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Mid-Century Modern Murano Art Glass Bowl
By Murano 5
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
artisan during the mid-1960s. The bowl is unsigned, so an exact artist or maker cannot be determined. The
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-century Modern Murano Glass Bowl
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning green and amber colored Murano glass bowl in a beautiful shape.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Murano Italy Art Glass Bowl Lot
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Lovely set of 3 Murano Italy art glass bowls / ashtrays.
Circa 1950's-60's.
None are marked or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Blue Murano Glass Bowl - Mid-Century Modern, Italy circa 1960/70
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
sideboard. A fantastic example of a mid century Murano glass bowl with a clear glass base showing a light
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid 20th Century Amber-Colored Murano Glass Bowl by Sommerso, Italy ca. 1960
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Exceptional mid century Murano glass bowl out of the world renown workshops of Sommerso on the
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
H 4.72 in W 10.24 in D 9.45 in
1950s Italian Art Glass Green Murano Bowl Mid Century Modern Seguso
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Italian Art Glass Green Murano Bowl
2.25 x 9.75 diameter
Preowned original vintage condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Large Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Blown Murano Art Glass Bowl Ashtray
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant Italian sculptural hand-blown Murano art glass decorative bowl, Ashtray in dark pink, blue
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
H 3 in W 7.5 in D 6.25 in
Mid-Century Murano Glass Bowl, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Organic shaped 1960's glass bowl in two colors from Murano with air-bubble pattern. Excellent for
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Art Glass Bowl
By Ars Murano
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Murano Art Biomorphic Glass Bowl. It depicts a heart shaped glass. It is white color in
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-century Murano Glass Bullicante Aventurine Free Form Bowl, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Murano Glass Bullicante Aventurine Free Form Bowl, Italy
Offered for sale is a lovely
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century Italian Murano Glass Bowl, 1960s
By Galliano Ferro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Mid-Century Italian "Sommerso bullicante" decorative glass bowl or ashtray attributed to
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century sommerso Murano Glass Ashtray or Bowl, italian design, 1970
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Murano Glass Sommerso, Flavio Poli
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-Century sommerso Murano Glass Ashtray or Bowl, italian design, 1970
This is a beautiful
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Art Glass Oval Red, Orange & Green Blown Glass Catchall, Bowl Italy 1960
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass bowl in red, orange and green, blown glass catchall, made in
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
H 2.5 in W 7.25 in D 6 in
XXL Mid Century Murano Glass Bowl, Italy, Labeled
Located in Praha, CZ
Large vintage Italien glass bowl or centrepiece. Made in Italy, labeld. Good vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Decorative offering bowl, amber art glass Murano 1940s, Murano Venice, Italy
By Lavorazione Arte Murano
Located in Wien, AT
This amazing bowl is out of hand crafted glass, made in Murano, the island of the glass blowing
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
H 6.69 in W 12.8 in D 5.51 in
Hat Vase or Bowl Murano Glass, Italy, circa 1970
By Murano 5
Located in Vienna, AT
Surrealistic flipping multicolored hat-shaped Murano glass vessel. Measuring: 10 x 7 x 5
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Murano Italy Avem Tutti Frutti Zanfirico Latticino Art Glass Bowl, 1950s
By Murano 5
Located in Delft, NL
Murano Italy Avem Tutti Frutti Zanfirico Latticino art glass bowl, 1950s.
White Murano Art glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Murano Italian Art Glass Ashtray Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern Murano Italian Art Glass Ashtray Bowl
Unusual Murano glass bowl with swirls
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Finest Murano Glass Clam Shell Swirl Gold Dust Flecks Bowl, Catchall Italy
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
Italian large finest Murano glass clam shell swirl gold dust flecks bowl, catchall.
No markings
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
H 3.5 in W 13 in D 9 in
Murano Bowl with Red and Gold Accents
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A spectacular Murano bowl - rare and desirable, this piece has a large red center with accents of
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
Speckeled Art Glass Bowl / Ashtray by Murano Glass
By Formia Murano
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice gold speckeled art glass bowl / ashtray by Murano Glass, circa 1950s. The piece is in
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
1960 Venezia Mid-Century Modern Murano Green Blown Glass Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
Murano craftmenships. It has an elegant shape and its color is a jade green. It is an eye catching in
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Amber Murano Art Glass Decorative Footed Fruit Bowl 1960s Italy
By Murano Due
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mouth Blown Studio Murano Art Glass Swirl Amber Footed Fruit Bowl.
Vintage amber yellow Murano
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Italian Mouth Blown Art Glass Bowl Amber Crystal
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous large amber Murano Italian mouth blown art crystal glass decorative bowl.
Large Murano Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid 20th Century Murano in Pink With Gold Adventurine Flecks
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Charleston, SC
A classic murano style bowl but in Pink and gold! Ruffled edges, controlled bubbles and gold
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Brown & Amber Sommerso Glass Circular Geode Bowl
Located in Bolton, GB
Here is a wonderful 1950/60's Venetian glass 'geode' bowl/dish, made on the island of Murano, near
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Large Murano Amethyst Color And Bubble Design Ashtray or Candy bowl
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Large scale Murano glass ash tray or candy bowl. Made in the 1970s in Italy. High artisan Murano
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Pink Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl by Flavio Poli 1950
By Flavio Poli
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Mid-century Modern Glass bowl. Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso. Italy, 50s.
In sommerso glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Art Glass Vide Poche or Italian Glass Decorative Bowl
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful Murano art glass bowl, key holder or vide poche.
Stunning colors, yellow and clear art
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern, Set of 3, Murano Sommerso, Bowls
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
technique.
Measurements two smaller bowls:
Blue purple bowl: 10x10x5
Brown orange bowl: 8x8x3.5.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Murano Glass Steel Fruit Bowl Attributed to Vistosi, 1960s
By Vistosi
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century Murano Glass Steel Fruit Bowl Attributed to Vistosi, 1960s
Intact and in good condition
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Steel
Bowl Pocket Emptier Murano Glass Amber Mid-Century Design Italian 70s
Located in Palermo, IT
Bowl / pocket emptier in faceted, transparent and amber Murano glass. wavy borders.The vibrant
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Galliano Ferro Amber Murano Glass Bullicante Decorative Bowl, 1960s
By Galliano Ferro
Located in Roma, IT
Spectacular mid-century decorative bowl in amber Murano glass with air bubbles (bullicante). This
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Uranium Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Mid-Century Murano Bowl by Flavio Poli, 1950's
By Flavio Barbini
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Italian mid-century Murano bowl by Flavio Poli, 1950s.
This mid-century Murano bowl, attributed to
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Cenedese Vintage Mid-Century Italian Red Murano Glass Bowl or Vase
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Midcentury vintage Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. Particularly striking is the vessel's elegant
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-century Murano Glass Pink Shell Ashtray or Bowl
By Barbini
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-century Murano glass ashtray. Shell pink glass interior with all over controlled bubbles
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
21st Century Paritzki&Liani Mid Low Table Rosé-rosé-amethyst Murano Glass
By Purho Murano, Paritzki & Liani
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Angels is a collection of tables in Murano glass designed by the
Paritzki&Liani (Tel Aviv, Israel
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Materials
Murano Glass
Bowl Murano Barovier Zebrato 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian Design Gold Powder
By Barovier
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Bowl Murano Barovier Zebrato 1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian design gold powder.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
H 2.76 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bowl Centerpiece Design Italia 1970s Style Poli
Located in Palermo, IT
Amber Murano glass bowl with very pleasant shades. Multi-shaped oval body. Design attributable to a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
H 3.94 in W 10.63 in D 7.88 in
1970s Murano Art Glass Sensual Bowl Turquoise and Amber
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Murano Art Glass Turquoise Amber Geode Bowl
Luscious color sensual organic shape
2.75 h x 5
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Pinched Murano Glass Bowl, Silver Flake, Seguso, 1950s
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Mid-century beautiful organic designed mouth blown purple glass bowl with silver fleck inclusions
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Blown Glass
Monumental Huge Mid-Century Modern Italian Diamond Cut Faceted Murano Glass Bowl
By Mandruzzato
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Monumental large and heavy Italian Mid-Century Modern vintage Murano glass bowl, circa 1960-1980
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
H 5.08 in Dm 7.88 in
Cenedese Vintage Mid-Century Pink Opaline Murano Glass Dish Bowl or Ashtray 1949
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Cenedese Venetian Mid-Century vintage modern pretty Murano opaline dusty pink colored / coloured
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Bowl With Dark Spiral of Brown and Gold Flecks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A small Murano Glass Bowl with gold flecks throughout. The bowl has a brown to black band
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Italian Murano Glass Bowl or Plate from Av Mazzega
By AVMazzega
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Italian Murano Glass Bowl or Plate from Av Mazzega, in Very Good conditions. Designed
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Glass
Striking Purple Thick Mouth Blown Glass Centerpiece Bowl by Murano Glass
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible striking purple thick mouth blown glass centerpiece bowl by Murano Glass, circa the
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
DINO MARTENS - AVEM - Murano 'Confetti Glass' Bowl - Italy - Mid 20th Century
By Dino Martens, Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)
Located in Chatham, ON
DINO MARTENS - AVEM - Mid Century Murano 'confetti' studio glass bowl with silver flecks - clam
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Sommerso Smoke Brown Art Glass Star Bowl, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
-pointed star shaped hand blown Murano art glass bowl or ashtray made of smoked amber/brown glass cased
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Leaf
Stunning Large Organic Murano Glass Bowl Catchall Vintage, Italy, 1970s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
organic shaped bowl, catchall or centrepiece, Venice, Murano, Italy, 1970s. Colors are a light amber, blue
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
H 5.55 in W 15.38 in D 15.13 in
Murano Art Glass Dark Orange Amber Red Clear Blown Glass Catchall Bowl Italy 70s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass bowl in dark orange, red, amber and transparent blown glass
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
H 2.75 in W 5.25 in D 4.5 in
Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Frosted Murano Glass Scavo Bowl by A. Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century Modern italian frosted Murano glass decorative scavo bowl by Alfredo Barbini
By
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Amber Murano Glass Bowl
By Mandruzzato
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian amber Murano glass bowl blown in Sommerso technique / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
1950's Murano Barbini Gold Copper Aventurine Art Glass Bowl Lot
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Gorgeous set of 3 Murano Italy art glass bowls, circa 1950's.
Gold and Copper Aventurine in
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Sommerso Murano Glass Clover Shape Bowl Catchall Rose Green Clear Colors Seguso
By Murano Glass Sommerso, Seguso
Located in Miami, FL
different colors, Rose, Light Green and transparent.
Mid-Century Modern Art Glass from Murano, Italy in the
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
H 5 in W 10 in D 9 in
1970s Mid-Century Modern Green and Yellow Murano Glass Sea Shell Bowl by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
glassware since the 14th century.
The bowl has a shell-shaped form and is made of high-quality Murano glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Beautiful Murano Glass Bowl Catchall or Cigar Ashtray Vintage, Italy, 1980s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
organic shaped bowl, catchall or centre piece, Venice, Murano, Italy, 1980s. Colors are apricot, Clear and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
H 3.5 in W 6.75 in D 6.5 in
Beautiful Red and Clear Murano Glass Bowl Catchall Vintage, Italy, 1980s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
organic shaped bowl, catchall or centrepiece, Venice, Murano, Italy, 1980s. Colors are red and clear, with
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Brown Sommerso Glass Bowl by Flavio Poli for Seguso Murano Italy
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Vienna, AT
This amazing brown handblown Murano sommerso glass bowl was designed and manufactured in Murano
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Gold Art Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A substantial Italian Murano gold and clear art glass bowl, Midcentury Modern period, Italy, circa
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Sommerso Green White Brown Geode Large Art Glass Bowl
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Sommerso opaline green white & brown starry night murano glass round bowl
Stunning hand
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
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Murano Mid Century Brown Bowl For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the murano mid century brown bowl you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, murano glass and art glass, every murano mid century brown bowl was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the murano mid century brown bowl you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A murano mid century brown bowl is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Art Nouveau styles are sought with frequency. Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Archimede Seguso and Murano Glass Sommerso each produced at least one beautiful murano mid century brown bowl that is worth considering.
How Much is a Murano Mid Century Brown Bowl?
Prices for a murano mid century brown bowl can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $175 and can go as high as $4,962, while the average can fetch as much as $577.
A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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.
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