$2,400Sale Price / set|20% Off
1960s Purple Glass Set of Ten Italian Empoli Genie Bottles, Vases and Candy Jars
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very decorative aubergine, amethist, plum coloured purple set of ten different size and colour Italian art glass bottles, vases and apothecary or candy jars.
Blown Glass, Glass
Large Decanter Genie Bottle Violet
By Joe Cariati
Located in El Segundo, CA
The Large Decanter Genie Bottle adds bold presence and stunning beauty to your modern interior environment. Inspired by the greats of Mid-Century Modern design, Joe’s blown glass ves...
Blown Glass
Pair of Purple Murano Genie Bottle Table Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s pair of purple Murano genie bottle table lamps. Height is the top of the socket.
Mid Century Purple Amethyst Genie Bottle Attributed to Erickson
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Groovy bulbous form pedestal base vase in the style of Blenko, attributed to Erickson. This example is in perfect condition, free of damage, clean and ready to use. Measures: Diamete...
Art Glass
Pair of Blenko Crackle Glass Genie Bottles by Winslow Anderson
By Winslow Anderson
Located in Papaikou, HI
A very nice decorative pair of Blenko decanters or bottles. Two different and unusual shades of blue. Both with clear trapped air stoppers. Both bottle have the signature rough ponti...
Blown Glass
$2,500 / set
H 15.36 in W 7.09 in D 6.7 in
1960s Mid-Century Italian Pink Cased Empoli Glass Pitchers Vases Apothecary Jars
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty set of seven 1960s Italian Empoli Rossini and Stelvio Opalina Fiorentina cased glass vases, decanters and candy or apothecary jars. In sweet baby pink tone colours. A pre...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Opaline Glass
Mid Century Vintage Purple Decorative Glass Vase Pot, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. .
Glass
Art Deco Amethyst Glass Decanter Set with Silver Overlay, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco period amethyst silver ovelay glass decanter and six glasses barware set Czechoslovakia 1930's Striking, vibrant amethyst glass overlaid with stylized silver foliate motifs ...
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Purple Small Slim Glass Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks very good. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. .
Glass
Empoli Italian Glass Grape Purple Vase
By Empoli
Located in Chicago, IL
Empoli Italian glass grape purple vase.
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Purple Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand crafted light pink and purple Murano glass rectangular vase.
Murano Glass
$690 / set
H 12.2 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Set of Four Vintage Art Glass Vases in Plum Amethyst Tones, 1980
Located in Coral Gables, FL
Set of four vintage art glass vases in a refined palette of deep plum, amethyst, violet, and lilac tones. The pieces vary in height, proportion, and silhouette while maintaining a ha...
Glass
Collection of 3 Ingrid Glass Vases in Purple Color, 1970s
By Ingrid Glas Euskirchen
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern German vases by Ingrid Glass, circa 1970. These beautiful purple colored and clear vases bring a touch of elegance and fantasy to any room. Tallest one i...
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Purple Big Decorative Glass Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. Some letters painted on the vase - as on pictures. No jags, defects etc. Only one un...
Glass
$2,695 / set
H 11.82 in Dm 7.09 in
Elegant Pair of Deep Amethyst Murano Glass Vases, Hand-Blown in Italy, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant Pair of Deep Amethyst Murano Glass Vases, Hand-Blown in Italy, circa 1970s Beautiful pair of mid-century Murano glass vases in a deep amethyst hue, gracefully shaded from da...
Glass, Murano Glass
Italy Venezia Mid-Century Set 6 Murano Blown Glass Purple Glasses
Located in Brescia, IT
This set of Murano purple blown glass glasses, was hand made in Murano, Venice in Mid-Century, 1960 circa. This is a very elegant and fine glasses set to use to arrange an holiday t...
Blown Glass
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.13 in Dm 5 in
Marked Mid-Century Modern Blown Amethyst Purple Art Glass Vase or Decanter Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-Century Modern tall blown glass vase, vessel, decanter in translucent amethyst purple from Italy made in the late 1970s. Amethyst purple is a shade that captivates the im...
Blown Glass
$836 / set
H 3.94 in Dm 3.15 in
Midcentury Set of Six Amethyst Gold Murano Drinking Glasses with Jug, 1990
By Lavorazione Arte Murano
Located in Murano, Venezia
Set of 6 "Balloton" glasses and jug in blown Murano glass in amethyst color with 24kt gold leaf decoration This set is called "Goti De Fornasa". Tradition wants that the Murano glas...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$400
H 10.83 in Dm 5.91 in
Rare Midcentury Purple Glass Vase by Jacob E. Bang - Holmegaard, Denmark 1970s
By Holmegaard
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A cased purple glass vase 'Opaline Form' by Jacob E. Bang. Designed in 1960 and created at Holmegaard in Denmark. Organic shape - gourd shape. Manufactured during the 1970s is a styl...
Glass
Midcentury Purple Art Glass Decanter by Jacob E. Bang for Holmegaar
By Jacob Eiler Bang
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare purple - dark violet art glass decanter catalogued as 'No Name, Art Glass' in the Holmegaard Catalogue from 1958. It was designed by Jacob Eiler Bang and hand-blown at Holmega...
Art Glass
A Large Blenko Handblown Tall Purple Ribbed Glass Vase 1970
Located in Norton, MA
A Large Blenko Handblown Tall Purple Ribbed Glass Vase 1970, Milton, West Virginia, c 1970 Gorgeous tall handblown ribbed vase by Blenko. The ribbed effect adds a lot of depth to th...
Glass
$42,800 / set
H 14 in Dm 4.75 in
Rare Pair of 19th C. Bohemian Uranium Color Decanters Ottoman/Turkish Market
Located in New York, NY
A very rare and impressive pair of 19th century Bohemian cut crystal Uranium color decanters/bottles with gold and platinum hand-painted decoration made for the Turkish/Ottoman marke...
Crystal
Rudin Slip Covered Stone Washed Linen Sofa with Down Cushions
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Bloom Home Inc Rudin Sofa Slip covered in Greige Stone Washed Linen Stone Washed Linen A heavy 18 oz weighted linen, in a rich warm brown tone. Our linen is stone washed to give a s...
Linen, Oak
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 10 in Dm 7.75 in
Barovier Murano Pink Opalescent Italian Art Glass Paneled Surface Flower Vase
By Barovier&Toso, Barovier
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent pink and white foot Italian art glass flower vase. It is attributed to the Barovier e Toso company. The surface of the vase ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
CASTLE Wardrobe
By House of Hackney
Located in New York, NY
No castle would be complete without a wardrobe in which to keep your royal robes (aka your pyjamas). A majestically beautiful addition to your dream bedroom, this piece is handcrafte...
Wood
Art Deco Collection of 10 Sculpture Decanters Sweden 1920s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
We have assembled an collection of 10 Art Deco decorative and hand made decanters made in Sweden during the early 1900s to 1930s . They used to have functionality as well as looking ...
Blown Glass
$7,552 / set
H 35.44 in W 21.66 in D 5.91 in
Pair of Large Ginkgo Leave Brass Wall Lights, Organic Shape, Tommaso Barbi Style
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Bochum, NRW
Amazing pair of wall lights made of two overlapping brass leaves of ginkgo. Organic shape, this wall light could make an eye catcher of your interior. Entirely hand made, this piece ...
Brass
Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited, Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This exceptional, 18 carat gold Easter egg was crafted by the famous London-based royal jewellers, Asprey & Co. The piece was then retailed by Garrard & Co, who once worked i...
Gold
$651,300
H 20 in W 31 in D 18 in
Important, Rare French Ormolu Sevres Style Porcelain Jewelry Box on Bronze Table
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A rare and important French ormolu/bronze and Sevres style turquoise porcelain jewelry box casket on matching French ormolu/bronze table with Sevres style porcelain plaques. Of pala...
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Iris C185 Candleholder by Casarialto
By Casarialto
Located in Milan, IT
A superb design masterfully handcrafted of mouth-blown glass, this candle holder is created in co-creation with Summerill and Bishop London. From the sketch of Summerill and Bishop L...
Glass
Glass Houses
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
An inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect-designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. Th...
Paper
Rare 19th century mahogany and porcelain inlaid 4 poster bed
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare 19th century mahogany and porcelain 4 poster bed circa 1889. Debenham antiques are pleased to offer this stunning and unique 4 poster bed of grand proportions. Quite likely to...
Porcelain, Mahogany
Large Empire period boat bed and canopy
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large boat bed in solid flamed mahogany, mahogany veneer, richly decorated with finely chased and gilded bronzes, from the Empire period. Four baluster jambs, adorned with fleurons, ...
Bronze
$19,241
H 4.34 in Dm 5.32 in
Hearts Vase Loetz PG 3/492 Decoration circa 1903 Hearts Art Nouveau Secession
By Loetz Glass
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Glass vase, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, PG 3/492 decoration, production number II/963, ca. 1903, Bohemia, Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Art Deco, art glass, iridescent glass, pink...
Glass
Armored Jewelry Armoire La Grande Fortezza Agresti
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Armored jewelry armoire with pull out necklace bar. Available in malachite or white bird's eye maple. See below for more details about finishing options. Malachite: Gold leaf and...
Malachite, Brass
$522 / set
H 16.54 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
Set of Two Green Glass Genie Decanters with Stoppers, 20th Century, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A stunning green glass decanters with geometric design, made by one of the many glass manufacturers based in the region of Empoli, Italy. Has "Made in Italy" embossed on the base. Wo...
Glass
Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service, 764 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental American sterling silver flatware service by Gorham epitomizes the stately glamour of turn-of-the-century dining. A total of 705 pieces in the beloved Versailles patt...
Sterling Silver
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.
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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.
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.
