Michaela Frey for Kaiser White Art Deco Bisque Porcelain Vase, 1960s
By Hutschenreuther, AK Kaiser, Martin Freyer, Rosenthal, Michaela Frey
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sculptural modern Op Art vase of high quality crispy white bisque porcelain.
Porcelain
Set of 2 Porcelain Op Art "LINES" Vase by Heinrich Selb, Germany, 1970s
By Heinrich & Co. 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: Heinrich Selb Bavaria, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase was produced in the 1970s i...
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Vase By Kaiser Germany
By AK Kaiser
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A very nice biscuit porcelain vase. This original OP art vase was produced in Germany in the seventies.
Porcelain
$824Sale Price|20% Off
Michaela Frey for Kaiser Tall White Art Deco Bisque Porcelain Vase, 1960s
By AK Kaiser, Michaela Frey
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tall Modern Op Art vase of high quality matte bisque porcelain.
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany Description: This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is mad...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original OP Art white Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany Description: This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is mad...
Porcelain
Op Art Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany, 1970s
By Bjørn Wiinblad, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Björn Wiinblad Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase was produced in the 1970s in Germ...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany Description: This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is mad...
Porcelain
Set of 3 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 3 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany Description: This original vintage OP Art Vase Set was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set o 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany Description: This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is made...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set o 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany Description: This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is made...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by AK Kaiser, Germany, 1970s
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set o 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany This original vintage OP Art Vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. it is made of porcela...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Original 1970s OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vase by AK Kaiser, Germany
By AK Kaiser
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: AK Kaiser, Germany This original vintage OP Art vase set was produced in the 1970s in Germany.
Porcelain
Set of 2 OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Jug Vases by Edelstein Bavaria, Germany, 1970s
By Edelstein
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vases set of 2 Producer: Edelstein Bavaria, Germany Age: 1970s This original vintage OP Art Vase set in jug form was produced in the 1...
Porcelain
Set of 2 OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by Edelstein Bavaria, Germany, 1970s
By Edelstein
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vases set of 2 Producer: Edelstein Bavaria, Germany Age: 1970s This original vintage OP Art Vase set was produced in the 1970s in Germ...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Porcelain Op Art "JOJO" Vase by Wunsiedel Bavaria, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: Wunsiedel Bavaria, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase was produced in the 1970s ...
Porcelain
Set of 3 OP Art Biscuit Porcelain Vases by Edelstein Bavaria, Germany, 1970s
By Edelstein
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vases set of 3 Producer: Edelstein Bavaria, Germany Age: 1970s This original vintage OP Art Vase set in jug form was produced in the 1...
Porcelain
Set of 3 Porcelain Op Art "LEAF" Vases by Heinrich Selb, Germany, 1970s
By Heinrich & Co. 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 3 Producer: Heinrich Selb Bavaria, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 197...
Porcelain
Set of 3 Modernist 1960s Vase Sculptures Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
By Sgrafo Modern
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: set of 3 op art vases Origin: Germany Produder: Sgrafo Modern Design: Peter Müler Material: porcelain Age: 1960s Descript...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Modernist 1960s Vase Sculptures Peter Müller for Sgrafo Modern, Germany
By Sgrafo Modern
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Set of 2 op art vases Origin: Germany Produder: Sgrafo Modern Design: Peter Müler Material: Porcelain Age: 1960s Orig...
Ceramic
Colorful 1970s Art Vase Porcelain Vase Rosemonde Nairac for Rosenthal Germany
By Rosemonde Nairac, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase with colorful flower illustration Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Rosemunde Nairac Decade: 1970s This origi...
Porcelain
Abstract Porcelain Vases by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980
By Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 1980s in Germany by Rosenthal.
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio Line Germany, 1970
By Rosenthal, Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Björn Wiinblad Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase was produ...
Porcelain
xl 35cm colorful "FLOWER" Vase by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Germany, 1970s
By Rosenthal, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase, xxl version Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Tapio Wirkkala Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase was produced in the ...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1970
By Rosenthal, Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vases, set of 2 Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Björn Wiinblad Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vas...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Floral Vases by W. Bauer and A. Le Foll for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal, Cuno Fischer
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: W.
Porcelain
Set of 2 Abstract porcelain Vases by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Cuno Fischer, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 1980s in Germany by Rosenthal.
Porcelain
Set of 2 Abstract porcelain Vases by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Cuno Fischer, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 1980s in Germany by Rosenthal.
Porcelain
Set of 2 Abstract porcelain Vases by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Cuno Fischer, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 1980s in Germany by Rosenthal.
Porcelain
$309Sale Price|20% Off
Sculptural Christa Hausler Goltz Black Porcelain Vase by Rosenthal Studio Line
By Christa Hausler-Goltz, Rosenthal
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A 1970s black bisque porcelain Op Art vase by Christa Hausler Goltz for Rosenthal.
Porcelain
Set of 3 Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1970
By Bjørn Wiinblad, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vases, set of 3 Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Björn Wiinblad Decade: 1970s This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in th...
Porcelain
Set of 2 colorful porcelain Vases by Wolf Bauer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal, Wolf Bauer
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 1980s in Germany by Rosenthal.
Porcelain
Set of 2 Floral Vases Tapio Wirkkala Polygon Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1980s
By Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Op Art porcelain vase set of 2 Producer: Rosenthal, Germany Designer: Tapio Wirkkala Decade: 1980s This original vintage Op Art vase ...
Porcelain
Set of 2 Abstract porcelain Vases by Cuno Fischer for Rosenthal, Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
This original vintage Op Art vase set was produced in the 1980s in Germany by Rosenthal.
Porcelain
Large 70s Hutschenreuther Op Art Bisque Porcelain Sculpture Vase Heinrich Fuchs
By Hutschenreuther, Dr. Heinrich Fuchs
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
This original bisque porcelain OP Art vase was designed by Heinrich Fuchs in the 1970s for Hutschenreuther, Germany.
Porcelain
Steuben Glass Art Deco Op Art Crystal Vase, Signed
By George Thompson, Steuben Glass, Frederick Carder
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage art glass vase features rounded form with vertical optical ribs, creating dynamic reflections and accentuating the inverted rim. Heavy, substantial crystal medium juxtaposes ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Heinrich Op Art Bisque Porcelain Relief Vase, 1970s
By Heinrich & Co. 1
Located in Berlin, DE
Its combination of precise geometry and flowing movement reflects the influence of Op Art on postwar German porcelain design. At 27 centimeters high, the vase has a noticeable prese...
Porcelain
Vitrix Hot Glass Studio Op-Art Bud Vase, New York Art Glass
By Thomas Kelly
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare fused glass bud vase features colored swirls of teal blue and off-white glass placed in abstract graphic pattern along the lines of the piece, with the whole structure enclosed ...
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Vintage Mid Century Modern Vase Arzberg White Porcelain Optical Art OP Art
By Arzbeg Porcelain
Located in Munich, DE
These intricate patterns create an optical illusion, also called Op Art. The vase is in good order throughout. On the bottom the vase is marked Bavaria Schuhmann Arzberg.
Porcelain
Rosenthal Germany Op Art Huge White Relief Porcelain Vase, 1960s
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white porcelain op art relief vase with shiny glaze from the 1960s, designed and executed by Rosenthal, Germany.
Porcelain
$328Sale Price|20% Off
Arzberg Op Art White Bisque Porcelain Vase Concrete Pattern Surface
By Hans Theo Baumann, Arzberg
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This vintage white op art bisque porcelain vase designed by Hans Theo Baumann for Arzberg in the 1970s is a remarkable piece of mid-century modern art and design.
Porcelain
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Op Art Ice Glass Vase by Claus Josef Riedel, Austria, 1970s
By Claus Josef Riedel
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful Brutalism style geometric Op Art ice glass vase from the 1970s. Designed and executed by Claus Josef Riedel in Austria.
Crystal
1970s AK Kaiser Op Art White Bisque Crocodile Relief Porcelain Vase
By AK Kaiser
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Its tactile decoration gives the vase a strong Op Art character, while the restrained cylindrical form retains a clean and elegant appearance.
Porcelain
Martin Freyer Rosenthal Bisque Porcelaine Paper Relief Vase Op Art 1970s
By Rosenthal
Located in Delft, NL
Martin Freyer Rosenthal Bisque Porcelaine Paper Relief Vase Op Art 1970s
Porcelain
Vitrix Studio Blown Black Scavo Clear Art Glass Vase Thomas Buechner Op Art 80s
By Thomas Buechner III
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Op Art made in 1982 at the Vitrix Studio in America.
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Rare Tapio Wirkkala Rosenthal Studio Line White Op Art Porcelain Vase
By Rosenthal, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Characteristic of Wirkkala’s refined and sculptural design language, the vase features a gently fluted, vertically ribbed surface that creates a subtle Op Art effect through light an...
Porcelain
Tall Brutalist Op-Art Green & White Terracotta Floor Vase, Austria, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
This is a beautiful 20" tall art pottery Op Art Brutalist floor vase, made in Austria in the 1970s.
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Rosenthal Op Art Bisque Porcelain Floor Vase, Martin Freyer, Germany, 1960s-70s
By Martin Freyer, Rosenthal
Located in Berlin, DE
The surface is worked in a raised geometric relief that shifts optically as light moves across it, characteristic of Freyer's Op Art designs for Rosenthal. The unglazed bisque finish...
Porcelain
Martin Freyer Rosenthal Studio-Line Bisque Porcelaine Noire Op-Art Relief Vase
Located in Delft, NL
Martin Freyer Rosenthal Studio-Line Bisque Porcelaine Noire Op-Art Relief Vase, 1970s
Porcelain
Mid Century German Op Art Bisque Porcelain Vase by Lorenz Hutschenreuther, 1960s
Located in Fairfield, CA
Cylindrical shape with an intricate op art relief design to the surface. Matte white glaze to the exterior with a non absorbent glossy white glaze to the interior.
Porcelain
Rare Barbara Brenner Rosenthal Studio Linie Op Art Wave Vase Germany Mint
By Rosenthal, Barbara Brenner
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare Barbara Brenner Rosenthal Studio Linie Op Art Wave Vase Germany Mint Rare Barbara Brenner Rosenthal Studio Linie Op Art Wave Vase Germany Mint Spectacular Modernist Barbara ...
Porcelain
$270Sale Price|40% Off
Ambrogio Pozzi Rosenthal White Geometric Op Art Porcelain Vase, Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal, Ambrogio Pozzi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white fully glazed cone-shaped porcelain vase Plissee from the 1980s, designed by Ambrogio Pozzi in 1985, executed by Rosenthal, Germany. In excellent condition.
Porcelain
Vitrix Studio Blown Light Blue & Gold Art Glass Vase Thomas Buechner Op Art 80s
By Thomas Buechner III
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Op Art made in 1980 at the Vitrix Studio in America.
Blown Glass
Martin Freyer Op Art Fossil Relief Bisque Porcelain Vase for Rosenthal, 1970s
By Rosenthal, Martin Freyer
Located in Berlin, DE
A matte white bisque porcelain vase designed by Martin Freyer for Rosenthal Studio-Line. The broad, flattened body is centred by a circular Fossil relief, surrounded by a finely text...
Porcelain, Bisque
Empoli Emerald Green Verde Op-Art Glass Vase with Handles, Signed, Italy 1960
By Empoli
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large, urn-shaped glass vase features elegant Op-Art design on the body of the vase and highly detailed ribbed handles.
Glass, Art Glass
$354Sale Price|40% Off
Huge White Relief Op Art Porcelain Vase, Martin Freyer, Rosenthal Germany, 1960s
By Rosenthal, Martin Freyer
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white matte op art relief porcelain vase from the 1960s, designed by Martin Freyer, executed by Rosenthal, Germany.
Porcelain
$551Sale Price|20% Off
AK Kaiser Op Art White Bisque Porcelain Vase Flower Abstract Surface Pattern
By AK Kaiser
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This AK Kaiser Op Art bisque porcelain vase dating to the 1960s is a piece of art that embodies the aesthetics of the Op Art movement, characterized by optical illusions, geometric p...
Porcelain
$414Sale Price|40% Off
Cuno Fischer Rosenthal Studio-Linie White Relief Op Art Porcelain Vase, 1960s
By Cuno Fischer, Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white Op-Art porcelain vase "the lute player" with abstract relief of a musician and shiny glaze from the 1960s, designed by Cuno Fischer, executed by Rosenthal Studio-Li...
Porcelain
Large Abstract Op Art Pottery Foreign Vase by Scheurich Ceramics, Germany, 1960s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: Scheurich FOREIGN Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. Hi...
Ceramic
Undulating Op Art W.German Ceramic Flower Vase Vintage Mid-Century Psychedelic
By Verner Panton
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1970s Scheurich W.German Pottery. One of their most popular designs. No chip, no cracks.
Ceramic
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.
Whether it’s a Chinese Han dynasty glazed ceramic wine vessel, a work of Murano glass or a hand-painted Scandinavian modern stoneware piece, a fine vase brings a piece of history into your space as much as it adds a sophisticated dynamic.
Like sculptures or paintings, antique and vintage vases are considered works of fine art. Once offered as tributes to ancient rulers, vases continue to be gifted to heads of state today. Over time, decorative porcelain vases have become family heirlooms to be displayed prominently in our homes — loved pieces treasured from generation to generation.
The functional value of vases is well known. They were traditionally utilized as vessels for carrying dry goods or liquids, so some have handles and feature an opening at the top (where they flare back out). While artists have explored wildly sculptural alternatives over time, the most conventional vase shape is characterized by a bulbous base and a body with shoulders where the form curves inward.
Owing to their intrinsic functionality, vases are quite possibly versatile in ways few other art forms can match. They’re typically taller than they are wide. Some have a neck that offers height and is ideal for the stems of cut flowers. To pair with your mid-century modern decor, the right vase will be an elegant receptacle for leafy snake plants on your teak dining table, or, in the case of welcoming guests on your doorstep, a large ceramic floor vase for long tree branches or sticks — perhaps one crafted in the Art Nouveau style — works wonders.
Interior designers include vases of every type, size and style in their projects — be the canvas indoors or outdoors — often introducing a splash of color and a range of textures to an entryway or merely calling attention to nature’s asymmetries by bringing more organically shaped decorative objects into a home.
On 1stDibs, you can browse our collection of vases by material, including ceramic, glass, porcelain and more. Sizes range from tiny bud vases to massive statement pieces and every size in between.
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