Mid-Century Portuguese Art Pottery Vase with Raised Tulip Relief in Matte Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Its sculptural presence and earthy palette make it a perfect addition to mid-century modern, organic modern, rustic, or eclectic interiors.
Ceramic
1980s Henry Dean Mid-Century Modern Mouthblown Decorative Glass Vessel, Belgium
Located in Monrovia, CA
Henry Dean vintage mouthblown decorative glass object / vessel 1980s Belgium Mid-Century Modern.
Art Glass
Scandinavian Modern Emerald Green Art Glass Bowl, Organic Modern, 1960s Denmark
By Holmegaard
Located in New York, NY
An emerald‑green art glass bowl with a controlled champagne‑bubble design, Scandinavian Modern / Organic Modern, circa 1960s, Denmark. A finely hand‑crafted Scandinavian Modern art g...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$179Sale Price|38% Off
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bowl w/Gold Leaf & Bullicante by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bowl w/Gold Leaf and Bullicante by Barovier and Toso (assumed). ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing end May and items will not be available thereaft...
Gold Leaf
Mid Century Art Glass Bowl - Clear Heavy Glass with Green Swirls - Circa 1980's
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century art glass bowl - featuring a heavy clear glass with green swirls/threads - flat polished base - unsigned - circa 1980's. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damag...
Art Glass
$316Sale Price / set|20% Off
1960s Ceramic Pop-Art Nut Bolt Table Shelf Decor Sculptures Mid-Century
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Fun solid ceramic sculptures from a Northeast DC Artists Estate. Showing wear, Chips, Cracks, but no looseness to either piece. Ready to display. Nut Dia 7 x H 3 in. Bolt Dia 6 x H...
Ceramic
Mid Century Art Glass Vase by Arthur Pery made in Sweden circa 1950's
By Holmgaard
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century Art Glass vase vase made in Sweden by Arthur Percy c. 1950's. The blown vase features an exaggerated elongated neck over the ball form base. This example is in excellent...
Art Glass
Mid-Century Art Glass Big Bowl by Zelezno Borske Sklo, 1960's
By Borske Sklo National Corporation
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of art glass Good original condition.
Art Glass
Mid century Flavio Poli royal blue Murano faceted art glass vase
By Flavio Poli
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid-century vintage handblown Murano faceted art glass vase. This vase has a deep royal blue color with a red outline incased in clear class. This vase is faceted on four s...
Glass
Vintage Trio of Miniature Peruvian Paintings Art
Located in Southampton, NJ
Collection of 3 miniature back painted art of Peruvian scenes on glass. Frames are hand made plaster & coated in a metallic wash. Art is mounted on a wood back board. Left Frame- 2...
Cut Glass, Acrylic, Plaster
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Art Vase by Ingrid Fechner-Ahlers, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Art Vase with Abstract Animal Designs by Ingrid Fechner-Ahlers, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution ...
Ceramic
Mid Century Blenko Blown American Art Glass Applied Swirl Crackle Vase #8318
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice mid century Blenko art glass handmade vase. Clear crackle body with a cobalt blue applied swirl to the neck. Model number 8318. In very nice condition with no cracks or chips. ...
Blown Glass
$143Sale Price|79% Off
Mid-century modern signed "coquille" bowl made by Paul Kedelv Flygsfors for Flyg
By Paul Kedelv, Flygsfors
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
An incredible hand-blown vintage glass bowl, made and signed by the talented Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors, Sweden. The piece is very biomorphic, with arches with loops in them, and has ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century West German "Fat Lava" Vase – Model 549-23, Vintage Ceramic Art
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This striking vintage West German pottery vase, model 549-23, is a classic example of the highly sought-after “Fat Lava” ceramic movement that defined mid-century European studio pot...
Ceramic
'German Shepherd' Folk Art Letter Holder with Dog in Wood Mid 20th Century
Located in Meer, VAN
'German Shepherd' Folk Art Letter Holder with Dog in Wood Mid 20th Century. Just a great piece, this mid century letter holder. If you own a German Shepherd or just happen to like d...
Wood
Vintage Cow Jaw Sculpture on Custom Steel Stand, Organic Modern Art
Located in Elkhart, IN
A vintage cow jaw mounted on a custom black steel stand, perfect for the curiosity cabinet. USA, Mid-20th century Measures: 14.75" W × 3" D × 13" H Very good condition.
Steel
Art Glass Vase, Central Europe, Tall and Slim Vase in Modern Design
Located in København, Copenhagen
Art glass vase, Central Europe. Tall and slim vase in modern design in purple glass. Mid-20th Century. In perfect condition. Dimensions: H 34.5 x D 7.0 cm.
Art Glass
$585Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Danish Thule Series Art Glass Bowl by Per Lütken, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Thule Series Art Glass Bowl by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 have official proof of authenticity such as vintage...
Glass
$444Sale Price|40% Off
Mid-century Bullicante Amber Gold-Tone Ruffle Murano Art Glass Ashtray
By Pulegoso
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century era gold-tone amber Bullicante Murano art glass bowl/ashtray crafted in the style of Barovier & Toso with the fusion of elegance and technical brilliance mixed with Moder...
Murano Glass
1950s Mid Century Boomerang Vintage Brass Verdi Gris Jug Art Sculpture Menorah
By Yaacov Agam
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful 1950s, Solid Brass Handcrafted, Metal, Sculptural, painted, Verdigris green, Hanukkah Jug Menorah. Made in Israel 8 Ancient Israelite Jugs contour the base, with the 9th ...
Brass
Italian Green Art Glass Bowl by Vetri Di Empoli, 1960s Mid-Century
By Vetro Verde di Empoli
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian green glass bowl by Vetri Di Empoli 1960s.
Art Glass
Mid-Century Swedish Modern Ice Paperweights by Kosta Boda V Lindstrand 5 Pcs
By Vicke Lindstrand, Kosta Boda
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful hand carved and etched glass Art Glass Paperweights or just decorative pieces from Kosta Boda artists such as Vicke Lindstrand and others. 4 pieces by Kodta Boda and 1 by a...
Art Glass
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Murano Glass Vase – A Soft Beauty in Art Glass
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in CABA, AR
This exquisite Murano vase, created in the mid-20th century, is a testament to Venetian craftsmanship at its finest. Its captivating color and soft form, along with the distinctive w...
Blown Glass
$927Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Art Vase, Swedish, Glass Stem Sleeve, Aseda Glasbruk, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage art vase. A Swedish, glass stem sleeve, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960. Exceptional colour to this delightful Swedish art vase Displays a desirable age...
Blown Glass
Swedish Mid-Century Sculptural Art Glass Vase by Börne Augustsson for Åseda Glas
By Aseda
Located in Västra Frölunda, SE
Dimensions Height: 21 cm (8.27 in) Diameter: 11.5 cm (4.53 in) Keywords Swedish art glass, Scandinavian modern, Åseda glass, sculptural glass vase, mid century Scandinavian glass, ...
Art Glass
$1,033Sale Price|20% Off
Tall Vintage Flower Vase, Chinese, Ceramic, Display Urn, Art Deco, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage flower vase. A Chinese, ceramic display urn in Art Deco taste, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940. Profusely decorated, capturing the Oriental Art Dec...
Ceramic
Mid Century Si-an Cristallerie Empoli Italian Art Glass Handmade Jet Black Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Italian art glass vase by Si-an Cristallerie. Jet black with a handpainted raised pattern of trees on a hillside. Cylindrical body with a flared rim. ...
Blown Glass
Vintage Brandy Decanter, English, Glass, Spirit Bottle, Art Deco, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage brandy decanter. An English, glass spirit or liqueur vessel in late Art Deco taste, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950. Beautifully formed and highly decora...
Glass
$1,650 / set
Art Deco Modern Marble Vases, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful rich pair of Art Deco Modern marble stone vases, circa mid-20th century. Marble is predominantly a dark espresso brown with red brick, light brown and green hues, polishe...
Stone, Marble
A Set of Three Iconic Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases by Seguso, Murano 1980s
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Villaverla, IT
White Light, Black Shadow: A Sublime Set of Three Murano Vases by Seguso Vetri d'Arte 1980s This magnificent ensemble comprises three perfectly matched Italian art glass vases, a te...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Set of Four Mid-Century Square Trays by Jean Gillon, Brazil, c. 1960
By Jean Gillon, Italma Wood Art
Located in PARIS, FR
Suite of four square trays designed by Jean Gillon, dating from about 1960. Each top is characterized by dimensions of 2 x 16 x 16 centimeters, offering a compact scale and a geometr...
Hardwood
Tall Mid Century Glazed Art Pottery Vessel Attributed To Robert Turner
By Robert Turner
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and very well crafted Pottery Vessel attributed to the iconic American Ceramicist Robert Turner (1913-2005). This massive vessel certainly embodies the artist’s esthetic of ...
Clay
Mid-Century Modern Multicolor Set of Six Murano Drinking Glasses Tumbler
By Murano 5
Located in Murano, Venezia
Elegant set of six handmade Murano drinking glasses with working to "Mace" multicolor. Murano artisans perform this service with great care and precision. In Murano Island this set ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Higgins Glass Violet/Green Keepsake Box with Walnut Base, Mid-Century
By Higgins Glass
Located in New York, NY
Modernist Violet/Green keepsake/desk box featuring a walnut case and Higgins Glass top. Signed
Art Glass, Walnut
$1,600Sale Price|36% Off
1960s Robert Berks Sculpture Bust John F Kennedy JFK Miami Beach Mid-Century Art
By Robert Berks
Located in Hyattsville, MD
This is a rare 1965 presentation award bust of JFK. A wonderful piece of mid-century historical decor from an important American sculptor, Robert Berks. His work can be scene through...
Resin, Wood
$445Sale Price|20% Off
Fluid Murano sculpture, centerpiece, decorative object in grey glass, signed
Located in Milano, IT
This thick and heavy Murano sculpture, coming from the collection of Spinzi Milano, is a beautiful decorative piece obtained by casting and hand-melting a solid block of grey/greenis...
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte Sommerso Murano Art Glass Vase Mid Century
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite murano glass vase documented to designer Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte circa 1950. Made using Flavio Poli's signature sommerso technique that employs layer of glass s...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Uranium Glass
Mid-Century Art Deco Style West German Pottery WGP Bowl from Steuler, 1960s
By Steuler
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Art Deco Style West German Pottery WGP Bowl from Steuler, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional informatio...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Crystal Art Glass Fruit Bowl from Val Saint Lambert, Belgium, 1960s
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Crystal Art Glass Fruit Bowl from Val Saint Lambert, Belgium, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark Additional informa...
Glass
Murano Sommerso Blue and Teal Art Glass Vase, Italy, Mid-Century
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Murano glass vase crafted in the sommerso technique, featuring layered tones of deep blue and teal encased in clear glass. The flared rim and vertically faceted body creat...
Murano Glass
Erik Höglund Mid-Century Signed Orange Footed Art Glass Vase for Boda c. 1960s
By Erik Höglund
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish Orange Footed Art Glass Vase by Erik Hoglund for Boda circa 1960s. Original foil label: "BODA, Sweden, Erik Hoglund." Engraved on bottom "H1671/220." Full of his sig...
Art Glass
Italian Murano Organic Modern Art Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and substantial green and white Italian Murano art glass bowl, Organic Modern design, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Glass hues include both Kelly green and Emerald ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-century Big Art Glass Bowl, design Josef Hospodka for Chribska, 1960's.
By Josef Hospodka, Chribska Glassworks
Located in Praha, CZ
A beautiful bowl made of cobalt and rosalin glass designed by Josef Hospodka for the Chřibská glassworks in the former Czechoslovakia. The bowl has light scratches on the sides (see...
Art Glass
Genuine Mid Century Cenedese Murano Green Box with Original Label Italy c. 1950
By Cenedese
Located in London, GB
A beautiful quality lush emerald green Murano art glass jewelry box or trinket box made by Cenedese in Venice, Italy, c. 1950. The glass has a deep, rich hue which contrasts dramat...
Metal
Mid-century Murano Glass Sculpture Fish Italian Design 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso, Seguso
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mid-Century Modern vintage hand blown Murano glass fish figure on a clear glass stand and green body.
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Alfredo Barbini Musketeer Sculpture, Amber Glass, Mid-Century Italy
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in SYDNEY, AU
This elaborate figure by Barbini in amber glass, the costume is enhanced with opalescent glass cape, collar, gold gloves, boots and sword with removable feather and sword stands on a...
Art Glass
French Art Nouveau Hand Carved Orange Glass Beaker or Petite Vase circa 1900
By Galle Art Glass
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Stunning, French Art Nouveau / Art Deco hand carved or engraved orange and amber/brown layered glass beaker, glass, cup or petite vase in the style of Galle art glass. Beautifully en...
Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
Donà Furnace Mid-Century Modern Amber Molato Three Murano Glass Vases, 1998s
By Alberto Donà
Located in Murano, Venezia
Alberto Donà does simple things, but to great effect. And simple, by the way, is a big word. The work they do in the furnance here in Murano is certainly not easy. The Katia vase...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid Century Amberina Art Glass Bottle att. to Joel Myers for Blenko c. 1960's
By Blenko Glass, Joel Myers
Located in New York, NY
Diminutive Art Glass stoppered glass bottle, attributed to Joel Myers for Blenko Glass, circa 1960/70's. The Amberina bottle features an orange to yellow glass body, with transparen...
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Set of Two Italian Venetian Goblets Aquamarine Murano Glass
By Murano 5
Located in Murano, Venezia
Elegant pair of aquamarine glass goblets with dolphin and swan in 24-carat gold leaf. The objects made of Murano glass are all handmade by our famous Murano artisans, making our wo...
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Glass Flower Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Glass Flower Vase was created by the master glass crafters of Venice, Italy, and features an intriguing Greek amphora styling accentuated with a cobalt blue ri...
Art Glass
Mid-century vintage complementary set of hand blown art glass jars
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid-century vintage modern complementary set of art glass jars with their original stoppers. These jars are hand blown with olive green glass incased in clear glass. This s...
Glass
$426Sale Price|25% Off
Ceramic Bird Vase Sculpture, Ethnic Vibe, Studio Art Ceramic, Signed Mid Century
By Jacques Pouchain
Located in Andernach, DE
Studio art pottery bird vessel or vase from around the 1970s, possibly France. This vase is quite a rare and impressive piece of art, with an ethnic vibe of South American effigies. ...
Ceramic
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Modern Art Surrealist Bronze Sculpture Jack Zajac USA
By Jack Zajac
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1929 - Mr. Zajac is a California based artist. He is known for large bronze rams horns and skulls in abstract forms. This piece is from a series called 'Resurrections'. Cast Bronze o...
Bronze
$178Sale Price|30% Off
Mid-Century Orange Fat Lava Art Ceramic Vase by Scheurich, 1960s, West Germany
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Andernach, DE
Funky original mid-century ceramic vase in the time of ''Fat Lava'' pottery. Here in a typical German orange to brown speckled and stripe textured glaze, featuring the absolutely fun...
Ceramic
Wonderful Mid Century Italian Murano White Opal Milk Large Art Glass Floor Vase
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid Century Italian Murano White / Opal / Milk Large Art Glass Floor Vase
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Ruscha Art Brown Ceramic Vase, Mid-Century West German Pottery
By Dümler & Breiden, Scheurich Keramik, Kurt Tschörner, Ruscha
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking vintage vase features complex espresso brown glaze with sgraffito decor on the front of the vase. Abstract botanical decor follows the unusual demi-lune shape of the piece;...
Ceramic, Pottery
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.
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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