Walter Bosse Corkscrew Horseshoe Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Mid-Century
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a horseshoe. Nice
Bronze
$240
H 6.25 in W 2.63 in D 1.38 in
Walter Bosse Corkscrew Horseshoe Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Mid-Century
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a horseshoe. Nice
Bronze
$280
H 3.38 in W 2.5 in D 0.88 in
Vintage 50s 60s Vienna Walter Bosse Corkscrew Fawn Designed for Herta Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Nuernberg, DE
authentic Walter Bosse Herta Baller design from the 1950s. It is 100% original and documented. Crafted in
Metal
$390
H 3 in W 5 in D 10.75 in
Walter Bosse Fish Mid-Century Brass Corkscrew, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Bosse and executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria. We offer additional Walter Bosse brass
Brass
Walter Bosse Cat Corkscrew
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s German Walter Bosse bronze cat corkscrew.
Bronze
$420
H 5.75 in W 3.5 in D 1.38 in
Bosse Baller Corkscrew Halloween Cat Animal Vienna, Austria, 1950s Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian corkscrew in the form of a Halloween cat. Nice addition to your room
Bronze
$265
H 3.38 in W 3.5 in D 1.75 in
Bosse Baller Cat Bronze Corkscrew Vienna Austria, 1950s Mid-Century Modern
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
geometric shapes and organic curves, resulting in a harmonious balance. Walter Bosse's work is highly
Bronze
Walter Bosse, Two Monkey Corkscrews, 1950s, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse, two monkey corkscrew 1950s Austria, good original condition.
Brass
Vintage Sculptural Bronze Cat-Shaped Corkscrew
By Walter Bosse
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to offer for sale a playful and unusual sculptural animal-shaped corkscrew made from
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Walter Bosse, Two Monkey Corkscrew 1950s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Walter Bosse, two monkey corkscrew 1950s Austria, good original condition.
Brass
Walter Bosse Bronze Black Monkey Corkscrew Bottle Opener
By Walter Bosse
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Bronze corkscrew bottle opener designed by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, circa 1950s. Corkscrew
Bronze
Walter Bosse Corkscrew Horseshoe Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a Horseshoe. Nice
Bronze
Sold
H 6.25 in W 2.63 in D 1.38 in
Walter Bosse Corkscrew Horseshoe Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a Horseshoe. Nice
Bronze
Walter Bosse Corkscrew Horseshoe Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a Horseshoe. Nice
Bronze
Sold
H 2.21 in W 4.02 in D 0.79 in
Whimsical Brass Cat Corkscrew by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A Walter Bosse corkscrew in the form of a cat. Walter Bosse's whimsical and playful designs have
Brass
Corkscrew by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Corkscrew by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Corkscrew by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Corkscrew by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, Austria. Original condition.
Brass, Iron
Sold
H 2.5 in W 3.5 in D 0.5 in
Walter Bosse Scotch Terrier Corkscrew Bottle Opener, Hertha Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in very good
Brass
Walter Bosse Brass "Moritz" Corksrcew '1947-1951'
By Walter Bosse
Located in Delft, NL
Walter Bosse brass "Moritz" corkscrew Walter Bosse (1904-1979) This small brass figurine from
Brass
Sold
H 5.63 in W 3.38 in D 1.38 in
Bosse Baller Corkscrew Halloween Cat Animal Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian baller corkscrew in the form of a Halloween cat. The cat has glass
Bronze
Sold
H 5.75 in W 3.5 in D 1.5 in
Bosse Baller Corkscrew Halloween Cat Animal Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Baller corkscrew in the form of a Halloween cat. Nice addition to your
Bronze
Sold
H 5.25 in W 3.25 in D 1.38 in
Bosse Baller Corkscrew Halloween Cat Animal Vienna, Austria, 1950s Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian corkscrew in the form of a Halloween cat. Nice addition to your room
Bronze
Sold
H 6.75 in W 3.25 in D 1.38 in
Bosse Baller Corkscrew Halloween Cat Animal Vienna, Austria, 1950s Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian corkscrew in the form of a Halloween cat. Nice addition to your room
Bronze
Sold
H 5.13 in W 3.13 in D 1.38 in
Bosse Baller Corkscrew Halloween Cat Animal Vienna, Austria, 1950s Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Baller corkscrew in the form of a Halloween cat. Nice addition to your
Bronze
Sold
H 3.5 in W 2.63 in D 0.38 in
Black Metal Minimalist Corkscrew Anchor 1960s Walter Bosse Style, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s design corkscrew in the form of an anchor. Nice addition to your room, bar cart
Metal
Walter Bosse Corkscrew Rare and Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare piece of Walter Bosse, normally he likes to use animals for his design. The piece is signed
Brass
Walter Bosse Brass Corkscrew Cat, Vienna Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Walter Bosse brass Corkscrew cat, 1950 Vienna Austria, good original condition.
Brass
$30,365
H 31.89 in W 118.12 in D 39.38 in
Italian 17th Century Walnut Rustic Trestle Refectory Dining or Library Table
Located in Firenze, IT
This charming 17th Century massive scale rectangular refectory table, dating back to Baroque period, is a magnificent example of Tuscan rustic craftsmanship. The top consists of four...
Wood, Walnut
Small 19th century Swedish empire birch sofa
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small 19th century Swedish empire birch sofa circa 1860 Good quality Swedish empire period birch sofa upholstered in kalim woven fabric. Small sofa or a very comfortable single cha...
Fabric, Birch
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 43.25 in W 63 in D 2.5 in
Large Fine Quality Antique Venetian Etched Glass Murano Wall Mirror
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This magnificent antique Venetian wall mirror is a superb example of Murano craftsmanship, celebrated for its artistry and elegance. Handcrafted in Venice, Italy, this mirror feature...
Art Glass, Mirror
Vintage Green Glass Tumblers – Set of Five Textured Mid-Century Barware
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vintage green glassware, mid-century barware, textured glass tumblers, and retro drinking glasses lead the search when collectors look for sculptural, statement tabletop pieces — and...
Glass
$11,500 / set
H 42 in W 21 in D 23 in
Set of 8 French Louis XIII Style Os De Mouton Walnut Dining Chairs in Blue Plaid
Located in Astoria, NY
A beautifully restored set of eight 20th-century French dining chairs crafted in the Louis XIII style and sourced from Provence, France. The set includes six side chairs and two matc...
Fabric, Cotton, Walnut
Classical Polished King Size Bed
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classical polished veneered and crossbanded King size bed, the arched headboard of three crossbanded panels flanked by bound reeded carved columns, with a paneled low footboard, on...
Wood
125 Years of Louis Vuitton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two books in soft covers housed in a brown cloth covered slip case with cream lettering. One volume illustrates Louis Vuitton products through the years, the second illustrates the "...
Paper
Antique Black Forest hand carved case wall clock
Located in Houston, TX
This handsome clock is beautifully carved with grapes and oak leaves Around the face of the clock. It has the key and pendulum and The spring is good. The face lifts for winding. The...
Oak
$303,657 / set
H 137.8 in W 137.8 in D 137.8 in
Italian Renaissance Style Set Dining Room 16 Pieces Walnut Hand-Carved
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FQ58 Period: 19th century Style: Renaissance Dining room of the School of Arts in Monza, 19th century, walnut hand-carved consists of: sideboard showcase with leaded cathedra...
Leather, Glass, Walnut
Italian Rocking Chair Model 572 By Cassina
By Cassina
Located in London, GB
An incredible and very rare rocking chair (has been attributed to Gio Ponti in the past and shows a strong and striking resemblance to his designs) in walnut, rubber and fabric for C...
Steel
$33,402 / item
H 29.53 in W 47.25 in D 125.99 in
Dining Table Solid Wood Base Crystal Glass Top, Rings Structure Made in Italy
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
The 'Chained Up Reloaded' dining table is an important dining table with structure in rare one-piece slab Iroko (origin: Africa) and table top in crystal glass. Dining table dimens...
Crystal
$55,407Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 112 in W 170 in D 13.77 in
"Tecnica Library" Modular Shelving Bookcase by Jaume Tresserra for Dessie'
By Dessie Studio, Jaime Tresserra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tecnica Library" is a shelving bookcase unit, designed by Jaume Tresserra and manufactured by Dessie', featuring six modules with antique nickel finished metallic parts provided wit...
Metal, Nickel
Italian bed from the 19th century in wrought iron
Located in Cesena, FC
Italian bed from the 19th century in wrought iron The timeless elegance of this early nineteenth-century Italian queen-size bed, meticulously handcrafted in wrought iron The bed has...
Wrought Iron
$1,275Sale Price|30% Off
H 12.6 in W 20.48 in D 9.06 in
Sculpture Pheasants Porcelain Guido Cacciapuoti
By Guido Cacciapuoti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large sculpture pheasants porcelain Guido Cacciapuoti 1940s made In Italy, famous Italian sculptor of the mid-20th century.
Porcelain
$15,471Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.77 in W 58.67 in D 67.33 in
Yamaha Baby Grand Quality Mahogany Piano Model C2
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality Yamaha baby grand piano with an overstrung iron frame, frame and sound board in perfect condition, mahogany case standing on square tapering legs with spade feet brass castor...
Other
Trottola 5 Coffee Table by Studio Superego for Superego Editions
By Studio Superego, Superego Editions
Located in Milan, Italy
Coffee table Trottola 5 model designed by Studio Superego for Superego Editions. The colors of the plexiglass are customizable. Biography Superego Editions was born in 2006, perfor...
Plexiglass
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.
Whether it’s streamlined or sophisticated, a bar area is always a welcoming feature in any home interior. A cheery well-made drink with friends and family has the potential to yield some unforgettable moments alongside those that aren’t easily remembered. And the only way to conjure that exemplary cordial is by putting the proper antique or vintage barware to work.
Essential barware equipment ranges from sterling-silver barspoons for mixing your cocktails in tall collins glasses to jiggers, shakers and strainers that allow you to whip up martinis and old-fashioneds.
From a design standpoint, some barware, such as our array of Art Deco glass whiskey sets or mid-century modern silver-banded tumblers crafted by Dorothy Thorpe, can help position your bar as a bold and attractive centerpiece to a room. At the very least, a carefully curated collection of barware can elevate with subtlety the bar’s nearby fixtures, as a handcrafted crystal decanter might do for your vintage 1960s bar cart.
As cocktail hour draws near, find inspiration in our gorgeous gallery of home bars in locales ranging from London to New York to San Francisco, and browse the exquisite selection of antique, new and vintage barware and glassware on 1stDibs.