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 Japanese Weed Pot Vase Dark Brown Glaze
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Japanese Weed Pot Vase Dark Brown Glaze
3.75 diameter x 4.5 h
Signed but unable to read.
Original vintage condition
Refer to images.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Owl Figurine by Walter Bosse Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Owl figurine by walter bosse around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Beate Kuhn Abstract Ceramic Bowl 1960s
By Beate Kuhn
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful early work of the famous German ceramic Artist Beate Kuhn from the 1960s. The bowl is designed in red, white and black glazed ceramic with an abstract forms. Artist signatu...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Large Black Murano Vases by Barovier e Toso, Italy, 1970s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Pair of large black Murano vases by Barovier e Toso. Italy, 1970s.
Both are signed and have the original labels on them.
Hard to find as a pair.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Carl Auböck Model #4317 Brass Bowl
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4317 brass bowl. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass. Originally conceived as a fountain pen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Super Color Crusty Fat Lava Blue Floor Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasa De Murano L'Insegna Del Moreto Red White Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown deep red over white Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the Galliano Ferro - Fornasa De Murano A L'Insegna Del Moreto Company. The origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Gunnar Cyren Lysestager Iron Candle Holder and Candles by Dansk
By Gunnar Cyren, Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
Gunnar Cyren designed iron candle holder by Dansk. Part of the Lysestager line. This is a rare form. Includes a box tapered Dansk candles.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Vintage Brutalist Torch Cut Metal Picture Frame
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage hand made brutalist torch cut metal picture from made from heavy gauge steel. Features a metal stand that allows the frame to sit on a tabletop...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Italian Murano Glass Vase by Carlo Moretti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
A stylish vase by Carlo Moretti, it's made in Italy in the seventies, the red, orange a white opaline is in perfect conditions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Two West German Roth Keramik Art Pottery 'Fat Lava' Guitar Vase
Located in Antwerp, BE
Two West German Roth Keramik art pottery 'fat lava' vases with orange glaze; Guitar vase with square mouth above a bulbous body all in a thick lava glaze ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sculptural Ceramic Vessel, Organic Brutalist
Located in San Diego, CA
Great mid-century Organic Studio Pottery Weed pot vessel. This piece has a great design with an opening in the center, weed Pot is unmarked, unsigned but believed to be early 1970s p...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Sculpture of Cat/ Royal Dux, 1960s
By Royal Dux
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of ceramic
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Dame Lucie Rie Scarce Festival of Britain Studio Pottery Vase
By Lucie Rie
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce mid-century Studio Pottery Festival of Britain vase by renowned modernist potter Dame Lucie Rie (Austrian, 1902 – 1995) dated 1951. The bottle shaped vase stands on a round ...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Ceramic Pottery
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Experience the timeless beauty of Japanese craftsmanship with this exquisite ceramic pottery vase. Meticulously handcrafted by skilled artisans, this vase showcases the rich artistic...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture by Salvatore Meli, Italy, 1963
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Important sculpture by Salvatore Meli (Comiso 1929 - Rome 2011), Italy 1963. Meli studied at the Academia di Belle Arte in Florence and became a significant figure in the Italian pos...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Aubock "My Son" Patinated Brass Sculpture #4752
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock "My Son" Patinated Brass Sculpture #4752 designed in the 1950s. Currently produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #9038 Patinated Brass Knob
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9038 patinated brass knob.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in darkly patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Aus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Fat Lava Pottery Vases Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vases set of 2
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic, Pottery
Breccia Pontificia Vase h50 design Franco Albini - edit by Officina della Scala
Located in Milano, IT
Designed by Franco Albini in 1940 and edited by Officina della Scala for the very first time from a sketch belonging to a project called “Furniture Perspective”; this vase in an uniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
1970s, Mid-Century Modern Fake Tortoise Lucite and Brass Italian Round Bowl
By Guzzini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Mid-Century Modern fake tortoise lucite and brass round bowl designed and manufactured in Italy in the style of Gabriella Crespi. Brass in original patina gives it a vibrant vintag...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Marble Vase RossoLevanto h50 design Franco Albini - edit by Officina della Scala
Located in Milano, IT
Designed by Franco Albini in 1940 and edited by Officina della Scala for the very first time from a sketch belonging to a project called “Furniture Perspective”; this vase in an uniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Double Spouted Vase by Vittorio Cornacchia
By Arnaldo Sangiorgi and Vittorio Cornacchia
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic. Figurative design with blue and red glazes. Produced together with Arnaldo Sangiorgi at Keramos Studio in Faenza, Italy. Artist signed on underside.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Rare Black and Red Glass Liqueur Drinking Set by Moretti & Nason, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s.
This is a very rare Moretti & Nason liqueur set, exhibited at the Glass Museum in Venice on the occasion of the company's centenary commemorative exhibition.
Th...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Metal
1978 Blue Faceted Art Glass Vase Murano Sommerso Alessandro Mandruzzato Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Blue faceted Art Glass vase Murano Sommerso glass
Measures: 8.13 x 2.38 x 2.38
1978 Oball Vetreria Artistica
By Alessandro Mandruzzato Italy
Preowned vintage original condition...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Breccia Pontificia Vase h25 design Franco Albini - edit by Officina della Scala
Located in Milano, IT
Designed by Franco Albini in 1940 and edited by Officina della Scala for the very first time from a sketch belonging to a project called “Furniture Perspective”; this vase in an uniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Vintage Black and Chrome Schwinn Phantom Replica
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Built between 1949 and 1959, Schwinn Phantoms were the most bodacious, luxurious, and feature-filled bicycles on the road. There was the deluxe patented spring fork, built-in horn, s...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vase by Radi Giulio, 1948
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Oval-shaped globular vase with diagonally cut neck in opalizing and shiny polychrome submerged blown glass, with yellow spinning decoration descending spirally. under the scratched b...
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Scheurich Jug Vase Model 279-38 Black and White Fat Lava Abstract Decor 1960s
Located in Mannheim, DE
Vintage mid century vase manufactured by Scheurich West-Germany. Model number 279-38 with black and white crusty lava glaze with a little gre...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Blue "Zigzag" Fat Lava Multi-Color Vase Scheurich, Germany Wgp, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made of cer...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs Candle Holder, 1960s
Located in Delft, NL
Large Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs candle holder, 1960s.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Large Edwin and Mary Scheier Stoneware Bowl, circa 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
This exceptional early stoneware ceramic bowl is a timeless masterpiece by the celebrated American potters, Edwin and Mary Scheier. Crafted with sublime skill in the 1950s, it exemplifies their unique blend of form, function, and artistic storytelling.
The impressive size of the bowl, measuring 15.75” in diameter and 8” high, immediately commands attention. The exterior, coated in a rich, dark raisin / plum glaze, introduces a depth of color that is both captivating and luxurious. The interior surprises with a contrasting tan flecked glaze, adding a layer of visual intrigue to the piece.
Elevating the bowl beyond the realm of the ordinary is the Scheiers' iconic design of interlinked figures. These celestial-inspired figures are artfully rendered, flush with the glaze, creating a dynamic tableau that wraps around the bowl. These figures, emblematic of the Scheiers' exploration of human connectivity and mysticism, add a profound narrative element to the work.
Further enhancing its aesthetic appeal, horizontal ribs cascade down the bowl, becoming more pronounced towards the foot. This clever design feature not only adds a tactile dimension to the bowl but also amplifies the visual drama of the piece. The base is incised with 'Scheier', a testament to its authenticity and pedigree. Though undated, this piece is clearly from the Scheiers' most influential period, making it a valuable addition to any ceramics collection.
This bowl is more than just a vessel; it's a testament to the Scheiers' artistic journey and a symbol of their enduring impact on American ceramics...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware, Pottery, Ceramic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hood Ceramic Circle of Love by Royal Haeger
By Royal Haeger
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful ceramic sculpture of a man and a woman called infinity circle of love by Royal Haeger.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Green Glass Ashtray Catch-All Bowl
Located in Fort Washington, MD
One of kind ! This rare vintage Ashtray shaped like a flower had a personal removable mini ashtray in the middle
Color is a deep rich green mak...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Three Vases by Rudi Stahl, Germany, 1970s
By Rudi Stahl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of three ceramic vases designed by Rudi Sthal, Germany 1970. The lower parts show a rough finish while the top parts are glazed in different tones of deep blue, burnt yellow and ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Grey-Black Italian Pair of Smoked Murano Glass Sculpture Heads
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian similar pair of sculpture heads made of hand blown smoked Murano glass in the style of Picasso, in go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Studio Crafted Ceramic Planter, circa 1970s
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Studio ceramic planter. Beautiful blue glazing with contrasting rough clay lower section.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Marble Sculpture
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
One of a kind black belgiam marble sculpture with travertine base
Sculpture rotates 360 degrees
handmade work signed by the french artist Jean Frederique Bourdier...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Vintage 1980s U.S. Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Stealth Airplane Jet Model
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1980s large desktop 1/72 scale model of the fastest plane in the world, at that time, the SR-71 Blackbird. This model is 18 inches long on wooden base.
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Large Ceramic Brutalist Vase Fat Lava Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
ceramic pottery vase.
Origin:
Germany.
Designer:
Heinz Siery.
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany.
Decade:
1970s.
This original vi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Moretti Carlo Murano Vase in Colored Opaline Glass
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Valu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Black 'Ventaglio' Coat Stand or Room Divider by Giovanni Pasotto for Tarzia
Located in Antwerp, BE
The original intention of the designer was to use this as a sculptural coat hanger. But this item is just too beautiful and unique to be buried underneath clothing. It is the ideal unique item to decorate any kind of room and can be used as a stand-alone object or as a room divider. The ideal statement piece.
The Ventaglio is in excellent and original condition. Variable width depending on opening. It has been finished in a satin black lacquer, which creates the ideal depth and definition.
Designed by Giovanni Pasotto for Tarzia- Italy, circa 1970s.
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Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Bitossi Vase, Ceramic, Geometric, Stripes, Green, Yellow, White
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, Geometric, stripes, green, yellow, white. Medium scale square form vase with "British Racing Stripes" decorations on the front and back. The sides are coarse m...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Ceramics of the 60s Ernestine Salerno, G877
Located in Lyon, FR
Vase from the 50's by the Italian ceramist Ernestine Salerno. Round ceramic glazed with brown and khaki colors. Decorative motifs on the whole vase. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Mid-Century Vase by Inger Persson for Rorstrand
Located in Lidköping, SE
Inger Birgitta Persson, ceramics designer, was born in Sweden on boxing day 1936. She went to Konstfack University in Stockholm 1955-1959 and during the summer months when she was off from her studies, Inger worked as a handyman for Gustavsbergs Porcelain Factory and Uppsala Ekeby.
The years at Konstfack University ended with a degree exhibition resulting in the Director of Rörstrand, Fredrik Wehtje, hiring her. At Rörstrand Persson designed tableware in porcelain and stoneware, vases, pots and small animal...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vicke Lindstrand "Colora" Series for Kosta Blue Bud Glass Vase. Sweden, 1950s
Located in Kansas City, MO
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Blue Bud Art glass vase by Swedish glass artist Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Boda circa 1950. From the "Colora" series. No chips cracks or repairs.
Marked...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Rare Stan Bitters Tall Abstract Environmental Ceramic Sculpture, 1970s
By Stan Bitters
Located in Monrovia, CA
1970s Stan Bitters RARE Abstract Environmental Ceramic Sculpture.
This RARE Monumental Mid century Modern Stan Bitters Ceramic Sculpture Is A
Gorgeous Vintage Piece Of The Master...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Psychedelic Art Pottery Crystalline Vase Louis Reding
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Psychedelic Pottery Art Blue & Orange Petite Crystalline Vase
signed Louis Reding
San Diego Calif
3.75 x 2.5 d x 3.75 h
Crystalline Glaze Vase
Preowned vint...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
1960s Jason Seley Welded Chrome Automobile Bumper Abstract Sculpture
By Jason Seley
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract chrome car bumper art created by Jason Seley. Overall measurement is 27" by 14" by 12", base measuring 7.5" high by 8" in diameter. Unsigned.
Hand...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Tilgmans Keramik, Swedish Midcentury Modernist Sgraffito Sculptural Bottle Vase
Located in Frome, GB
This striking work of Swedish midcentury Modernist design is by Tilgmans Keramik of Gothenburg, Sweden, and was designed during the era of Marian Zawadzki (b. 1912 - d. 1978) a profe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Majolica Lobster Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica lobster tureen or box with green glaze, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid 20th Century Murano Glass Decanter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano glass decanter composed of a purple hued body, accented with a gold speckled glass bass, figural lion head to the center. Great as a vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Jewelry box by Fornasetti, mid-1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jewelry box with decor of jewels, by Fornasetti, mid-1900s. Label: Fornasetti Milan. Made in Italy.
Lacquered metal. Original brass key.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
1960s Vintage Mexico Three Gold Globes Gazing Ball Spheres Blown Mercury Glass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage 1960s Mexico Mercury Glass Three Gold Globes Gazing Ball Spheres
10 tall x Biggest 10 diameter Smaller 9.5 diameter
Set of 3 mercury gl...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Mercury Glass
1950s Molded Black Fiberglass Wastebasket Trash Receptacle
Located in Ferndale, MI
1950s molded black fiberglass with white striations, manufactured using technology developed during WWII by Corry Jamestown Corporation, Corry, Pennsyl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Fiberglass, Rubber
Large Mathieu Matégot Black Metal Wastepaper Basket, First Edition, 1950s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Mathieu Matégot black metal waste paper basket, original first edition by Artimeta, the Netherlands, 1950s. In very good original vintage condition.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Modern Collection of Ceramics Rörstrand Carl-Harry Stålhane, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Collection of vases and bowls from Rörstrand and maker/Designer Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the mid-century. Beautiful, glazed vases in good condition. This set of green vases and bo...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Black and Green 'Krenit' Bowl by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This 'Krenit' bowl was designed by mechanical engineer Herbert Krenchel and his good friend Torben Ørskov who put them in production in 1953. They had realised that Americans ate a l...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Mid-century Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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