Set of Mid-Century Highball Glasses with Black Frosted Interiors & Gold Dancers
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses. Clear glass with black frosted interiors decorated on the exterior with stylized modern dancers in 22k gold.
Glass
Set of Mid-Century Highball Glasses with White Frosted Interiors & Gold Dancers
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses. Clear glass with white frosted interiors decorated on the exterior with stylized modern dancers in 22k gold.
Glass
Mid-Century Highball glasses Gold Eagle Stars and Stripes Collection by Libbey
By Versace Home Collection, Jonathan Adler, Libbey Glass Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 4 glasses from Libbey. This pieces are from the Mid-Century era of Libbey commanding design in barware. This set is from the Gold Eagle Stars and Stripes collectio...
Glass
Mid-Century Highball glasses & Ice Bucket Dancing Pink Elephants by Hazel Atlas
By Versace Home Collection, Jonathan Adler, Atlas, Libbey Glass Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 4 glasses and ice bucket from Hazel Atlas. This pieces are from the Mid-Century era of Atlas commanding design in barware. This set is from the rare and sought aft...
Glass
Eight Culver, LTD Mid-Century Highball Glasses in the "Petite Fleur" Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Eight vintage highball glasses by Culver, LTD. in the yellow "Petite Fleur" pattern with large yellow flowers with green leaves and white trim.
Glass
Set of 8 Mid Century Highball Glasses with Sliver Band in Carrier
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 highball glasses. Each with a wide silver band in a checker board design. Comes with original walnut and chrome carrier.
Chrome
Eight Midcentury Highball Glasses W/Bands of Brightly Colored Lines
By Anchor Hocking
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight highball glasses decorated with five bands of brightly colored enamel comprised of three lines each on clear glass.
Glass
8 Mid-Century Highball Glasses by Cera Glass in Translucent Enamel and 22k Gold
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Rare set of eight highball glasses by Cera Glassware with leaves in translucent blue and purple with outlines and details in 22 karat gold.
Glass
Six "METH" Mid-Century Highball Glasses w/Fishing Lures in 22k Gold and Enamels
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of six vintage highball glasses of clear glass with white frosted interior and decorated with a design by Robert Meth in 22 karat gold and colored enamels, having fishing lures h...
Glass
Set of 6 Highball Glasses with Crowns and Shields Decoration.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Mid Century Highball Glasses with Shields and Crown Decorations on a white frosted background.
Gold
Eight Vintage Highball Glasses in the "Midas" Pattern by Culver Glassware
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight mid-century highball glasses by Culver LTD in the "Midas" pattern with American coins in 22k gold on branches with leaves in raised translucent enamel.
Glass
Vintage Green, Yellow & Blue Geometric Highball Glasses Designed by Pasinski
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Six Mid-Century highball glasses in a yellow, blue and green raised, textured geometric design with a non-slip surface, designed by Irene Pasinski for the Washington Glass Company.
Glass
Vintage Silver Decorated Highball Glasses with Vertical Bars below a Wide Band
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight Mid-century highball glasses decorated in silver with a wide band above vertical bars which alternate in width around the glass.
Glass
Vintage Highball Glasses with Images of Antique Automobiles by Gay Fad
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight mid-century highball glasses decorated at Fran Taylor's Gay Fad Studio, clear glass with white frosted interior decorated on the exterior with black enamel and 22k gold images ...
Glass
Vintage Georges Briard Highball Glasses with 22k Gold Pineapple and Pear Design
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 6 mid-century highball glasses designed by Georges Briard.
Glass
Eight Mid-Century Modern Federal Glass "Pond Lilly" Highball Glasses
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Federal highball glasses in the 'Pond Lilly' pattern with yellow, blue, red and white stylized water lilies on clear glass.
Glass
Mid-Century, Imperial Glass, Highball Glasses in the Tabique de Oro Pattern
By Imperial Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Mid-Century Modern highball glasses in the 'Tabique de Oro' pattern by Imperial Glassware Company.
Glass
Vintage Federal Glass Highball Glasses with Pitcher
By Federal Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Mid Century Cocktail Set by Federal Glass. The set consists of a large pitcher and 10 highball glasses.
Glass
Set of 6 Atomic Fish Highball Glasses, Mid-Century Modern, 1950s
By Georges Briard, Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking set of six Mid-Century Modern highball glasses features a vibrant atomic-era design with abstract fish-like motifs.
Glass
1950's Mid Century Libbey "Cane Coaster Hostess" Set of 8 Highball Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
1950's Mid Century Libbey "Cane Coaster Hostess" Set of 8 Highball Glasses in Original Box.
Enamel
Vintage Libbey Glass Co., Cane Pattern, Highball Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight mid-century Libbey Glass Co., highball glasses, the lower half with raised enamel "cane" in natural color, the top edge of the glass is also enamel to match.
Glass
22K Gold Overlay Imperial Glass Shoji Highball/Tall Barware Glasses
By Imperial Glass Co.
Located in Toledo, OH
22K Gold Overlay Imperial Glass Shoji Pattern Highball/Tall Barware Glasses. Elegant Vintage Imperial Glass highball/tall glasses have the iconic and collected 22K gold overlay over ...
Glass
Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Mid Century Silver Fade Pitcher & Six Highball Glasses
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Featuring the timeless Silver Fade Design, this 7-piece ensemble includes a sleek cocktail pitcher and six matching highball glasses, perfect for serving drinks with mid-century soph...
Glass
Midcentury Libbey Glass Highball Glasses in the Marine Life Pattern
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight Libbey Glass highball glasses in the Marine Life pattern decorated with 22 karat gold atomic style fish and other marine life within raised translucent green 'waves'.
Glass
Set of 10 Mid-Century Hand-Painted Heraldic Highball Glasses
Located in Northport, MI
A striking set of 10 mid-century hand-painted highball glasses, each featuring a different heraldic coat of arms rendered in rich, detailed enamel.
Glass, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Cera Glass "Mourning After" Satirical Highball Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of eight Cera Glass highball glasses in a circular gold-tone caddy. Each of the glasses is decorated in 22 karat gold and black enamel with 3 rows of four scenes depicting people...
Metal
Vintage Set of Eight Imperial Glass Tabique de Oro Highball Glasses
By Imperial Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Mid-Century Modern highball glasses made by Imperial Glass Co. in the Tabique de Oro Pattern.
Glass
8 Vintage Highball Glasses with Cave Painting Scenes of Hunters & Horses
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses decorated in black and white enamel with 22k gold, depicting a hunter with a bow among running horses and flying arrows.
Glass
Set of 8 Vintage Federal Glass Gilt and Red Diamond Pattern Highball Glasses
By Federal Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Beautiful Vintage Gilt and Red Diamond Pattern Highball Glasses. Nice heavy-bottomed glasses measure 5 1/2" high x 2 3/4" across.
Gold
Mid-Century Modern Yellow & White Striped Highball Glasses, Set of Six
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Mid-Century Modern era, a set of six highball glasses, circa 1960s.
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Atomic Period Highball Glasses with Gold Starbursts
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses in an atomic pattern with open rectangles, some vertical and some horizontal and of various sizes in black enamel, each with a 22k gold star...
Glass
Mid Century Modern Fabergé Ruby Red Highball Glasses Service / Eight People
By Fabergé
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A striking example of mid-20th century modern design, this set of eight highball glasses features the distinctive Fabergé Milano pattern, characterized by its octagonal form and bold...
Crystal
1950s Silver Foliage Highball Cocktail Glasses by Libbey Glass Co Set of 8
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set includes eight highball tall drinking glasses. Mid-Century Modern vintage Tom Collins glasses by Libbey Glass Co.
Glass
Set of 9 Vintage Highball Glasses By Imperial Glass 22K Gold Shoji Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This elegant set of vintage iconic 1960's Imperial Glass set of highball glasses are 22K Gold overlay over clear glass and are the shoji screen trellis pattern also called Golden Sho...
Gold Plate
$487Sale Price / set|47% Off
Gold Highball Cocktail Glasses
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of five (5) blown glass art glass highball cocktail classes with hand-etched design and hand-applied gold detail, circa mid-20th century.
Gold
Fishing Fishermen Highball Glasses by Libbey - Set of 8 With Caddy
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Highball Glasses by Libbey with four fishermen holding fish of different sizes. Comes with metal caddy. Glasses measure 5 1/2" high x 2 3/4" across.
Enamel
Vintage Imperial Glass Co. Sekai Ichi Highball Glasses 22-Karat Gold, Set of 6
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Beautiful Imperial Glass Company Sekai Ichi highball glasses in good condition. These vintage Hollywood Regency style glasses were manufactured by the Imperial Glass Company in Ohio ...
Gold
6 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Highball Glasses with Graduated Silver Bands
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern highball glasses with silver bands starting wider at top and bottom and becoming narrower as they approach the glasses center.
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Set of 8 Red, Yellow & Gold Highball Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses with red and yellow enamel circles of various sizes along with 22k gold filigree medallions.
Glass
Six Mid-Century Culver, Ltd Highball Glasses in the Barcelona Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Mid-Century Modern highball glasses in the Barcelona pattern by Culver, LTD. 22 Karat gold with embossed geometric patterns over blue enamel, the blue with the same geometric pat...
Glass
Eight Libbey Highball Glasses with 22k Gold Angel Fish on Frosted Ground
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses by Libbey Glass, having a frosted water-patterned ground with large angel fish and small stylized fish in 22k gold on front and back, the si...
Glass
$675 / set
Federal Highball Cocktail Glasses
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of five (5) highball cocktail glasses in the Federal style, circa mid-20th century, USA.
Glass
Eight 22k Gold and Black Enamel Mid-Century Modern Highball Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses with a vertical diamond pattern of black enamel on a mottled gold ground.
Glass
Vintage Imperial Glass Co. Toril de Oro Highball Glasses 22-Karat Gold, Set of 6
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Beautiful Imperial Glass Company Toril de Oro highball glasses in good condition. These vintage Hollywood Regency style glasses were manufactured by the Imperial Glass Company in Ohi...
Gold
Vintage Imperial Glass Co. Toril de Oro Highball Glasses 22-Karat Gold, Set of 6
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Beautiful Imperial Glass Company Toril de Oro highball glasses in good condition. These vintage Hollywood Regency style glasses were manufactured by the Imperial Glass Company in Ohi...
Gold
Vintage Bartlett-Collins Pitcher & 6 Highball Glasses in the Gibraltar Pattern
By Bartlett Collins Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Bartlett-Collins pitcher and 6 highball glasses in the 'Gibraltar' pattern, decorated with translucent green, red and blue dots of various size arranged on a raised yellow ne...
Glass
Six Mid-Century Modern Highball Glasses with Pink and Gold Streamer Designs
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Mid-Century Modern highball glasses in the atomic style decorated with 22k gold and pink enamel streamers.
Glass
Set of 8 Vintage Libbey M. Petti Signed Highball Glasses With Gilt Decoration
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Libbey M. Petti Signed Highball Glasses with Gilt and Frosted Checkerboard Design. Glasses measure 5 1/2" tall x 2 3/4" wide
Gold
Vintage 12 Piece Libbey, Gold Coin, Barware Suite, 6 Highball, 6 Rocks Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Libbey barware with gold coins against a pebbled black ground. Twelve piece set includes 6 highball glasses and 6 whiskey/rocks glasses. Measures: 6 - Highball: 5" height ...
Glass
Vintage Midcentury Libbey Set of Eight Highball Frosted and Gold Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mid-Century Modern vintage glasses. Hollywood Regency style.
Brass
Mid-Century Fred Press Highball Glasses in Black with Gold Atomic Fish
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Fred Press highball glasses of clear glass with black frosted interiors and 22 karat gold stylized vertical fish in the atomic style on the exterior.
Glass
$111Sale Price / set|40% Off
Mid-Century Pink Wire Frame Drinks Tray w/ Six Highball Flamingo Glasses
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Add a tropical vibe to cocktail time with these vintage Libbey flamingo highball glasses. All four glasses have flamingo motifs done in colored enamel: two orange, one pink, and one ...
Steel
Midcentury 22-Karat Hand Painted Bamboo Highball Tumbler Glasses Set of 8 c.1950
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
This set works in Hollywood Regency, Chinoiserie, Mid-Century Modern.
Gold
$760Sale Price / item|20% Off
Set Of Giorgio De Chirico Inspired Drinking Glasses Highball Mid-Century Modern
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Rare Set Of 6 Giorgio De Chirico Inspired Drinking Highball Glasses.
Glass
Set of 8 Vintage Libbey Marine Life Highball Glasses With Gilt Seahorses & Fish
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 8 Vintage Libbey Sea Life Tumblers with raised green design and Gilt Seahorses and Fish in an Underwater Ocean Scene. Glasses are tapered, measuring 2 1/4" across at the top a...
Gold, Enamel
Mid-Century Culver “Valencia” 22-Karat Gold Highball Glass Set, 10 Pieces, 1950s
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Culver “Valencia” 22-Karat Gold Highball Glass Set, 10 Pieces, 1950s, Culver Ltd.
Glass
Set of 6 Mid-Century Modern Gold and Cranberry Red Highball Culver Glasses
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 6 Mid-Century Modern culver highball glasses in the Hollywood Regency Cranberry scroll pattern.
Gold Leaf
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.
Whether it’s streamlined or sophisticated, a bar area is always a welcoming feature in any home interior. A cheery well-made drink with friends and family has the potential to yield some unforgettable moments alongside those that aren’t easily remembered. And the only way to conjure that exemplary cordial is by putting the proper antique or vintage barware to work.
Essential barware equipment ranges from sterling-silver barspoons for mixing your cocktails in tall collins glasses to jiggers, shakers and strainers that allow you to whip up martinis and old-fashioneds.
From a design standpoint, some barware, such as our array of Art Deco glass whiskey sets or mid-century modern silver-banded tumblers crafted by Dorothy Thorpe, can help position your bar as a bold and attractive centerpiece to a room. At the very least, a carefully curated collection of barware can elevate with subtlety the bar’s nearby fixtures, as a handcrafted crystal decanter might do for your vintage 1960s bar cart.
As cocktail hour draws near, find inspiration in our gorgeous gallery of home bars in locales ranging from London to New York to San Francisco, and browse the exquisite selection of antique, new and vintage barware and glassware on 1stDibs.
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