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Keramos Bowl

Square Faience Bowl, Keramos, 1950s
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in PARIS, FR
Square Faience Bowl with Rounded Corners by Keramos, 1950s. The exterior is coated with a turquoise
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Faience

Square Faience Bowl, Keramos, 1950s
Square Faience Bowl, Keramos, 1950s
H 3.15 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in
Large Ceramic Bowl by Keramos, 1950s
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Ceramic Bowl or Salad Bowl by Keramos, 1950s. Square in shape with rounded corners, the
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Ceramic

 Large Ceramic Bowl by Keramos, 1950s
 Large Ceramic Bowl by Keramos, 1950s
H 3.35 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Small Ceramic Cup by Keramos, 1950s
By Kéramos
Located in PARIS, FR
Small Ceramic Cup or Bowl by Keramos, 1950s. Square in shape with rounded corners, the interior
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls

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Ceramic

Small Ceramic Cup by Keramos, 1950s
Small Ceramic Cup by Keramos, 1950s
H 2.96 in W 6.3 in D 6.3 in
Black and Yellow Sèvres Ceramic Bowl Signed Kéramos Sèvres, France 1950.
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in Brussels, BE
50's ceramic bowl signed Kéramos Sèvres. Matt black outside and glossy yellow inside. In the style
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Ceramic

A ceramic catch-all tray from France KERAMOS 1950s.
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Tray or bowl from the Keramos manufacture in Sèvres, France. Beautiful white and green enamel
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Vintage 1950s European Ceramics

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Ceramic

Keramos Sèvres, France, Large Bowl in Glazed Stoneware, Mid-20th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Keramos Sèvres, France. Large bowl in glazed stoneware. Beautiful turquoise glaze. Clean design
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Stoneware

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Beautiful Ceramic Bowl by Keramos Sèvres in Off-White and Green, France, 1950s
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful ceramic bowl by Keramos Sèvres in off-white and green from France, 1950s. Signed.
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Keramos Sèvres, France, Bowl in Glazed Stoneware, Beautiful Turquoise Glaze
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Keramos Sèvres, France. Bowl in glazed stoneware. Beautiful turquoise glaze. Clean design, mid
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

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Stoneware

Set of 5 Serving Dishes by Sèvres Kermos by René Hénon
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful set of 5 ceramic serving dishes, signed Sèvres Keramos. The dishes date from the 1950s
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Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces

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Ceramic

Set of 5 Serving Dishes by Sèvres Kermos by René Hénon
Set of 5 Serving Dishes by Sèvres Kermos by René Hénon
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H 4.73 in W 9.45 in D 7.88 in
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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

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.