Flavio Poli Sommerso

Murano Green And Blue Sommerso

Golden Compass

Blown Glass Mid Century Yellow

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Seguso Sommerso

Seguso Art Glass

Flavio Poli Sommerso Vase Glass Seguso Murano, Italy, 1960s

$3,000

H 6.3 in W 17.72 in D 3.94 in

Flavio Poli Sommerso Vase Glass Seguso Murano, Italy, 1960s

By Flavio Poli

Located in CABA, AR

This Flavio Poli sommerso glass vase, dating back to the vibrant era of the 1970s, exudes an air of timeless elegance and sophistication.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Flavio Poli Sommerso Blue Green Yellow Glass Pendant Lamps for Seguso, 1960

$3,800 / set

H 11.02 in Dm 3.93 in

Flavio Poli Sommerso Blue Green Yellow Glass Pendant Lamps for Seguso, 1960

By Seguso, Flavio Poli

Located in Vienna, AT

Three Flavio Poli Sommerso pendant lamps for Seguso, circa 1960 Wonderful set of 3 colored thick Flavio Poli 'Sommerso' glass shades.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Hand-blown Turquoise Murano Vase with Red and Orange Collar, Flavio Poli, 1955

$3,963

H 10.63 in W 7.09 in D 3.94 in

Hand-blown Turquoise Murano Vase with Red and Orange Collar, Flavio Poli, 1955

By Flavio Poli

Located in Florence, Tuscany

Beautiful and rare example of a 1950s Flavio Poli Sommerso Vase in excellent condition.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Murano sommerso glass faceted vase by Flavio Poli , 1970s

$594

H 8.08 in W 3.55 in D 2.56 in

Murano sommerso glass faceted vase by Flavio Poli , 1970s

By Flavio Poli

Located in Delft, NL

Murano sommerso glass faceted vase by Flavio Poli , 1970s

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Materials

Vibrant Sommerso Murano Vase Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Arte

Unavailable

H 10.25 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in

Vibrant Sommerso Murano Vase Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Arte

By Flavio Poli

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

1950s Sommerso Murano vase attributed to Flavio Poli.

Murano Glass

H 9.85 in W 4.34 in D 2.76 in

20th Century Italian Murano Artistic Glass Vase by Flavio Poli for Seguso, 1960s

By Seguso Vetri d'Arte

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

This exquisite medium-sized vase, designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso in the 1960s, encapsulates the timeless artistry associated with Murano glass. Poli's employment of the 'sommerso...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Glass

Materials

Murano Glass

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Flavio Poli Sommerso For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic flavio poli sommerso available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, murano glass and blown glass, every flavio poli sommerso was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a flavio poli sommerso — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right flavio poli sommerso, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made flavio poli sommerso over the years, but those crafted by Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte and Archimede Seguso are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Flavio Poli Sommerso?

A flavio poli sommerso can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $972, while the lowest priced sells for $125 and the highest can go for as much as $12,800.

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.