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 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
20th Century Bilious Green Italian Murano Glass Duck by Paolo Venini & Zuccheri
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A bilious green, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian duck made of hand blown colored Murano glass, designed, produced by Paolo Venini and Toni Zuccheri in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
California Studio Pottery Signed Ikebana Planter with Frog
Located in San Diego, CA
California studio pottery signed ikebana planter with frog, circa 1990s. The piece measures: 7.5" W x 6.75" D x 2" H and is signed on the underside. #1708.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Large San Marino Bottle Vase Smalto Roccia Glaze Italy 1950s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An unusually large example of San Marino tourist pottery with 'Smalto Roccia' or 'Lava' glaze. The brightly colored blue panel illustrates a Mediterran...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Fornasetti for Bucciarelli Waste Paper Basket. Milano, Italy 1950s.
Located in Malmö, SE
Italian 1950’s midcentury wastebasket by Bucciarelli of Milan with brass rim and graphic print on an ivory enamelled surface.
This piece was ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid Century Modern Bowl by Bitossi Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Mid-Century Modern Bistossi ceramic bowl with a stylized crossword design of squiggly lines with block squares in red, gray blue and black on a white glazed soft textured backgroun...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Brutalist modern Marcello Fantoni copper on welded steel sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Believed to be one of Marcello Fantoni's (1915 - 2011 ) earlier works sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer . A study in patina and corrosion in brutal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Steel
$2,900 Sale Price
21% Off
1960s Astonishing Blue Jackated Vase in Murano Glass. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing blue jacketed vase in Murano Glass. Made in Italy . The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
diam 5,90 x 12,20 H inches
diam 15 cm x 31 H cm
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Abstract Metal and Enamel Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible Mid-Century hand crafted wall-mounted sculpture with enamel on metal elements. Would look great over a fireplace. Can be mounted horizontal or vertically.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1960s Blue Pedal Car Convertible
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal car was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars expe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Seguso Murano Millefiori Flower Canes Italian Art Glass Incalmo Orange Rim Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown Millefiori flower canes and orange "Incalmo" rim Italian art glass bowl. The piece is documented to designer Archimede Seguso. I have ow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Miguel Berrocal "Portrait de Michelle" Puzzle Sculpture, 1970´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This miniature bust of a woman is a three dimensional puzzle of incredibly precise craftsmanship. 17 individual pieces, are fitted in order to create the overall work, each piece nes...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Unique Murano Glass Vase, Murrine Romane style
By Venini, Fratelli Toso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Splendid Murrine vase. Oval shape with a beautiful combination of square murrinas.
The Murrine are of two kinds. One covers the whole background and its made of a double sequence of green, lattimo and amber. The main large ones in random position are are framed in black with vibrant colors: emerald green, cadmium red and yellow.
Similar to Carlo Scarpa Murrine...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
A Canne Murano glass vase by Gio Ponti, Venini Murano Italy
Located in Uccle, BE
“A Canne” Murano glass vase by Gio Ponti, Venini Murano Italy (Founded in 1921).
Murano glass vase made up of six alternating colored “canes”.
The colors are: Red, Green, Mole Gray, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Glass Bullicante Bowl w/Gold Polveri, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Bullicante Bowl with Generous Gold Polveri, Alfredo Barbini
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(likely. Seguso is another possi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Spanish Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, Signed Punter, Hand Painted Domingo Punter
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Spanish mid-century ceramic vase - signed Punter - hand painted Domingo Punter.
A ceramist of the 1950s, domingo punter comes from a family of potters-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sandstone
$357 Sale Price
50% Off
Bitossi by Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Glazed Ceramic Ashtray Vide-Poche, Italy 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Valencia, VC
Gorgeous Italian vintage ceramic large ashtray by Aldo Londi for Bitossi from the Rimini Blu range. Handcrafted in Flavia Montelupo, Italy, circa the 1960s.
It would look beautiful ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Val Saint Lambert Art Deco Green Crystal Vase Cut-to-Clear, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert green crystal vase cut-to-clear, 1950s.
by Val Saint-Lambert.
Beautiful Val Saint-Lambert hexagonal crystal vases, handcut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply ...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Daum France Crystal Vase
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum Nancy France designed and crafted this lovely, tall crystal vase circa 1970. This classic Daum design embodies elegance and timelessness. The etched Daum signature is on the und...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$1,000 / item
Danish Modern Frank Studio Stoneware Vase, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Midcentury modern ceramic vase handmade by Frank Rasmussen in his studio Frank Keramik Denmark in the 1960s. Blueish gray glaze with golden caramel specks over and around the raised ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware
Antique Millefiori Vase by Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Millefiori Vase by Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920
A small millefiori murrine glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1920s. Made of polychrome murrin...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Thailandia, Stripes, Orange, White, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Thailandia box, ceramic, orange, white, brown, stripes, signed. Hard to find small scale lidded box from Aldo Londi's Thailandia series with a top glazed in orange, mint gree...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Glass Elongated Fish Sculpture by Gino Cenedese Italy 1950s
Located in Troy, MI
Gino Cenedese e Figlio
"Garfish"
Italy circa 1950
Hand blown elongated fish sculpture with colorful sommerso cane striping and applied glass eyes
17 inch width
1.75 inch depth
2.2...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini, Mid-Century Latticino Handkerchief Vase, Unsigned, Italy, C.1950
By Venini
Located in Chatham, ON
VENINI - mid-century studio glass latticino 'handkerchief' vase - striking pink ribbons with copper aventurine edges - unsigned - Italy (Venice) - circa 1950.
Excellent vintage co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Aldo Londi Thai Silk Vase, Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter, Blue, Green, Gold
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid-Century Modern vase was designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter. It is decorated with a band of gold flowers on Rimini blue, outlined with sgraffito ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Glass Jewel Tone Sommerso Style Round Perfume Bottle
Located in Troy, MI
New Murano glass round perfume bottle features heavy, clear class with sommerso-style jewel-toned layers of fuchsia, violet and berry. Top has a scent...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Arthur Umanoff Tray
Located in Miami, FL
Category
1960s Haitian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Murano Art Glass Sommerso Confectionery Platter Vintage Italy 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing Venetian Murano glass bowl or plate in a nice different shades of red and clear color. A highly decorative piece useful as centre piece or Confectionery platter, candy bow...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Danish Holmegaard Aqua Vases by Per Lütken, 1960s. Set of 5.
By Per Lütken, Holmegaard
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Holmegaard Aqua Vases by Per Lütken, 1960s. Set of 5.
Beautiful set of Danish mid-century modern hand blown aqua blue glass vases designed by...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Sommerso Glass Vase by Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern glass vase with clear, ruby and violet blue shades,
Oval shape
Measures: Height 28.5 cm x width 16.5cm
The vase is not signed - as most of Flavio Polis creation...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Hermès Equestrian Desk Pen / Pencils Holder, Silver-plated, Desk Accessorie
By Hermès
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Designed and crafted in France in the 60s, it is a polished silver-plated pen and pencil holder, which can also double up as a paper weight. The surface of the piece has aged beautif...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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 vintage pottery object was ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Katharina Eichler Signed German Art Studio Stoneware Nerikomi Pottery Vase #2
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
We are very proud to be able to present and offer this exceptional, stunning and large sculpture vase by German artist Katharina Eichler (b.1971). This piece is from 2023 and was for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Venini Fulvio Bianconi Murano Pink Incamiciato Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous and very large, vintage Murano hand blown pink, opaline white and gold flecks Italian art glass sculptural handkerchief Fazzoletto flower vase. Documented to designer Fulvio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This elegantly bold Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture originates from the United States, Circa 1970. Features an abstracted geometric form with a remarkable sense ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
1976 Miguel Berrocal "Manolete" Puzzle Sculpture, 1355/10000 Édition Artcurial
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal "Manolete" Puzzle Sculpture, 1355/10000 Édition Artcurial
A rare Sculpture / Paperweight, brass and nickel puzzle sculpture titled "Manolete" by the renowned S...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Jean-Pierre Viot 20th century design stoneware ceramic vase handmade 1969
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean-Pierre Viot
Grey stoneware ceramic vase
Realised in 1969
20th century design ceramic
Signed
height 18 cm
Large 8 cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Tropical Ceramic Blue Macaw by Royal Dux
By Royal Dux
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Royal dux ceramic statue of a blue macaw, perched on a stand in typical inquisitive stance. Having a pink triangle to base, together with printed and impres...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$728 Sale Price
25% Off
French Mid-Century Woven Rattan Vase with Handle, 1950s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This charming French mid-century vase is finely crafted from woven rattan, dating to the 1950s. The piece features an elegant baluster shape with a flared neck and an integrated hand...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Iron
Large Murano "Bullicante" Blown Glass Fan Flower Vase by Barovier, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent rostrato and "bullicante" mouth-blown crystal Murano glass vase made by Ercole Barovier in Italy during the 1950s. In spectacular condition, not missing a single spike, w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Vase Masterpiece, Doppio Ritorto Amazing Technique, Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This vase is a true work of art. It features a bold color palette and creates a beautiful interplay with the light. During its creation, the glass is heated again before blowing to a...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Atmos VI
Table clock It works correctly. perpetual motion
It has caliber 528 (1958-1968)
The dial is square
Materia...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage Rosewood Carved Peach Shaped Lidded Box, Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Lidded Decorative Box, Japan
Carved Rosewood in Peach Shape
"very nice decorative box to hide some "stuff" in"
"in very good as found vintage condition"
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Mexican Petite Pitcher by Los Castillo
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this Mid-Century Modern Mexican Petite Pitcher sporting an amazing handle in a bird motif by Los Castillo Taxco México. The pitcher Marked Los Castillo Taxco Mex...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Precious Stone
Vintage ceramic candleholder by Bassano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage ceramic candleholder by Bassano made in Italy in the 1970s.
Bassano ceramics (also known as "Bassano del Grappa") is a traditional Italian craft produced in the city of Bassa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Box in Lucite, Rattan and Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing little round box in lucite, rattan and brass in the style Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large White Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass "Circus Tent" Bowl w/Gold Polveri
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large White Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass "Circus Tent" Bowl w/Gold Polveri.
In white/cream and copper glass with generous gold polveri, this large bowl by Maestro Alfredo Barbini is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf, Copper
Italian Vintage Picture Frame Chrome and Brass, 1970s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vintage Italian picture frame, 1970s. this has been made in Italy. In Chrome and brass.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome
$335 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Carved Bone Bust of Nefertiti on Wood Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Wonderful Carved Nefertiti Head on Base. The piece is carved bone and finely detailed.
A compliment to many spaces - on a shelf, or as a paper weig...
Category
20th Century Asian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone, Wood
Vintage Tan Leather Model AB9 Attache / Briefcase by Hartmann - New Old Stock
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful vintage tan leather Model AB9 attache / briefcase by Hartmann Luggage, circa 1980s. This piece is "New Old Stock (NOS)" and has never been used and comes with original t...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
Nils Landberg Vase for Orrefors, 1965
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning handblown, art glass 'Sommerso' vase designed by Nils Landberg and produced by Orrefors, Sweden, 1960s in blue-grey hues.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Pink Murano Floral Vase with Footed Base by Fratelli Toso, c. 1950's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern large footed bowl or vase in pink fuchsia Murano glass. hand blown using Sommerso technique whereby the pink glass is submerged wi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Mid-Century Danish Ceramic Bowl or Wall Plate from Søholm, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Mid-Century Danish Ceramic Bowl or Wall Plate from Søholm, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Ma...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Cini Boeri Model 'Maquette of "Casa Alla Maddalena" Sassari, Italy, 1966/67
Located in Sacile, PN
Model of Cini Boeri, Casa alla Maddalena, Punta Cannone, La Maddalena, Sassari, 1966-1967
This house is perfectly adapted to the steep slope of the lan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cork, Paper
Howard Miller Iconic Clock by George Nelson
Located in Riverdale, NY
Iconic and classic Howard Miller ball clock from the 1950's by George Nelson. Wonderful Atomic style with a central clock motif with 50's styl...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Vase by Fratelli Fanciullacci Italy
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning and vibrant, 27 cm high, vase with sgrafitto and hand-painted colored glossy pattern of stylised women. On the base is painted Italy 7862
I have also a smaller and a large o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano Seguso White Swan Glass Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely and graceful Italian Murano vintage Seguso glass swan is white triple cased; white with clear on the outside. The lines of the feathers are abundant throughout. The beak ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Large Sculptural Studio Pottery Vase Object by Dieter Crumbiegel, Germany, 1980s
By Dieter Crumbiegel
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic object
Designer and producer:
Dieter Crumbiegel
Information:
Dieter Crumbiegel (born June 6, 1938 in Essen) is a German artist (painting, ceramics) and university professor.
Since 1961, Crumbiegel has held solo and group exhibitions of ceramic objects in West and East Germany, Belgium, CSFR, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and Taiwan.
Decade: 1980s
This original vintage Studio Ceramic Object was designed by Dieter Crumbiegel and produced in his own Studio in the 1960s in Heinsberg in Germany. It is made of solid very heavy stoneware pottery and has a very unique light beige main coloration with abstract brown illustration. the bottom is marked with typical Producer signature. a very collectible and very rare item of the Crumbiegel Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 18cm in height and 21cm in diameter, it is very impressive.
straightforward and minimalistic design of the 1980s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
Height 18cm
Diameter 21cm.
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina. slight traces of use.
VITA:
Dieter Crumbiegel graduated from high school in 1957 at the traditional language Burggymnasium in Essen. He then studied painting from 1957 to 1961 at the State University of Fine Arts in Kassel with Fritz Winter and Marie-Louise von Rogister, ceramics with Walter Popp, art theory and art sociology with Stephan Hirzel and Georg Hoeltje, and art history and art education with Ernst Röttger. During the 1958/1959 academic year he received a holiday scholarship from the Max Beckmann Society and spent some time in the Liliamor house with its founder Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler in Murnau. In 1959 he also received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Crumbiegel completed his studies in 1961 with the first state examination.
After the 2nd state examination in 1964, Crumbiegel worked with Robert Sturm at the educational institute in Fulda as a lecturer for the training of art and craft teachers at general schools with a training focus on the construction of vascular ceramics. In 1971 he took over the class for sculpture and architectural ceramics at the State Technical School for Ceramic Design in Höhr- Grenzhausen. From 1979 to 2001 he was a professor at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld in the design department, studying ceramics/porcelain/glass design. In 1979, Crumbiegel was appointed a member of the Académie Internationale de la Ceramique (AIC) / International Academy of liamorCeramic in Geneva. The German members of the AIC joined together in 1983/1984 to form Group 83 - German Ceramicists,[1] of which he himself became a member in 1986.
Crumbiegel founded the “Krefeld School for Ceramics/Design”[2] as a continuation of the Kassel School for Ceramics run by his teacher Walter Popp, from which artists and designers such as Frank Louis emerged. In 1983 he was appointed supervisor at Helwan University in Giza/Cairo. From 1971 he gave lectures on new trends in ceramic art at the Hetjens Museum in Düsseldorf.
Between 1969 and 1978 he was a member of various award juries, such as the jury for the Richard...
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1950's Natural Florida Palm Leaf Centrepiece Tray
Located in New York, NY
Natural Florida long palm leaf centrepiece tray with two balancing round wood ball legs Tray was crafted by drying and molding the leaf to the curved shape, perfect for display on a ...
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Natural Fiber, Palmwood
Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock/ Large Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock with Black Body and Arms and Coral Balls. Working Condition. This is the larger harder to find version of this classic Clock...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
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Metal
1960s Robert Berks Sculpture Bust John F Kennedy JFK Miami Beach Mid-Century Art
By Robert Berks
Located in Hyattsville, MD
This is a rare 1965 presentation award bust of JFK. A wonderful piece of mid-century historical decor from an important American sculptor, Robert Berks. Hi...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
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Resin, Wood
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