Art Glass from Murano 1910-1970 by Marc Heiremans (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The glasswork of the major artisans of this media are illustrated here including Fulvio Bianconi, Alexander Clader, Jean Cocteau, Pietro Fornasetti, Ansolo Fuga, Luciano Gaspari,Oska...
Paper
Vintage Venini Murano Fulvio Bianconi Double Incalmo Blown Glass Vase
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Uccle, BE
The vase is published in many books, and is sometimes misattributed to Thomas Stearns who will be inspired by these forms and these particular techniques developed by Fulvio Bianconi...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Occhi Vase for Venini, Mid-Century Modern Art Glass
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Art Glass Vase 'Bolle ' by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano 1966
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Glass Vase Vetro Soffiato Venini Murano ca. 1950s
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Vase Manto Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
By Venini, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Vase Opulus, Brigitta Carlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini, 1972
By Karlsson Brigitta, Venini, Ove Thorssen
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase, Venini Murano ca. 1950s
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Antique Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase, Murano 1920s
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa, Cirillo Maschio
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase of the "Quarzi" Series, Murano, 2004
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Vetro Soffiato Glass Jug Tiziano, Venini Murano ca. 1930s
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Venini Monifiori Vase Designed by Laura de Santillana
By Laura de Santillana, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Paolo Venini Inciso Glass Bottle Manufactured by Venini 1990s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Art Glass Obelisk Attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Bottle with Fasce Decoration in Yellow, Murano 1950s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$1,135
H 8.67 in Dm 2.88 in
Vintage Venini Candle Holder with Inciso Decoration, Paolo Venini, Murano 1956
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Murano Art Glass Vase Bifilo by Toni Zuccheri for Venini ca. 1970s
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass
Venini Vase 'Fazzoletto' in red, Venice Murano 1950s
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Bowl 'Diamante' by Paolo Venini, Murano 1930s
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$4,185
H 11.62 in W 5.75 in D 4.34 in
Large Venini Art Glass Vase with Inciso Decoration Paolo Venini, Murano 1956
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Sogni Infranti Bowl by Mario Bellini for Venini Murano, 1992
By Venini, Mario Bellini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Large Vase of the 'Pesanti' Series, Paolo Venini for Venini, Murano 1952
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase with Inciso Decoration Paolo Venini, Murano 1956
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$3,815Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.75 in W 10.75 in D 9.1 in
VENINI & CO. 1930 Carlo Scarpa Art-Deco A Treccia Mirror In Art Glass And Bronze
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Miami, FL
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Crystal, Bronze
$11,165Sale Price|30% Off
H 11 in Dm 8.25 in
VENINI 1953 By Fulvio Bianconi Murano A Fasce Orizontali Art Glass Tall Vase
By Fulvio Bianconi, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini
Located in Miami, FL
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Art Glass
$3,815Sale Price|30% Off
H 13.75 in Dm 3.75 in
VENINI 1950 By Fulvio Bianconi Murano Blue-Green Bottle Red Fasce Orizontali
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Miami, FL
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Art Glass
$3,489Sale Price|30% Off
H 13 in Dm 4.15 in
VENINI 1951 By Fulvio Bianconi Murano Amber Bottle Red Fasce Orizontali Art
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Miami, FL
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Art Glass
$4,165Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.25 in W 5.18 in D 3.75 in
PAOLO VENINI 1955-56 For Venini & Co. Sommerso Insiso Art Glass Tall Vase
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Miami, FL
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Art Glass
$12,250Sale Price / set|30% Off
H 26.78 in Dm 15.75 in
VENINI Alessandro Mendini 8/50 Limited Edition Art Glass Simirone Amphora Vase
By Venini, Alessandro Mendini
Located in Miami, FL
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Art Glass
Unavailable
H 11.82 in Dm 11.03 in
Pair of "Tessuto" Murano Blown Glass Table Lamps by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Firenze, Tuscany
He opened the company’s doors to young Americans, including Thomas Stearns, Ken Scott and Benjamin Moore for example.
Metal
Vintage Venini Murano Fulvio Bianconi Incalmo Mouth Blown Glass Vase
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Uccle, BE
The vase is published in many books, and is sometimes misattributed to Thomas Stearns who will be inspired by these forms and these particular techniques developed by Fulvio Bianconi...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
University Rowing Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Cope Morgan A.Ludman. Stearn & Sons photography studio was founded in circa 1866 by Thomas Steran, an English photographer.
University Rowing Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Thomas Stearn pioneered the use of modern photographic techniques, and as early as the 1890's photographed the boat races from the riverbank.
A Vintage 7 Tiered Tronchi Chandelier Attributed to Venini
By Venini
Located in Palm Desert, CA
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international d...
Brass, Iron
Venini Art Glass Vase 'Bolle ' by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano 1966
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase 'Bolle ' by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano 1966
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Small Dish in Green Glass, Venini Murano, Ca. 1930s
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Vase 'Fazzoletto Opalino', Venice Murano, 2015
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Sold
H 3.94 in Dm 4.93 in
Fazzoletto Zanfirico Vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Venice Murano, 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase 'Bolle ' by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Art Glass Vase 'Bolle ' by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase 'Bolle' by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano, 1966
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1920s
By Venini, Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sotts...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Sold
H 11.82 in W 27.56 in D 15.75 in
Blue White Crystal Venini Murano 70s Chandelier , Pendant, Italy
By Venini
Located in Valladolid, ES
Although its own founder was a highly talented glassware designer, his real genius was inviting forward-thinking Italian and international designers to the Murano ateliers to create ...
Crystal, Metal
1960s Venini, Thomas Stearns Chandelier
By Thomas Stearns, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Chandelier made of 3 elements in "doppio incalmo" blown glass. Designed by Thomas Stearns for Venini. Murano, 1962 circa. H. cm 120 (adjustable).
Murano Glass
Signed Murano Rare Thomas Stearns for Venini Encalmo Inciso Vase
By Thomas Stearns
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A rare inciso encalmo vase designed by Thomas Stearns for Venini. Original label and three line acid stamp.
Sold
H 14.75 in W 10.5 in D 0.5 in
Photograph Portrait of T.S. Eliot and Wife Valerie Esme Fletcher by Angus McBean
Located in Essex, MA
A silver gelatin portrait photograph of T. S Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot 1888-1965) together with his second wife Esme Valerie Fletcher Eliot (1926- 2012), by noted surrealist photog...
Glass, Paper
Glass chandelier, possibly Venini
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the 60s and 70s the Venini factory played host to an international group of designers including Tapio Wirkkala, Ove and Brigitta Karlson, Thomas Stearns, Dale Chihuly, Richard Mar...
$7,000
H 8 in Dm 5.5 in
Fasce Ritorte Red Blue Green Murano Glass Vase Fulvio Bianconi Attributed Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous hand blown Murano glass vase in the fasce ritorte model 4410 style and attributed to Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. This vase is, however, not signed. It is in fabulous conditi...
Blown Glass
$549Sale 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
Fulvio Bianconi Fasce Orizzontali Vase
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Fulvio Bianconi banded vase in clear glass with embedded bands of aquamarine,sapphire,black and red glass. marked with a three line acid stamp c.1953
Glass
$4,598 / item
H 13.59 in Dm 3.94 in
Venini Bolle Tall Glass Vase in Grey and Blue-Green by Tapio Wirkkala
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in grey and blue-green designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1966. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Dimensions: 10 cm diameter...
Art Glass
$2,464 / item
H 8.27 in Dm 5.12 in
Venini Medium Bolle Glass Vase in White and Green by Tapio Wirkkala
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in white and green designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1966. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Dimensions: 13 cm diameter x 2...
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern 1950s Italian Cabinet in Mahogany
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cabinet, mahogany, mirrored glass, glass, brass, Italy, 1950s This charming cabinet stands out with its graphical door panels, featuring carved horizontal lines that add character ...
Brass
Large Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Sommerso Glass Bowl, 1960s
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Sommerso Glass Bowl, 1960s. A very large Murano sommerso art glass bowl. Designed by Flavio Poli or Mario Pinzoni and manufactured by Seguso Vetri d...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
"Pezzato" Vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Milan, IT
Remarkable "Pezzato" vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. Signed with three-line acid stamp to underside.
Murano Glass
Venini Bolle Glass Vase in Pink and White by Tapio Wirkkala
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bolle Glass vase series, designed by Tapio Wirkkala and manufactured by Venini, was originally designed in 1966. Iconic masterpieces available in 5 different shapes. Indoor use only....
Glass
Venini Small Bolle Glass Vase in White and Red by Tapio Wirkkala
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in white and red designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1966. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Dimensions: 19 cm diameter x 19 ...
Art Glass
$5,790
H 14 in W 9.5 in D 4.25 in
Handblown Italian Midcentury Murano Glass Vase by Napoleone Martinuzzi & Venini
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, Italian Mid-century, hand blown Murano Amphora form, glass vase in the Modern Neoclassical style designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini, circa 1930. This rare piece has...
Murano Glass
Bolle Collection by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini 1966
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Landscapes of glass and colour. Below and above. Before and after. Bolle ( Bubbles ) transforms air into matter, in two distinct chromatic areas, physically united with the incalmo t...
Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Occhi Vase for Venini
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A nice vintage example. Classic form.
Art Glass
$8,000
H 7.88 in Dm 5.91 in
Italian Dark Green Murano Vase by Tobia Scarpa Buttato Series, Venini, 1960
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
incredible vase signed by scarpa 1960 in murano glass from the series battuto for Venini signature on the bottom of vase.
Murano Glass
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970 A white 'occhi' murrine vase designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1960, manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1970. Etched signature 'venini itali...
Art Glass
Occhi by Tobia Scarpa – Quadrangular shaped vase
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Uccle, BE
Occhi by Tobia Scarpa – Quadrangular shaped vase “Occhi” vase by Tobia Scarpa. Quadrangular shaped vase from the occhi series. Made up of an arrangement of white and clear glass murr...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
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.