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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Vintage Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium circa 1960, expressive glasswork forms a bold silhouette. Organic and abstract, remini...
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Yellow Murano "LENTI" Glass Vase Element by Ercole Barovier and Toso Italy 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass vase element "LENTI" by Barovier and Toso
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1960s
This original vintage glass vase element was designed by ERCOLE BAROVIER...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Gordon & Jane Martz Ceramic Glazed Bowl for Marshall Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic bowl by husband-and-wife design team Gordon and Jane Martz. Produced by their family company, Marshall Studios in Indiana beginning in 1957. The stoneware ceramic bowl is gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Fanciullacci Red White Organic Decorative Bowl, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage Italian modernist soft shaped triangular decorative bowl / wall plate by Fratelli Fancuillacci, late 1950s-early 1960s. Three stylized deer on ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Paul Ami Bonifas Signed Large Early Midcentury Swiss Studio Pottery Art Bowl
By Paul Bonifas
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Wooden Fruit Basket Hand-Carved and Collapsible
Located in Miami, FL
A fine hand-carved wooden fruit basket.
Very unique, functional basket for displaying your favorite fruits.
Beautifully and intricately hand carved out of solid walnut. not an easy task, and makes a wonderful trivet or a hot plate while in the flat position. To transform it into a basket, simply pull up one side of the outer handle and the wood will expand upward with it. Intended as a decorative piece, great for holding fruit or candies (with a cloth napkin...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble, Slate
Stunning Murano Glass Bowl Catchall Red and Clear Vintage, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous hand blown Murano art glass piece with Sommerso and bullicante techniques. A beautiful organic shaped bowl, catchall or centrepiece, Venice, Murano, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Handmade Luxury Leather Bowl in Sunset Orange and Black
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This handmade leather bowl in sunset orange with a black trim and is the perfect addition to complete your dining room table or any room in your home. Rustic charm meets contemporary handcrafted design sensibility in this exquisite bowl. Perfect for stacking with our other bowls.
Size: 7" D x 1.75" H
About the artist:
Jose Luis Bazan has been creating unique high-end leather products for 50 years in his studio in the village of Ubrique, hidden in the mountains of Southern Spain. He’s learned from the top leather masters...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Leather
1960s, Biomorphic Sea Form Brass Table Dish
By Ben Seibel
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful Animorphic table dish or ashtray, solid brass, hand crafted and polished. Signed.
Category
1960s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Sergio Asti for Up & Up Marble Bow or Ashtray l, Italy, 1970s
By Sergio Asti, Up&Up
Located in Naples, IT
Beautiful roundbowl or ashtray in black marble and white veins designed by Sergio Asti for Up&Up.
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble
1960s Hanova of Pasadena Artistic Brown Enamel Lava Bowl California
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s Hanova of Pasadena artistic brown enamel on steel bowl California.
Enamel lava and crazing texturing technique on steel signifies Hanova Pasadena Pottery...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Solid Mahogany Bowl, circa 1960
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Solid Mahogany bowl, circa 1960.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Mahogany
XL Amphora Bowl Ca.1960
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Bowl made by Rogier Vandeweghe for Amphora.
Has a amazing red glaze and are highly decorative.
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Kaya Bowl, Contemporary Cast Bronze Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by Japanese forms and traditions, objects in the KAYA collection have been worn down to the essential contours. Cast in bronze, the forms are meant to convey a sense of stil...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
1960's Dansk Teak Nut Bowl & Cracker
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Dansk staved teak nut bowl & cracker of birch. Rare & wonderful, designed by the great Jens H. Quistgaard. Early ducks mark. Minute rough spot on disc. 8 1/8" dia., 10-12" h. at scre...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
Vintage Green Gold Flecked Sommerso Glass Bonbonnière / Bowl by Venini, Italy
By Venini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This tiny bonbonniere is made in sommerso Murano glass, with gold flakes and few bubbles due to the process of glass blowing.
It is a vintage piece, but it can ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Basket, 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Basket, 1960s.
Vintage Danish foldable fruit basket in solid Palisander. Made in Denmark in the 1960s. This flexible Rosewood bowl can be used as ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Rosewood
Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium circa 1960, expressive glasswork forms a bold silhouette. Organic and abstract, remini...
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Red Murano Glass Bowl Shells Ashtray Element by Venini, Italy, 1970s No 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl element
Producer:
Venini Glass, Murano
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage glass element was designe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Pink Murano Bubble Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass shell bowl was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy. An ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Organic Murano Glass "Purple" 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, ashtray was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s Large Stoneware Plate by Marianne Westman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning large hand thrown stoneware plate by Swedish artist Marianne Westman from the 1960s. On the inside there is spiral shape in a beautiful green ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Arne Bang Decorative Candle Holder Bowl, 1950s
By Arne Bang
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Oval shaped stoneware ceramic candle holder / bowl by acclaimed Danish artist Arne Bang (1901-1983). Round base and organic floral decor on each side. Beautiful speckled earthy smoke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Kati Tuominen-Niittylä Contemporary Ceramic Bowl, Finland 21st Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
In her works, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä explores the concept of the container, interpreting it with natural colours and timeless, clean lines. This allows her to rediscover the beauty o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Bowl and Vase Man, Barbini Glass, Italy, 1970s-1980s
By Murano 5
Located in Milano, IT
Bowl and sphere vase in colorless and milk glass. Manufacture adhesive label and pointed signature under the base of the bowl.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Yalos Casa Murano Blown Glass Bowl Centerpiece
By Yalos Casa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant and sophisticated blown glass bowl by Yalos Casa of Murano, Italy. Brightly colored with organic contoured edges. Hand painted colorful designs inside bowl. No chips or fadin...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Sommerso Orange Glowing Uranium Yellow Italian Art Glass Cigar Ashtray
By Cenedese
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso yellow and orange stripe Italian art glass rock shaped ashtray / sculpture. Created in the manner of designer Antonio da Ros for Ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Uranium Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
1960s Astonishing Blue Ashtray or Vide Poche by Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing blue ashtray or vide poche by Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano Glass. It's a sculpture so rare to find it in this shape and color.
The item is in excellent conditi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Orange Art Glass Bowl
By Venini, Angelo Seguso
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Italian Murano orange art glass bowl in the Venini Seguso style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Piece is a juicy orange hue with a controlled bu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
French Lalique Crystal Virginia Design Footed Bowl/Coupe
By Lalique
Located in Vilnius, LT
French Lalique crystal footed bowl/coupe "Virginia" in clear and frosted surface with decor of peacock.
Marked on the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
"Noah's Ark" Enamel Bowl, Masterpiece of Mid Century Artistry by Drerup
By Karl Drerup
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the finest and most delightful of Karl Drerup's enamel works from the post-World War II period, this footed bowl depicts Noah and his ark, teaming with a veritable fo...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Blue & Yellow Faceted Triangular Glass Ashtray Bowl
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sommerso faceted Murano glass triangular ashtray or bowl. Attributed to Flavio Poli. Italy, 1950s.
Blue and yellow glass cased into clear glass.
It can be used also as small rings or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass, Glass, Sommerso, Art 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Vallauris Orange Amber Brown Ceramic Fat Lava Round Ashtray / Bowl, 1950s
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
French mid-century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in multicolor glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in orange, amber, white and brown colors. Manufactured by Vallaur...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Janet Leach Signed British Studio Pottery Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl with Box 1971
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and glazed Japanese Mingei style Chawan tea ceremony bowl with ears by esteemed American born/ British potter Janet Leach, wife of f...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
French Ceramicist, Large Bowl, Organic Form in Glazed Stoneware
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French ceramicist. Large bowl in modernist style.
Organic form in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful glaze in azure shades.
Unique ceramics of high quali...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Gorgeous Murano Art Glass Sommerso Fruit Bowl Pink and Clear Vintage, Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing Venetian Murano glass bowl in a nice pink and clear color. A highly decorative piece useful as centre piece or catchall, candy bo...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Porcelain Change Tray with a Horse in the Style of Hermès
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acquired in Paris, France, a wonderful porcelain Change tray. A compliment to any cocktail table, side table or entry table... perfectly lovely a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Mid Century Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium circa 1960, expressive glasswork forms a bold silhouette. Organic and abstract, remini...
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Brass Etagere Centrepiece
Located in Milano, IT
Stunning brass etagere made in the 1950s, of fine Italian manufacture.
The fruit stand is made entirely of original brass, with typical brass punches.
...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Archimede Seguso Alabastro Art Glass Duck, Murano Italy 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Archimede Seguso Alabastro Art Glass Duck, Murano Italy 1950s
A rare Venetian alabastro art glass duck sculpture designed by Archimede Seguso...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Gambone Style Ceramic Crackled Glass Fritte Turquoise, Green Brown Bowl Vintage
By Guido Gambone, Bitossi
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous Dutch Mid-Century Modern ceramic bowl with crackled glass fritte in the center is a very obscure and rare bowl marked Holland on the bottom. It is very much in the styl...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Murano Art Glass Green, Clear and Amber Bowl/Videpoche, Italy 1960s
Located in London, GB
A very stylish Venetian Murano glass object in triangular shape and a pretty beautiful green and clear colour. with an amber rim. Using the renowned Sommerso technique the bowl has g...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
French Art Deco Style Koi Dish in Pressed Frosted & Clear Glass Signed Lalique
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist Art Deco style relief glass decorative dish was realized during the 20th century by the legendary French maker Lalique- one of the finest purveyors of glass p...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Pair of 1950s Enamelled Copper Bowls by Paolo De Polo
Located in London, London
Pair of bowls
By Paolo De Poli
Enamelled copper
Metal tag underneath
Italy 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Hornsea Pottery by John Clappison Vide Poche in White, Black and Burgundy, 1950s
By Hornsea Pottery, John Clappison
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Hornsea Pottery midcentury vide poche catchall from Hornsea, England. Bold red interior, accented by white and black exterior. Designed by Joh...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Large Freeform Guido Gambone Bowl, Italy, Ceramic
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful free form or organic shaped bowl by Guido Gambone. An unusual shape which varies greatly from much of normal shapes seen in Guido Gambone's work. In very good condition w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Brazilian Jacaranda Wood Tray Designed by Jean Gillon for Wood Art
By Jean Gillon
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Brazilian Jacaranda wood tray designed by Jean Gillon, circa 1960. Excellent vintage condition, very minor scratches on underside consistent with age and use. Includes ...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Jacaranda
Fajance Square Bowl by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Fajance square bowl from the Baca line by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1960s. The stunning gold and brown gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Murano Pink Art Glass Bowl or Ashtray
Located in New York, NY
A substantial Italian Murano transparent/clear and pink art glass bowl or ashtray, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Bowl has a pedestal design, soft corne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Lagardo Tackett & Kenji Fujita California Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Fish Plate
Located in San Diego, CA
An iconic, beautifully designed, and decorated fish plate/ platter by famed Mid Century designers LaGardo Tackett (the primary founder of “Architectural Pottery,”) and Kenji Fujita a...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Rupert Deese Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Pedestal Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously crafted, beautifully yellow glazed, Mid-Century Modern pedestal bowl by California master ceramist Rupert Deese who worked closely with pottery legend Harrison Mcintosh.
Signed with Deese's cipher/ stamp on the base as well as the original label.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of Deese's work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics/pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Deese's work can be found in numerous collections and museums including:
Museum of fine Arts, Boston, Boston
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, California
Millard Sheets Collection, Gualala, California
Mingei International Museum, San Diego
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Richard & Alice Petterson Museum, Claremont, California
Roger Corsaw...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Venini, MCM Murano Fazzoletto Filigrana Glass Vase / Bowl, Italy, C.1960's
By Venini
Located in Chatham, ON
VENINI - mid century Murano Fazzoletto Filigrana glass vase - yellow, white and clear canes - rare large size - smooth polished ground pontil mark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Large Murano Glass "LUCID" 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
Mid Century Large Black Amethyst Glass Bowl - Unsigned - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century large black amethyst glass bowl - unsigned - circa 1950's.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art 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 Belgian Glass Plateau
Located in High Point, NC
The vivid hues and liquid lines of blown art glass create an unmissable accent. Made in Belgium circa 1960, expressive glasswork forms a bold silhouette. Organic and abstract, remini...
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
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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