$2,307 / set
Fat Lava Wall Plaques by Ruscha Keramik, 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Rijssen, NL
A set of three wall plaques by Ruscha Keramik, manufatured in the 1970s. They are manufactured in
Ceramic
$141Sale Price|40% Off
Ruscha Keramik Brutalist Advents Candle Holder - West Germany, 1960's
By Ruscha
Located in Bern, CH
West German ceramic Brutalist Advents candle holder produced by Ruscha Keramik (W.Germany) in the
Ceramic
Ruscha Keramik Germany Vintage Ceramic Vase With Japanese Decoration
By Ruscha
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Ruscha Keramik a famous West German company, and belongs to the series called "Nippon" designed by Ermst
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$141Sale Price|40% Off
1960's Ruscha Keramik Brutalist Advents Candle Holder - West Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Bern, CH
West German ceramic Brutalist Advents candle holder produced by Ruscha Keramik (W.Germany) in the
Ceramic
Ikebana 1970s Extra Large Ceramic Majolika Wall Plate by Ruscha Keramik, Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Andernach, DE
Ruscha Keramik, one of Germanys most well known mid-century ceramic. Here a typical 1970s design
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Mid-Century Vase Decor Filigran by Adele Bolz for Ruscha Keramik
By Ruscha
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful and rare vase by Adele Bolz for Ruscha Keramik. The ‘Filigran’ decor was only produced
Ceramic
Ruscha Keramik fat lava wall plate mushrooms 717/3, West Germany 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Psychedelic modernist ceramic wall plate from the "Mushroom" series by Ruscha Keramik (West Germany) crafted
Lava
Mid-Century Modern Vase by Ruscha Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
In a very good condition beautiful handpainted vase from Ruscha Keramik. Decor Milano.
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Seventies Fat Lava Vase decor Costa by Ruscha Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning 70’s vase in blue/green glaze with thick black fat lava stripes by Ruscha Keramik Germany.
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Vase Decor Milano by Ruscha Germany
By Ruscha
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
In a very good condition beautiful handpainted vase from Ruscha Keramik. Decor Milano and this
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$359Sale Price|56% Off
turquoise lava glazed RUSCHA FLOOR VASE 60s 70s hand-thrown marked G.- 863-40
By Ruscha
Located in Landshut, BY
beautiful FLOOR VASE attributed to / most probably by RUSCHA KERAMIK RUSCHA KERAMIK was launched in
Pottery
Beige Mid-Century Fat Lava Vase, Studio Ceramic by Ruscha 1970s, Western Germany
By Kurt Tschörner, Ruscha
Located in Andernach, DE
A beautiful stylish piece of art by Ruscha Keramik, West Germany around 1970. Attributed to the
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Rare Ruscha Hellas Handled Jug Vase Geomitric Pattern Pottery Vase MCM
By Ruscha
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking mid-century modern handled jug vase is a rare piece from the Hellas series by Ruscha
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
large mid century 14" ruscha WALL TILE peacock motif 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Large 1970s wall tile by Ruscha Keramik with a relief-like depiction of a peacock. Dimensions in
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large vintage ruscha BOWL 70s wall plate decor red horses fat lava glaze
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Beautiful 1970s wall plate or bowl manufactured by Ruscha-Keramik. With label 'Ruscha handgemalt
Ceramic
large vintage ruscha BOWL 70s wall plate flower decor fat lava glaze
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Beautiful 1970s wall plate or bowl manufactured by Ruscha-Keramik. Floral decor in different colors
Ceramic
ruscha art VASE jug drip glaze shades of purple black brown 1970 80s model 370
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
A fantastic vintage West German vase manufactured by Ruscha Keramik in the 1970s to 80s. Great
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Large Mid-Century Modern German Fat Lava Vase by Ruscha Model 335
By Ruscha
Located in COLMAR, FR
A striking exemple of mid-century ceramics from German maker Ruscha Keramik, founded in 1948 by
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Unusual 1970s Brown West German Jug Vase with Handle and Spout
By Ruscha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant 1970s Ruscha Keramik vase or water jug. Marked 'R-23 West Germany' on bottom. Regarded as
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$349Sale Price|24% Off
RUSCHA ART 1970s WGP Pottery WALL PLATE " SAILING BOATS " 1970s Western Germany
Located in Landshut, BY
benefit from Germany's post-war growth boom. RUSCHA KERAMIK became a leading manufacturer during the
Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Small Vase by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik Germany
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
with Ruscha Keramik, Mans went to work as a designer for Marei Keramik in Rheinbach, where he was
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern ‘Brasil’ Vase by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik Germany
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
and a short stint with Ruscha Keramik, Mans went to work as a designer for Marei Keramik in Rheinbach
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern ‘Reims’ Vase by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik Germany
By Bodo Mans, Bay Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
and a short stint with Ruscha Keramik, Mans went to work as a designer for Marei Keramik in Rheinbach
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern ‘Brasil’ Vase by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik Germany
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
and a short stint with Ruscha Keramik, Mans went to work as a designer for Marei Keramik in Rheinbach
Ceramic
Ruscha Art Brown Ceramic Vase, Mid-Century West German Pottery
By Ruscha, Dümler & Breiden, Kurt Tschörner, Scheurich Keramik
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
asymmetrical, organic-inspired vessel shapes while working as a freelancer designer for Ruscha from 1954. The
Ceramic, Pottery
Bay 'Brasil" Vase by Bodo Mans
By Bay Keramik, Bodo Mans
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
and a short stint with Ruscha Keramik, Mans went to work as a designer for Marei Keramik in Rheinbach
Ceramic
Extra Large 1960s Ceramic West German Studio Pottery Vase, Germany Bauhaus
By Ruscha, Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat Lava Art Vase Producer: Scheurich, Germany Design: Nr. 408-40 Decade: 1970s. This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s i...
Ceramic
1950s-1970s Bodo Mans Blue Rectangular West German Floor Vase, Geometric Relief
By Bay Keramik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
; Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive
Ceramic
Mid-Century Scheurich Ceramic Vase, Gray and Brown Glaze, West German
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
contemporaries like Bay Keramik, Ruscha, and Ü-Keramik. The cylindrical form features a single curved handle and
Ceramic
Large Brown West German Ceramic Scheurich Koralle Vase
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Marzi & Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known
Ceramic
Large 1960s Scheurich Engobe Ceramic Vase, West German Art Pottery 293-42
Located in Los Angeles, CA
collectible makers of this era, alongside Bay Keramik, Ruscha, and Dümler & Breiden. Crafted in the
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Mustard and Tan West German Vase with Handle and Brown Swirls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive styles
Ceramic
Mid-Century Funky Teal German Vase with Red, Yellow, and White Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive styles range
Ceramic
Tall Brown Hand Thrown Ceramic Vase with Lip by Mobach
By Mobach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive styles range
Ceramic
1970s Dümler & Breiden Tapered Water Jug with Wavy Band and Swirls
By Dümler & Breiden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
& Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pitcher, Glazed, Germany, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
& Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive
Ceramic
Tall Dutch Black Metallic Glazed Ceramic Vase with Wide Neck and Lip
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Marzi & Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known
Ceramic
Large Glazed Teal and Brown Ceramic Vase with Florist's Label
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, ES Keramik, Fohr, Gramann Römhild, Marzi & Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü
Ceramic
Ruscha Keramik, Series Vulcano Plaque with Rearing, Red Glazed Horse 1968
By Ruscha
Located in Achterveld, NL
A huge and hard to get vertical wall plaque by RUSCHA KERAMIK, series Vulcano with horse decor
Ceramic
Unavailable|$1,250
Kurt Tschörner for Ruscha “Vulkano” Glazed Ceramic Horse, 1960s
By Ruscha, Kurt Tschörner
Located in San Francisco, CA
studio Ruscha Keramik. Very lively stylized sculpture of a horse with head thrown back and left leg
Ceramic
Unavailable|$383
Small Ruscha Bull by Otto Keramik
By Otto Keramik
Located in Halstead, GB
Ruscha bull from Otto Keramik, 2015 These pieces are made by the Otto Keramik studio, proprietary
Ceramic
1960's Kurt Tschörner for RUSCHA Keramik Attributed Ceramic Jug
By Kurt Tschörner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ruscha Keramik is widely considered to be among the best designs to emerge from the illustrious post-war
Ceramic
Ruscha Keramik, Montblanc Series, Kurt Tschörner, Modernist Monochrome Vase
By Kurt Tschörner, Ruscha
Located in Frome, GB
Ruscha. Tschörner was a prolific designer who worked for Ruscha from 1953 to 1974. This Montblanc series
Ceramic
large ruscha WALL TILE tuscan landscape with cypresses along a river 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
Large vintage ceramic wall tile manufactured by Ruscha-Keramik in the 1970s with a beautiful tuscan
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Ceramic West German Studio Pottery, Germany Bauhaus
By Ruscha, Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Fat Lava Decade: 1960s Origin: Germany Description: Original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase in Germany. High qualit...
Ceramic
Mid-Century West German Deep Blue Scheurich Ceramic Vase with White Swirl Glaze
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
& Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive
Ceramic
Teal Bay Keramik German Lava Glazed Vase with Handle and Red Band
Located in Los Angeles, CA
& Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive
Ceramic
Mid-Century Ceramic Vase with Heavy Lip and in Blues, Greens and Tan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
& Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive
Ceramic
West German Ceramic Vase with Gray and Blue Gradient
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive styles range
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Gray and Yellow Lava Vase with Hourglass Shape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known. Distinctive styles range
Ceramic
Mid-Century, West German, Large Heavy Lava Glazed Jug with Red Band
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Römhild, Marzi & Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich, Silberdistel, and Ü-Keramik are quite well known
Ceramic
Ruscha Keramik Brown Glazed Bull, West Germany, 1960s
By Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully glazed figurative ceramic bull from Ruscha Keramik.
Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Bowl or Plate by Ruscha Keramik
By Ruscha
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful plate from Ruscha Keramik. Pattern: Domino.
Ceramic
Ruscha Keramik Signed Large "Heron" Vase in Ceramic, Hans Welling, 1950s
By Hans Welling, Ruscha
Located in Verviers, BE
Ruscha Keramik "Heron" vase in ceramic, Hans Welling, 1950s. West German Pottery decor Heron vase
Ceramic
Ruscha Midcentury Vase Drip Glaze Earth Tones Kurt Tschoerner Model 340
By Kurt Tschörner, Ruscha
Located in Mannheim, DE
A fantastic vintage West German vase manufactured by Ruscha Keramik in the 1960s to 70s. Drip glaze
Ceramic
Mid-Century Dutch Wide Metallic Black Vase with Pinched Neck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Dümler & Breiden, ES Keramik, Fohr, Gramann Römhild, Marzi & Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha, Scheurich
Ceramic
Large West German Tapered Lava Glazed Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Ceramano, Dümler & Breiden, ES Keramik, Fohr, Gramann Römhild, Marzi & Remy, Otto Keramik, Ruscha
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.
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.
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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.
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.