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Located in Rijssen, NL
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1960s Brutalist British Bernard Rooke Cylindrical Abstract Glazed Pottery Vase
By Bernard Rooke, Bernard Rooke Studio
Located in London, GB
A large 1960s vintage Studio Pottery early brutalist cylindrical ceramic vase by British ceramicist Bernard Rooke. The upper two-thirds features an incised abstract design which is ...
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Bernard Rooke Studio Ceramic TOTEM Lamp, England
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
A large, or oversize, ceramic TOTEM table lamp by Bernard Rooke, England.
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Studio Ceramic Table Lamp by Bernard Rooke, England
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
A small ceramic totem lamp by Bernard Rooke - London, England 1960s - together with a simple conical shade.
This is an early piece, hand-built with lots of interesting texture and g...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Small Table Totem Lamp with Blue Glass Detail by Bernard Rooke, England 1960s
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
A small table totem lamp by ceramicist Bernard Rooke - double-sided - featuring Rooke's hieroglyphics and blue glass detail. Late 1960s, England.
The lamp is in nice original condit...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
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Ceramic
Rare Bernard Rooke Vintage Studio Ceramic Vase
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Hamden, CT
Born in 1938, Bernard Rooke studied at the Ipswich School of Art before moving on to the Goldsmiths' College, London and it was there, in his final year, that he decided to take up...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bernard Rooke Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Brutalist Hand Formed Ceramics by Bernard Rooke, England, 1970s, Set of 5
By Bernard Rooke
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Brutalist midcentury hand formed and signed bij Bernard Rooke contains two vases, a decanter with two cups.
Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke ha...
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1970s English Brutalist Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
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Bernard. Rooke Sculptural Totem Table Lamp in Studio Stoneware, 1970s
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Stoneware 'Totem Lamp' - large table lamp or small floor lamp. Its a sculptural piece, made from handcrafted ceramic elements in natural tones of terracotta and stoneware. Stylistica...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
Materials
Stoneware, Terracotta
Bernard Rooke Brutalist Abstract Table Light in Organic Style 1960’s-1970
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
An organic and Brutalist style Butterly table lamp. No chips or cracks. Has been professionally rewired and PAT tested. Easily rewired for all regions.
Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...
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Ceramic Vessel by Bernard Rooke, Mid-20th Century, England
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century ceramic vessel in neutral tones, by British artist Bernard Rooke.
The vessel has a trapezoidal shape decorated with hieroglyphics front and back, and glazed to the ...
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Ceramic
Bernard Rooke Brutalist Dragon Fly and Leaf Floor Lamp Organic Style 1960-1970
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
An organic and Brutalist style Floor Lamp with Dragon Fly and Leaf design. No chips or cracks. Easily rewired for all regions.
Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...
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Mid Century Modern Ceramic Jardinière by Bernard Rooke
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
An organic and Brutalist style Jardine which would work perfectly with trailing foliage.
Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway.
Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity.
In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London.
In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living.
In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill.
By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income.
Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking.
In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...
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1970s English Brutalist Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
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Clay
Brutalist Earthenware Pottery Vase by Bernard Rooke
By Bernard Rooke
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Brutalist earthenware pottery vase by Bernard Rooke, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips, cracks or crazing and measures 5.5" W x 4" D ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bernard Rooke Furniture
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Earthenware
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Vase by Bernard Rooke
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
An organic and Brutalist style vase with Medallion motif on front and verso.
Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway.
Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity.
In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London.
In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living.
In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill.
By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income.
Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking.
In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...
Category
1960s English Brutalist Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
Materials
Clay
Pair of Bernard Rooke Ceramic Lamps
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of ceramic lamps by Bernard Rooke. Lamps have been professionally rewired with new black wood bases. Measures: Ceramic portion is 13" high. Brass neck is 3" high. Wood base is 9...
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1970s English Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Bernard Rooke, England, Oak Leaves and Squirrels Ceramic Ball Studio Vase, 1970s
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Handcrafted by Bernard Rooke of England, this ball shaped studio vase is decorated with hand formed squirrels and English oak leaves
A super piece from Rooke's studio,
circa 1970s
...
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1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
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Ceramic
Stoneware Stacked Bottle by Bernard Rooke
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage stoneware Bottle with stopper.
In 1960 he set up his own workshop in Forest Hill, London, Progressive designs were readily accepte...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bernard Rooke Furniture
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Cast Ceramic Studio Floor Lamp by Bernard Rooke British Ceramicist, 1973
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Camden, ME
Dramatic Brute ceramic floor lamp from the Studio of Bernard Rooke.
One of England's Mid-Century master ceramicists. Interesting use of cast forms and a variety of glazes.
A ...
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1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bernard Rooke Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Table Totem Lamp by Bernard Rooke with Original Shade, England 1960s
By Bernard Rooke
Located in London, GB
Large ceramic totem table lamp by Bernard Rooke, England, 1960s. A sculptural piece, made up of three ceramic elements in natural tones of terracotta and stone, with a combination of...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bernard Rooke Furniture
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H 59.45 in Dm 10.63 in
Bernard Rooke furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Bernard Rooke furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Bernard Rooke furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Bernard Rooke were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Bernard Rooke Studio, George Carwardine, and Hadrill & Horstman. Prices for Bernard Rooke furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $128 and can go as high as $8,750, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,407.