$1,820Sale Price|30% Off
Studio Line Anniversary Porcelain Set by Danish Bjørn Wiinbladh for Rosenthal
By Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Örebro, SE
This is the German porcelain collection from Rosenthal and designed by the Dane Bjørn Wiinbladh. It comes in the yellow color scale, hand painted and partly metal gilded. The set con...
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2 boxes and a vase by tapio wirkkala for rosenthal studio line
By Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal
Located in Munich, DE
beautiful set of 3 tapio wirkkala porcelain pieces for studio line / rosenthal. 1 vase 6cm diameter + 16cm high. 2 boxes with lid. one 11cm diameter + 16cm high - the other 19cm diam...
Porcelain
Cuno Fischer Rosenthal Studio-Linie White Relief Op Art Bowl with Lid, 1960s
By Cuno Fischer, Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white matte relief op-art porcelain vase from the 1960s designed by Cuno Fischer and executed by Rosenthal Studio-Line, Germany. In excellent condition.
Porcelain
Modern R Peynet Studio Linie Romeo & Juliet patt. 4 pcs. Rosenthal Porcelain 50s
By Raymond Peynet, Rosenthal
Located in Miami, FL
A grouping of 4 porcelain pieces from a series created by Raymund Peynet for Rosenthal., Germany in the 1950s. The design is of a couple of lovers in different tender scenes. One is ...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Bisque Porcelain Can & Paper Bag Vases by Rosenthal Studio-Line "Do Not Litter"
By Rosenthal, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool pair of bisque porcelain "pop art" can & paper bag vases by Tapio Wirkkala for the Rosenthal Studio-Line "Do Not Litter" series, circa 1980s. The vases are in very good vi...
Porcelain
Op Art Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany, 1970s
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 produced in the 1970s in Germ...
Porcelain
33cm Op Art Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany, 1970s
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
Set of 2 Floral Vases Tapio Wirkkala Polygon Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1980s
By Rosenthal, Tapio Wirkkala
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
$306Sale Price|20% Off
Sculptural Christa Hausler Goltz Black Porcelain Vase by Rosenthal Studio Line
By Rosenthal, Christa Hausler-Goltz
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A 1970s black bisque porcelain Op Art vase by Christa Hausler Goltz for Rosenthal. This vase is a prime example of the Op Art movement, which was characterized by its use of geometri...
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 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 Abstract Op Art Vase Tapio Wirkkala Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1980s
By Rosenthal, Tapio Wirkkala
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
$174Sale Price|40% Off
7" Rosenthal Studio-Linie Wolf Bauer White Porcelain Mid Century Floral Vase
By Wolf Bauer
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is an absolutely lovely, 7 1/4 inch tall and 3.5 inch round vase designed by Wolf Bauer and made by Rosenthal for their Studio-Linie, vase with a fantastic mid century stylized ...
Porcelain
$147Sale Price|20% Off
Björn Wiinblad Vase White Porcelain Rosenthal Studio-line Germany Dove Pattern
By Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad, Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This Rosenthal studio-line vase is a stunning piece of design that combines matte unglazed and glossy glazed finishes to create a truly unique look. The matte area of the vase is de...
Porcelain
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie White Porcelain Vase
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish mid-century Rosenthal porcelain vase decorated with a figure holding a tall floral stem designed by renowned Danish born artist Bjorn Wiinblad (1918-2006).
Porcelain
Rosenthal West German Studio Line Porcelain Vase
By Martin Freyer
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful porcelain vase by M.Freyer, stamped Rosenthal Studio Line # 3562/22. Very 1970's look with swirls and OP Art effect.
Porcelain
Romance, Bijorn Windblad Rosenthal Silverplate Flatware for 12 with Case 79 Pcs
By Bijorn Winblad, Rosenthal
Located in St. Louis, MO
Romance by Bijorn Windblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie Mid-Century Modern silver plate flatware for 12 with service pieces in original modernist Rosenthal Studio-Line case.
Steel
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie Black Porcelain Bird Pot
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish mid-century Rosenthal porcelain lidded jar decorated with birds amidst foliage designed by renowned Danish born artist Bjorn Wiinblad (1918-2006).
Porcelain
$210Sale Price|40% Off
11" Rosenthal Studio Line Happiness White Porcelain Vase Morandini Geometric
By Marcello Morandini
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a fabulous mid century modern geometric style vase designed by Marcello Morandini and manufactured by Rosenthal as part of their Studio-Linie.
Porcelain
Elsa Fischer-Treyden, Margret Hildebrand Vase, Rosenthal Studio-Line, Signed
By Elsa Fischer-Treyden
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Fischer-Treyden, Margret Hildebrand Vase, Rosenthal Studio-Line, Signed. Small scale organic form vase with textured upper and an incised body over a semi-gloss white glaze. An ...
Porcelain
$220Sale Price|20% Off
Large Porcelain Charger / Plate by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line
By Nymolle, Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice 13" porcelain charger / plate by Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line, circa 1970s. The piece is signed and in excellent condition.
Porcelain
Mario Bellini Cupola Postmodern Sugar bowl & Creamer by Rosenthal studio-line
By Mario Bellini
Located in Vienna, AT
A set consisting of a post-modern milk jug / creamer and a sugar bowl with lid from the 1980s. From the „Cupola“-series, designed in 1985 by Mario Bellini and crated by Rosenthal stu...
Porcelain
Black porcelain Vase by Jan van der Vaart for Rosenthal Studio Linie
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Vase or art object? The designer Jan van der Vaart (1931–2000) created this vase for the renowned German brand Rosenthal. Made in Germany and marked with the Rosenthal Studio-Line h...
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
Large Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Linie Porcelain Vase with Nude Female
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large vase was designed by the renowned Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal of Germany in approximately 1975 and done in the period Mid Century Modern style.
Porcelain
$630Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Björn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio Line Vase mint cond "Mädchen mit Blumen"
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Landshut, BY
A beautiful heavy porcelain Vase Björn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio Linie Model No.: 3512/28 in mint condition ! definetely collectionable! Manufacturer Rosenthal Design Period 19...
Porcelain
$706Sale Price|30% Off
Quatre Couleurs Table Lamp from Rosenthal's Studio Line by Bjørn Wiinblad, 1960s
By Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in Hamburg, DE
This rare table lamp Quatre Couleur from Rosenthal's Studio Line product line is from the 1960s and a design by Björn Wiinblad. The cylindrical shape in combination with Rosenthal's ...
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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.