Mosaic Tile Company Protype Mid Century Rooster Tile
By Mosaic Tile Co.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very unique Mid Century protype ceramic tile with a lively styled rooster printed to a cream toned back round. This square tile is attributed to Kenneth Gale (1908- 1990) who desig...
Ceramic
Mosaic Tile Company Protype Mid Century Juggler Tile
By Mosaic Tile Co.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very unique Mid Century protype ceramic tile with a lively colorful comedic styled juggler printed to a cream toned back round. This square tile is attributed to Kenneth Gale (1908...
Ceramic
Frank Matranga Mosaic Tile Cityscape Wall Art
By Frank Matranga
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mosaic tile art piece by California ceramicist Frank Matranga, c.1960s, USA. This piece is composed of varying shaped glazed ceramic tiles to create a mosaic cityscape. The colors ra...
Ceramic
$3,200Sale Price|58% Off
Rare Abstract Mid Century Ceramic Mosaic Tile Wall Art! Teak Frame. 1950s Table
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Peoria, AZ
SUPERB ! MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT HANDCRAFTED TILE MOSAIC DIMENSIONS: Approx. 26" by 14" Dated 1953 This magnificent mosaic wall art work is a spectacular example of the...
Ceramic, Teak
Hand Crafted Wet-Cut Mosaic Modern Wall Hanging Plaque Art Sculptural Tiles
By Harris Strong, Waylande Gregory
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Modern wall art sculpture by Donald C. Rattino This work has been featured in several juried art shows since its inception and most recently shown at The Chicago Museum of Contemp...
Ceramic, Earthenware, Wood
Taizan Tile Portrait of a Woman Mosaic Panel
Located in Astoria, NY
Taizan Tile, Portrait of a Woman Mosaic Panel, mid-20th century, signed "Taizan" lower left, giltwood frame. Image: 11.5" H x 9" W; frame: 21.5" H x 18.5" W x 2" D. Provenance: Fro...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Abstract Mosaic Glass Tile Cocktail Table, C1955
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous mid-century mosaic cocktail table with colored glass tile and a Formica top. Walnut base with splayed legs. Measures: 72 inch x 24 x 14.25H makes this a statement piece. In ...
Art Glass, Formica, Walnut
Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Modern Mosaic Tile & Steel Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimensions 32in H x 7.50in W x 5.50in D Shade: 10in H x 17in W x 17in D ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringin...
Brass, Steel
Harris G. Strong Ceramic MCM Female Figures Mosaic Tile Art Plaque 16"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century modern ceramic tile art by Harris G.
Ceramic
Vintage Andre Mid Century Modernist Abstract Music Instrument Tile Wall Art Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair Vintage Andre Mid Century Modernist Abstract Music Instrument Tile Wall Art. Item features mosaic tile, pained clarinet and violin/cello, mounted on laminate surface with wood b...
Formica
Mid-Century Navajo-Style Yei Dancers Mosaic Panel by I. Henry, California 1960s
Located in Camden, ME
This substantial mid-century mosaic panel depicts a procession of Navajo-style Yei figures—often referred to as Yei Dancers or Rainbow Guardians—executed in mixed media including cer...
Glass, Wood, Plywood, Mosaic
Chicago Jewish Modernist Mixed Media Surrealist Painting WPA Artist Mosaic Tiles
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
Alexander Raymond Katz (Hungarian-American, 1895-1974) initialed l.r. "A.R.K." inscribed verso "Prayer Tree", A Raymond Katz." Sight size: 39-3/4"h x 30"w Overall: 40-3/4"h x 30-3/...
Mixed Media, Alkyd, Board
Mid-Century Mosaic Wall Plate by W. Zimmermann for Ritter
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Designer W. Zimmermann Brand Ritter, Großheppach (Germany) Era 1950s / 1960s Material pottery, brass High 2,5 cm Diameter 30 cm Condition good original Selected Items – We cha...
Brass
Mid-Century Mosaic Wall Plate by W. Zimmermann for Ritter
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Designer W. Zimmermann. Brand Ritter, Großheppach (Germany) Era 1950s / 1960s. Material pottery, brass. High 2, 8 cm. Diameter 30 cm. Condition good original Selected Items – ...
Brass
Ceramic Tile Mosaic Dish Vide-Poche with Pink Hearts, circa Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A ceramic tile mosaic dish catchall or vide-poche with pink hearts, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, USA. Dish is round; designed with square and rectangular tiles and a cluster of hea...
Metal
Large Antique Italian Micro Mosaic plaque of St. Peters Square, Rome mid 1800's
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in New York, NY
These paintings sum up the eighteenth-century canon of the greatest works of architecture and sculpture, and the equivalence between modern and ancient Rome.
Glass
Mid-Century Christopher Russell Tile Panel ex Chris Blanchett Collection
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An unusual and impressive tile panel by ceramicist Christopher Russel, originally made as a maquette for Swanage Library, England, and later acquired by collector and expert Chris Bl...
Metal, Steel
Swedish Folk Art Mosaic Mushroom Piggy Bank, 1970s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Swedish Folk Art Mosaic Mushroom Piggy Bank, 1970s. Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern piggy bank with ceramic tiles.
Ceramic
Expertly Restored - Mid-Century Sculpted Walnut Table Lamp w/ Blue Mosaic Tiles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials Walnut Wood, Original Blue Mosaic Tiles, New Custom Linen Shade ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringi...
Linen, Wood, Walnut
Large Roman Style Floral Mosaic Wall Hanging
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A spectacular 1.7m x 1.6m (6ft x 5ft) Roman style floral mosaic wall hanging, certain to impress on the walls of any home! Expertly crafted using small tesserae pieces, this large m...
Steel
Raised Edge Danish Modern Teak Ceramic Mosaic Tile Cocktail Table
By Helge Vestergaard-Jensen, Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Chattanooga, TN
We’ve never seen a tile top Danish teak cocktail table with this captivating tile design. Each tile is a completely unique, individual work of art. The tile colors are an ebb and f...
Teak, Ceramic
$2,644Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Mosaic Round Wall Mirror, Multicolor & Silvered Art Glass Tiles Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spain, 1960s This gorgeous Mid-Century Modern mirror features a mosaic frame made of textured irisdiscent silvered glass tiles splashed by colorful orange, pink, and golden tiles.
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Mirror
1960s MCM Mexican Salvador Terán Female Mosaic & Brass Tray or Wall Hanging
By Salvador Teran, Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in St. Louis, MO
Salvador Terán (1920-1974) Mid-Century Modern glass & brass mosaic tray or wall hanging from his atelier "Salvador" in Mexico City, Mexico, circa 1965. Female mosaic in blue glas...
Brass
$3,680Sale Price|20% Off
Mosaic of a Jean Dufy Paris Street Scene Watercolor c. 1950
By Jean Dufy
Located in Camden, ME
A wonderful mosaic of ceramic and iridescent tile that captures the vitality and color of a neighborhood in Paris with small shops, a cafe, a pharmacie, along a tree lined boulevard ...
Ceramic, Art Glass
Modernist Spalti 'Glass' Mosaic Tile Top Dining Table
By Erwine & Estelle Laverne
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Spalti (glass) mosaic tile dining top table. Superior quality. Very well executed. Iron surround, decorative metal table base, large and heavy.
Metal, Iron
June E. Johnson Signed Mid-Century Abstract Mosaic Wall Panel, 1962 Mid century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Keywords: June E Johnson, signed mosaic, 1962 mosaic, mid century mosaic, abstract wall art, modernist wall panel, vintage mosaic art, studio craft, tile mosaic, 1960s wall art, abst...
Glass
Navajo-Style Thunderbird Sand Painting Mosaic Panel, Mixed Media, 1960s CA.
Located in Camden, ME
This powerful mid-century mosaic panel presents a Navajo-style Thunderbird figure rendered in richly textured mixed media, combining ceramic tile, colored glass, and sand.
Ceramic, Glass, Wood, Plywood, Glitter, Mosaic
Adri Belgique Mid-Century Tiled Coffee Table, Chrome & Stone, 1960s
By Adri Belgique
Located in Hellouw, NL
This striking coffee table from Adri Belgique combines modern style with handmade craftsmanship. Design The legs of the table are made of chrome, which provides a sleek and shiny a...
Stone, Chrome
$25,000
"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern Painted wood assemblage, 36 x 45 x 4 inches overall.
Wood
Swedish Folk Art Mosaic Vase, 1970s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Swedish Folk Art Mosaic Vase, 1970s. Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern vase with ceramic tiles.
Ceramic, Glass
$7,200Sale Price|68% Off
Mosaic Panel of the Bicentennial in New York Harbor, 1978
Located in Camden, ME
A large mosaic panel artwork representing the bicentennial celebration in New York harbor on the evening of July 4, 1976. A memorable evening throughout the United States and partic...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Tile, Lacquered Linen & Walnut Cocktail Table by Gordon Martz
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modern two-tier cocktail table was realized by the esteemed pair of Mid Century Modern designers Jane and Gordon Martz in the United States, circa 1960.
Ceramic, Walnut, Linen
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) Mural Study, untitled 11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight) Tempera on board Provenance:...
Egg Tempera, Board
Vintage Tiles Mosaic Mirror - Handcrafted by Joseph Malekan
By Joseph Malekan
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Malekan's pieces are known for their meticulous attention to detail and a playful yet sophisticated use of color and pattern. This particular tiles likely hails from an era that emb...
Ceramic, Mirror, Wood
Charlie Sheppard Rectangular Mosaic Coffee Table Handmade glazed ceramic tile
Located in London, GB
Charlie Sheppard — Rectangular Coffee Table Handmade glazed ceramic tile on board, bespoke coloured grout top with burnished steel frame H 40.5 × W 100 × D 50 cm Born in 1988 and ba...
Steel
David Holleman 1960's Mosaic Wall Art... Classic Modernist
By David Holleman
Located in Buffalo, NY
David Holleman mosaic wall art, circa early 1960s. It measures 22" wide and has animal motifs and abstracted figures./ faces . Some of the tile work incorporates gold leaf.
Ceramic
Wall Hanging Jungle Mosaic Tile Panel with Cockatoo or Bird
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty wall hanging tile art, ambitiously handcrafted in terracotta with each piece cut, fired, decorated, glazed and assembled depicting a cockatoo in a lush jungle setting with bird...
Terracotta, Faux Bamboo
Wall Hanging Jungle Mosaic Tile Panel with Cockatoo or Bird
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Eye catching wall hanging tile art, ambitiously hand crafted in terracotta with each piece cut, fired, decorated, glazed and assembled depicting a cockatoo in a lush jungle setting w...
Terracotta, Faux Bamboo
Mosaic Round Wall Mirror with Golden and Garnet Glass Tiles Frame, 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish midcentury mosaic round mirror framed with golden and garnet textured glass tiles. Spain, 1960s. This stunning Mid-Century Modern mirror features a tile mosaic frame with sma...
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Mirror
Maurice Chalvignac Mid-Century Modern Art Pottery Decorative Wall Plaque
By Maurice Chalvignac
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This highly decorative wall sculpture or mosaic was done by the well Maurice Chalvignac of Canada and dates to approximately 1965 and done in his signature Mid-Century Modern style.
Pottery, Teak, Pine
Expertly Restored - John Keal Mosaic Tile Floor Lamp for Modeline of CA
By John Keal, Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Mosaic Tiles, Korina Wood, New Linen Shade ________________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to ...
Linen, Wood
Mexican "Vida y Muerte" Modernist Face Mosaic Tray attributed to Salvador Teran
By Salvador Teran
Located in Southampton, NJ
Rare design, “Vida y Muerte” mosaic and brass tray attributed to Salvador Teran. The tray is not stamped by Teran but the tray exhibits his typical details such as concave brass edge...
Brass
$5,200Sale Price|40% Off
Mosaic Tile Side Table by Vladimir Kagan for Kagan-Dreyfuss, circa 1955
By Kagan-Dreyfuss, Inc., Vladimir Kagan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This end table would work great in a Mid-Century Modern, Scandanavian Modern or Danish Modern home or penthouse apartment but could also look fantastic in a Contemporary or Post-Mode...
Ceramic, Walnut
Midcentury Italian Mosaic Table with Iron Base and Red Glass Tile Style Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Italian Midcentury mosaic coffee table embodies the vibrant essence and artistic flair of the mid-20th century.
Iron
Large Round Mosaic Gold and White Tile Coffee Table Designed by Berthold Müller
By Berthold Muller
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful round Mosaic top coffee table designed by Berthold Müller one of the most beautiful examples. The mosaic pattern on top is a fascinating work in modern style and contrast i...
Stone
$1,658Sale Price|20% Off
Multicoloured Art Glass mosaic wall mirror, Spain, 1960s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Brutalist Spanish round mirror with coloured glass mosaic, 60s. Frame made up of pieces of glass or textured artistic glass tiles in the form of a multicoloured and iridescent mosaic...
Glass, Art Glass, Mirror
End Table in Teak w/ Ceramic Tile Mosaic Inlay, Johannes Andersen, Denmark, 1970
By Johannes Andersen
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a true Danish Modern treasure: a rare, signed accent table designed by the well respected and prolific Johannes Andersen. Featuring a table top constructed from ceramic t...
Teak
Butterfly Mosaic Coffee Table Italy 1960s
Located in Munich, DE
Beautiful Italian mosaic table designed with one colorful beautiful butterfly in glass tiles in on a triangle top and with solid brass feet.
Brass
$1,279Sale Price|20% Off
Brutalist multicoloured Art Glass mosaic wall mirror, Spain, 1960s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Brutalist coloured spanish round mirror with glass mosaic, 1960s. Frame composed by a border of shiny silver crystals and another concentric one made of pieces of glass or tiles of t...
Brass
1960s Brass Tiled Rooster Wall Art Mixed Media Signed K
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents Mid Century Modern Mosaic Art Tiled Brass Rooster Wall Art Signed K Evelyn Ackerman style 24 .5 x 27W x 2D Original Vintage Condition unrestored.
Bronze
Charlie Sheppard Large Square steel frame Mosaic Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
Charlie Sheppard — Large Square Coffee Table Handmade glazed ceramic tile on board, bespoke coloured-grout top with burnished steel frame H 40.5 × W 90 × D 90 cm This large square c...
Steel
Stunning Pia Manu Ceramic Mosaic Coffee Table, c. 1960s
By Pia Manu, Jules De Waele
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A truly stunning example of artisan craftsmanship, this Pia Manu coffee table from the c. 1960s showcases an exquisite inset ceramic tile mosaic top. It immediately captivates with i...
Chrome
Massive MCM Mosaic Wall Hanging of Jesus and Disciples
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous MCM mosaic wall sculpture, in the style of Pablo Picasso, of what I believe to be Jesus and His 11 disciples (Judas missing), circa 1950s. The intricately hand crafted pie...
Stone
Grove Painting, Mid-Century Modern, Oiled on Canvas, Signed Brent
By Harris Strong
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The studio’s legacy remains influential among collectors and mid-century modern design enthusiasts, who appreciate its role in elevating ceramics into fine art.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$1,706Sale Price|20% Off
Hollywood Regency. Glass mosaic Sunburst mirror, Spain, 1960s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Sunburst style circular mirror with hand-made art glass mosaic, Spain, 1960s. Frame formed by textured artistic glass tiles as an iridescent mosaic in orange combined with mirror pie...
Glass, Art Glass, Mirror
$1,611Sale Price|20% Off
Hollywood Regency. Glass mosaic Sunburst mirror, Spain, 1960s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Sunburst style circular mirror with hand-made art glass mosaic, Spain, 1960s. Frame formed by textured artistic glass tiles as an iridescent mosaic in purple-red or maroon combined w...
Glass, Art Glass, Mirror
$1,080Sale Price|20% Off
Toso Murano Blue White Red Millefiori Flower Mosaic Italian Art Glass Bud Vase
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flowers and bullseye murrines Italian art glass mosaic cabinet / flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
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.
Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
With its grid-like doors and wavy trim, the 1940s design feels as fresh as ever.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Prehistoric motifs give the mid-century Italian fireplace an elemental feel.
Their charming solid-oak pieces offer homes utility and comfort.
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You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.