Mid Century Glass Vases
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Vintage 1970s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Rock Crystal
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass, Cut Glass
Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass, Cut Glass
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Maltese Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Vases
Murano Glass
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1970s Mexican Spanish Colonial Vases
Mercury Glass
20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vases
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage 1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Vintage 1950s Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Crystal
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Vintage 1960s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Metal
Vintage 1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vases
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Glass
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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 mid-century modern American 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.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century 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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Finding the Right Vases and 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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