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
Period: 1950s
Aldo Tura Bowl Italian Made 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Aldo Tura hand crafted bowl.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Gambone Style Ceramic Crackled Glass Fritte Turquoise, Green Brown Bowl Vintage
By Bitossi, Guido Gambone
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...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
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
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
Blue Corroso Murano Glass Bowl
Located in Montreal, QC
Blue Corroso Murano glass bowl bearing sticker Fornasa de Murano a l'Insenca del Moreto Made in Italy".
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Val Saint Lambert Vintage Stretch Fruit Dish or Flower Bowl in Clear Crystal
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage Val Saint Lambert fruit dish or bowl in colerd crystal.
The item can be used as a table centerpiece or on a mantelpiece.
Giving it a strong peri...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Danish Pair of Maygreen Glass Bowls by Per Lütken, 1950s, Set of 2
By Holmegaard, Per Lütken
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish pair of Maygreen glass bowls by Per Lütken. 1950s, Set of 2.
Stunning pair of organically shaped Danish modern glass bowls in heavy ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Opalescent Pink Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white and twisted pink ribbons Italian art glass footed bowl. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, circa 1956. The bowl has a scall...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Murrine, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Roger Capron French Ceramic Black and White Cache Pot or Vase, Circa 1956
By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron French ceramic artist black and white ceramic vase with decoration termed scarification.
Similar ceramic pieces pictured on p 69 of Roger Capron Ceramist by Pierre Sta...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
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
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
Danish Modern Unique Decorated Ceramic Bowl Bjorn Wiinblad Hand Thrown & Painted
Located in Miami, FL
Early and unique hand-thrown and hand-painted Ceramic bowl by Bjorn Wiinblad from 1950. The decoration, possibly by Wiinblad's own hands, is of two young shepherdess wearing a mask w...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mathieu Matégot Yellow Enameled Metal Plate, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enameled metal Plate designed by Mathieu Matégot.
Manufactured by Ateliers Matégot (France), circa 1950.
Lacquered perforated metal with original paint.
In original condition, w...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Black Marble with White Grains Round Italian Decorative Bowl, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing black marble with white grains round desk bowl. This stunning piece was designed in Italy during the 1950s.
The light white veins contrast highlights the deep black marble...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Marble
Barovier e Toso Murano Thick Walled Amber Green and Gold Aventurine Glass Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning thick walled Italian vintage Murano hand blown glass bowl by Barovier & Toso is large. It is an early piece from the late 40's early 50's. The colors range from amber t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
1950s Egidio Casagrande Italian Hammered Brass Centerpiece Bowl Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Egidio Casagrande Exquisite Italian Hand Hammered Brass Bowl ITALY
7 tall x 16.5 w x 12.5
Made in Italy. Stamped underneath.
One handle has been reproduced.
Preowned original ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Vintage Onyx Bowl or Ashtray Dish, circa 1950's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern round onyx bowl or ashtray. This outstanding onyx round bowl is made in Spain, 1950s. Carved and polished onyx stone, showing the mineral’s distinctive banding str...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Onyx
Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl with Acqua & Flaxen Yellow Accents
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modern ceramic bowl was realized in Germany circa 1950. It features a rectangular form with raised sides and a concave center with a black exterior and...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Barovier Toso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Candy Dish Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink and gold flecks Italian art glass ribbed shell shaped footed bowl / candy dish. Attributed to designer Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso, c...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Spanish Mid-Century Bowl in Green, Black and Blue Ceramic by Ignacio Buxo, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Bowl in green, black and blue ceramic by Ignacio Buxo, 1950s
Round base bowl in green, black and blue ceramic. The upper profile is irregular. This is per...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Alvar Aalto Glass Savoy Vase and Bowls
By Alvar Aalto, Iittala
Located in Esbjerg, DK
1950s, Mid-Century Modern, blown glass 'Savoy' vase and bowls designed by Alvar, signed/marked.
Measures: H. 10/4/3, W. 11/13.5/10, D. 10/11/9.
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Val Saint Lambert Circular Crystal Ash-Tray, Handcut to Clear, Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert crystal vase 'Aglea' Charles Graffart cut-to-clear signed
Color vsl: Clair double Aurore
And popularly called orange
About
There are only made 100 of these mod...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Danish Modern Teardrop Dark Green & Clear Glass Vessel Per Luken Holmegaard 1959
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant shaped Danish Modern vessel from 1959 designed by Per Lutken for the Holmegaard glass factory in Denmark. This asymmetrical handmade drop shaped form was part of the Flamingo Series created in the 1950s.
It seems that this series was produced in limited colors, aqua blue, a clambroth color (very rare), and in a dark green and clear combination. Engraved in the bottom -Holmegaard 1959...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
1953 Herbert Krenchel Krenit Bowl Modern Black & Blue Enamel Steel MoMA
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fabulous modern design: Herbet Krenchel, Krenit Bowl 1953 MoMA
Blue on Black enameled steel
Krenit bowl from the 1950s
Designed by Herbert Krenchel
Produced by Torben Ørskov
Mea...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel, Steel
Two Crystal Decorative Bowls, Poland, 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Two crystal clear decorative bowls with carvings.
Produced in Poland in 1950s.
Very good condition without damage.
bigger bowl : height : 10cm diameter : 20cm.
smaller bowl : hei...
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Pair of Lacquered Copper Vide-Poche / Decorative Plates
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
These catchalls / vide-poches / decorative plates are made in hand-enameled copper and features splendid colors.
They are vintage, therefore they might show sl...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Archimede Seguso Murano Millefiori Canes Italian Art Glass Incalmo Rim Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and rare, vintage Murano hand blown Millefiori canes and orange "Incalmo" rim Italian art glass bowl. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The piece has a decorative i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murrine, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Norway Ceramic Bowl, Bambus Ildfast, 1950s
By Ildfast
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Norway.
Made of keramic.
Good original condition.
Category
1950s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Lovely Round, Turquoise & Green Bowl, Saxbo probably Eva Stæhr Nielsen Vintage
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely green & Turquoise bowl probably designed by Eva Stæhr Nielsen and produced at Saxbo in Denmark. The bowl is 16.5 cm in diameter and in mint con...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Large Mid-Century Modern Clear Crystal Bowl Made by Val Saint Lambert
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large clear crystal bowl, made by the Belgian brand Val Saint Lambert.
In very good condition. Nicely decorated with geometric carvings.
Signed ...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Glazed Ceramic Bowl by Bode Willimsen for Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous stoneware bowl in shades of brown, taupe and umber is hand wrought by Bode Willumsen for Royal Copenhagen wonderful hand glazed textural organic pattern. This piece is ...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Italian Modernist Amber Sommerso Small Teardrop Bowl
By Flavio Poli
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Murano glass small decorative bowl or dish, circa 1950's. Piece measures 1.5" by 6.25" and is unsigned. In very good vintage 1950s condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Swedish Mid-Century Small Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand
Located in Lidköping, SE
Gunnar Nylund is one of the most respected Swedish ceramic designers of the 20th century. Nylund began his career at Bing & Grondahl’s Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen (1925-1929) bef...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish mid-century ceramic bowl by Carl-Harry Stalhane for Rorstrand
Located in Lidköping, SE
Carl-Harry Stålhane is one of Scandinavia’s most characteristic ceramic designers of all time. Stålhane was the Artistic Leader of Rörstrand (Lidköping) starting in the mid 50s.
At t...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Swedish Mid-Century Ceramic Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand
Located in Lidköping, SE
Gunnar Nylund is one of the most respected Swedish ceramic designers of the 20th century. Nylund began his career at Bing & Grondahl’s Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen (1925-1929) bef...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Decorative Square Ceramic Tray Hand-Painted in Italy 1950s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Decorative square ceramic tray by Italian ceramist Guido Gambone (1909-1969), circa 1950´s.
The tray has a decoration of 3 cubist figures in bright t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Alvino Bagni for Raymor Large Centerpiece Bowl Female Portrait
By Alvino Bagni, Raymor
Located in South Charleston, WV
Measures 13" x 11" x 3.5" H. Rare form by Alvin Bagni. The artist (Enzo) at the studio often introduced variation into the portraits and we find this one exceptionally appealing in t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Couture Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the mid century Couture Collection. Furniture constructed by hand from start to finish. A beautiful century old Merbau deep wood bowl from Sumatra, is polished with a nat...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Paavo Tynell Silver Plated Bowl
By Paavo Tynell
Located in North Miami, FL
Silver plated bowl designed by Paavo Tynell and manufactured by his own company Taito circa 1950's.
Has wear and patina (pictured).
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Midcentury Italian Handmade Birch Wood Maple Leaf Shaped Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury handmade birchwood maple leaf-shaped centrepiece. Aldo Tura probably designed this piece during 1950s for Macabo.
This piece is special as it has a curved map...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Birch
Laura Andreson Signed Monumental Glazed Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed (in Fall greens and browns) large bowl by renowned American potter Laura Andreson. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design and shifting colors.
Signed on the base by Andreson.
A quite special and rare work. Certainly, one of the best pieces of Andreson's work we have had the pleasure to come across. Highly collectible. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933-1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York.
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art.
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery.
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California.
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California.
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California.
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah.
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California.
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1974 California Ceramics...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Early Ceramic Bowl by Edwin and Mary Scheier
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful early stoneware bowl by Edwin and Mary Scheier. Footed form in glossy copper, oxblood and blue. Signed in clay on bottom: Scheier
E...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Barovier e Toso Murano Cordonato D' Oro Sea Mist Turquoise and Gold Glass Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and magnificent color of sea mist turquoise and gold in this vintage Murano Italian Mid-Century Modern bowl is by the maestros; Barovier e Toso. It is of the Cordonato d' Oro technique where twisted ropes of gold are applied in each section of glass. From the 50's. This can be used for serving or just as a beautiful Murano object. Very rich looking and a gorgeous color. This is a very desirable color palette and a very special Murano vintage bowl...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
Vintage Embossed Copper Centerpiece or Bowl by Egidio Casagrande, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This bowl is made in embossed copper.
It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and rea...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
"Dancing Figure in Asian Costume, " Monumental Mid Century Enamel Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The most spectacular piece of mid century enamelwork we have ever seen, or offered, this monumental shallow bowl, designed for hanging on a wall, depicts a dancing female figure -- c...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Enamel
Metales Casados Mexican Modernist Nickel Silver Brass Abalone Cricket Bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large scale nickel, brass and abalone cricket open bowl created by Metales Casados of Mexico, 1950's. Bowl measure 6" high by 20" long by 6" deep and is sign...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Barovier e Toso Murano Embedded Red &Gold Glass Bowl Mid-Century Modern
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and rare vintage Italian Murano hand blown glass bowl is by the maestros of glass blowing; Barovier e Toso. It is mid century modern and from the 50's. The glass bowl h...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
Flysfors style Art Glass bowl with swirled color in cased crystal.
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Glass Bowl with Hummel Motiv Drawing, Germany, Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Glass bowl with Hummel motiv drawing, Germany, around 1950s.
Original condition.
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Oval Ceramic Bowls Scandinavian, 1950s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Lovely set of two small ceramic bowls by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden. Made circa 1950s.
One bowl is covered with green haresfur glaze and...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Large Red French Bowl or Basket Vallauris circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large Red French bowl or basket Vallauris circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Andrianna Shamaris Mid Century Couture Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the mid century Couture Collection. Furniture constructed by hand from start to finish. A beautiful century old Merbau deep wood bowl from Sumatra, is polished with a nat...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Vintage Copper Vide-Poche / Decorative Plate with a Hand-Painted Fish
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This catchall / vide-poche / decorative plate is made in hand-enameled copper and features splendid colors
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show sligh...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Early Dora De Larios California Studio Pottery Bowl with Abstract Modern Design
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Handmade California studio stoneware bowl with abstract modern carved design created by Dora De Larios of Los Angeles, California. Bowl measures 3.5" by 7.5" and is signed Dora de La...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Large Majolica Leaf Platter Vallauris circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Leaf Platter Vallauris Circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Andrianna Shamaris Mid-Century Couture Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Introducing the mid-century Couture Collection. Furniture constructed by hand from start to finish. A beautiful century old Merbau deep wood bowl from Sumatra, is polished with a nat...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Rare Footed Bowl, Stoneware Ceramic Blue and Brown
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare footed bowl designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand. Wonderful glaze with a amber body and tones of brown to blue. Unique design with footed base. Signed on underside with the "...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
‘Faux Bois’ Ceramic Bowl by Grandjean Jourdan, Vallauris 1950s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
'Faux Bois' ceramic bowl by Grandjean Jourdan, Vallauris France 1950s. The southern French town of Vallauris is famous since centuries for ages, but the arrival of Picasso in the 195...
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1950s French 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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Food Ring
Hammered Brass Bowl