dior.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Modern Asymmetrical Wastebasket/Trashcan
By Heller, Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Postmodern “In Attesa” red plastic wastebasket/trashcan designed by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano/Heller. Circa 1970s production in whimsical diagonal tube design. Normal signs of use....
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Kartell Misses Flower Power Glossy Red by Philippe Starck and Eugenie Quillet
By Eugeni Quitllet, Philippe Starck, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Miss flower power is the planter with an elongated Silhouette and generous dimensions capable of giving a touch of personality to outdoor settings. Available in black, glossy whit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Kartell Misses Flower Power Glossy White by Philippe Starck and Eugenie Quillet
By Eugeni Quitllet, Philippe Starck, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Miss flower power is the planter with an elongated silhouette and generous dimensions capable of giving a touch of personality to outdoor settings. Available in black, glossy whit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Kartell Misses Flower Power Glossy Black by Philippe Starck and Eugenie Quillet
By Kartell, Philippe Starck, Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Miss flower power is the planter with an elongated Silhouette and generous dimensions capable of giving a touch of personality to outdoor settings. Available in black, glossy whit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Free Shipping Nemo Miniatura Decorative Object Abs Metallic Silver By Driade
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The miniature of Nemo armchair, design by Fabio Novembre, a piece of forniture able to propose a mythic, abstract and universa beauty as occurred in greek art. Avaiable in the colors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Garniture
Materials
Plastic
Serralunga Flow Planter Large, Glossy White Lacquer - Design Zaha Hadid
By Zaha Hadid, Serralunga
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Serralunga Design: Zaha Hadid Model: Flow Planter Large The Flow Planter Large by Serralunga, designed by Zaha Hadid, is inspired by sculpted, futuristic forms, resulting in ...
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2010s Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Serralunga Flow Planter Medium, Glossy White Lacquer - Design Zaha Hadid
By Zaha Hadid, Serralunga
Located in Alcamo, IT
Brand: Serralunga Design: Zaha Hadid Model: Flow Planter Medium The Flow Planter Medium by Serralunga, designed by Zaha Hadid, captivates with its 1-metre height and elegant, curvin...
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2010s Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Glamour Black by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Light White by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Sweet Fuchsia by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Chocolate Brown by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Jet Black by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Argil Gray by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Pumpkin Orange by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Lime Green by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Flame Red by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Powder Blue by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Elephant Gray by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Milky White by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Dove Gray by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Saffron Yellow by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Slide Design Bamboo Cachepot in Malva Green by Tous Les Trois
By Slide
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bamboo is a flowerpot, versatile and multiple, design by French studio Tous Les Trois. The colourful flowerpot is multi-funcional item for indoor e outdoor settings: its high and thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Plastic
Achille Castiglioni for Zanotta Portapiante Smontabile "Albero," Italy 1980s
By Achille Castiglioni, Zanotta
Located in Naples, IT
Albero by Zanotta is an iconic pot holder designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1983. A sculptural, light and dynamic object designed to display indoor plants in a functional yet aesthe...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...
Materials
Steel
Structure for Vase Holder Shelves, 1960s
$377Sale Price|20% Off
Structure for Vase Holder Shelves, 1960s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Shelf support structure from the 1960s oak base, structure in cherry wood, triangular fragments in red and yellow coloured laminate, black plastic profiles. Packaging with bubble ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Shelves
Materials
Plastic, Laminate, Wood
Modernist Italian Enzo Mari for Heller Plastic Wastepaper Can, 1972
Unavailable|$1,800
Modernist Italian Enzo Mari for Heller Plastic Wastepaper Can, 1972
Located in Washington, DC
Modernist Italian Enzo Mari for Heller plastic wastepaper can, 1972.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Vases
3 White Plastic Corner Flower Pots by Elco, 1970s
Unavailable|$636 / set
3 White Plastic Corner Flower Pots by Elco, 1970s
By Elco
Located in Savona, IT
Containers for plants produced in the 1970s by Elco. In the 1970s, Elco's creative director was Joe Colombo. Plastic structure. Each container forms a quarter of a circumference. ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Douglas, Green Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
Unavailable|$801 / item
Douglas, Green Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
By DygoDesign
Located in Livorno, LI
Vase-sculpture by DygoDesign Showcasing an elegant drop-shaped profile, this gorgeous decorative sculpture is a singular design vase inspired by a chestnut. Fashioned of sustainab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Resin, Plastic
Calliope, White Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
Unavailable|$716 / item
Calliope, White Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
By DygoDesign
Located in Livorno, LI
Vase-sculpture by DygoDesign. A singular design vase; this sculpture embodies soft and soothing lines symmetrically merging in a vertical sinuous silhouette. Exuding a pleasant se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Resin, Plastic
Dragonskin, Blue Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
Unavailable|$791 / item
Dragonskin, Blue Contemporary Sustainable Vase-Sculpture
By DygoDesign
Located in Livorno, LI
Vase-Sculpture by DygoDesign Inspired by the textured and brilliant coat of a majestic dragon, this stupendous sculpture features a dynamic and impressive silhouette that is exquisi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Vases
Materials
Resin, Plastic
Enzo Mari Pago Pago Vase for Danese
Unavailable|$975
Enzo Mari Pago Pago Vase for Danese
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dark purple Pago Pago vase by Enzo Mari for Danese. Can be used as pictured or upside down. Embossed maker's mark on interior.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
Vase 'Trasparenze' by Claudio La Viola for Zani & Zani
Unavailable|$294
Vase 'Trasparenze' by Claudio La Viola for Zani & Zani
By Claudio La Viola
Located in Berlin, DE
Vase 'Trasparenze'. Design by Claudio La Viola (1995). Manufactured by Zani & Zani, Italy. Transparent PVC, green. D 25.0 cm / H 27.0 cm.
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1990s Italian Vases
Materials
Plastic
Vase 'Trasparenze' by Claudio La Viola for Zani & Zani
Unavailable|$294
Vase 'Trasparenze' by Claudio La Viola for Zani & Zani
By Claudio La Viola
Located in Berlin, DE
Vase 'Trasparenze'. Design by Claudio La Viola (1995). Manufactured by Zani & Zani, Italy. Transparent PVC, yellow. D 25.0 cm / H 25.0 cm.
Category
1990s Italian Vases
Materials
Plastic
Ronan Bouroullec Monofiore Vase in Matte White Polycarbonate for Cappellini
Unavailable|$165 / item
Ronan Bouroullec Monofiore Vase in Matte White Polycarbonate for Cappellini
By Ronan Bouroullec, Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Evocative of futuristic atmospheres, the perfect juxtaposition to Classic furnishings, the Monofiore vase by Ronan Bouroullec is made of white polycarbonate. Material: Polycarbona...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Plastic
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Italian Plastic Vase For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the Italian plastic vase you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of plastic, metal and organic material, every Italian plastic vase was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for an Italian plastic vase, we have 20 options in-stock, while there are 52 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Italian plastic vase, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. An Italian plastic vase, designed in the modern or mid-century modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one Italian plastic vase that is appealing in its simplicity, but Kartell, Driade and Gaetano Pesce produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is an Italian Plastic Vase?
An Italian plastic vase can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $537, while the lowest priced sells for $55 and the highest can go for as much as $4,200.
Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Vases-vessels for You
For thousands of years, vases and vessels have had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world. In Ancient Greece, ceramic vessels were used for transporting water and dry goods, holding bouquets of flowers, for storage and more. Outside of utilitarian use, in cities such as Athens, vases were a medium for artistic expression — pottery was a canvas for artists to illustrate their cultures’ unique people, beliefs and more. And pottery skills were handed down from fathers to sons.
Every antique and vintage vase and vessel, from decorative Italian urns to French 19th-century Louis XVI–style lidded vases, carries with it a rich, layered story.
On 1stDibs, there is a vast array of vases and vessels in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes. Our collection features vessels made from delicate materials such as ceramic and glass as well as durable materials like rustproof metals and stone.
A contemporary vase can help introduce an air of elegance to your minimalist space while an antique Chinese jar would make a luxurious addition to an Asian-inspired interior. Alternatively, if you’re looking for a statement piece, consider an Art Deco vase crafted by Italian architect and furniture designer Gio Ponti.
Vases and vessels — be they handmade pots, handblown glass wine bottles or otherwise — are versatile, practical decorative objects, and no matter your particular design preferences, furniture style or color scheme, they can add beauty and warmth to any home. Find yours on 1stDibs today.
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