Glass Shell Bowl by Oscar Zanetti
By Oscar Zanetti
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful iridescent Murano bowl created by Oscar Zanetti. Bowl is designed in a shell form and hand signed on the bottom by Zanetti.
Murano Glass
Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano Bubble by Barovier and Toso, Italy 1970s
By Alessandro Mandruzzato, Barovier&Toso, Flavio Poli
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl, ashtray element by Barovier and Toso Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was ...
Murano Glass
1980 Romano Donà Italian Modern Cobalt Blue Murano Art Glass Spire Shell Bowl
By Romano Donà
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring the ocean indoors! This spire coiled shell in a transparent Art Murano Glass with an amazing cyan marine blue tint has been freely blown and hand crafted, with extraordinary sk...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1980 Romano Donà Italian Modern Aqua Turquoise Murano Art Glass Spire Shell Bowl
By Romano Donà, Bisazza Vetro
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bring the ocean indoors! This spire coiled shell in a transparent Art Murano Glass with an amazing teal aquamarine blue tint has been freely blown and hand crafted, with extraordinar...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Rare XL 1, 7kg "Red Yelllow" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
By Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl, ashtray element Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Murano Glass
Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano Bubble by Barovier and Toso, Italy 1970s
By Barovier&Toso, Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl, ashtray element by Barovier and Toso Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was ...
Murano Glass
Murano Art Glass Bowl Black Shell, Metals and Bright Colors, Attributed to AVEM
By Dino Martens, Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)
Located in Verviers, BE
Stylish Murano art glass bowl attributed to AVEM and made in the 1960s. Distinctive black casing on the outside with colorful spatter-glass interior in bright and contrasting colors ...
Art Glass, Murano Glass
$1,640Sale Price|20% Off
Heavy 3.7kg Rare Extra Large Shell Bowl "PINK BUBBLE" Murano Glass, Italy, 1970
By Gino Cenedese, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element extra large in floral form Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s This original one of a kind glass shell was produced in the 197...
Murano Glass
Set of 2 Murano Glass Bubble Structure Bowl Shells Ashtray Element, Italy, 1970s
By G. Campanella & Co., Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl elements set of 2 Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s These original vintage glass elements were designed and produced in the 1970s in Murano, Ita...
Murano Glass
Set of 2 Murano Glass Bubble Structure Bowl Shells Ashtray Element, Italy, 1970s
By Alessandro Mandruzzato, G. Campanella & Co., Flavio Poli
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl elements set of 2 Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s These original vintage glass elements were designed and produced in the 1970s...
Murano Glass
Large 1, 7kg Murano Glass Crack Structure Bowl Shells Ashtray Element Italy 1970s
By Alessandro Mandruzzato, G. Campanella & Co., Flavio Poli
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl element Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass element was designed and produced in the 1970s in Murano, I...
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Shell Form Bowl in Lemon Yellow
Located in New York, NY
This lovely hued and elegantly achieved Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Shell Form Bowl in Lemon Yellow with Striated Detailing originates from Italy, Circa 1960.
Murano Glass
Set of 2 Murano Glass Crack Structure Bowl Shells Ashtray Element, Italy, 1970s
By Alessandro Mandruzzato, G. Campanella & Co., Flavio Poli
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl elements set of 2 Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1970s These original vintage glass elements were designed and produced in the 1970s...
Murano Glass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Green and Yellow Murano Glass Sea Shell Bowl by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Seguso is a renowned Italian glass manufacturer that has been producing high-quality glassware since the 14th century. The bowl has a shell-shaped form and is made of high-quality M...
Murano Glass
Flavio Poli 'Sea Shell' Sommerso Bowl Seguso Vetri D'Arts, Murano
By Flavio Poli
Located in Sharon, CT
From the 'Sea Shell' series of abstract bowls influenced by natural shell forms, designed by Flavio Poli and executed by Seguso Vetri d'Arts, Murano.
Blown Glass
Archimede Seguso Murano Blue Gold Flecks Art Glass Large Clam Shell Bowl, 1950
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing hand blown clam shell bowl in cobalt blue glass with gold flecks.
Gold Leaf
Vintage Murano Italian Art Glass Millefiori Clam Shell Candy Dish Bowl (A)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Murano Italian Art Glass Millefiori Clam Shell Candy Dish Bowl (A).
Glass
Vintage Murano Italian Art Glass Millefiore Clam Shell Candy Dish Bowl (B)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Murano Italian Art Glass Millefiore Clam Shell Candy Dish Bowl (B).
Glass
2, 3 Kg Glass Bowl Shell Centerpiece by Flavio Poli Attrib., Murano, Italy, 1970s
By Flavio Poli, Fratelli Toso, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass shell bowl element was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy.
Murano Glass
2, 5 Kg Floral Glass Bowl Shell Centerpiece by Fratelli Toso Murano, Italy, 1970s
By Fratelli Toso, Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl, element Origin: Murano, Italy Producer: FRATELLI TOSO (with producer label) Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass sh...
Murano Glass
New Old Stock, Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros, Cenedese Italy 1960s No1
By Cenedese, Antonio da Ros
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
New Old Stock Large 2.4kg Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros Cenedese 1970
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
New Old Stock, 1, 5kg Murano Glass Shell Bowl, Antonio da Ros, Cenedese, 1970
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
$1,845Sale Price|30% Off
New Old Stock 3.4kg Murano ice Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros Cenedese, 1970
By Cenedese, Antonio da Ros
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
Set of 2 New Old Stock Murano Opaline Glass Shell Bowl by Cenedese, 1960s
By Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano opaline bowl set of 2 Design: Gino Cenedese Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the vase) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 196...
Murano Glass
$841Sale Price|20% Off
Set of 2 New Old Stock, Murano Sommerso Glass Shell Bowl Cenedese Vetri, 1960s
By Cenedese, Gino Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl set of 2 Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960s-1970s This original gl...
Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Art Glass Conch Shell Bowl, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, Circa 1960
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage Murano art glass bowl. Nice large size in a unique shape meant to resemble a conch shell.
Art Glass
Vintage Murano Glass Clam Shell Bowl, Hot Pink With Silver Foil Signed, 1980s
Located in North Miami, FL
This gorgeous vintage Murano hand blown large glass bowl is in the shape and form of a clam shell with coiled snail like end form.
Silver
New Old Stock, Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros, Cenedese Italy 1960s No 2
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
New Old Stock, 1, 6kg Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros Cenedese Italy 1960s
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
A Fasce Shell Bowl by Archimede Seguso
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A vibrant red stripe which is cased in an opalescent and then clear stripes.Fasce Shell Bowl by Archimede Seguso with Cased Red and Opalescent Stripes, Murano, 1950s A luminous and ...
Murano Glass
New Old Stock 1, 2kg Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros, Cenedese Italy 1960s
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
$937Sale Price|27% Off
Set of 2 New Old Stock, Murano Heavy Glass Shell Bowl by Cenedese Italy, 1960
By Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass shell element set of 2 Design: Gino Cenedese Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960s-1970s This...
Murano Glass
1, 1 kg Murano Glass Bowl silver Flakes Shell Ashtray by Dino Martens Italy 1960s
By Dino Martens, Aureliano Toso
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
DINO MARTENS FOR AURELIANO TOSO, 1960s Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960s This original glass shell bowl was produced in the 1960s in Murano, Italy.
Murano Glass
Set of 2 New Old Stock Murano Opaline Glass Ashtray Shell Bowl by Cenedese, 1960
By Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano opaline glass ashtrays set of 2 Design: Gino Cenedese Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the vase) Origin: Murano, Italy Deca...
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Set of 2 New Old Stock, Murano Glass Shell Bowl by Antonio da Ros Cenedese, 1960
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass bowl set of 2 Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960...
Murano Glass
Vintage Green Murano Clam Shell Art Glass Bowl Dish attr. Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking vintage studio art glass bowl features a vibrant emerald-green body shaped into an elegant clam shell form, attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d’Arte.
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
New Old Stock 1, 1kg Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros Cenedese 1970, No.1
By Cenedese, Antonio da Ros
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Murano glass element Design: Antonio da Ros Producer: Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the Vase) Origin: Murano, Italy Decade: 1960s-1970...
Murano Glass
Murano Art Glass Shell Form Bowl att. to Seguso as part of the Polveri series
By Archimede Seguso
Located in New York, NY
Murano art glass shell dish, attributed to Archimede Seguso for Vereria Seguso, as part of the sought after Polveri series, circa 1950's. The dish features an undulating organic for...
Art Glass
Large 2.8kg Lucid Glass "Brutalist" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray, FRANCE, 1970s
By Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: glass bowl shell element Origin: France Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass bowl element was produced in the 1970s in France. It is made of solid very heavy ...
Murano Glass
Large 3.2kg Lucid Glass "Brutalist" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray, FRANCE, 1970s
By Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: glass bowl shell element Origin: France Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass bowl element was produced in the 1970s in France. It is made of solid very heavy ...
Murano Glass
Art Deco Iridescent Shell Bowl by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso, Italy 30s
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier
Located in Lucija, SI
The bowl is made with iridescent technique, in fact the whole object is made of iridescent murano glass in the shape of a shell.
Murano Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Sommerso Pink Art Glass Centerpiece Decorative Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Barbini Murano Pink Shell Art Glass Centerpiece Eye-catching extra large hand blown Sommerso pink Murano glass shell form ribbed bowl / centerpiece.
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1970s Mid-Century Modern Purple and Gold Murano Glass Italian Bowl
By Barovier
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A lovely purple and gold murano glass shell bowl in the style of Barovier.
Murano Glass
Large Gold Silver Murano Counch Seashell Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Rare and monumental scale shell shaped Murano glass bowl. Thick handblown glass has a gold cast and interior silver leaf flecking.
Glass
Archimede Seguso Handblown Clear Murano Glass Clam Shell Centerpiece, Italy
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Miami, FL
Archimede Seguso blown thick clear Murano glass clam shell decorative bowl or centerpiece.
Blown Glass
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.
As decorative objects in your space, antique, new and vintage bowls and baskets make for a versatile addition to any corner of your living room, dining room or the console table in your foyer or entryway. Whether they’re positioned as a focal point for the family dining table or an accent on the shelving in your home office, or perhaps you’re just endeavoring to add minimalist ceramics throughout your home, an alluring art-glass centerpiece bowl or antique rustic fisherman’s basket is an easy way to elevate high-trafficked areas of your apartment or house.
Aside from the obvious functionality that a decorative bowl or basket brings to your kitchen, displaying such items behind the glass doors of a vintage storage cabinet or on your open kitchen shelving allows you to add a touch of personality and flair to the space, particularly if you’re accustomed to serving cocktails while you cook or if the kitchen is a common area for gathering and unpacking the events of the day.
As your bookcase is so much more than a place to, well, store books, adding a decorative bowl or basket — a mid-century modern work or an Art Nouveau–-era piece designed by French art-glass makers Daum — to the space where you keep your art monographs and coveted first editions can draw attention to your treasured library.
For the tranquil California coastal-style interiors you’ve worked so hard to create, fill a hand-carved wooden bowl on your console table with glass fishing floats or seashells, while a tall woven vessel by your front door can be populated with leafy green plants.
For anywhere and everywhere in your home, find a wide variety of antique or modern decorative baskets and bowls on 1stDibs today.
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