Vintage Signed Stained Glass Round Panel with Abalone Shell, Hanging Wall Art.
Located in Seattle, WA
Decorative round stained glass panel featuring a dimensional abalone shell centerpiece. The circular composition is divided into vertical sections of dark blue, deep burgundy, and te...
Abalone, Stained Glass
Vintage Barovier & Toso Cordonato D'oro Murano Art Glass Vase c. 1950's
By Barovier
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Mid Century art glass vase made in Murano, Italy, by Ercole Barovier, for Barovier & Toso, c 1950's, as part of the iconic Cordonato D'Oro series. This stunning vase feat...
Art Glass
Murano Vintage Heart Shape Art Glass Paperweight Cobalt Blue, Yellow and Murine
By Fratelli Toso, Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Murano Vintage Yellow Heart Glass With Bubbles Paperweight Desk Accessory. Beautiful Murano Art Glass Cobalt Blue and Yellow Heart Shaped Paperweight in Cobalt Blue with Yellow and M...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$300Sale Price|25% Off
Murano Gambaro Poggi Red Blue Purple Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Paperweight
By Gambaro & Poggi
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright red, dark cobalt blue and lavender Italian art glass bird paperweight / figurine. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, w...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Midcentury Modern Jewelry Dish
By Georges Briard
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage bent glass dish with gold sunflower center and sheaf-of-wheat design details around edge, by designer Georges Briard, Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-2...
Gold
Large Murano Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl in Amethyst and Gold Aventurine, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Striking Vintage Murano Hand-Blown Art Glass Centerpiece with Aventurine A large and dramatic vintage Murano art glass centerpiece, hand-blown with shimmering aventurine inclusions....
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$350Sale Price|26% Off
Sommerso Art Glass Vase by John Brekke
By John Brekke
Located in San Diego, CA
Heavy art glass Sommerso vase by artist John Brekke. Signed and dated "1976." Gorgeous purple and clear colors. #Bin W
Art Glass
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
French Modern Floral Cameo Glass Vase, Signed Daum+Nancy France
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Floral Cameo Glass Vase, Signed Daum+Nancy France France, 20th Century Signed in script signature 'Drum +Nancy-France' The vase fitted with a long neck, subtle m...
Art Glass
$195Sale Price|58% Off
Danish Modernist Holmegaard Tundra Art Glass Bowl, 1970s
By Holmegaard, Michael Bang
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Mouthblown Danish Modern clear crystal art glass bowl with wavy, organic umber accent lines as added by paint brush inside the glass. Designed by Michael Bang in 1976-78 for Danish H...
Crystal
Antique Art Nouveau Cast Metal Bust of a Woman with Lily Motif
Located in Seattle, WA
An early 20th-century Art Nouveau cast metal bust depicting a serene young woman, her hair softly framing her face. The figure is draped in a stylized shawl adorned with a pair of li...
Metal
Murano Alfredo Barbini Orange Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Basket Vase
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown orange, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass flower basket / vase. The piece is documented to designer Alfredo Barbini and publish...
Gold
Wonderful Marcello Furlan Murano Italian Rare Art Glass Yellow Red Vase
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid Century Modern Marcello Furlan Murano Italian Rare Art Glass Yellow With Red Circular Handle Vase
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Murano White Silver Art Glass Bowl Catchall Barbini Style
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Italian Murano white art glass bowl with a silver leaf design and scalloped edge, Midcentury Modern Italian period, circa 1960s, or earlier, Italy. In the...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$595Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Display Bowl, Continental, Art Glass, Bonbon, Fruit Dish, Circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage display bowl. A Continental, art glass bonbon or small fruit dish, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. A striking piece of decorative glassware, showcasing...
Art Glass
Baccarat Art Glass Flower Bottle Iris, France
By Baccarat
Located in Rijssen, NL
Luxury at its finest, high-end glass flower bottle for Baccarat, France. The bottle - made out of art glass - is made from a clear glass, with a purple colored glass flower on top. ...
Art Glass
Turquoise Murano Art Glass Vase by Fratelli Toso, Italy, 1960s
By Fratelli Toso
Located in SYDNEY, AU
Murano oval vase in turquoise fading to a Vaseline base.
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Frantisek Vizner, Sklo Union Czech Art Glass, the Maze', a Good Art Glass Vase
By Sklo Union Rosice, Frantisek Vizner
Located in London, GB
Frantisek Vizner, Sklo Union Czech art glass. The Maze'. A good Mid-Century Modern art glass vase.
Glass
Seguso Murano Four Leaves Clover Green Art Glass Bowl with Gold Dust, 1950
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano Glass Four Leaf Clover Bowl // Green Gold Dust Murano Glass Ashtray // Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Vide-Poche // Seguso Murano Bowl with Gold Dust
Gold Leaf
Salviati 'Battuto' Carved Blue Murano Art Glass Vase 1960s
By Salviati
Located in Meer, VAN
Fantastic and large mid-century vase by renowned Murano and London glass house Salviati. As one of the oldest Murano glass houses in Venice Salviati has proved to be one of the most ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
$742Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Peach Italian Art Glass Basket Bowl, 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano Art Glass Basket Bowl. Italy, 1950s. Lovely Murano art glass bowl in peach color clear glass. Finely executed in the shape of a basket. Use it as decorative bowl, rings bowl,...
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$225Sale Price / item|25% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flowers Ribbons Italian Art Glass Paperweights
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 different designs available). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown ribbons and flower design Italian art glass paperweights. Documented to the Fratelli Toso compan...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Vintage Art Glass Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Arte
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Art Glass Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Arte A vintage art glass vase, designed by Flavio Poli and manufactured by Seguso Vetri D'Arte Murano Venice circa 1961. The...
Art Glass
1930s Art Deco Ceramic Italian Fisherman Vase by Bitossi
By Bitossi, Ceramiche di Albisola
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An Art Deco vase designed and manufacured in Italy in the Thirties by Bitossi, signs of use and age visible on the photo. This Vase by Bitossi is a splendid example of Italian cerami...
Ceramic
Venini Bianconi Murano Blue White Zanfirico Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Paolo Venini, Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark blue, with light blue and white ribbons Italian art glass fazzoletto / handkerchief vase. The piece is documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Seguso Vetri d’Arte Murano Modernist Glass Torchère or Altar Candlestick
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Atlanta, GA
A signed Murano art glass altar candlestick or torchère, attributed to Seguso Vetri d’Arte, mid-20th century. The design is a striking example of postwar Italian glasswork, featuring...
Art Glass
Škrdlovice Art Glass Vase by Jan Beránek, Cobalt Blue, 1959, Czech
By Jan Beranek, Skrdlovice
Located in Bochum, NRW
Škrdlovice Art Glass Vase by Jan Beránek, 1959 - Design No. 5988 Height: 26.5 cm Diameter: 11 cm A dazzlingly beautiful hand‑blown art glass vase designed in 1959 by celebrated Czech...
Art Glass
Kjell Engman Kosta Boda Catwalk Frosted Glass Vase Sweden Scandinavian Modern
By Kjell Engman, Kosta Boda
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern catwalk frosted art glass vase designed by Kjell Engman for Kosta Boda made in Sweden. Engraved at the bottom and numbered, 7048838. The original label is placed a...
Art Glass
Vintage British Studio Art Glass Bowl by Pauline Solven
By Pauline Solven
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pauline Solven’s blown and applied glass bowl features asymmetrical, free-flowing rim and cobalt blue and soft mocha brown fused applied glass band, reminiscent of blooming flowers....
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
$896Sale Price|20% Off
Large Murano-Style Multi-colored Art Glass Vase with Aventurine, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Art Glass Hand-Blown Glass Multicolored Glass Copper Aventurine Murano-Style Glass Venetian Glass Hand-Blown Free-Form Design Sommerso / Layered Glass Technique Aventurine Inclusio...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Desing: Carlos de Lamota, Materials: Bronze and marble, Style : Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
In 1904 the first Jansen branch outside Paris was established in Buenos Aires, as the Argentinean clientele demanded a large amount of furniture, from the end of the 19th century to ...
Marble, Bronze
Mario Badioli for Oggetti Murano Embracing Couple Art Glass Sculpture
By Oggetti
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
For your consideration, a Mario Badioli for Oggetti Murano Italy art glass sculpture. Featuring a couple in a lover's embrace in an abstract design atop black cased glass base. Has o...
Glass
Large Murano Sommerso Art Glass Pear Sculpture by Fratelli Toso Italy
By Fratelli Toso
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful color controlled bubbles nice heavy excellent condition pear sculpture Murano Italy.
Blown Glass
Murano Barbini Orange White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Midcentury Bowl Dish
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown orange over white, and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative bowl / ashtray. The piece is documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfred...
Gold Leaf
Carl Erickson Sculptural Vase, American Art Studio Glass 1940s-1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural, heavy Mid Century Modern clear glass decorative vase or vessel was created by Carl Erickson for Erickson Glass Works. The vase is decorated with controlled bubbles that ...
Art Glass, Glass, Sommerso
Large 33x47 Framed Fired Clay Wall Art Sculpture Abstract Textures Tray
By Harris Strong
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 33x47 Framed Fired Clay Wall Art Sculpture Abstract Textures Tray
Clay, Reclaimed Wood
Vitrix Studio Blown Light Blue & Gold Art Glass Vase Thomas Buechner Op Art 80s
By Thomas Buechner III
Located in Miami, FL
Artist Thomas Buechner III created this beautiful studio piece of hot blown art glass vase in light blue, gold and transparent color. Mid-Century Modern Op Art made in 1980 at the V...
Blown Glass
Vintage Art Glass Bowl 'Tulpan' by Astrid Gate 2006
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Art Glass Bowl 'Tulpan' by Astrid Gate 2006 A heavy art glass bowl in blue, yellow and purple glass with clear overlay. Designed by Astrid Gate and executed in the Johansors...
Art Glass
Rare Art Glass Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Arte
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rare Art Glass Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Arte A rare art glass vase designed by Flavio Poli and manufactured by Seguso Vetri D'Arte Murano Venice around 1961. The vase ...
Art Glass
Hand-Blown Glass Centerpiece Italian Art Glass Dish Bowl 1970's
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Midcentury hand blown Glass Centerpiece Italian Fratelli Toso style Art Glass Dish Bowl. Italian Mid-Century Modern hand blown Murano art glass footed bowl. Beautiful Murano hand b...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$808Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Display Bowl, German, Art Glass, Fruit Serving Dish, Kitchen, Vase, 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage display bowl. A German, art glass petal-form fruit dish, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Striking German art glass bowl with sculptural, organic form ...
Art Glass
$348Sale Price|39% Off
Richard Glass Saturn Art Glass Bowl, Teign Valley, England, 2000s
Located in Glasgow, GB
This Richard Glass art glass bowl, known as “Saturn”, was handcrafted in England for Teign Valley Glass in the early 2000s. A large, sculptural British studio glass centrepiece, it f...
Art Glass
Vintage Murano Art Glass Abstract Design Paper Weight, 1993
By Murano 5
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous Vintage Art Glass 1993 abstract design paperweight. Beautiful handcrafted pink and white swirl Murano art glass paperweight. Signed by the artist dated 1993. Measures: ...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Brass or Bronze Sheet Metal Wall Art Sculpture of a Sail Boat
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass sheet metal sculpture of a sail boat in style of Curtis Jere.
Brass
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Mandala Millefiori Flower Mosaic Red Swirl Italian Art Glass Paperweight
By Galliano Ferro, Fornasa De Murano A L'Insegna Del Moreto
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, optic design, millefiori flower mosaic "Mandala" design Italian art glass paperweight. Created in the manner of the Fornasa De Murano A L'Insegna...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Knud Kyhn Royal Copenhagen Art Pottery, Porcelain Cleaning Sitting Rabbit, 1970s
By Royal Copenhagen, Knud Kyhn
Located in Andernach, DE
Absolutely adorable and stylish mid-century Danish Royal Copenhagen porcelain rabbit figurine by renowned artist Knud Kyhn (Danish, 1880-1969) and dating from around 1965-1975. The ...
Porcelain
Interior Design Art Lull No65 – Handcrafted Wooden Sculpture by NONO
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Interior Design Art Lull No65 – Handcrafted Wooden Sculpture by NONO ——— Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded forms an...
Hardwood
Handcrafted Abstract Art Lull No52 – Wooden Sculpture by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Handcrafted Abstract Art Lull No52 – Wooden Sculpture by Joel Escalona ——— Balance and tension are at the core of these sculptures. The interplay between the smooth, rounded forms a...
Hardwood
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Vintage Millefiori Flower Mosaic Italian Art Glass Pedestal Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, tall vintage Murano hand blown dark pink and white flower murrines Italian art glass pedestal paperweight. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company. The paperwe...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Venini Bianconi Murano Blue White Ribbons Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Filigrana stripes Italian art glass mini decorative fazzoletto handkerchief vase. Documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the Venini Company, ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Seguso Murano Pink Blue Art Glass Bird Figure Paperweights, 1960s
By Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching pair of Murano Sommerso Dove Bird figures in pink and blue glass. Attributed to Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1960s Hanblown glass, Sommerso technique: One is made in pink g...
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass, Blown Glass
Sculptural Crackle Art Glass Jug / Vase, United States, 20th Century
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sculptural Crackle Art Glass Jug / Vase, United States, 20th Century.
Glass, Art Glass
Kjell Engman for Kosta Boda Art Glass bowl , 1980s
By Kjell Engman
Located in Delft, NL
Kjell Engman for Kosta Boda Art Glass bowl , 1980s
Art Glass
$840Sale Price|20% Off
Sculpture in Bronze Art Nuragica Sardinia 1960 Wood Base
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sculpture in bronze art Nuragica Sardinia 1960 wood base, represents hero 4 eyes and 4 arm.
Bronze
Unseen Force #52: Solid Oak Table, Joel Escalona's Functional Art
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Unseen Force #52: Solid Oak Table, Joel Escalona's Functional Art ——— This monolithic sculpture, designed by the talented Artist Joel Escalona, is a towering example of beauty in cra...
Hardwood
$488Sale Price|24% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Green White Italian Art Glass Crown Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown green and white twisting ribbons Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. This paperweights are often ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Murano Fratelli Toso Ribbons Italian Art Glass Sculptural Fazzoletto Flower Vase
By Fratelli Toso, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and extra large, vintage Murano hand blown black / brown and light green ribbons Italian art glass sculptural handkerchief / fazzoletto vase. Documented to the Fratelli To...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$15,294Sale Price / item|20% Off
Contemporary Wooden Totem Art Unseen Force No34 Produced by NONO
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Contemporary Wooden Totem Art Unseen Force No34 Produced by NONO —— This monolithic sculpture, designed by the talented Artist Joel Escalona, is a towering example of beauty in cr...
Hardwood
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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