Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
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: 1950s
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Dame Lucie Rie, 1950's Porcelain Footed Bowl with Manganese Glaze.
By Lucie Rie
Located in London, GB
This is a great example of a Lucie Rie iconic hand-thrown, footed bowl with manganese glaze.
It is thinly potted and slightly pulled into an ovoid shape with an undulating rim.
The running glaze is subtle whilst adding an individual element to the decoration of the bowl.
The bowl bears the artist's monogram seal mark under.
Lucie Rie was an Austrian-born British ceramics artist. Rie’s works, usually consisting of hand-thrown pots, bottles, and bowl forms, are noteworthy for their Modernist forms.
Born in 1902 in Vienna, Austria, she studied pottery at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, a school of arts and crafts. In 1937, she won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition and by the following year, Rie moved to London to flee Nazi Austria.
Once settled in the British capital, she maintained a small studio and continued to produce pottery and small clay objects, including ceramic buttons and jewellery which she sold to support herself.
She was later joined by Hans Coper, a young artist who soon became a partner in her studio. She taught at the Camberwell School of Art from 1960...
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1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
€10,634 Sale Price
43% Off
1950s Perforated Metal Atomic Dish Ashtray Nº S30 by Richard Galef Ravenware
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful 1950s functional design, and such an ingenious and sculptural piece. Also with a domed glass inset.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Steel
Planter-shaped bowl in beige marble with twisted crown
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French jardinière-shaped bowl from the '50s. Entirely in beige marble, decorated with a twisted crown on the top of the bowl. Very fine vintage condition, with slight traces of age a...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Marble
Rose Cabat Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Studio Pottery Bowl, 1950s
By Rose Cabat
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite unique, and rare early work by famed American studio potter Rose Cabat who became well known for her ceramic "feelies" and use of innovative glazes. These formative early pieces are very scarce. This handsome work has a very natural, organic feel to it and displays a beautiful repeating pattern.
This piece is signed by Cabat on the base.
Would be a wonderful addition to collectors of Cabat or other midcentury potter...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Pepe Mendoza Tear Drop Dish Malachite & Brass Mexican Modernism
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Pepe Mendoza tear drop dish with malachite & brass. Mexico circa 1950s. Mexican Modernism
Dimensions: 9.75 W x 6.5 D, x 1.5 H
Please visit take a look a...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Thomas Webb Amber Glass Bulls Eye Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning vintage midcentury Thomas Webb hand blown amber art glass bowl with a 'bulls eye' or knobbly design dating from around 1950. The bowl i...
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1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Brass Sculpture Dish
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century brass sculpture dish attributed to Tommi Parzinger. Solid Brass sculpture center mounted to a brass dish. Three detail cut-outs outline the base of the dish. Spectacu...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
€836 Sale Price
40% Off
A large bowl "sommerso violetta-aquamarina" by Flavio Poli for Seguso, ca. 1956
Located in Aachen, DE
A very large shell shaped bowl "sommerso violetta-aquamarina" by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, made on the island of Murano in ca. 1956. This heavy piece of glass has almost 6...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
€1,024 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Carl Wyman Copper Enamel Plate Ohio
By Karl Drerup
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Carl Wyman Modernist Copper Enamel Square Plate Ohio
African Motif
.5 x 4 x 4
Preowned unrestored vintage
See images provided.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mid-Century Modern bowl.
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern bowl crafted with meticulous detail.
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Hardwood
Johann Seltmann German Porcelain Chocolate Dish with Bamboo Handle
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare configuration of af JSV chocolate, cake or cookie dish. Decorated with gold-glaze, brass-ball and bamboo handles with plastic rattan. Made by Johann Seltmann...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
€220 Sale Price
20% Off
Gabriel Keramik, Dish, Ceramic, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A black and yellow-glazed dish produced by Gabriel Keramik, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 1.8"H x 8.75"W x 10.5"D
All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Mathieu Matégot Red Tray, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rare Tray designed by Mathieu Matégot.
Manufactured by Ateliers Mategot, France.
With rare mategot manufacturer mark on the back.
In great original condition with minor wear consis...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
Decorative Round Brass Gold Bowl Midcentury Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative round brass gold bowl midcentury Italian design.
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
€406 Sale Price
30% Off
Midcentury Art Ceramics Green Braided Woven Bowl by Vallauris, France 1950's
By Vallauris
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Midcentury Art Ceramics Large Green Braided Woven Basket Bowl by Vallauris. Made in France, 1950's. Green gloss glazed bowl. This comes in very good condition, minor small ch...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Art Glass Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
Flysfors style Art Glass bowl with swirled color in cased crystal.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Miniature Vase or Bowl by Carl Harry Stalhane for Rorstrand
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Very nice miniature polychrome stoneware vase or bowl. Made in the fifties handpainted by Carl Harry Stalhane (1920-1990) for Rorstrand Sweden. On the bottom the logo of Rorstrand an...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Archimede Seguso "Merletto" Murano bowl, Aquamarine Green and White Filigree
Located in Milano, IT
The term "Murano glass" is used to address glass artifacts produced on the small island of Murano, just a mile away from Venice, Italy. This specific glass, whidely regarded as the f...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Decorative Metal Tray, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern decorative metal tray, by an unknown designer. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
1950s Aldo Londi Bitossi Ceramic Rimini Blue Bowl with Lid
By Bitossi
Located in Cordova, SC
# Rare Bitossi Ceramic Lidded Container - Mid-Century Italian Ceramic Masterpiece
I'm pleased to present this exceptional Bitossi ceramic lidded container, a true testament to mid-c...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Large Roger Capron Decorative Vide Poche, Vallauris, France, 1950s
By Roger Capron
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Roger Capron (1922-2006) decorative dish with bamboo handle
Signed Capron, Vallauris, 1950s.
Roger Capron was born in Vincennes, France on September 4, 1922. Interested in drawing, he studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943 and worked as an art teacher in 1945. He died on November 8, 2006 leaving behind a considerable body of work that is recognized worldwide.
In 1946, Roger Capron moved to Vallauris, where he founded a ceramics workshop known as 'l`Atelier Callis', contributing to the renaissance of ceramics in Vallauris.
In 1952, Roger Capron purchased an abandoned pottery in Vallauris and opened a small ceramics...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
"Gathering Around the Table, " Large, Rare Mid-Century Bowl by Meister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deliberately and charmingly naive and Primitive in style, reminiscent of some of the WPA-sponsored work produced in America, this large and very rare decorated bowl was produced by t...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Clay
1970 Italian Onyx And Brass Ashtray Gray and gold Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970 Italian Onyx And Brass Ashtray Gray and gold Color
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Onyx, Brass
€216 Sale Price
20% Off
French Large Green Majolica Bowl or Basket Vallauris circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Large Green Majolica Reticulated Bowl or Basket Vallauris circa 1950.
D / 10 inches.
H / 2.5 inches.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Designed by Le Corbusier for Lumax Glass Desk Tidy, Vide Poche, Catchall
By Lumax, Le Corbusier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Industrial thick molded glass desktop accessory (desk tidy, ashtray, or catchall) manufactured by Lumax, France. Original design by Le Corbusier.
The vide poche is in excellent cond...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Italian Designer, Ashtray, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-colored glass ashtray designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s.
Scratching present to glass
Wear consistent with age and use
Overall Dimensions (inches): 1.5" Height x 8.7...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
1970s French Sculpted Wood Ashtray – Two-Tone Design in Black & Brown with Rich
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970s French Sculpted Wood Ashtray – Two-Tone Design in Black & Brown with Rich Patina
Description:
This elegant French ashtray, crafted in the 1970s, is a refined example of functi...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Arrigo Finzi Italian Mid Century Oro Zecchino Leaf Design Porcelain Bowl
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning mid-century Italian Oro Zecchino porcelain bowl finely decorated with leaf designs by Arrigo Finzi. This elegantly shaped open rounded bowl sta...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Perfect Shaped Teak Wood Snack Bowl Dish Carl Auböck Style Mid Century Modern
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Beautifully handcrafted mid-century modern teak wood bowl with an elegant, organic biomorphic silhouette reminiscent of Carl Auböck's minimalist aesthetic. The sculptural form, featu...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood, Teak
Fat Lava Bowl by Bodo Mans for Bay Keramik. 1950 - 1959
By Bodo Mans
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Metal Hand painted Waste Basked 1950s England
Located in Den Haag, NL
Metal waste basked . Hand painted with flowers . Perforated
Gold rim . Lions with rings on the side . Red inside . 1950s
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
Small Organic Shaped Ceramic Bowl by Jacques Blin, France, 1950s
By Jacques Blin
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Anthropomorphic bowl by Jacques Blin (1920-1995), France 1950s. Elegant small organic shaped bowl with a beautiful blue color scheme. Typical Blin patterns and a nice engraved abstracted bird figure. The bowl is signed at the bottom: J Blin...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Mermaid and Fish Bowl, "Athene" Series By Anna Lisa Thomson, Upsala Ekeby
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Ceramic Bowl from the "Athene" Series by Anna-Lisa Thompson for Upsala Ekeby
This rare bowl, part of the "Athene" series designed by Anna-Lisa Thompson, was produced by Upsala Ekeby...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen, Dennark, Set of 6 Teak Wood Bowls , All Signed
By Finn Juhl
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Finn Juhl design circa 1951 for Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Carved teak wood of organic form, all 6 are signed by makers stamp to the underside.
One with older repair.
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Teak
1950s Italian Decorative Object "MELA" by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mela" apple bowl was designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1953 for Rinnovel.
Sottsass wasn't originally italian, he was born on 1917 in Innsbruck, (Austria), but...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Chrome
vintage danish modern krenit BOWL herbert krenchel yellow torben orskov 1950s
Located in Mannheim, DE
Krenit bowl, designed by Herbert Krenchel in 1953 for Torben Orskov & Co, Denmark. Outside matte dark grey, inside yellow enamel.
Dimensions in cm:
Diameter 20.3 cm, height 9 cm.
D...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal, Enamel
French Large Green Majolica Bowl or Basket Vallauris circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Large Green Majolica Reticulated Bowl or Basket Vallauris circa 1950.
15 inches by 11.5 inches.
H / 4.8 inches.
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Salvador Teran Swordfish Tray in Mosaic and Bronze
Located in Oakland, CA
Bronze and mosaic tray of an swordfish by Mexican metalsmith Savaldor Teran. The oval shaped tray has turned up ends that flatten out towards the ends. Constructed of a series of blu...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Bronze
Scandinavian Wood and Metal Ashtray
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Scandinavian wood and metal ashtray.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
€360 Sale Price
20% Off
Seguso bullicant concave oval dish mid-century 1950.
Located in Palermo, IT
Seguso of the 1950s, it catches the eye with its distinctive "bullicant" workmanship. The piece presents a rich ruby-red hue in the light, but iridescent dependent on the light refle...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass, Stained Glass
Unusual Teak Salad Bowl by Jens Quistgaard, Denmark
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and hard to find, large teak salad bowl by J.Quistgaard. Unusual form with raised handles and great patina. Note butterfly joints. Also Danish teak spoons...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Teak
Midcentury Ceramic Bowl by René Maurel, Vallauris School, 1950s
By René Maurel
Located in Esbjerg, DK
The French ceramist René Maurel's (1910-1986) work is renowned for being singular and unique in the post-war Ceramic School of Vallauris. This strangely sh...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
€596 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl on Tripod Stand by Jacques Blin 'circa 1950s'
By Jacques Blin
Located in London, GB
Mid-Century French ceramic, shallow bowl on tripod support by Jacques Blin (circa 1950s). The piece may more specifically called: 'The Farm and its Animals' due to its unique decor b...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Designer, Bowl, Teak, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak bowl designed and produced in Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Teak
Vintage Decorative Center Table Bowl, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful center crystal bowl made in Italy, 1950s.
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
Metal Paper Bin, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Metal paper bin made by wire woven in a classic cross-hatched pattern completed by a solid ring.
Unknown manufacturer, France,
circa 1950
Materials:
Metal
In original condition, w...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
€288 Sale Price
61% Off
Art Pottery Sgrafitto Charger or Wall Plaque by Tilgmans Sweden, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large Delicately glazed charger dish or wall platter in sgrafitto technique. Depicting a female in ballroom dress. It is hand signed Tilgmans, Sweden, i...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery
€476 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern French Blue Plate by Eva Jancke-Björk for Bo Fajans, Sweden
By Bo Fajans
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Scandinavian modern french blue, hand-painted plate with floral motif designed by Eva Jancke-Björk for Bo Fajans, Sweden.
This exquisite plate, numbered 3733, is designed by Eva Ja...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Colored Ceramic 1950 Ashtray on Lava
By Vallauris
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Colored ceramic 1950 ashtray. Made in a piece on Lava, covered with Ceramic hand painted.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Lava
€280 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Ruscha Marocco Pottery Dish by Hans Welling, Colorful Glaze
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking decorative bowl or dish from Ruscha's "Marocco" series is a quintessential example of mid-century German ceramic artistry, designed by Hans Welling in the 1950s. The bo...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Berndt Friberg Gustavsberg Green Haresfur Glazed Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Berndt Friberg (Swedish, 1899-1981) joined Gustavsberg in 1934 and his work is considered as some of the finest examples of wheel thrown pottery of the 20th Century. Inspired by the ...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Green Murano Vide-Poche Bowl or Ashtray with Gold Leaf Accents, Italy, c. 1950
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern Venetian glass bowl or ashtray with organic floral form. Exquisitely handblown in hues of emerald green. Bowl has bubble glass b...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Marble
1950 Brutalist Wood Ashtray / Centrepiece
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1950 Brutalist wood ashtray / centrepiece, in the style of Noll, or Nakashima.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
€360 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass Bowl with Engravings and Oriental Enamels
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Brass bowl with engravings and oriental enamels.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass, Enamel
€490 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Barovier & Toso Wedding Cup Reproduction Grand Tour Cobal Blue w. Enamel
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Antique or Vintage Wedding Cup - Rare Murano Glass in Royal Blue
This wedding cup Grand Tour reproduction, made from cobalt blue glass with polychrome enamel and gilded accents, is ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
€1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Stig Lindberg, Bowl, Stoneware, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A red, black and beige-glazed incised stoneware bowl designed by Stig Lindberg and produced by Gustavsberg, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Teal Green Bowl by Per Lütken for Kastrup/Holmegaard, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very rare rectangular bowl in patterned petrol green press-glass. Designed by Per Lütken during the late 1950s and made at Kastrup/Holmegaard Glas circa 1960-65. The dark petrol/te...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Decorative Tray, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Decorative tray, by an unknown designer. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-century Modern bowls and baskets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern bowls and baskets 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 bowls and baskets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern bowls and baskets made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original bowls and baskets, popular names associated with this style include Mathieu Matégot, Rörstrand, Archimede Seguso, and Gunnar Nylund. 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 bowls and baskets 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 $60,000 while the average work can sell for $875.
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