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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Large Murano Glass "Gold Dust" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Seguso Murano Transparent & Gold Dust Flecks Centerpiece Bowl Platter Italy 1980
Located in Miami, FL
Archimede Seguso handmade Murano transparent & gold dust flecks inlay centerpiece, bowl, platter from Italy and made in the 1980.
Beautiful large circular Scope serves very well as ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold
Small Contemporary Pot Pourri Dish, English, Art Glass, Decorative Fruit Bowl
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small contemporary Pot Pourri dish. An English, straw silk glass decorative fruit bowl by Margaret Johnson.
Superb colour with a charming ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Mathieu Matégot Enameled Metal Plate, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enameled metal plate designed by Mathieu Matégot.
Manufactured by Ateliers Matégot (France), circa 1950.
Lacquered perforated metal with original paint.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Mathieu Matégot (1910-2001) was a Hungarian and French designer and material artist. He was one of the most renowned French designers of the 1950s. Born and educated in Budapest, he moved to France in the early 1930s, where he worked as a window dresser and women’s clothing...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
$1,289 Sale Price
30% Off
Small Jens Qiuistgaard Dansk Denmark Teak Bowl
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Ferndale, MI
Smaller size Dansk bowl. One I have never seen. Turned teak wood. Fine condition possibly never used. Marked JHQ Dansk Denmark.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Teak
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Italian Nine Facets Glass Dish, circa 1950
By Fontana Arte
Located in Chicago, IL
Max Ingrand designed for Fontana Arte Faceted Italian glass dish Vide Poche.
Fontana Arte faceted Italian glass dish in very thick iconic Fontana Arte green glass...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Danish Grey Glass Bowl
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Grey glass bowl. Blown glass with an elongated shape and high curved edges. The glass is thick and transparent, with a greyish, almost ‘smoky’ hue that gives it a modern and elegant ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Enamel Bowl, 1960s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Midcentury Enamel Bowl 1960s.
Beautiful and colorful enameled bowl made in the middle of the 20th century. Great colors and execution. The d...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Enamel
Winslow Anderson Handmade Amoeba Freeform Glass Bowl / Tray for Blenko, c.1965
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Winslow Anderson Handmade Amoeba Freeform Glass Bowl / Tray for Blenko, United States, c.1965.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Jens H. Quistgaard “Bow Tie” Palisander Rosewood Tray for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish tray designed by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk in Denmark circa 1960s. Impeccably crafted in palisander rosewood, this sculptural serving tray features a bow tie shape with th...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Rosewood
$920 Sale Price
40% Off
Rare No.A-436 bowl by Carl Auböck
Located in Munich, DE
flawless carl auböck wood bowl.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Barovier&Toso clear and gold murano glass centerpiece plate 20th century
Located in Palermo, IT
Great centerpiece, decorative plate murano glass by Barovier&Toso, with 24K gold leaf insertion inside.
1969 production one of the first to go on sale in those years. Very good co...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
$2,097 Sale Price
20% Off
Ward Bennett Designs Silver Plated Bowl
By Ward Bennett
Located in San Mateo, CA
Small bowl designed by Ward Bennett. This bowl was originally silver plated. The silver has mostly worn off and the brass has developed a nice patina.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Val Saint Lambert Heavy Crystal Bowl with Air Bubbels 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert Heavy Bowl with Air Bubbels 1950s
Handcrafted with red highlights fading through bringing warmth into your color scheme.
Still in lovely condition
Weight Crystal: ...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
Olive Wood Sculptural Plate or Dish circa 1950 French Design Bowl
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
French design - 20th century - In the style of Alexandre Noll
Realised circa 1950
Olive wood sculptural plate or dish / vide poche
Original g...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Ceramic Pottery "Amphore" Bowl Shell by Karlsruher Majolika, Germany, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic shell bowl element
Producer:
Karlsruher Majolika, Germany
Decade:
1950s
Original vintage 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
AVeM - Mid Century Murano 'Tutti Frutti' Glass Bowl - Italy - Circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
AVeM - Mid Century Murano art glass 'tutti frutti' bowl or vide poche - featuring a folded edge with a spatter of multi-color glass against a pinkish lavender background with a white...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Large Murano Glass "Multi-Color" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Toyo Hand Painted Floral Decorative Large Plate
Located in Medina, OH
Beautiful Vintage Toyo Hand Painted Floral procelain Decorative Large Plate. It does come with a stand. This piece is only for decorative purposes. It has been kept in really good co...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Porcelain
$80 Sale Price
20% Off
Raised Ceramic and Mahogany Wood Ernestine Italian Factory 1960 Leaves Colored
By Ernestine
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Raised ceramic and mahogany wood Ernestine Italian factory 1960 leaves colored.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Mahogany
$857 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$12,452 Sale Price
43% Off
1960s rattan bowl in the style of Gabriella Crespi
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
1960s rattan bowl in the style of Gabriella Crespi, Made in Italy.
Beautiful rattan bowl in the style of Gabriella Crespi, can be used on a coffee table, dining table, as a fruit b...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Rattan
Small Jean Besnard Blue & White Dish, France, c. 1935, signed
By Jean Besnard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Small Jean Besnard Blue & White Dish, France, c. 1935, signed
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
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 ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Paper Waste Bin in Patinated Leather Made for Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unusual paper waste bin in leather. Produced and sold at Firma Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm in the 1960s. Hand made and sewn with brass handles. The bin comes with a smooth surface in goo...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Le Corbusier for Lumax Mid-Century Modern Glass Desk Tidy, Catchall Bowl
By Le Corbusier, Lumax
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s industrial thick molded glass desktop accessory, desk tidy, vide poche, or cigar ashtray manufactured by Lumax, France. The original design by Le Corbusier, under the name "Nev...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Pair of Green and Pink Amorphic Botanical Floral Murano Glass Dishes
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Pair of vintage 1960s emerald green and blush pink Murano glass dishes. The seemingly amorphic shape take on a botanical form. Several "arms" un...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Mid-Century Carl Auböck Black Leather & Brass Wastepaper Basket, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and elegant, vintage Mid-Century Modern paper basket / paper bin from the 1950s. Designed an executed by Werkstätte Carl Aubock, Vienna / Austria. Handmade and hand-sewn ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Silver Italian Clam Shell Duck by Gabriella Binazzi
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautiful clam shell duck designed and made by Gabriella Binazzi, Italy circa 1970s. The natural shell is mounted on a silver plated pair of feet and decorated with a fantastica...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,296 / item
Three MCM Italian Alabaster and Brass Claw Dolphin Footed Lidded Jewelry Boxes
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of three hand carved Italian alabaster claw and dolphin footed decorative boxes in blue, orange and beige coloured alabaster.
I fell in love with their beautiful shiny colours and the heaviness of the material of these jewellery boxes with hinged lids, brass claw feet, brass dolphin feet...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 2 Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Oval Ceramic Bowls Scandinavian, 1950s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Lovely set of two small ceramic bowls by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden. Made circa 1950s.
One bowl is covered with green haresfur glaze and...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
French Ceramist, Large Bowl in Glazed Stoneware, Mid-20th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
French ceramist. Large bowl in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful glaze in azure shades.
Unique, high-quality ceramics.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 31 x 12 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Rookwood 1949 XLIX Fish Ashtray Compote Change Dish 6964 6"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare mid-century Rookwood fish ashtray / compote / dish featuring a teal / seafoam green / light turquoise glaze. Circa XLIX = 1949. Shape 6964. Size B.
Dimensions:
5.75" x 4" x ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
A Hand-Carved Stone Catchall – France - 1970s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A stunning hand-carved stone catchall, a unique artisan piece from the 1970s. Its natural and organic design highlights beautiful shades of beige, brown...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stone
Vintage Decorative Fruit Bowl, English, Art Glass, Serving Dish, Lustre Finish
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative fruit bowl. An English, art glass serving dish with lustre finish, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Eye-catchin...
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Art Glass Amber Bowl by Jan Beranek for Skrdlovice, Czechoslovakia, circa 1960
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful smaller bowl made of moulded art glass. Designed by Jan Beranek for Skrdlovice in Czechoslovakia. The designer was well known for his amazing art work with glass. This piec...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
$172 Sale Price
50% Off
Bitossi by Aldo Londi ¨Torcello Decor¨ Ceramic Ashtray Vide-Poche, Italy, ci 196
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Valencia, VC
A rare Bitossi ashtray by Italian ceramicist Aldo Londi, handcrafted circa the 1960s. This piece showcases Londi's Torcello Decor, distinguished by its in...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Organic Pottery Table Dish Painted Geometric Design
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large glazed pottery centerpiece with geometric dot and stripe, hand-painted decorations, signed.
Category
1960s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Mobach Utrecht Fat Lava Bowl Mid-century Modern Netherland Ceramics
By Piet Knepper
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large ceramic bowl with cream-colored fat lava glaze on brown background was handmade by Mobach Utrecht. The outer surfaces are finished with semi-matte solid brown glaze. A stunnin...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Handwrought Parrot Dish Metal Stone Style Los Castillo Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Metal Parrot handwrought mixed metals serving dish -decorative bowl.
Agate stone and abalone inserts.
Style of Los Castillo made Mexico 1970s.
Signed with makers label underneath.
Fa...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Agate, Silver Plate, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Green Murano Bowl in Mouth Blown Art Glass, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Green Murano bowl in mouth blown art glass, 1960s.
Measures: 18 x 9 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Library Waste Bin, English, Composite, Book Effect Basket, Study Room
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage library waste bin. An English, composite leather effect book basket, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Fascinating book form to this distinctive bin - ideal for a home...
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Composition
Signed Mid-Century Murano Glass Giaue Bowl by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Venini, Toni Zuccheri
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century modern Murano glass bowl.
By Venini.
Designed by Toni Zuccheri.
In the form of a thick glass bowl with complex copper inclusions on opaque orange ground.
Desig...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
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 Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Sommerso
1960s Murano Red and Blue Ashtray or Catchall by Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
Astonishing red and blue ashtray or catchall by Flavio Poli in Murano Glass. Made in Italy. It's a sculpture
The item is in excellent condition
Dimensions:
Diameter 5,11" x 3,34" hei...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
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, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Art Glass Bowl by Josef Hospodka for Chribska Glassworks, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Small Czech sculptural glass bowl, designed by Josef Hospodka in the 1960's and made by the Chribska glassworks. The bowl is aproximatelly 8 cm (3.15 inch) high (at the highest point...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Dino Martens Aureliano Toso Murano Iridescent White Grey Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare and beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown grayish white, black and red colored pigments Italian art glass bowl. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, circa 1947...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
1960s Modernist Bronze Low Bowl, Sweden
By Akta Brons
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A vintage bronze low bowl with heavy patina. Classic minimalist bronze bowl with a nude motif in the middle and subtle pattern to border. Engraving to ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Plexiglass with Tortoiseshell Effect Italian Round Centerpiece 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century plexiglass with tortoiseshell effect rounded centrepiece. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s in the style of Christian Dior.
This item i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
Seguso Murano Dark Amethyst Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Conch Seashell Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark amethyst and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative shell vide-poche bowl. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, circa 1950s. Published ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold Leaf
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Jean Derval Ceramic Cup Vallauris Years 60 - G531
By Jean Derval
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ceramic bowl from the 60's by the famous artist Jean Derval from the workshop Le Mûrier. Ceramic bowl with a flowery pattern enamelled in ochre and brown tones. Very nice vintage con...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Purple White Optic Swirl Roticello Ribbons Italian Art Glass Center Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown purple and white interlaced “Roticello” ribbons Italian art glass bowl. Unusual and entrancing optic swirl pattern. In the manner of the Seguso Ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$713 Sale Price
24% Off
Early 20th Century Rustic Sculptural Wood Broom Dustpan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th Century Rustic Sculptural Wood Broom Dustpan
By unknown manufacturer in France.
In original condition, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
$548 Sale Price
63% Off
Theo and Susan Harlander Brooklin Pottery Monumental Mid-Century Cubist Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Studio pottery Mid-Century Modern bowl by Theo and Susan Harlander of Brooklin Pottery, Brooklin, Ontario. This bowl was designed with a whimsical cub...
Category
20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery
$4,395 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare and Exquisite Decorative Bowl by Fontana Arte, 1960s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
Step into the world of mid-century elegance with this rare and exquisite decorative bowl by Fontana Arte, dating back to the 1960s. Radiating with timeless allure, this piece seamles...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Large French "Lucid" Crystal Glass Shell Bowl ashtray by Art Vannes France 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Crystal glass ashtray
Producer: ART VANNES FRANCE (marked)
Age: 1970s
Wonderful heavy glass element designed and produced by Art Vannes in France i...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
Vallauris Multicolor Ceramic Fat Lava Round Bowl or Ashtray
By Vallauris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Mid-Century Vallauris ashtray / bowl in multicolor glazed ceramic.
Beautiful fat lava glazed ceramic ashtray in brown, pink purple and red colors. Manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950s.
This cool ashtray was handcrafted in France at the Mid-20th century period. Hand-crafted piece in shades of orange red, pink purple, ochre and green ceramic on a brown background with fat lava effect. It has four cigarrette or cigars holders.
Highly decorative piece!
This colorful piece will be the perfect gift for smokers. Also useful as jewelry bowl , decorative bowl or vide-poche.
Overall Measures: 19 cm diameter x 9 cm height (7,48 in diameter x 3,54 in height).
Vallauris Ceramic Round Bowl // Glazed Ceramic Fat Lava Bowl...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Fulvio Bianconi Blue Handkerchief Bowl from Venini, Murano Italy
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and light blue ribbons, s...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
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