Mid-Century Modern Vases
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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 legendary 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.
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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid Century Ceramic Vase by Kilrush Ceramics Ireland 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and sculptural piece from Kilrush Ceramics, Ireland. This piece, manufacture in the 1950s maintains the elements that keep it current. Minimal and stoic, this piece has a...
Category
1950s Northern Irish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Studio Pottery Weed Vase Polia Pillin
By Polia Pillin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare scale for one of her pieces.
Wheel thrown, glazed with hand painted birds.
No chips, cracks or repairs.
Some crackling within the glaze.
Add to collections and interiors....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ceramic Vase by Fratelli Fanciullacci. Italy 1950 - 1959
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vase with Blue and Grey Layers, Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase with Blue and Grey Layers, Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta 1950s
A vintage art glass vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand and manufactured by Kosta Glasbruk ca. 1950s. The vase feature...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Studio Ceramic Vessel or Vase by Monika Maetzel, 1960s, Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautiful Hamburg born German artist Monika Maetzel, Germany.
Rustic yet classic mid-century design in the typical colours of the 1960s-1970s.
This vessel is like a bud opening and r...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass vase pink Color Seguso Deign 1970
By Seguso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Seguso Pink Murano Vase 1970 Italy
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Cenedese Yellow Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Bowl or Vase attr. Nason
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern glass bowl or vase in yellow attributed to Ermanno Nason for Cenedese of Murano, Italy. Yellow is one of the most difficult colours to produce an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Mid Century West German Ceramic Vases by Prag Grün for Jopeko, 1960s
Located in VALENCIA, ES
These Mid-century modern ceramic jugs by Prag Grün for Jopeko Keramik are highly sought after pieces among collectors of vintage ceramics. Hand-produced in West Germany circa the 196...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Rose Cabat Deep Blue Over Sea Green Feelie Vase Weed Pot
By Rose Cabat
Located in Ferndale, MI
Feelie vase signed Cabat on underside . Seafoam or ocean green satin matte glaze over deep blue maybe indigo glaze also matte finish . Glazing of the green over blue brings to mind a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Eight Dutch 1960 Royal Leerdam Crystal and Rimac Baarn Bulb Vaseline Glass Vases
Located in Haarlem, NL
8 large 1960s flower bulb hyacinth, daffodil, tulip and crocus vases.
All clear blown glass in beige, amber and yellow/green colours by Royal Leerdam Crystal company and by the Rimac...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Uranium Glass
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Glazed Purple Ceramic Vase, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Naples, IT
Cylindrical vase from Aldo Londi's series for Bitossi with alternating horizontal stripes of various glazes and textures from the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Flavio Poli Hand-Crafted Blue Murano Small Glass Vase, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian small vase designed by Flavio Poli in the 1970's. The vase is hand-crafted in Murano glass with a tear-shape in blue.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Bertoncello by Roberto Rigon Mid Century Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Bertoncello
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing ceramic Mid-Century Modern vase made in Italy, circa 1960s. This is a beautiful ceramic vase. Vase is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites. Nice col...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Hand-Crafted Red Murano Double Vase, Italy, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian vase designed in the 1970´s. The vase is hand-crafted in Murano glass with a cylindrical shape, in red and yellow.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
MCM Bitossi Petite Yellow Vase by Rosenthal Netter
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM Bitossi petite yellow vase by Rosenthal Netter, circa 1960s. The hand thrown vase is in great vintage condition with no chips or cracks; it measures 2.25" D x 6.25" H. ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Flavio Poli Hand-Crafted Brown Murano Small Vase, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian small vase designed by Flavio Poli in the 1970´s. The vase is hand-crafted in faceted Murano glass with a polygonal shape, in different colors with predominant brown.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Pottery Craft Vase
Located in Vallejo, CA
A wonderful mid century vase designed by Robert Maxwell for Pottery Craft. Features an overlapping circle design to the glaze in brown and black.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Mid-Century Fat Lava Studio Ceramic Vase, STROMBOLI by Ceramano 1970s, Germany
By Ceramano, Hans Welling
Located in Andernach, DE
Expressive original Fat Lava Mid Century Modern handmade ceramic vase.
Executed and designed by Hans Welling for Ceramano, Western Germany around 1965.
Fat Lava glaze ''Stromboli'', ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Flavio Poli Hand-Crafted Brown Murano Small Vase, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian small vase designed by Flavio Poli in the 1970´s. The vase is hand-crafted in faceted Murano glass with a polygonal shape, in different colors with predominant brown.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Don Reitz Studio Ceramic Vase
By Don Reitz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Large ceramic tea bowl with abstract design.
Signed on the bottom “Reitz”.
Measures: 4.5" H x 5.25" D.
Don Reitz (1929-2014) is recognized as one of the most important and influ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Fat Lava West German Dümler & Breiden Vintage Ceramic Jug Vase, 1960s
Located in VALENCIA, ES
An outstandingly beautiful West Germany art pottery ceramic jug by Dümler & Breiden. It features the highly sought after Domino decor in brown, orange, and blue colors. Hand-produce...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Black Modernist Ikebana Vase, Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Ikebana vase with a textured surface. Retains the original Toyo label on the bottom. Japan, 1950s.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Tall Walnut Bottle Sculpture Vase Attributed to Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in New York, NY
Tall walnut sculpture bottle vase hand turned on lathe, attributed to Phillip Lloyd Powell of the New Hope School, Pennsylvania.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Wood
French 1970’s bubble blue vase. Biot
By Biot
Located in London, GB
A beautiful deep blue bubble vase attributed to Biot. Good pontil mark.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Accolay vase
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
A large ceramic vase in a stunning glaze of blue and black.
Signed, in very good shape.
Accolay, France, ca. 1960
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery Doves, a pair (marked Rosenthal Netter)
Located in Skokie, IL
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery Doves, a pair (imported by Rosenthal Netter)
A beautiful vintage pair of mustard yellow stoneware doves designed by Italian ceramist Aldo Londi (1911-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Elegant Amber Blown Glass Vase - Early 20th Century Spanish Artistry
Located in Barcelona, ES
Enhance your decor with the timeless elegance of this vintage amber blown glass vase from the early 20th century. Crafted by an unknown Spanish manufacturer, this vase retains its or...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Glass vase for lilies of the valley, Ząbkowice, Poland, 1960s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Glass vase model no. 2307, blue
Produced by HSG "Ząbkowice" in Dąbrowa Górnicza in the 1960s.
height 13.5 cm
outlet diameter 10cm
Very good condition, no damage
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Tall Mosaic Vase in Black and Red
Located in London, GB
Tall vase in an organic mosaic pattern of night black and tomato red pieces of glass. The mosaic is applied on a glass vase inorder to be a functional vase for flowers and it is edg...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Brass
Flavio Poli Hand-Crafted Green Murano Small Glass Vase, Italy, 1970
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian small vase designed by Flavio Poli in the 1970's. The vase is hand-crafted in Murano glass with a tear-shape in green.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Seguso Mid-Century Modern Large Textured Italian Green Murano Glass Vase 1980s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Absolutely stunning and rare Seguso large, heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern textured Italian glass vase by Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano, Italy, circa 1980s / early 1990s. Elegant in fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Elegant Amber Blown Glass Vase - Early 20th Century Spanish Artistry
Located in Barcelona, ES
Enhance your decor with the timeless elegance of this vintage amber blown glass vase from the early 20th century. Crafted by an unknown Spanish manufacturer, this vase retains its or...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Italian Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vases, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in VALENCIA, ES
A remarkable duo of vintage ceramic vases, featuring the 'Nuovo Renacimento' style in the Carta Fiorentina and Paisley decors, designed by the visionary Aldo Londi for Bitossi circa ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Four Aldo Bakker Tin Vessel 'Support' by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vessel designed by Aldo Bakker in 2016.
Support is a container or vessel that exist out of two parts that support each other. Support is made from tin.
Important information regard...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Tin
Murano Glass Multicolored Vase Mod. "Fazzoletto" Venini Style
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the whole description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Iconic and original yellow opaline Murano glass vase; the vase was blown in one piece without joints; the most difficult and special operation was to leave the yellow opaline inside and make the outside with multiple colors; various colored oxides were applied when the draft of the yellow opaline vase...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Flavio Poli for Seguso Large Purple Blue Sommerso Glass Teardrop Vase
By Seguso, Flavio Poli
Located in San Diego, CA
Majestic Large blown glass vase , tear drop shape circa 1970's excellent condition no chips or scratches beautiful colors , great Murano Italy Mid Century Modern Home decor.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Black Modernist Ikebana Vase, Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Ikebana vase with a textured surface. Retains the original Japanese label. Japan, 1960s.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Clay
Roger Capron oreilles vase
By Roger Capron
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A beautiful vase à oreilles by Roger Capron
Made in the 1950s in Vallauris, this beautiful exemple shows a nice zoomorphe decor
These are the most collectible forms of vases by the...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Red White Stripes Italian Art Glass Thin Soliflore Specimen Flower Vase
By Fratelli Toso, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown multi-color vertical stripes Italian art glass soliflore / specimen flower vase. The vase has a rainbow of colors, with cobalt blue, sky blue, bri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Cenedese Red Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Glass Bowl or Vase attr. Nason
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern glass bowl or vase in dark deep red attributed to Ermanno Nason for Cenedese of Murano, Italy.
This can be used as a bowl, dish, vide-poche, as...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Lladro Porcelain Floral Vase, 1970s
By Lladro
Located in Barcelona, ES
A beautiful porcelain floral vase designed by Julio Fernández and manufactured by Lladró. Spain, 1970s.
This elegant glazed porcelain vase has a clean design with floral and foliage ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Gorgeous Blue Vase by Ind. Vetraria Valdarnese. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous big blue vase by Ind. Vetraria Valdarnese, mouth-blown glass and handmade. Made in Italy. This vase is in excellent condition. Made in Ita...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Exceptional Blown Glass Vase - Early XXth Century - Spanish Craftsmanship
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elevate your decor with the exceptional beauty of this vintage blown glass vase from the early 20th century. Created by an unknown Spanish manufacturer circa 1940, this vase remains ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Porcelain Cup by Kurt Weiser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Kurt Weiser porcelain slip cast cup sculpture featuring Weiser's whimsical drawings and line work.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Fruit vase by Biot Blue Color
By Biot
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1960, Vase, in this beautiful Biot glass, well-known glass firm of the south of France near Vallauris.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Light Blue Murano Glass Long Neck Vase, Italy circa 1970
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Splendid, large (height of 18.1") light blue Murano glass vase out of the famous workshops on the little island in Venice/ Italy. Elaborately handcrafted in the period around 1970, t...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Exceptional Blown Glass Vase - Early XXth Century - Spanish Craftsmanship
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elevate your decor with the exceptional beauty of this vintage blown glass vase from the early 20th century. Created by an unknown Spanish manufacturer circa 1940, this vase remains ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Majestic Glass Murano Cenedese Vase Sommerso
By Cenedese
Located in San Diego, CA
Majestic sommerso blue glass vase , nice colors thick heavy and in excellent condition circa 1970's Murano Italy , great for Mid Century Space age home decor.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Stig Lindberg, Vase, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A matte white glazed and chroma-printed vase designed by Stig Lindberg and produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Bitossi Rosenthal-Netter Vase Gold/Black Metallic, Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
Bitossi Rosenthal-Netter Vase Gold/Black Metallic, Italy. Vase is labeled Italy on bottom.
Measurements 8" tall, 4.25" diameter
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Roberto Rigon ceramic vase for Bertoncello Ceramiche D'Arte - Italy
Located in The Hague, NL
Stunning large vase by designer Roberto Rigon for Bertoncello Ceramice d' Arte, Italy. Mid-Century period. All pieces are unique, but this one is extraordinair because of the amazing...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Glass Ball Vase by Daum Nancy, Signed, 1970s
By Daum
Located in Brescia , Brescia
This large vase exudes timeless elegance and sophistication, showcasing Daum Nancy's legacy of exceptional craftsmanship and artistic mastery.
The vase features a mesmerizing purple...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pitcher
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful pottery jug/handled vase, Italy late 1950s-1960s. Signed.
A stunning form and décor, body shaped as a jug, glossy white spray-glaze has a mottled texture, decorated using ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Tenmoku stoneware bulbous bottle vase by Shoji Hamada, mid-century
By Shoji Hamada
Located in London, GB
With Hamada's beautiful signature 'sugar cane' pattern.
In perfect condition.
Provenance;
The library of a Gentleman, private collection Norfolk and London - UK.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Yellow art glass vase by Flavio Poli for Murano
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Yellow art glass vase by Flavio Poli for Murano in very good original condition. Signed with sticker on the bottom.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Bengt Orup for Johansfors Sweden Modernist Blue Art Glass Vase
By Bengt Orup
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare mid-century modernist art glass vase was created by Bengt Orup for Johansfors Glasbruk, Sweden, in 1960s as a part of Spontana line. It is decorated with swirling, organic shape...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Green and Orange Sommerso Murano Glass Vase by Flavio Poli, Italy
By Flavio Poli
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This vase is made in Sommerso Murano glass, which has been hand blown with three different colors: transparent, orange and green.
It is a vintage item, therefo...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass, Sommerso
Large Sculptural Studio Pottery Vase Object by Dieter Crumbiegel, Germany, 1980s
By Dieter Crumbiegel
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic object
Designer and producer:
Dieter Crumbiegel
Information:
Dieter Crumbiegel (born June 6, 1938 in Essen) is a German artist (painting, ceramics) and university professor.
Since 1961, Crumbiegel has held solo and group exhibitions of ceramic objects in West and East Germany, Belgium, CSFR, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and Taiwan.
Decade: 1980s
This original vintage Studio Ceramic Object was designed by Dieter Crumbiegel and produced in his own Studio in the 1960s in Heinsberg in Germany. It is made of solid very heavy stoneware pottery and has a very unique light beige main coloration with abstract brown illustration. the bottom is marked with typical Producer signature. a very collectible and very rare item of the Crumbiegel Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 18cm in height and 21cm in diameter, it is very impressive.
straightforward and minimalistic design of the 1980s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
Height 18cm
Diameter 21cm.
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina. slight traces of use.
VITA:
Dieter Crumbiegel graduated from high school in 1957 at the traditional language Burggymnasium in Essen. He then studied painting from 1957 to 1961 at the State University of Fine Arts in Kassel with Fritz Winter and Marie-Louise von Rogister, ceramics with Walter Popp, art theory and art sociology with Stephan Hirzel and Georg Hoeltje, and art history and art education with Ernst Röttger. During the 1958/1959 academic year he received a holiday scholarship from the Max Beckmann Society and spent some time in the Liliamor house with its founder Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler in Murnau. In 1959 he also received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Crumbiegel completed his studies in 1961 with the first state examination.
After the 2nd state examination in 1964, Crumbiegel worked with Robert Sturm at the educational institute in Fulda as a lecturer for the training of art and craft teachers at general schools with a training focus on the construction of vascular ceramics. In 1971 he took over the class for sculpture and architectural ceramics at the State Technical School for Ceramic Design in Höhr- Grenzhausen. From 1979 to 2001 he was a professor at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld in the design department, studying ceramics/porcelain/glass design. In 1979, Crumbiegel was appointed a member of the Académie Internationale de la Ceramique (AIC) / International Academy of liamorCeramic in Geneva. The German members of the AIC joined together in 1983/1984 to form Group 83 - German Ceramicists,[1] of which he himself became a member in 1986.
Crumbiegel founded the “Krefeld School for Ceramics/Design”[2] as a continuation of the Kassel School for Ceramics run by his teacher Walter Popp, from which artists and designers such as Frank Louis emerged. In 1983 he was appointed supervisor at Helwan University in Giza/Cairo. From 1971 he gave lectures on new trends in ceramic art at the Hetjens Museum in Düsseldorf.
Between 1969 and 1978 he was a member of various award juries, such as the jury for the Richard...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Mid-century Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Scheurich Keramik, Rörstrand, Bitossi, and Venini. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $44 and tops out at $113,467 while the average work can sell for $794.
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