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
Mid-Century Modern Costantini Murano Glass Italian, Pair of Vases
By Constantini
Located in Madrid, ES
Murano hand blown vases made of opaline glass by the Italian artist glassblower Costantini. The body is decorated with round freeform reliefs.
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Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Hagenauer Austria White Metal Fox Figurine
Located in Vienna, AT
This sweet little fox miniature sculpture was made in 1940 by the Austrian Werkstätte Hagenauer. Usually these figurines would be made from brass, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #4636
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock patinated brass bookends #4636. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials, original m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Venini Signed Fulvio Bianconi Murano Black White Swirl Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and black stripes optic swirl Italian art glass bowl or vide-poche. The bowl has been documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the Venini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass, Murano Glass
Enormous "Accolay vase"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional by the size an accolay ceramic
one of the king
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Black Parchment Thermos with Hieroglyphics by Aldo Tura for Macabo, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Cusano Milanino, near Milan, Italy, in 1960s.
This thermos is made in painted parchment, brass, beech and glass.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Jardiniere Mid Century Modern Iron With Leaves and Gold Leaf France 1950s
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
iron planter with leaves and gold leaf Mid-20th century. hollywood regency style, brutalist wrought iron, vintage, france, french
It has an indoor plastic planter and is designed to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
David Cressey Pro/Artisan Mocha Glazed Bowl Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic planter from David Cressey's Pro/Artisan collection for Architectural Pottery. The 4066 pedestal bowl planter has a wide belly that tapers at the base with a mocha glazed ext...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Black Lacquer and Brass Photo Frame, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
An elegant modern frame from the 1970s, designed and produced in Italy in the style of Gucci. The brass and black lacquer are in excellent condition, slight signs of time
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Berndt Friberg Bowls Stoneware Gustavsberg Sweden 1950s
Located in Basel, BS
Beautiful stoneware bowls by the one and only ceramic artist Berndt Friberg.
All thrown and glazed by the master himself in his workshop at Gustavsberg porcelain factory, Sweden.
...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Joseph Talbot La Borne circa 1930 20th Century Blue and Brown Ceramic Vase
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Joseph Talbot
Signed under the base
Original XXth century design large stoneware ceramic vase
Perfect condition
Blue and brown stoneware ceramic glazes colors
Circa 19...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Green Ashtray / Vide Poche Designed by Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing green ashtray / vide poche by Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano Sommerso glass. Made in Italy.
The item is in excellent condition.
Dim...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Green Flower Planter Made in Italy for Tiffany
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Adorable glazed green porcelain ceramic frog and flower pot / planter retailed by Tiffany. We have found no other examples. Has not been used and like new. Made in Italy model 405.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Gilt Fleck Vase by Seguso Vetri D'Arte
Located in New York, NY
Colored glass, gold foil. Large scale vase form of opaque black glass with horizontal ribbing and gold inclusions. Applied lip & base.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Foil
William Wyman Signed Massachusetts Midcentury Herring Run Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by East Coast/ Massachusetts master potter William Wymann. This piece features a fantastic texture and rich, sumptuous, deep ocean-like blue crackle glaze that chang...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Ceramic Terrier Dog Vintage, 1950s
Located in Rochester, NY
Italian ceramic terrier. 1950s. Very Hollywood Regency.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern, Set of 3, Murano Sommerso, Bowls
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful midcentury Italian Murano glass bowls. Made using the Sommerso (submerged) glass technique.
Measurements two smaller bowls:
Blue purple bowl: 10x10x5
Brown orange bowl: ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Bear Bottle Stopper by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Bear Bottle Stopper by Walter Bosse around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
1960s Danish Grey Glass Handmade Bowl by Per Lütken for Holmegaard. No 16039
Located in London, GB
1960s smoky heavy grey handmade glass decorative bowl or dish . Manufactured by Holmegaard in Denmark. Designed by Per Lütken. The pattern number is 16039 which is etched and also s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Standing" Figural Sculpture #4069
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Standing" Figural Sculpture #4069. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pilastro or Mategot Inspired Umbrella or Plant Stand in Black and White Metal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1950s black and white enameled metal Mathieu Mategot style umbrella Stand. May also be used as a plant Stand. In original condition with visible wear, including some chips to enamel....
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Gucci Vintage Leather Box Tom Ford, 1990s
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci vintage black leather jewellery box with aluminium brushed frame and stitched leather rims designed by Tom Ford. Signed with Gucci. Ver...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Seguso Vide-Poche Ashtrays Decorative Objects Murano Glass Midcentury Set of 3
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of 3 vide-poche/ashtrays/decorative objects of different sizes produced in Italy in the 1950s by Seguso Vetri d'Arte.
The 3 objects were made of sommerso bullicante Murano glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Bottle Paolo Venini 1950 Blu Color Murano Art Glass Serie Inciso made in Italy
By Paolo Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rare Murano glass bottle, museum piece in cobalt blue, Inciso series.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Danish Søholm Large Floor Vase by Einar Johansen with Blue Glossy Glaze, 1960s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Mid-century Danish ceramic pumpkin shaped vase from Søholm Stentøj designed by Einer Johansen in the 1960s. Model no. 3341.
The stoneware vase has a gro...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Red Bubble Murano Glass Bowl Shells Ashtray Element by Venini, Italy, 1970s No 2
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl element
Producer:
Venini Glass, Murano
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
These original vintage glass element was designe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Cast Iron Modernist, Figural Sculpture
By G. None
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage late 20th century cast iron figurative sculpture. The sculpture is in black cast iron and has an abstract quality. This dynamic impressionist male form is encased i...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
William Bowie Abstract Nail Wall Sculpture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern abstract wall sculpture by William Bowie.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
'Bucchero' Ceramic Bust Italian, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Tilburg, NL
'Bucchero' female head / bust attributed to Giò Ponti and Carlo Alberto Rossi. Mid 20th century, Italy.
This is a rare and marvelous little mid century ceramic head...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Cyclope Vase by Charles Cart
By Charles Cart
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A beautiful blue glazed lava vase by the well-known artist Charles Cart. From the French Le Cyclope in Annecy, Charles Cart is designer of Emaux des Glacier.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Green Snake Vase, 1950s, Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Vessel, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Guido Gambone green snake vase, 1950s, Mid-Century Modern ceramic vessel, Italy. Guido Gambone (Italian, 1909 - 1969) Green and white snake design ceramic vase. Signed (Signature and donkey) on bottom. Stunning piece with gorgeous, rare green glaze and elegant lines that are elegantly accentuated by the snake that curls around the waist and body of the vessel. Museum-worth masterpiece by one of the most influential ceramicists of the 20th century.
Dimensions: 12" H; Provenance: Collection of John 'Parker' Prindle, Jr., Boston, MA.
Gambone's unique style is a combination of ancestral ceramic techniques and Etruscan or abstract decorations composed of primary and secondary colors. Ne fused traditional ceramic methods with amorphous forms that echoed equally the art of the past and of his modern day. His dynamic objects, in which he often experimented with glazes and patterns, garnered great popularity and today are treasured holdings in important private and museums collections around the globe.
The year 1950 also marked the showcase of one of Gambone’s collaborative works at a group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the following year Gambone enjoyed his first solo showing at the Galleria Il Milione in Milan. By the end of the decade, Gambone had achieved international acclaim for his pieces. He upheld his dedication to his work until 1967, when the La Tirrena...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Marianne Starck for Ma&S Vase Black White Sgraffito Negro Tribal, 1960s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Rare Danish midcentury ceramic vase from the "Negro" / "Tribal" series designed by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen & Søn (MA&S). Made circa 1950s.
The graphic decor is made i...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
turquoise lava glazed RUSCHA FLOOR VASE 60s 70s hand-thrown marked G.- 863-40
By Ruscha
Located in Kumhausen, DE
beautiful FLOOR VASE
attributed to / most probably by RUSCHA KERAMIK
RUSCHA KERAMIK was launched in 1948 when Rudolf Schardt assumed the management of Klein & Schardt, his father Georg's ceramics factory in the town of Rheinbach, located near Bonn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. (RUSCHA is a syllabic abbreviation of his name.) The timing of the re-founding ensured that the company was in a good position to benefit from Germany's post-war growth boom. RUSCHA KERAMIK became a leading manufacturer during the "golden age" of Western German ceramics and is credited with some of the era's key developments. It produced some very successful and innovative forms and glazes, including the 'Vulcano' décor (Otto Gerharz, 1951)—which heralded the move towards thick, dripping fat-lava glazes—and the iconic no. 313 (Kurt Tschörner, 1954), probably the period's most famous shape. Hans Welling, Adele Bolz, Heinz Siery, and Cilli Wörsdörfer were among other notable designers to work for RUSCHA.
RUSCHA KERAMIK was celebrated for exquisite wall plates, plaques, and tiles—manufactured for both indoor and outdoor applications—as well as its high-quality vases. Specimens from the 1970s will frequently exhibit remarkable lava and volcanic glazes. When RUSCHA closed its factory in 1996, Scheurich acquired many of its designs and molds; distinctive silver RUSCHA labels were sometimes applied to the subsequent production.
Notes on identification: White clay was used practically exclusively. The rare examples made with red-brown clay are thought to date from periods when normal supply sources ran out. Embossed and incised base-numbering was used for vessels. If a vase was made in more than one size, a single digit indicating relative size followed the form number. Low form numbers (< 100) were sometimes preceded by a letter. Like a few other manufacturers, RUSCHA KERAMIK occasionally recycled form numbers, a cause of distress for some collectors. Pieces were never molded with "Germany" or "West Germany."
Manufacturer most probably RUSCHA
Design Period 1965 to 1975
Production Period 1965 to 1975
Country of Manufacture Germany
H / height: 40cm ~ Gew. / weight: 2950grs
DM max / diameter max : 16,5 cm ~ DM oben / diameter inner rim: 8.8cm
MARKED: marked G...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Skoby Joe Tall Black Textured Ceramic Vase Mid-Century Modern Vessel Wabi Sabi
By Skoby Joe
Located in La Jolla, CA
Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Midcentury Swedish Brutalist Rooster as Fire Screen Olle Hermansson, Husqvarna
Located in Stockholm, SE
Midcentury Swedish Brutalist fire screen of a "Firerooster" by Olle Hermansson for Husqvarna. In cast iron. Olle Hermansson was interested in Nordic myt...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
20th Century Fausto Melotti Decorative Bowl in Purple Enameled Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Turin, Turin
Fausto Melotti (Rovereto 1901 - Milan 1986) was an Italian sculptor, painter and musician. He was born in Rovereto when it belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and he attended th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Fausto Melotti Decorative Bowl in Blue Enameled Ceramic, 60s
Located in Turin, Turin
Fausto Melotti (Rovereto 1901 - Milan 1986) was an Italian sculptor, painter and musician. He was born in Rovereto when it belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and he attended th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Whitefriars Indigo Mobile Phone Glass Vase by Geoffrey Baxter
Located in San Diego, CA
This beautiful glass vase by Geoffrey Baxter is sculptural and unique. The unique slab shape, with a textured front surface alludes to a variety of forms that are organic and modern....
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Vase Designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1957
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand,
Sweden, 1957.
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 52.5 cm
D: 9 cm.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Black and White Flip Clock Large Station, Factory Clock, 1970s, France
By Bodet
Located in Antwerp, BE
Timeless Bodet black and white flip-flap station clock designed by the company that has been equipping French and Belgium stations for their big clocks for several decades. They inform travelers of the time that is running! This pretty specimen from the 1970s and 80s will ensure your punctuality while offering a beautiful Industrial and modern look to your interior decor.
The flip-flap clock...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic, Lucite
Ingrid Attergerg Midcentury Bowl for Upsala Ekeby
Located in Norwalk, CT
This beautifully incised Mid Century bowl is by Ingrid Atterberg for Upsala Ekeby Sweden. It was hand glazed and hand carved in the 1960's. It's glazed in a latte, mottled grey and b...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Los Castillo Brass and Copper Candle Sconces
By Los Castillo
Located in Pawtucket, RI
A rare pair of Los Castillo candle sconces in copper with swirling inlaid brass design, Taxco, Mexico.
Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Handmade David Palombo Menorah or Candelabra
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Handmade Iron and Stone Menorah or Candelabra, made by David Palombo, Israel, circa 1960s.
Category
1960s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Iron
Small Danish Midcentury Ceramic Vase by Palshus, 1960s
By Palshus
Located in Akashi -Shi, Hyogo
Large Danish midcentury Ceramic Vase by Palshus, 1960s
Tall Danish modern Palshus vase in elegant earth colored haresfur glaze. A perfect example of Dan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Wall Clock in the Form of a Wristwatch in Leather and Brass, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Midcentury wall clock in the form of a wristwatch in leather and brass, Germany
Made in Germany by Meister Anker.
Electric, battery operated clock.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Laura Andreson Signed Glazed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully crafted and beautifully glazed bowl by renowned American California master potter Laura Andreson. An uncommon form for Andreson with a high gloss glaze featuring a dark ocean deep blue / aqua color with delicate splashes of greens. Gorgeous in its Mid-Century Modern design.
Signed on the base by Andreson (and stamped).
A special and scarce work. Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics/ pottery collection or a very eye-catching stand-alone accent work in about any setting. This piece has a fantastic feel and heft to it.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933 to 1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1974 California Ceramics...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Hans Agne Jakobsson for Markaryd 2 Brass Candlesticks L 159 Sweden
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Rare Set of 2 model L159 brass candlesticks by Hans Agne Jakobsson for Markaryd, Sweden, 1960s.
Height of the candlesticks: 11 cm
Diameter of the standard candles of 2 cm
Very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Unique 31cm blue Ceramic Pottery "UFO" Vase Object by Otto Keramik Germany, 1970
By Otto Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic object
Designer and producer:
Otto Keramik, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Studio Pottery object was designed and produced by ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase Gerda Heukeroth Carstens Tönnieshof Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Gerda Heukeroth
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Luigi Onesto Murano Glass Bowl, Italy 1960s
By Luigi Onesto
Located in Naples, IT
Italian submerged Murano glass centerpiece in shades of blue, green, pink and transparent, designer Luigi Onesto.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Ceramic Design from the 60s
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Italian ceramic design from the 60s
Large Italian ceramic
Signed at its base incise (Mancini)
Blue, light blue and iridescent white colors
Origin Italy Circa 1960
rare format
i...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 1950s Stylized Japanese Design Dragon Serpentine Koi Fish Table Lamps
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of Mid-Century Modern bronze looking Japanese design Serpentine Dragon Koi Fish table lamps in very good working condition. 20 inches high, original glass shades not found and l...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Model #8040-1 Patinated Brass Knob
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #8040-1 patinated brass knob.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Fat Lava Ceramic Pottery Vase by Strehla Ceramic, GDR Germany, 1970s
By Strehla
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vase set of 2
Origin:
Germany, GDR
Producer:
Strehla, Germany GDR
Decade:
1970s
This origina...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Abstract Sculpture 'Kloving' by Bart Kelholt, the Netherlands 1980
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Strong and heavy raw metal sculpture by Bart Kelholt (Amsterdam 1946), The Netherlands 1980. Kelholt studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam between 1970-1976. Very mini...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Steel
Mid-century abstract vase from the 1950s
Located in Budapest, HU
Extravagant abstract glazed ceramic vase. Unique piece in dark blue and mustard yellow-gold from mid-century period in Europe. A marked item with a sign: MD. It's probably made aro...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antonio da Ros Cenedese Murano Glass Sommerso Fish Sculpture in Vibrant Green
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Antonio Da Ros Cenedese Murano Glass Sommerso fish Sculpture in vibrant green With large yellow eyes.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Mid Century James Mont Ashtray
By James Mont
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Beautiful and unique ashtray attributed to James Mont, circa 1960s. Has a Mayan/Aztec theme design throughout.
Mostly in great shape with some light d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
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