Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Gray
Fantoni Style Salt Glaze Blue, Purple Ceramic Bowl Mid-Century Modern, Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
The beautiful pattern and intricacies of this geometric textural Italian salt glaze ceramic vintage bowl has great influence and style of the work of the ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
French Midcentury Painted Mercury Glass Bowl
Located in Copenhagen, K
Painted silver plated glass bowl in mercury silver or poormans silver, France.
For sweets or as a decorative object for Christmas.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Mercury Glass
White Collapsed Ceramic Dish by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1930s
By Gustavsberg
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This rare curved white glazed ceramic bowl was designed in 1938 by the Swedish ceramist Wilhelm Kåge. It's a part of the soft forms lin (Fin: Mjuka Formernas). The open organic and b...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Green Art Glass Centerpiece By Flygsfors
By Flygsfors
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Mid-Century Modern green art glass basket centre piece by Flygsfors.
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Glass Bowl by Bohemia Glass, 1970s
By Bohemia
Located in Praha, CZ
The item made of cut glass. Made in Czechoslovakia. Original condition.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Cut Glass
Midcentury Stainless and Brass Footed Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury stainless and brass footed bowl, a sleek and modern bowl, simple and elegant alone, it also ready for any shelf or desk. Also perfect ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Brass Sculpture Dish
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century brass sculpture dish attributed to Tommi Parzinger. Solid Brass sculpture center mounted to a brass dish. Three detail cut-outs outline the base of the dish. Spectacu...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Bitossi Bowl, Ceramic and Fused Glass, White, Red, and Blue, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi bowl, ceramic and fused glass, white, red and blue, signed. Medium scale white glazed rectangular low bowl with fused glass mosaic interior pattern of light and dark blues, r...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Val St. Lambert Raspberry Crystal Center Bowl
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful signed Val St. Lambert circular crystal bowl, raspberry, hand-cut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply and evenly cut, without a single bobble or ...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
French Midcentury Ceramic Bowl, Earth Tones
Located in Miami, FL
A fine decorative bowl with beautiful beige and brown hues. This mid-century ceramic bowl with earth tones is wonderful decorative object, very pleasing to the eye and has interestin...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert Signed Crystal Center Bowl
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful signed Val Saint Lambert circular crystal bowl, Ruby, hand-cut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply and evenly cut, without a single bobble or a glass flow inside the glass...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Glen Lukens Signed Mid-Century Modern Glazed Ceramic California Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A unique and rare piece by influential Mid-Century Modern ceramist Glen Lukens whose work has become very collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
Lukens was the f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Studio Pottery Mustard Glazed Bowl
By Lucie Rie, Hans Coper
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning vintage British studio pottery bowl by Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, finely thrown the outer body decorated in oatmeal glaze with a dark ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Large-Scale Italian Terracotta Charger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large-scale terracotta charger (circa 1940s, Italy) with bright blue, teal, and yellow geometric patterns with ornamental floral decoration in the c...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Terracotta
Set of Cooler and Shaker Orrefors Nils Landberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This set contains a glass bucket for ice or vine cooler. The other piece is a Shaker/carafe for spirits/whiskey. They are both designed by Nils Landberg a...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Pair of Freeform Sculptural Acrylic Bowls by Astrolite / Ritts Co.
By Astrolite
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice pair of freeform sculptural acrylic bowls from the Astrolite Products line by the Ritts Co. of Los Angeles, circa 1970s. The bowls are in very good vintage condition and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Acrylic
Torch Cut and Hammered Shallow Metal Bowl by Marcello Fantoni
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Mid-century Marcello Fantoni Brutalist hammered metal torch cut shallow bowl… Stamped twice “Fantoni Firenze Italy,” 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
Pierre Cardin for Venini 1970 Square Transparent Murano Bowl Light Blue Glass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pierre Cardin for Venini 1970 square transparent Murano bowl light blue glass.
Large Murano Glass Bowl, very heavy transparent, with a cent...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Raised or Bowl with Brass Foot Scalloped Often Glass Gold Brass 24-Karat Italian
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Raised or bowl with brass foot scalloped often glass gold brass 24-karat Italian.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Handmade Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramic bowl by Alingsås Ceramic
Located in Berlin, DE
Handmade Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramic bowl by Alingsås Ceramic
A handmade Swedish Mid-Century Modern ceramic bowl with green, blue, brown an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Hammershøi Pottery Bowl by Nils A. Kähler for Kähler, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- Hammershoi bowl
- Executed by ceramist Nils Kähler in the 1970s
- In commemoration of Svend Hammershøi (1873-1948)
- Executed in black/white ash-based glazes
- Stamped HAK, Den...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Sculptural Chromed Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Vintage sculptural glass bowl with a chromed/mirrored surface similar to antique mercury glass. Possibly French and likely dating to the 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Venini White and Clear Pinwheel Spiral Glass Bowl Vintage
By Venini
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous Italian Venini glass Murano bowl is from the 1960s. It is white and clear glass in spiral pinwheel design. This is a beauty of a bowl. Great for serving or just as is. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Box with Glass Lid Owl 1960 Italian Design Murano Glass Metal Chrome Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Box with glass lid owl 1960 Italian design Murano glass metal chrome brass.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass, Chrome
"Fish Bowl by the Window", Early and Important Footed Enamel Bowl by Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and early example of enamel art in America, this footed bowl depicts a fish bowl sitting on a long table, with a Classical-Art Deco chair against one wall, and figured cu...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
1940s English Brass Hammered Bowls
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of nesting 1940s English brass hammered bowls.
Measures: Smaller bowl diameter 10.25'' height 5''.
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Two Thomas Toft Bowls Studio Pottery, Denmark, 1950s, Danish Modern
By Thomas Toft
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning pieces, both bowls are signed.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Polia Pillin Mid-Century Modern Footed Studio Bowl
By Polia Pillin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Pillin is known for her whimsical designs and a re-occurring motifs of women, birds, horses and flowers.
Decorated ceramic footed bowl by Polia Pillin (1909-1992).
Signed on the bottom: Pillin.
Perfect condition, no chips, cracks or repairs.
Measures: 2.75" H x 7.38" D.
Polia Pillin was a painter and ceramist. Born in Poland, 1909, she immigrated to Chicago in 1924. She studied there at the AIC and Jewish Peoples...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
White Relief Op Art Bowl with Lid, Cuno Fischer, Rosenthal Studio-Linie, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white matte relief op-art porcelain vase from the 1960s designed by Cuno Fischer and executed by Rosenthal Studio-Line, Germany. In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
1940s German Bronze Bowl
Located in New York, NY
1940s German bronze decorative bowl.
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Sculptural Optical Swirled Swedish Glass Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely modern Swedish white clear swirled optical bowl is signed. It is not legible but shown in the photos. Great for serving or just as is.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Barovier Large Murano Glass Bowl Vase, Clam, Shell, Conchiglia iridized
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice an early glass centerpiece made and designed by Barovier.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Green Flygsfors Centerpiece
By Flygsfors
Located in Copenhagen, K
Midcentury green flygsfors centrepiece on foot, by Paul Kedelv.
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Big Bowl Murano Art Glass, 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Big bowl Murano art glass, 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Lino Sabbatini Rare Set of Graduated Round Silvered Bowls, Italy, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Lino Sabbatini ( 1925-2016 )
A rare set of three graduated round silvered bowls with decorated rim.
Signed
Italy, 1970's
Dimensions: Large: 12.5 Ø, medi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
French Mid Century Vannes Crystal Bowl
Located in Buchanan, NY
This French 1950s Vannes crystal candy bowl is a truly remarkable piece. With its unique design featuring three amorphic arms, it stands out as a ra...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Murano Silver Flecks Purple Art Glass Bowl / Ashtray
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful handblown purple Murano glass bowl or ashtray with aventurine silver flecks. Italy, 1960s.
Highly decorative organical shapes.
Lovely to be used...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Leaf
A Carl Erickson Smokey Gray ‘Bullicante’ Bubble Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A vintage smokey gray 'bullicante' otherwise bubble glass bowl, produced circa 1950's-1960's by Swedish-born glass maker Carl Erickson. Good vintage condition, with age appropriate w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Geometric Glass Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Geometric textured outside body
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
White Glass Opalini Bowl by Venini
By Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare large opaque white glass footed bowl by Venini.
It bears a Mid-Century acid-etched circle mark in the polished pontil to the base.
Diameter: circa 15.25 in.
Items p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Karl Hagenauer Vintage Brass and Black Metal Bowls or Sculptures Set of Four
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely vintage Austrian set by Karl Hagenauer of four low bowls, dishes or sculptures definitely have a fish motif. They have black metal over brass surrounded by polished brass...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass, Metal
Higgins Glass Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Michael and Francis Higgins Bowl, Fused glass Pink, green and gold leaf bow with floral design on bottom surface.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Bowl by André Baud, Vallauris
By André Baud
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This special shaped bowl was designed by André Baud for his studio in Vallauris, c. 1950. It is made of earthenware with matt black glaze and overlaid decor...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
"Sailing Ship and Dolphins, " Important Mid-Century Bowl with Vivid Enamels
By Karl Drerup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extremely fine piece of enamel painting by master artist Karl Drerup, this large bowl depicts a sailing ship with seagulls overhead, and dolphins cavorting below, in a sea of gorg...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
"Fishermen in the Mediterranean, " Important Mid-Century Enamel by Drerup
By Karl Drerup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Featuring the deep blue, red and green jewel-tones for which he was famous, this rare and important footed enamel dish was created by the great master of enamel painting, Karl Drerup...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
Midcentury Zig Zag Ceramic Bowls by Design Technics
Located in Dallas, TX
A group of three "new old" inventory midcentury zig zag ceramic bowls by Design Technics in turquoise and orange. Pristine, unused condition. Sold as a set or individually. Individua...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Glass Optical Swirled Bowl Barware
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely Swedish optical swirled white glass and clear bowl is perfect for serving nuts, candies, and other delights. It is also great for barware.
From the 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Warren MacKenzie Walled Footed Bowl
Located in Dallas, TX
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924 - 2018) was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Large Danish Blue Provence Art Glass Bowl By Per Lutken By Holmegaard
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The Provence bowl was created by accident in 1956. Lutken was trying to create a glass cone, but somehow forgot to let the steam out of the molten glass. The result was flat like a p...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Carl-Harry Stålhane Signed Rörstrand Studio Swedish Scandinavian Midcentury Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed, richly, and deeply blue-colored / glazed ceramic large bowl / tray by famed Swedish designer Carl-Harry Stålhane for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
VGC Herb Ritts Medium Biomorphic Sculptural Lucite Bowl Mid-Century Modern
By Herb Ritts
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Century Modern ”Astrolite"" Lucite centrepiece or serving bowl by the Ritts Company of Los Angeles in a dynamic freeform shape with unexpected and be...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Modern Ritts Co. Astrolite Bowl
By Astrolite
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Ritts Co. Astrolite Bowl.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Acrylic
Stunning Large Amethyst Elongated Centerpiece Blown Glass Crystal Lozenge Bowl
Located in Roslyn, NY
A stunning large Mid-Century Modern oval elongated centerpiece amethyst crystal glass bowl in the manner of Val Saint Lambert lozenge shaped.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1980s LEON Handmade Glazed Ceramic Studio Pottery Art Bowl California
Located in Chula Vista, CA
California Pottery Art signed by artist Leon, handmade artisan glazed ceramic bowl studio pottery 1980
Measures: 11 in diameter x 4.25 tall
Clean Neutral colors
Original preowned ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Midcentury Decorative Bowl from Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Very colorful midcentury ceramic bowl from the well known area of Vallauris, France.
Nice decorative object in perfect condition.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Alfredo Barbini Italian Murano Centerpiece Glass Bowl, circa 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Alfredo Barbini Italian Murano Centerpiece Glass Bowl, circa 1950
A large and quite substantial Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) Italian Murano glass centerpiece bowl circa 1950s. The ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Eliakim Trittico, Seguso Vetri d'arte, White Heavy Scavo Murano Glass circa 1985
By Eliakim, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This group was made by Seguso Vetri d'Arte and designed by the fashion and textile most promising designer of the 80s, Eliakim. Of the four designs this group is El2 Ashtray (nowaday...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Tilgmans Swedish Modern Green Woman Wall Plate, Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Extraordinary modernist item by Swedish Tilgmans Keramik. Fully glazed centerpiece or wall decoration depicting a green faced woman with long stemmed yellow and blue flowers on a striped dark blue background created with the sgraffito technique. Manufactured in 1957 by German/Swedish Paul Harald Tilgman in his workshop in a small town close to Gothenburg in Sweden. Blue patterned glaze on the sides and muted blue leaves on the milky white glazed base. Signed and dated on base.
A rare and unique piece in beautiful condition!
Sweden, 1957.
About Tilgmans Keramik:
Paul Harald “Harry” Tilgmann was born in Dresden, Germany in 1904 and emigrated to Sweden during WWII where he started Tilgmans Keramik (= Ceramics) in 1948 in the small town of Utbynäs close to Gothenburg. Tilgman had 16 employees working for him and when he hired the Polish refugee Marian Zawadzki (1912-1978) as artistic director in 1953, Tilgman Keramik started experimenting with the distinct sgraffito technique. The sgraffito technique consists of carving fine lines into the background of a design through a light coloured glaze down to a dark grey clay slip. This created a unique textured ground which has become a style associated with Tilgmans Keramik in particular. The decorative elements also appear to be outlined with a carved line and then hand painted with overglazes where birds, fish, flowers, butterflies and other animals were a common theme. This type of work was the most popular in Mid Century Sweden alongside Tilgmans small animal figurines...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery, Ceramic
Mid-century Modern decorative bowls for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative bowls 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 decorative bowls 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 glass, murano glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative bowls made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative bowls, popular names associated with this style include Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Barovier&Toso, and Flavio Poli. 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 decorative bowls differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $34 and tops out at $46,574 while the average work can sell for $646.
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