Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Black
1960s Modern Leather Elephant Table Sculpture
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Modern Leather Elephant Table Sculpture
13.5 d x 13.25 tall x 4.75 w
Original vintage unrestored condition
See all images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
Dazzle Surfboard by Christopher Kreiling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom board was inspired by Ellsworth Kelly's Dazzle war ships and will add a bit of socal to any room. It is an actual board designed with Chris Christensen and can be used fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
1969 Cast Aluminum Sculpture artist Myrna M. Nobile California
By Myrna Nobile
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern Brutalism Cubist Sculpture Corrugated Aluminum Myrna M. Nobile.
California artist 1960s in San Diego CA
11 w x 18.5 x 8.75 d
Preowned Unrestored O...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Robert E. Kuhn Cubist Wall Sculpture of a Violinist in Wrought Iron
By Robert E. Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
A Cubist wall sculpture, produced circa 1950s by American artist Robert E. Kuhn (1917-2000), which depicts the abstracted figure of a musician with violin, pausing between playing, i...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Mid Century Cast Iron Candle Holders
Located in London, GB
Mid Century modern pair of cast iron taper candle holders in lovely vintage condition with no chips, cracks or rust.
These pair of rough hewn, cast iron "spider" style candle holder...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Lovely Brown Vase Ceramics Saxbo - probably Eva Staehr Nielsen
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely brown ceramic vase probably designed by Eva Staehr Nielsen at Saxbo. The vase is 9.5 cm (3.8") high and in excellent condition. This vase has a lovely har-fur glaze.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Trio Of Danish Modern Enameled Sterling Silver Metal Heart Dishes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trio of petite Danish modern, colored enamel, sterling silver, heart-shaped stacking dishes in shimmering green and glossy black. Marked Meka Denmark on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Sterling Silver
Large Pottery Fat Lava "Abstract" 279-38 Floor Vase by Scheurich, WGP 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Brother Thomas Bezanson Signed Benedictine Monk Studio Pottery Glazed Art Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, beautifully crafted, and classically shaped vase/vessel by renowned Canadian master potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007).
Brother Thomas studied design...
Category
20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Exotic Wood Toucan with Glass Eyes
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This sculpture representing a toucan is made of exotic wood with glass eyes. This is probably a French work. Circa 1970
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Pen holder by walter bosse shows a cat around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Pen holder by walter bosse shows a cat around 1950s
The pen is not for sale it is only for the photoshooting
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie Black Porcelain Bird Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish mid-century Rosenthal porcelain lidded jar decorated with birds amidst foliage designed by renowned Danish born artist Bjorn Wiinblad (1918-2006). The lidde...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Georges Jouve Style Period Black Matte Vase, France, c. 1950
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great form, Matte Black Glaze over White Clay.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Stunning Clock by Hour Lavigne (mechanism) and Mayodon (ceramist), France, 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning clock by famous clockmaker Hour Lavigne and ceramist Jean Léon Mayodon (1893-1967)
This clock is made of a central clock by Hour Lavigne mounted on a plate realized by J....
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Decorative Object Bottle Attributed to Seguso Murano Glass Midcentury Italy 70s
Located in Palermo, IT
Bottle attributed to the renowned Italian designer Archimede Seguso and produced in the 70's/80's.
The short-necked bottle was made of mouth-blown Murano glass in shades of black wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Carl Auböck Model #4279 Brass Cup
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4279 brass cup. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese cup is executed in patinated brass. Originally conc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Atom Vase
Located in Washington, DC
Impressive solid brass Atom vase by Carl Auböck. Signed to undersigned.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Italian Murano Art Glass Bowl Sommerso Barbini Style
Located in New York, NY
A substantial vintage Italian Murano hand blown art glass bowl or ashtray in the style of artist Alfredo Barbini, Midcentury Modern period, circa 1950s, 1960s, Italy. Piece is dark b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Italian ceramic from 1940 Green glazed horse sculpture Perugia manufacture
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian ceramic from 1940 Green glazed horse sculpture Perugia manufacture
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Sculptural Modernism Organic Horn Bowl Austria
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sculptural Bull Horn Bowl 1950s Austria
Unmarked
4.5 h x 9 d x 9.5 w
Unrestored Vintage preowned condition Wear use & patina present.
Not perfect, it is vintage.
Refer to images pro...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Horn
Vintage Multicolored Mid-Century Murano Glass in the style of A.V.E.M
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Vintage murano glass in the style of A.V.E.M. This vase is can be categorized as "The end of the day", a style defined by taking the small pieces unused on the making of other models...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Aries Ram by Miguel Duran-Loriga for Alfaraz Ceramics, circa 1960
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Aries Ram by Miguel Duran-Loriga for Alfaraz Ceramics, circa 1960. Wonderful ceramic ram sculpture by Miguel Duran-Loriga, manufactured by Alfaraz Workshops ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Toshiko Takaezu Signed Japanese Hawaiian Glazed Pottery Chawan Yunomi Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous and wonderful chawan tea bowl / yunomi cup by famed Japanese American pottery master Toshiko Takaezu. The work features a rich, matte black tenmoku glaze with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Handmade Silver Alloy Flower Vase by Fata in the style of Sabattini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This particular and eccentric handmade flower vase is made in silver alloy.
It is marked "Fata" and is in the style of Lino Sabattini.
It is a vintage piece, t...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Vintage Italian Gambone style ceramic textured vase, mid 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A vintage Italian ceramic vase in the style of Guido Gambone, mid 20th century. Tones of violet, teal, and turmeric.
4.3” diameter X 7.5” height
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Modernist Candle Holders Kosta Boda Amber Glass
By Gunnar Ander
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of rare and unusual candlesticks or candle holders by Gunnar Ander, with beauatiful amber glass by Kosta Boda.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Rare 35cm Grey Brutalist Fat Lava Ceramic Vases by ILKRA Ceramics, Germany 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
ILKRA Ceramics, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality German production...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Charles Piguet wrought iron candlestick 30s 40s
Located in Lyon, FR
Wrought-iron candlestick from the 30s/40s by Lyon-based wrought-iron artist Charles Piguet. Sober, uncluttered designer with attractive work on the scrolled base. Beautiful patina of...
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large Black Chalice Vase, France, c, 1960 signed ‘Chambord’
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Black Chalice, France, c, 1960 signed ‘Chambord’
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Extraordinary Zig Zag Lora Pottery Fat Lava Vase by Scheurich, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase super rare LORA DECOR.
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany by Scheurich...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Traveling Inkwell Milk Churn Shape
Located in Vienna, AT
This figural traveling inkwell was made during the very early 1900s. It is made to look like a milk churn. We believe it is made of nickel plated brass; some of the plating has worn ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Mid Century Hand Thrown Vase Raymor 8571b Italy
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A wonderful Aldo Londi for Bitossi harlequin 8571B series ceramic vase. A black and off white pattern on an umber to burnt umber bisque body.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Leif Messell Round Ceramic Dish with Figurative Bat Motif 1997
By Asger Jorn
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Danish mid-century low ceramic bowl by Leif Messell made at his own ceramic workshop in Sejs, Silkeborg, Denmark in 1997.
The low bowl has a figurative decoration of a flying bat ...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Huge 24cm Studio Pottery Vase Object by Heiner Balzar for Steuler, Germany, 1970
By Steuler
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic vase object
Design:
Heiner Balzar
Producer:
Steuler, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage ceramic object was produced by Steuler in the 1970s in...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Bertil Vallin Swedish Modernist Ceramic Man on Horse Wall Tile Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Swedish modernist partially glazed ceramic tile wall hanging created by Bertil Vallien, circa 1960s. Tile measures 11.25" by 15.75" by 5/8" and is signed on the front Vallin. In very good vintage 1960s condition.
Swedish glass master Bertil Vallien was born in 1938 in a suburb north of Stockholm, where he felt the inclination to be an artist from a very early age. He studied ceramics at the Konstfack School of Arts, Crafts, and Design in Stockholm, then spent two years at the School for Advanced Industrial Design. His love of ceramics took him the Los Angeles for a position with HAL Fromholt Ceramics, and soon he was meeting artists, critics, and gallery owners, attending events at California universities, and exhibiting his ceramics. In 1963, he was invited back to Sweden by the C.H. Åfors glass...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Cortendorf West German Mid-Century Pottery Seated African Man
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German figure of a seated African man by Cortendorf. The pottery figure sits on a rounded base with a flat back edge and portrays a seated man resting on h...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Studio Del Campo Enameled Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful decorative lidded-hinge box from famed Italian ceramic house Studio Del Campo of Turin, Italy.
Lid is comprised of an enamel coated copper square with a brass trim and lin...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Murano glass horse sculpture, signed
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Chalcedony Murano glass horse sculpture, signed by artist: Fabio Tagliapietra.
Italy circa 1990.
The Murano glass technique is Chalcedony: different metals are added to the gla...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s Gainey Ceramics Architectural Modern Pottery Planter Set La Verne, Calif
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Gainey Ceramics MCM Architectural Modern Pottery Planters La Verne Calif
Set includes two Planter Pots
Color Brown
Maker stamped
Measures: 6.75 tall x 8.25 diameter
Preowned u...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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 Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Large 38cm Pottery Fat Lava "super glaze" 279-38 Floor Vase by Scheurich, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pierced Ceramic Fruit Bowl Black
Located in Oakland, CA
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern design, the pierced collection is wheel thrown and hand pierced stoneware with a satin glaze. Small holes are created when the clay is still wet and th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Charcoal Round Vase, High Neck & Sloping shoulders, France, c 1950, signed 'EP'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal Round Vase, High Neck & Sloping shoulders, France, c 1950, signed 'EP'
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
"Portrait of a Woman" by K. Server for Austin Productions
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With it’s raw, organic form and masterful use of space, Klara Server’s “Portrait of a Woman” is a mesmerizing highlight in any room. Made by the renowned New York company Austin Prod...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Mid Century Modern Czechoslovak Freeform Art Glass Bowl
Located in Garnerville, NY
Wonderful 20th Century Modern "thorny" freeform Czechoslovak sommerso art glass bowl. Circa 1960. It still retains its foil label, Made in Czechoslovakia, Handmade. The bowl has a mi...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vase of the Rimini series by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Montelupo pottery, 70s.
By Aldo Londi
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Rimini Ceramic planter by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Terracotta, pictorial decoration.
Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex working process, bot...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1960s Modernist Rosenthal Studio Vase Hans Theo Baumann Germany
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Porcelain Vase by Hans Theo Baumann for Rosenthal Germany
Green and gold tones.
13 h x 4.13 diameter
Original vintage condition
Refer to images please.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Kari Christiansen for Royal Copenhagen & Alumia Art Pottery Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
Kari Christensen 1960s ceramic vase number 427 from the Tenera range by Royal Copenhagen. The hand painted faience vase measures 8 inches wide, 4 inches deep and 8.5 inches tall. Very, very fine condition.
Kari Christensen was a leading Norwegian ceramic...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Collection of Seven "Ice" Gullaskruf Vases, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This collection of Seven vases were made at Gullaskruf in Sweden 1960s and designed by famous Lennart Andersson. Because of their shape they were named Isi, which translates to Ice. ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Lorenzo Burchiellaro vase, Italy 1970
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Rare centerpiece designed by Lorenzo Burchiellaro for friend's family.
Elegant squared metal sculpture with glamorous brass details.
It's publis...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Alvino Bagni for Raymor Vase, Ceramic, Orange, Green, Brown, Signed
By Alvino Bagni, Raymor
Located in New York, NY
Alvino Bagni for Raymor vase, ceramic, orange, green, brown, signed. Tall cylinder vase with a subtle textured sand glaze of bright orange, gree...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Orange Fat Lava Vase by Roth Keramik
By Roth Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Roth Keramik vase, orange outlined with black lava. These vases are very sought after. Model is also called The Banjo, due to its shape.
Original sticker/label present.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pottery Fat Lava "Abstract" 39cm Floor Vase by Scheurich, WGP 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vide-Poche Murano Glass Attributed to Dino Martens Midcentury, Italy, 1950s
By Dino Martens
Located in Palermo, IT
Vide-poche/decorative object attributed to the Venetian designer and painter Dino Martens, produced in the 1950s. The vide-poche was made of multicolored submerged Murano glass with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Abstract 31cm Ceramic Studio Pottery Object, Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1981
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1980s
This original vintage Studio...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1.5kg Glass Bowl Shell Centerpiece by Flavio Poli Attrib., Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Design:
Flavio Poli attrib.
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass shell bowl element w...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Black Ceramic Vase, France, c. 1960, numbered
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderfully simple shape, Nice glaze
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Lamp holder vase by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi, 1970 Signed.
By Aldo Londi
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Large Ceramic lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 1970 .
Glazed ceramic, hand painted, signed.
This rare model was produced in a limited series of pieces,
Ea...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-century Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative objects 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 objects 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, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative objects 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 objects, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Scheurich Keramik, Bitossi, and Rörstrand. 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 objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $847.
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