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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Italian White Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl with Five Doves
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Marked Made in Italy, this incredible centerpiece features five white doves. Unique and refined, this centerpiece can hold a flower arrangement, candles or just left empty as a sculp...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Large Silver Plate Bowl with Toucans by Emilia Castillo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking vintage bowl with an elongated form handcrafted in silver plate on hammered copper featuring two stone clad toucans as handles. Signed Emilia Castillo Mexico on the bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate, Copper
Drip Glaze Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful multi colored drip glaze bowl with speckled glaze inside. signed by artist on underside.
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
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
unique Large blue Murano Glass multicolor Bowl Element Shell Italy, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl element ashtray
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass element was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy. An elegant multicolor...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Modernist Tripod Japanese Iron Ikebana Planter
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century Modernist iron Ikebana tripod planter from Japan. Wonderful patina. Includes a flower frog in the original box. It could also be used as an incense burner. Japan, 1950s
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Iron
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blu Ceramic Round Bowl, 1950s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rimini Blue Bitossi Aldo Londi Bowl, Glazed Ceramic
Italian midcentury Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini blue glazed ceramic circular bowl. Italy, 1950-19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Alfredo Barbini Murano Sommerso Pink Italian Art Glass Fruit Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso pink Italian art glass ribbed surface decorative bowl / ashtray. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-1960. Published in hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Giampaolo Ghisetti 1970s Vintage Round Aquamarine Blue Murano Glass Ribbed Bowl
By Giampaolo Ghisetti
Located in New York, NY
A signed Mid-Century Modern sensual curved centerpiece of great effect, blown in transparent crystal turquoise blue Murano glass, the ridges of the organic modern shape playing with the light create diverse intensities in color. High quality of craftmanship with a stylized rim on the opening and excellent condition.
Giampaolo Ghisetti...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Max Ingrand bowl model 1639 Fontana Arte Italy 1960 brown
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Behold the exquisite Glass Bowl Model 1639, a testament to the visionary design of Max Ingrand and the meticulous craftsmanship of Fontana Arte, Italy, in 1960. Crafted from thick br...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Lee McCarty Marigold Mississippi Studio Ceramic Bowl
By Lee McCarty
Located in San Diego, CA
Glazed ceramic bowl by Lee McCarty, of Marigold Mississippi. It retains an original business card that was taped to the bottom decades ago. It appears to be signed under the card, a rare ephemera artifact in itself. Beautiful glaze decoration on a subtle squared off bowl form.
Lee McCarty (1923-2015) grew up in Merigold, Mississippi. After serving in WWII and graduating from university, he and his wife Pup returned to Merigold in 1954 where they co-founded McCartys Pottery...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Clay
Baccarat Large Crystal Center Bowl Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large Molded Crystal Centerpiece by Baccarat, France, 1950s. This stunning molded crystal centerpiece by Baccarat, produced in the 1950s, exemplifies the luxury and craftsmanship the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Seguso Murano Glass Blue Four Leaf Clover Sommerso Bowl, Glows in UV
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Heavy, sculptural Murano glass bowl was made of blue glass with controlled bubbles effect encased inside the clear glass layer in sommerso technique. It has a shape of four-leaf clo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Petite Mid-Century Blue Lava Glazed Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
Petite mid-century blue lava glazed bowl, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 4.5"D x 2.5"H. ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
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
Alka Kunst Bavaria Oval Ivory White Golden Decorative Porcelain Bowl, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Cream white porcelain bowl with bronze golden art nouveau lines and shell shaped decorations. Oval form on round foot. Manufactured by Alka Kunst Bavaria...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Faceted Glass Giant Bowl
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Sommerso faceted Murano bowl in grey and clear glass. Attributed to Flavio Poli, Italy, 1950s.
10 Faceted faces in grey color submerged into clear glass using the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Art Glass
Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl by Flavio Poli for Seguso, Italy, 1950s – Blue & Pink
By Flavio Poli
Located in Stockholm, SE
A stunning Murano glass bowl designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d’Arte in the 1950s, exemplifying the masterful Sommerso technique for which Poli is renowned. This sculptural p...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Sommerso
Aldo Tura Green Parchment and Brass Ashtray Catchall, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aldo Tura green goatskin ashtray from Italy in the 1960s. Green goatskin over wood with removable brass tray. Paper label on underside. In good vintage condition with minor surface a...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Italian Murano Glass Two-Color Triangular Shaped Catchall Bowl
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Murano glass two-color triangular shaped catchall bowl. Turquoise blue interior that takes on an organic look, white outer casing.
Simply beautif...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Onyx Lidded Bowl, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Highly Figured Onyx Lidded Bowl, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Onyx
Wirkkala Bowl - Revontulet - An Icon of Scandinavian Design, Finland 1960
Located in Herentals, BE
This breathtaking glass bowl – Revontulet or Northern Lights, designed by the legendary Tapio Wirkkala, exudes a timeless elegance that fits perfectly into any interior style. Wirkka...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Turned Walnut Bowl by Rude Osolnik
By Rude Osolnik
Located in South Charleston, WV
Measures: 9" wide and 7.5" tall. An important American craftsman of the 20th century. A precision vessel hand-turned by master American craftsman and wood turner Rude Osolnik, 1985. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Carved Alabaster Large Centerpiece Bowl or Tazza, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding carved alabaster tazza / footed bowl, Spain, 1950s.
Hand carved alabaster with foliage motifs with footed base.
Beautiful to be used as fruit bowl, decorative centerpiece...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Alabaster
Faux Coral Fruit Bowl
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic modern style fruit bowl crafted in cast aluminum with a bold faux coral composition.
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
Ernst Henriksen Teak Bowl, circa 1950s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A beautiful teak bowl, by Ernst Henriksen, Denmark, circa 1950s. Great patina and warm tone.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
Archimede Seguso Geode Bowl in Green and Blue, Murano Italy Ca. 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Archimede Seguso Geode bowl in green and blue, Murano Italy ca. 1950s
A heavy Venetian art glass bowl in the shape of a geode designed by Archi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Lucie Rie Manganeze Rim Bowl 1980
By Lucie Rie
Located in Munich, DE
Bowl with manganese rim. Circa 1980. Porcelain. White, partially stone-grey and sand-colored grading and speckled glaze. The rim of the mouth inside and outside with a wide, bronze-c...
Category
1980s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Archimede Seguso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Bullicante Clam Shell Art Glass Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural hand blown Murano art glass clam shell bowl in pink degrade and clear glass with inner air bubbles. Attributed to Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1950s.
This piece combines Somm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Glass Bowl by J. Hospodka for Chribska Glassworks
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century Modern czech art glass decorative bowl by Josef Hospodka for Chribska Glassworks
By: Josef Hospodka, Chribska Glassworks
Material: art glass, blown glass, paint, gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Paint
Italian Alabaster Marble Tazza Compote Bowl
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
An Italian Modern alabaster marble tazza, fruit compote, bowl, catchall vide-poche, etc. circa mid-20th century, Italy. Piece is predominantly white with gray/black veining.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Alabaster
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
Sweden Green Glass and Wicker Large Bowl
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An attractive bowl executed in green glass and then surrounded in a wicker bowl with faux brass handles. Really great Scandinavian design with a nice blend of materials and colors. C...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wicker, Glass
1950s Danish Marianne Starck for MA&S Triangular Bowl Sgraffito Bird Black White
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Rare and decorative triangular bowl by legendary designer Marianne Starck for the Danish ceramic workshop Michael Andersen & Søn (MA&S). Manufactured ca 1950s to 1960s.
The belongs ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Willy Guhl 23" Concrete Bowl, 1960s Switzerland
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic cement bowls by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Very unusual size in 23" diameter. Most bowls start at a much larger 31" diameter and are only to be used outdoors d...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Concrete
Crystal Low Profile Pedestal Bowl by Steuben Glassworks
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous crystal low profile pedestal bowl by Steuben Glassworks, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measure 11.25"D x 4"H; it is hand signe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Pair of 20th century brown ceramic bowls by Askett La Borne design 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Askett
Pair of stoneware ceramic bowls by Askett
Realised in La Borne
Circa 1970
Original good condition
height 8 cm
Large 15 cm
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Blenko Glass Blue Cowboy Hat Sculpture Decorative Bowl
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage large and beautiful handmade Blenko glass cowboy hat that can serve as a bowl, ice bucket, or centerpiece. The hat is handblown with blue glass, it is not a reproduction. Han...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Flavio Poli Seguso Murano Green Yellow Sommerso Diamond Faceted Art Glass Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Sommerso faceted Murano glass bowl or ashtray in green and yellow double cased glass in clear class. Faceted diamond shape and vibrant colors. Attributed to Flavio Poli ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass, Sommerso, Cut Glass, Art Glass, Glass
Val Saint Lambert Cobalt Blue Circular Crystal Ash-Tray, Handcut to Clear Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert Cobalt Blue Circular Crystal Ash-Tray, Handcut to Clear Signed
Beautiful signed Val Saint Lambert circular crystal ash-tray, handcut-to-clear, the Crystal is thick...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Jade Snow Wong Blue Enameled Copper Bowl, United States, 1950's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Jade Snow Wong Blue Enameled Copper Bowl, United States, 1950's. Signed to the bottom.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Scandinavian Brutalist Glass Bowl, Pertti Santalahti for Humppila Finland 1970s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Large Mid-Century Modern brutalist art glass bowl by Pertti Santalahti for Humppila Glass in Finland. Made ca. 1970s.
The colors move from a brown earth like color to a warm amber color and finally to transparency like ice. The surface is very rough and structured like large broken pieces of ice. Very dramatic.
The bowl wears the original Humppila sticker with the text: Humppila Handmade in Finland.
It is hand signed to the bottom: "Pertti Santalahti" and "Humppila Finland"
The bowl is in a very good vintage condition. No chips, cracks or repairs.
It weighs approximately 3400g.
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Pertti Juhani Santalahti (1941 Helsinki – 2015 Humppila[1]) was a Finnish designer.
Santalahti studied at the Arts and Crafts Institute in the department of sculpture. He graduated as a designer in 1962. Companies for which he has designed are Kupittaan Savi, Nuutajärvi Glass, Alsterfors Lasitehdas (Sweden), Arabia ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
1950 Seguso Murano Glass Gold Big Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
Big Murano Glass Bowl
Seguso
Venezia, 1950
Blown glass with Gold Leaf
Peso: 7.5 kg
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
1, 9kg Murano Glass "Centerpiece" 50cm Bowl Shell Element Murano, Italy, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
xxl Murano glass bowl element "CENTERPIECE"
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass shell bowl element was produced in the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
2 Kg Floral Glass Bowl Shell Centerpiece by Fratelli Toso Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Producer:
FRATELLI TOSO
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass shell bowl element was p...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Stunning Unique Bowl by Guido Gambone. Florence, Italy, 1950s
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful and unique bowl with amazing lava-like glaze.
Made by Guido Gambone in Florence, Italy, 1950s.
Great condition. With a slight discoloration in the bottom of the bowl (se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Pottery Bowl with Incised Decoration
Located in Meer, VAN
Mid Century Pottery Bowl with Incised Decoration
This is a very beautiful studio pottery bowl with intricate incised decoration. Mid 20th century.
Great colors and visually very pl...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
French Cork Oval Tray Bowl
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautiful oval shaped French cork bowl or tray. The cork is mid-century and works beautifully as a dining room table centerpiece or a coffee table item of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Cork
Modernist Turned Mahogany Bowl with Hand Rubbed Satin Black Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A modernist, turned mahogany bowl with a hand-rubbed satin black finish. Unsigned, circa 1970.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Mahogany
Alfredo Barbini Orange in White Murano Cased Glass Bowl Shell Motif CLOSING SALE
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Orange in White Murano Cased Glass Bowl, Shell Motif CLOSING SALE
*****NOTICE: OUR 1ST DIBS SHOP CLOSES AT THE END OF MAY*****
This ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Safety Pin Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Safety Pin Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Signed. Large stoneware bowl with an interior and exterior of gold glazed, "Punk Rock", safety pins layered over a rich "Rimi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Modernist Bowl in Silver Plate & Enamel by DGS, 1950s
By DGS
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Conical silver plate bowl decorated to the interior with a deep ruby red enamel. Manufactured and designed in Denmark during the late 1950s by DGS (Danish Silver- & Goldsmith associa...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Los Castillo Azurite Sugar Bowl Mexican Modern Studio Craft Taxco Silver Jewlery
By Los Castillo
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Silver-plated spherical lidded sugar with mosaic Azurite and Malachite handle. Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Wood Spokes Large "Satellite" Bowl by Carlo Contin for MOMA NIB
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage wood spokes large "Satellite" bowl by Carlo Contin for MOMA, circa 1999. The bowl is like new in original box and measures 19"D x 9.5"H. Cool piece! #4202
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Italian Murano Millefiori Art Glass Bowl Attributed to Dino Martens, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian Murano art glass bowl, attributed to Dino Martens and Arte Vetraria Muranese, Mid-Century Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, Italy, 1950s-1960s. Bowl i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Black and Brown Ceramic Bowl or Cup by Toublanc French Artist circa 1990
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Christian Toublanc
Original ceramic bowl or cup by the French artist
Realised circa 1990
Signed under the base
Black and white ceramic colors
Measures: Height : 6,5 cm...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Murano Art Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian Murano art glass bowl, Italian Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Bowl has a white underside base merged wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano 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
1960s Reed and Barton Silver Plate Lotus Flower Vase Bowls
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Reed Barton Lotus Flower Bowl Vase Candle Holder
Set of 2
silver plate
2.75 h x 5 diameter
Original vintage unrestored
Refer to images
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Archimede Seguso Murano White Alabastro Gold Dust Art Glass Bowl, Italy 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano glass opalescent white round bowl with gold dust manufactured by Archimede Seguso. Italy, 1950s.
An exquisite hand blown Murano art glass bowl lovely to be used as rings bowl, vide-poche, candy bowl or ashtray.
Mint condition.
Original Archimede Seguso label at the bottom.
This Murano glass bowl it is much more beautiful face-to-face ( It has been very difficult to show in images how pretty beautiful it is)
Great gift idea!
Dimensions: 13 cm diameter x 4.8 cm height.
Seguso Murano Gold Dust Art Glass Bowl // Round Midcentury Murano Glass Dish...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Nutcracker Walnut Wood Nutwood Bowl Blackened Brass Hammer Anvil Amboss, 1950s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A Mid-Century Modern nutcracker set consists of an organic shaped nutwood bowl and a blackened solid brass amboss with hammer, designed by Richard Rohac, manufactured in Vienna, Aust...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
New Rina Menardi Big Barchetta Bowl in Pale Bronze Glaze
By Rina Menardi
Located in Troy, MI
New studio pottery bowl from Rina Menardi. The Barchetta bowl is a shallow, elongated center bowl with an irregular rim. Thin walled, sculptural shape glazed in bronze which is a mat...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Raymor Hand-Painted Italian Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This unusual ceramic centerpiece bowl was made in Italy for American importer Raymor. The piece has an elongated scoop form and has been hand-painted in shades of blue and green. The...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Coffee Table Decorative, Murano Bowl in Sommerso Pink Glass, Rare Italian Item
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Glass Bowl - Sommerso Glass Decorative
Charming vintage bowl in pink and clear “Sommerso” Murano glass, in the shape of a clover. The thick glass, skillfully handmade in Ital...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass, Glass
rare Murano Glass "RED-YELLOW" 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 in Murano, Ital...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
SALE Murano Glass a Bugne Ashtray, Bullicante & Gold Polveri, Barovier & Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
CLOSING SALE Murano Glass a Bugne Ashtray, Bullicante & Gold Polveri, by Barovier & Toso (assumed)
*****NOTICE: OUR 1ST DIBS SHOP CLOSES AT THE END OF MAY*****
This piece could also...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vtg Fire King Oven Ware Green Jadeite Ribbed Jane Ray 8.25" Serving Bowl - 2 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Fire King Oven Ware Green Jadeite Ribbed Jane Ray 8.25" Serving Bowl - 2 Pieces. *Price is for 2 bowls*. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measuremen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Archimede Seguso "Alabastro" Art Glass Bowl, Murano, Italy, ca. 1958
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Archimede Seguso "Alabastro" Art glass bowl, Murano Italy ca. 1958.
A Venetian art glass bowl in oval shape designed by Archimede Seguso for Vetreria Artistica Archimede Seguso ca. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Elsa Peretti For Tiffany & Co Venetian Blown Glass Blue Cobalt Collection
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful set of Venetian blown glass blue cobalt thumbprint bowls designed by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age and u...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ashtray, Ceramic, Safety Pin, Blue, Gold, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ashtray, Ceramic, Safety Pin, Blue, Gold, Signed. Small to medium scale deep ashtray with three cigarette rests. Decorated with a pattern of gold glazed safety pin...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Bowl by Bitossi Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Mid-Century Modern Bistossi ceramic bowl with a stylized crossword design of squiggly lines with block squares in red, gray blue and black on a white glazed soft textured backgroun...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Seguso Murano Opalescent White & Red Triangle Geode Glass Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Midcentury hand blown Murano triple layered Sommerso bowl manufactured by Archimede Seguso / Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy 1950s.
Opal white, red and yellow glass cased into clear glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Murano Glass Bowl, Decorative Centerpiece by Archimede Seguso, Italy 1960s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Murano Glass Bowl, Decorative Centerpiece by Archimede Seguso, Italy 1960s.
Large hand-blown Murano glass bowl with folded edge.
Made by Archimede Seguso and Seguso Factory, Italy,...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano 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.