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 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.
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Asta Stromberg for Strombergshyttan faceted blue tinted crystal bowl Sweden
Located in Ferndale, MI
In 1876, a glassworks called Lindfors ("winding falls") opened just outside the town of Hovmantorp, about 50 km west of Orrefors. In 1933, Edward Strömberg, who was a former head at ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
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
1960's, Ceramic Set by Hertha Bengtsson for Rörstrand
Located in New York, NY
1960's ceramic set by Hertha Bengtsson for Rörstrand, Sweden. Consisting of a a rectangular plate and miniature vase with beautiful brown glaze with a...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Bathers in the Marsh, " Mid Century Dish with Male Nudes Along Laguna Coast
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An especially rare example of Pat and Covey Stewart's ceramic work in Laguna Beach, California, this dish depicts a group of three nude male figures bathing in a marshy area along the California coast. Here, Pat Stewart used a squeeze bag...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand ARO Bowl
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A ceramic bowl designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand circa 1950s. Gorgeous glaze and great movement with the bowl, this could work in a variety of interiors.
Other notable ceramic...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Fratelli Fanciullacci Italy Bowl or Basket
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning and vibrant bowl with sgrafitto and hand-painted colored glossy pattern of a stylised woman on the front. On the back a cherry tree and on the base is painted Italy 5068.
F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Copper Organic Fruit 1950's Bowl
Located in London, GB
Copper kidney shape fruit bowl on three teardrop shape brass feet 1950's. Mid-Century Modern organic hand-hammered hand bowl, decorative as a centre piece and functional ad a fruit b...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass, Copper
$463 / item
Vintage Italian Art Glass Bowl After Murano
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage Italian art glass bowl, inspired by the renowned Murano glassmaking tradition, is a stunning example of craftsmanship and elegance. Featuring a radiant combination of pi...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Leo Amino Hand Carved Bowls and Fork
By Leo Amino
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stunning Leo Amino hand carved bowls and one utensil in excellent condition.
Tray with utensil: 1.75 in. H x 3.88 in. D x 8.25 in. W
Tray: 1 in. H x 4 in. D x 7.88 in. W.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
$4,850 / set
Vintage Italian Murano Art Glass Fruit Bowl Sculptural Centerpiece 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Sculptural Italian Murano Art Glass Fruit Bowl Centerpiece 1960s.
Vintage mouth-blown Murano blue green, red and yellow art glass fruit bowl handmade in Italy in the 1960s.
S...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Archimede Seguso Murano Blue Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Midcentury Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown cobalt blue over bright pink, and gold flecks, Italian art glass decorative bowl. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, in the "Doppio Opaco" t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
$568 Sale Price
33% Off
Oceana wood bowl branded Russel Wright retains early original Klise paper label
Located in Ferndale, MI
A long rare hand-carved wood bowl with an indented rim, from the "Oceana" series . Branded " Russell Wright " and retains its early paper label . Very well preserved original finish ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Small Leaf Bowl by Tyra Lundgren for Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Small Leaf Bowl by Tyra Lundgren for Venini
Small leaf bowl made of red glass with regular air bubble decoration and a pinched rim. Designed by Tyra Lundgren in the 1930s, manufactu...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1940 Pietro Chiesa Chiseled Heavy Art Glass Green Tinted Bowl Fontana Arte Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern heavy green tinted hand chiseled Art Glass Bowl attributed to Fontana Arte and designed by Pietro Chiesa.
This beautiful aquamarine colored glass was crafted using...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Gorgeous Red and Yellow Ashtray or Catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso.
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous red and yellow ashtray or catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano sommerso glass. Made in Italy. So rare to find it in this color.
The item is in excellent condit...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Joel Edwards California Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Joel Edwards
Located in San Diego, CA
Stoneware weed pot vase with wax resist decoration by California artist, Joel Edwards. 1960s
Joel Edwards. Los Angeles, CA. Studied at Otis Art Institut...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Small Murano bowl in polychrome mouth-blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Small Murano bowl in polychrome mouth-blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s.
Measures: 13.5 x 5 cm
In excellent condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Don Shoemaker Mexican Modern Rare Bowl Hand-Carved
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare attributed to Mexican Modernist Don Shoemaker. No labels but according to the owner this piece was purchased with a lot of items by Don Shoemaker hand carved ...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Natural Malachite round Bowl with brass rim, 1950s
Located in Bilzen, BE
Round natural malachite stone bowl or Vide Poche with brass rim.
This malachite was found in Congo DR
It can be used as vide-poche, candy bowl or jewelry bowl.
Deep emerald green c...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Malachite
Small Jens Qiuistgaard Dansk Denmark Teak Bowl
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Ferndale, MI
Smaller size Dansk bowl. One I have never seen. Turned teak wood. Fine condition possibly never used. Marked JHQ Dansk Denmark.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
1950s Venini Vintage Italian Blue & Cream White Pate De Verre Murano Glass Bowl
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Mid-century organic modern round bowl in thick Murano glass, custom made for the Hotel des Bains in Venice, a pair is available, realized in ivory cream white glass paste, decorated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Danish Shell Bowl in Solid Teak Wood, by Digsmed Made in Denmark, 1960s
By Digsmed
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Teak bowl shell
Producer:
Digsmed made in Denmark
Age:
1960 marked with 1964
Original 1960s teak shell bowl made in Denmark by Digsmed. ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Teak
Large Murano Glass "Gold Dust" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Aldo Londi For Bitossi Feather Plume Ceramic Bowl Vintage White And Gold
Located in North Miami, FL
This sculptural vintage Italian Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic bowl or vessel has gold painted teardrop like surround shapes on the exterior over ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Saint-Jean-du-Desert, Marseille Ceramic Centerpiece, Faux-Wood Decor, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb Mid-Century modernist ceramic bowl or centerpiece was crafted in Marseille, France, circa 1950, by the earthenware factory Saint-Jean-du-Désert (SJD). The rare asymmetric...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware, Faience
Murano Glass Bowl or Ashtray with Green Canes and Aventurine Glass, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This is a thick Murano glass bowl / ashtray / vide-poche ascribable to Alfredo Barbini because of its wavy rims.
It is made with Murano glass and green canes...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of Three Vintage Amber Glass Compotes by Wayne Husted for Stelvia of Italy
By Stelvia, Wayne Husted
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of three vintage amber glass compotes by Wayne Husted for Stelvia of Italy, circa 1960s. They are in very good vintage condition with no chips or scratches and measure 8...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Pottery "Amphore" Bowl Shell by Karlsruher Majolika, Germany, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic shell bowl element
Producer:
Karlsruher Majolika, Germany
Decade:
1950s
Original vintage 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Inwald Glass Bowl in Pink Glass, Hermanova Hut, Czechoslovakia 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Rare glass bowl produced in Czechoslovakia. Often called INWALD bowl, this beautiful item was produced in Hermanova hut glass factory and is mentioned ...
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1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
$220 Sale Price
75% Off
Large Michael Lax Polished Aluminum Bowl
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large asymmetrically shaped aluminum bowl. Makers mark on underside .
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
$575 Sale Price
23% Off
Edmund Ronaky Ceramic Bowl Dish Hand painted Under Glaze California Potter
Located in Chicago, IL
This fun ceramic dish by California potter Edmund Ronaky has a free form and a two-part shape. It has a high gloss glaze over a design of a worried ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Mid-Century Danish Greenland Glass Bowl by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, 1960s
By Per Lütken
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Greenland Glass Bowl by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Mate...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Set of 2 Murano Glass Bubble Structure Bowl Shells Ashtray Element, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl elements set of 2
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage glass elements were designed and produced in the 1970s in Murano, Ita...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Yellow Floral Egg Trinket Box, France
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Limoges hand painted porcelain yellow floral egg trinket box, France. Midcentury. Marked.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
$240 Sale Price
60% Off
Teak Bowl by Anri Form Italy - 1960s
By Anri Form
Located in Berlin, DE
Teak Bowl by Anri Form, Italy - 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
New Old Stock, Murano Glass Shell Bowl Antonio da Ros, Cenedese Italy 1960s No 2
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass shell element
Design:
Antonio da Ros
Producer:
Cenedese Vetri (marked underneath the bowl)
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1960...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
20th Century, Ceramic Bowl by Brent Bennett
Located in Denton, TX
20th century, stoneware bowl by Brent Bennett.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Orange Glazed Ceramic Candle Holder or Bowl
Located in Meer, VAN
Orange glazed ceramic candle holder or decorative bowl. Mid 20th century. Eye catching orange glazed ceramic candle holder with a very distinct style. A studio pottery piece whic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
French Mid Century Decorative Large Wooden Ebony Bowl by Odile Noll, 1970s
By Odile Noll
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare French mid century wooden ebony rectangular bowl by Odile Noll produced in France ca 1970s. In good original condition and signed by the artist.
Dimensions: H: 8 cm / 3.15" W:...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ebony
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen, Large Ceramic Bowl, no. 20729, Sung Glaze, 1965
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Axel Salto, Large Ceramic Bowl, model 20729, for Royal Copenhagen, 1965
Axel Salto (1889-1961) worked for Royal Copenhagen throughout the 1930s-50s, designing ceramics with relief p...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Pink Opaline/Sommerso Geode Bowl by Oball, with Original Label
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Pink Opaline/Sommerso Geode Bowl by Oball, with Original Label.
Vetreria Artistica Oball. A beautiful mid-century modern Murano ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Opaline Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Giulio Lazzotti for Casigliani Bardiglio Marble and Slate Large Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand-lathed Bardiglio marble bowl, with smooth slate border, by Guilio Lazzotti for Casigliani "Peanut Bowl". This piece has been part of MOMA's permanent collection in New York sinc...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble, Slate
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Bowl by Karen Boel, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Bowl by Karen Boel, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Ce...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Etched Sommerso Murano Glass Basket or Vase by Archimede Seguso, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This trinket bowl is made in black and yellow sommerso etched glass, which has been hand-blown and hand-modeled.
This vase is a vintage piece, therefore it mig...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl/Ashtray, Black with a Pentoni & Gold Polveri
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl/Ashtray, Black with a Pentoni & Gold Polveri.
This rare and significant Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass piece has been documented as an Alfredo ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Seguso Attributed Geode Purple/Blue Ashtray
Located in Stamford, CT
Midcentury Murano Seguso attributed ashtray. Amethyst purple with blue and pink detailing. No makers mark or signature.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Glass Sasso Stone Bowl, Renato Toso for Fratteli Toso, Italy, Green
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Murano Glass Sasso stone bowl, Renato Toso for Fratteli Toso, Italy, Green Vide-Poche, Abstract sculpture.
Renato Toso (b. 1940) for Fratteli Toso
Sasso stone bowl, Murano, Italy, g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
$752 Sale Price
65% Off
Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" Footed Bowl Aqua Blue and Silver
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Sascha Brastoff "Surf Ballet" footed bowl aqua blue and silver.
Gorgeous Vintage Sasha Brastoff ceramic pottery footed bowl with silver And aqua blue sw...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Large Cenedese Italian Asymmetric Emerald Green Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros (attributed) for Cenedese large and heavy vintage Italian Murano glass bowl, serving dish or ashtray, circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, hea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Murano "iridescent " Glass, Tommaso Barbi , Bookcase accent
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Glass - Table Decorative - Sculptural Accent
Many are the different types of glass created by master makers on the Venetian island of Murano. From air-thin vases to expressi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Large Flygfors Bubble Gum Glass Center Piece
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Beautiful Flygfors bubble gum, pink and white glass centerpiece from the series "Coquille".
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
$496 Sale Price
39% Off
Ron Scrimsher Handcrafted Madrona Burl Bowl, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ron Scrimsher Handcrafted Madrona Burl Bowl, 20th Century. Signed.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Large Italian Alexandrite and Blue Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros (attributed) for Cenedese large and heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano glass bowl, serving dish or ashtray circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso techniq...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Aldo Nason AVEM Murano Murrine Gold & Silver Flecks Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl
By Murano 5, Aldo Nason
Located in Barcelona, ES
Italian Mid-Century Modern hand blown Murano art glass flower shaped centerpiece or bowl with Murrine decorations and aventurine gold and silver flecks. Attributed to Aldo Nason and ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Large MCM Stoneware Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Large MCM stoneware bowl, circa 1970s. This gorgeous wheel thrown and hand finished bowl has a wonderful concentric design with green and black colors. The piece measures: 12.5"D x 4...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Claude Victor Boeltz French Golden Bronze Quartz Table Sculpture, 1970
Located in New York, NY
A unique 1970s French Dore/Golden bronze sculpture with a large amethyst and quartz clusters and oyster shell.
Biography: Claude Victor Boeltz, the European surrealist master artis...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #4609 Patinated Brass Bowl
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4609 patinated brass bowl. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass. Original...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
$441 / item
Murano Triple Cased Flower Pink & Baby Blue Glass Bowl Italy Mid-Century 1960s
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano triple cased transparent blown glass bowl with pink & baby blue floating Flowers, catchall or ashtray.
Made in the 1960.
Simply beautiful.
A-696-335
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano Bubble by Barovier and Toso, Italy 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element by Barovier and Toso
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blu Ceramic Round Bowl
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in North Miami, FL
Vintage Rimini Blu Bitossi Aldo Londi glazed ceramic bowl. Beautiful blue glazed (Rimini Blu) round ceramic bowl or vide-poche designed by Aldo Londi a...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
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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Lalique Ondines Bowl
Lotus Bowls Japanese