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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Period: Mid-20th Century
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Pink Opalescent Italian Art Glass Heart Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink and opalescent Italian art glass heart shaped bowl with wild flower murrines. The piece is documented to the Fratelli Toso, circa 1950s. The ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine, Opaline Glass
Eva Staehr-Nielsen Shallow Bowl for Saxbo
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning modernist shallow bowl by Eva Staehr-Nielsen for Saxbo. Her work shows how she simplified forms into their most pure form. This lightweight bowl is a master class in des...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Warren MacKenzie Monumental Ceramic Platter
Located in Dallas, TX
Large studio pottery platter with brown decorative dashes.
Warren MacKenzie is known for simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery influenced by Bernard Leach and the Japanese aesthetic of the work of Shoji Hamada.
In 1950 MacKenzie and his first wife Alix became the first American apprentices at the Bernard Leach pottery...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Sculptural Trinket Bowl w/Gold Leaf
Located in Warrenton, OR
Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Bowl/Vide Poche w/ Generous Gold Leaf
UPDATE: Due to agreement with 1stDibs, we'll be staying through the end of the year.
(Seguso is assumed based on t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Murano Glass Bowl with Aventurine by Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Murano Glass Bowl with Aventurine by Fratelli Toso (suspected).
UPDATE: Due to agreement with 1stDibs, we'll be staying through the end of the year.
This is a beautiful, subst...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Aldo Londi Bitossi Safety Pin Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Gold, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
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...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Seguso Murano Art Glass Bowl 1960 Green Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Seguso Murano art glass bowl 1960 green Italian design.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese 'Smoked' Gray Vintage Murano Glass Bowl or Dish
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Single midcentury, vintage 'Opalino' Murano glass bowl designed by Antonio da Ros (1936-2012) for Cenedese, circa 1970-1990. Wonderful translucent color of 'smoked mushroom' gray (gr...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Rare Emil Milan Tri-Footed Long Bowl in Bissilon, Honduras, c. 1964
By Emil Milan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A tri-footed Mask Bowl in hand-carved bissilon by Emil Milan. This design, whose underside appears as a tribal mask, was one of several conceived by Milan and Joyce Anderson...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Hardwood
Danish Saxbo Green Bowl, Eva Stæhr-Nielsen Attributed, Midcentury Ceramic, 1950s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish mid-century ceramic bowl from the legendary workshop Saxbo, made ca. 1950s. The bowl has a repeated stylised decor of long grass straws or weeds surrounded by small birds. The...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Murano Pink White Copper Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink, white and copper aventurine twisted ribbons Italian art glass decorative bowl. It is documented to the Fratelli Toso company, with similar d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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
Midcentury Decorative Ceramic Bowl by Albert Thiry, circa 1960s
By Albert Thiry
Located in London, GB
Midcentury decorative ceramic bowl (circa 1960s) by Albert Thiry (1932-2009). A Classic Thiry design and decoration scheme, this bowl's base co...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Robert Maxwell Earthenware Vide Poche Catch All Bowls, Studio Made
Located in Decatur, GA
Pair of Robert Maxwell decorative catch all bowls in stoneware pottery glaze and art glass.
Studio pottery art from Santa Monica, California circa 1960s by renowned California art c...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware, Art Glass, Stoneware
Large Stump of a Tree Art Glass Bowl by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1951
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Stump of a Tree Art Glass Bowl by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1951
A large 'Kalvolan kanto' (stump of a tree) bowl designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala Glassworks in 1951. Mo...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Murano Red Art Glass Bowl or Ashtray
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century Modern red Murano art glass ashtray or small vide-poche catchall, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Dimensions: 1.5" Height x 3.38"...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Pair of Ceramic Bowls Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These bowls made in Sweden 1950s for Rörstrand and designed by one of the great during that period, Carl-Harry Stålhane. These bowls has a small foot which it stands on. There is a s...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Alfredo Barbini Murano White Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink, white, gold flecks and controlled bubbles Italian art glass sculptural seashell bowl. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. The piece has ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of Art Glass Bowl and Ashtray by Designer Josef Cvrček, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
A beautiful set of art glass bowl and ashtray designed by designer Josef Cvrcek in the 1960's. Made in the glassworks Železnobrodské sklo (ZBS) in the for...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Beatrice Wood Signed Volcanic Ash Blue Iridescent Luster Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Famed California Mid-Century Modern artist Beatrice wood signed bowl featuring her highly coveted deep ash blue iridescent lustre/luster glaze. In certain light, the glaze radiates as a purple hue in some areas. The glaze runs down the sides and gathers in areas underneath.
This piece comes with an interesting history/ provenance. This piece came from Beatrice's personal collection. She was using it as a coin and key holder in her Ojai house which accounts for the cracks in the glaze. It was gifted to Maria Anderson who assisted Beatrice around her home. We considered having the work restored but because of its history feel that it offers more value to the next owner as shown. This was apparently the condition it was given in as Wood was famous for noting about her work that objects that are not quite perfect are simply that...perfect because of their imperfections. A very Wabi-Sabi view. Flawed Beauty.
We love the piece and the history.
Signed with her customary "Beato" on the underside.
Would be an amazing addition to any collection of her work or a fabulous, eye-catching Stand-alone piece in any setting, Mid-Century Modern or otherwise.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-Century Burnt Umber & Multicolor Blue Ceramic Bowl by Aldo Londi for Vistosi
By Aldo Londi, Vistosi
Located in New York, NY
This materially stunning Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Bowl in Burnt Umber W/ Multicolor Blue Sculptural Dots Motif by Aldo Londi for Vistosi originates from Italy, Circa 1960. This ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Monumental Huge Italian Diamond Cut Faceted Murano Glass Bowl, Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
These heavy bowls are commonly attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte and Flavio Poli as a designer.
Faceted on four sides and utilizing the Sommerso technique over three tiers with a wo...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Marked Vallauris France Ceramic Lemon Basket Green & Yellow Mid-Century Modern
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
1970s Mid-Century Modern handcrafted ceramic, pottery lemon basket or fruit plate in glazed dark green and black with yellow lemons, made in Vallauris.
M...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Large Cenedese Italian Asymmetric Red Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl Dish or Ashtray
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Cenedese large and heavy vintage Italian Murano glass bowl, serving dish or ashtray, circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy piece of glass features an as...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Scandinavian Zebra Wood Sculpture Centerpiece Orb Dish Bowl Space Age Mattsson
By Sowe Konst
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Turned shallow orb in zebra wood. Made in Sweden. Attributed to Sigvard Nilsson. Marked SOWE.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Zebra Wood
1960s Murano Large Blue Bowl or Catchall Designed by Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing Big Blue Bowl or Catchall By Flavio Poli in Murano glass. This is a unique piece a true sculpture
The item is in excellent condition.
Dimensions:
6,29" diameter ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Set of 4 Just Andersen Card Dishes in Pewter from Denmark in Original Box
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of 4 Mid-Century Pewter Dishes in the Shape of Playing Card Symbols by Just Andersen, Denmark
Stamped Just, Denmark, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2633
Just Andersen’s pewter pieces are hig...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pewter
A.Ve.M. Murano Red Millefiori Flower Silver Flecks Ribbon Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown red, silver, copper aventurine, millefiori flower murrines and twisted ribbons Italian art glass center bowl. It is documented to the A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Leaf
Vintage White Westmoreland Milk Glass Figurine Bowl
Located in East Quogue, NY
Westmoreland Glass Company (Pennsylvania, USA) Doric Milk Glass Bowl.
Whimsical white vintage Westmoreland milk glass bowl with figure-shaped ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Milk Glass
Vintage Bronze Swirl Bowl by Dayagi
By Dayagi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Bronze Swirl Bowl by Dayagi
Category
1950s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Mid-Century Paneled or Fluted Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mid-Century paneled bowl.
In sterling silver.
By Tiffany & Co.
With a scalloped top, paneled or fluted sides, and a flared foot.
Fully hallmarked to the base.
Simply won...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Mid-Century Modern Green and Yellow Murano Glass Sea Shell Bowl by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A green and yellow sommerso murano glass bowl designed and manufactured in Italy by Seguso in the Seventies. Item it's in perfect condition and it can be used also as an ashtray. Sommerso Murano glass is a technique of creating layered and colored glass objects, The process of creating sommerso Murano glass involves heating and melting together layers of different colored glass, usually with a clear layer on top. The glass is then blown, shaped, and finished by skilled artisans to create a variety of objects such as vases, bowls, sculptures, and figurines. This Bowl by Seguso is a beautiful and unique piece of vintage glassware...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Seguso Murano Sommerso Clear and Purple Twisted Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
An eye-catching hand blown Murano twisted vase in clear and purple glass. Attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Italy, 1960s.
This art glass vase has...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Solid Bronze Low Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Akta Brons, Sweden, 1940s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare solid bronze low bowl or plate designed by Gunnar Nylund for Akta Brons. Piece features an underwater motif featuring fish. Really wonderful pat...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Dino Martens Murano Optic Swirl Ribbons Italian Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare and gorgeous, vintage Murano handblown white, yellow, aqua, blue, purple and aventurine ribbons Italian art glass centerpiece bowl. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aurel...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sculptural Curvilinear Art Glass Fruit Bowl by Daum, France
By Daum
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Sculptural curvilinear crystal art glass fruit bowl, model Aquarius 1960 signed.
The midcentury bowl offers an oblong form with tapered rounded ends, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
White Fulvio Bianconi Handkerchief Bowl, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief ''zanfirico'' bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and white ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Italian Midcentury Art Glass Bowl with Red and Green Trailed Designs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very striking and stylish Italian Murano art glass basket shaped bowl with red and green trailing dating from the mid-20th century. The bowl is heavily m...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Handblown Smoked Glass Dish Signed by Holmegaard
By Holmegaard
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern smoked glass dish was realized by the celebrated atelier of Holmegaard in Sweden in 1958. It features a sculptural c...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Salviati Barbini Murano Iridescent Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and very rare Murano handblown orange Ombre fade rim Italian art glass encased bird centerpiece / display bowl, with gold flecks, and iridescent glass on the bird figure. ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sculptural Green Onyx Marble Catch All Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Amazing sculptural green marble onyx bowl or catch all, Made in Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Onyx
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, A Bugne with Aventurine & Swirl
Located in Warrenton, OR
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, A Bugne with Aventurine & Swirl
UPDATE: Due to agreement with 1stDibs, we'll be staying through the end of the...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Modernist Greek Key Sterling Plated Footed Bowl signed Sheffield
Located in New York, NY
This boldly scaled and carefully achieved Mid-Century Modernist Sterling Plated Footed Bowl W/ Greek Key Detailing signed Sheffield originates from England during the latter half of ...
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1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Green Italian Glass Jar by Empoli, 1960s
By Empoli
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Hooped in shape this emerald-colored lidded jar or trinket was manufactured and designed at Empoli in Italy during the late 1950s or early 1960s. It is composed of a cased outer glas...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
French Mid Century Large Wooden Bowl by Odile Noll Produced in France, 1960s
By Odile Noll
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare oversized French mid century edonized wooden bowl by Odile Noll (daughter to Alexandre Noll) produced in France 1960s. In good original condition. Signed.
Dimensions: H: ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ebony
Stunning Green and clear Murano Glass Bowl Centerpiece Vintage, Italy, 1960s
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. Colors are green ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid 20th century shaped red art glass vase by Monica Bratt
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 20th century shaped red art glass vase by monica bratt circa 1950.
Monica bratt (1913-1961) was a swedish artist who worked mainly in glassware at the Reijmyre glassworks.
Stun...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Archimede Seguso Geode Bowl in Pink and Blue, Murano Italy ca. 1960s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Archimede Seguso Geode Bowl in Pink and Blue, Murano Italy ca. 1960s
Item e7098
A vintage Venetian art glass bowl in the shape of an asymetrical geode des...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Round Bowl or Ashtray in Green Glass Mirrored by Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Rare round bowl or ashtray in green crystal glass and mirrored underside with four concave circle by Fontana Arte.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Murano Sommerso Blue Gold Flecks Butterfly Italian Art Glass Decorative Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso blue, with hints of green, Italian art glass bowl with applied gold butterfly. The bowl is attributed to the Seguso Vetri D' Arte Company...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dino Martens Murano Variegato 1954 Aurene Iridescent Italian Art Glass Bird Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Large and rare, vintage Murano hand blown red and amber color threads decoration with iridescent surface Italian art glass rooster shape sculptural bird bowl. Documented to designer ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Flavio Poli Purple, Blue and Pink Sommerso Murano Glass Italian Bowl, 1960s
By Flavio Poli
Located in Roma, IT
Striking mid-century Murano glass bowl or ashtray in purple, blue and pink "sommerso" Murano glass. This striking piece was designed by Flavio Poli in Murano, Italy during the 1960s
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Fish Motif Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl by Alfredo Barbini
Located in New York, NY
This exquisitely achieved Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl in Viridian with Fish Motif is rendered by the esteemed glass artist Alfredo Barbini and originates from ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Walter Bosse Fish Midcentury Brass Bowl or Ashtray, Herta Baller, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist bowl or ashtray in the shape of a fish. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in excellent condition....
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
Vintage Pocket Emptier in yellow murano glass , 1960's
By Blenko Glass
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Amber Clear Glass Tri-lobe Bowl Biomorphic-Shaped Amber BLENKO 1959. Fruit Bowl Art Glass Heavy and BeautifulFor how magical it might seem at first...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Alvino Bagni Raymor Ashtray Bowl, Ceramic, Abstract, Blue, Green, Brown, Signed
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in New York, NY
Alvino Bagni for Raymor bowl, ceramic, blue, green, abstract spirals, signed. Medium scale ceramic bowl or ashtray decorated with sky blue, light brown, dark brown, and light green s...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Green decorative Murano bowl
Located in Milano, IT
Acid green decorative bowl - Murano glass valet tray - collectible bright Murano glass
A heavy, fun and highly decorative Murano bowl / valet tr...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Art 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.