Sommerso Bird

Murano Mid Century Bird

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Alfredo Barbini Bird

Salviati Bird

Murano Gold Fleck Birds

Murano Art Glass Bird Yellow

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Art Glass

Barbini Murano White Olive Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Birds Sculpture

By Alfredo Barbini

Located in Kissimmee, FL

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, olive green and gold flecks Italian art glass birds on

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barovier Toso Murano Clear Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Sculpture

$300Sale Price|25% Off

H 4.25 in W 2.25 in D 3 in

Barovier Toso Murano Clear Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Sculpture

By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier

Located in Kissimmee, FL

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown clear, gold flecks, and bubbles Italian art glass baby bird

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barovier Toso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Sculpture

$300Sale Price|25% Off

H 4 in W 2.5 in D 3.25 in

Barovier Toso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Sculpture

By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier

Located in Kissimmee, FL

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown clear, dark pink, and bubbles Italian art glass baby bird

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

$975 / set

H 7 in W 6 in D 3 in

Archimede Seguso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Dove Birds, #R00005

Located in Norton, MA

Beautiful and very cute set of Murano hand-blown Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Dove Birds

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Mid-20th Century Italian Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Large Archimede Seguso Murano Purple Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Birds #R00007

$1,425 / set

H 10 in W 5 in D 4.5 in

Large Archimede Seguso Murano Purple Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Birds #R00007

Located in Norton, MA

Birds Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, in the “Pulveri” technique. One still retains the

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Mid-20th Century Italian Animal Sculptures

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Materials

H 8 in W 9 in D 4 in

Green and Gold Italian Murano Art Glass Bird

By Murano Glass Sommerso

Located in Sacramento, CA

Vintage green and gold Italian Murano art glass bird. In excellent condition. Width: 9 in / Depth

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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Stylish Cockatoo or Bird Signed Art Glass Sculpture by Murano Glass

$525Sale Price|22% Off

H 12 in W 4.5 in D 4 in

Stylish Cockatoo or Bird Signed Art Glass Sculpture by Murano Glass

Located in San Diego, CA

Stylish 12" high Italian art glass cockatoo or bird sculpture by Murano Glass, circa 1960s. Great blue and gold fleck color and clarity in this vintage piece which includes original ...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Art Glass

Murano Glass Animals by Archimede Seguso for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s

$1,747 / set

H 5.91 in W 3.15 in D 3.15 in

Murano Glass Animals by Archimede Seguso for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s

By Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte

Located in Milan, IT

Marvelous Murano glass animals collection by Archimede Seguso. Two elephants, one horse an a swan with different techniques and glass colors. Heavy pieces with original labels of...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Murano Glass

Italian Green Murano Glass Dog Sculpture, 1960s

$450

H 11.03 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in

Italian Green Murano Glass Dog Sculpture, 1960s

Located in Byron Bay, NSW

Art Glass from murano island Italy, sculpture in green glass 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Murano Glass

Mid-20th Century Murano Duck Figure attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi

$1,000

H 13.78 in W 7.88 in D 5.12 in

Mid-20th Century Murano Duck Figure attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi

By Napoleone Martinuzzi

Located in CABA, AR

This exceptional piece exemplifies Martinuzzi's mastery of glass manipulation, showcasing the distinctive Pulegoso and Bollicino techniques. This technique, pioneered by Martinuzzi,...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Barovier Toso Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Pheasant Sculpture

$1,850 / item

H 12.25 in W 10.5 in D 5.75 in

Barovier Toso Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Pheasant Sculpture

By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso

Located in Kissimmee, FL

Priced per item (2 birds available as shown). Gorgeous and rare, vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass pheasant bird sculpture on base. Documented to des...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

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Sommerso Bird For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the sommerso bird you’re looking for. A sommerso bird — often made from glass, murano glass and sommerso — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect sommerso bird — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A sommerso bird made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. Alfredo Barbini, Salviati and Archimede Seguso each produced at least one beautiful sommerso bird that is worth considering.

How Much is a Sommerso Bird?

The average selling price for a sommerso bird at 1stDibs is $850, while they’re typically $268 on the low end and $5,000 for the highest priced.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

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.

Finding the Right Animal-sculptures for You

Invite the untamed wonders of the animal kingdom into your home — and do so safely — with the antique, new and vintage animal sculptures available on 1stDibs.

Artists working in every medium from furniture design to jewelry to painting have found inspiration in wild animals over the years. For sculptors, three-dimensional animal renderings — both realistic and symbolic — crisscross history and continents. In as early as 210 B.C., intricately detailed terracotta horses guarded early Chinese tombs, while North America’s native Inuit tribes living in the ice-covered Arctic during the 1800’s wore small animal figurines carved from walrus ivory. Indeed, animal sculpture has a long history, and beginning in the 19th century, the art form started becoming not only fashionable but artistically validated — a trend that continues today. At home, animal sculptures — polished bronze rhinos crafted in the Art Deco style or ceramic dogs of the mid-century modern era — can introduce both playfulness and drama to your decor.

In the case of the frosted glass sculptures crafted by artisans at legendary French glassmaker Lalique, founded by jeweler and glass artist René Lalique, some animal sculptures are purely decorative. With their meticulously groomed horse manes and detailed contours of their parakeet feathers, these creatures want to be proudly displayed. Adding animal sculptures to your bookcases can draw attention to your covetable collection of vintage monographs, while side tables and wall shelving also make great habitats for these ornamental animal figurines.

Some sculptures, however, can find suitable nests in just about any corner of your space. Whimsical brass flamingos or the violent, realist bronze lions created by Parisian sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye are provocative and versatile pieces that can rest on windowsills or your desk. Otherwise, the brass cat shoehorns and bronze porcupine ashtrays designed by Viennese artist Walter Bosse are no longer roaming aimlessly throughout your living room, as they’ve found a purpose to serve.

Embark on your safari today and find a fascinating collection of vintage, modern and antique animal sculptures on 1stDibs.