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
Signed A. Seguso Pair of Pink Murano Glass Bird Sculptures, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic pair of mouth-blown bird sculptures in pink Murano glass. These delightful bird are signed on the bottom by A. Seguso and were produced in Murano, Italy in the 1960s.
Th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Postmodern Pink Scavo Glass Vase Ascribable to Gino Cenedese, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s.
Ascribable to Gino Cenedese, it might be designed after Giorgio Morandi's paintings.
Its texture and lines make it look like it's been taken out from a ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Asian Carved Rose Quartz Stone Fruit Grape Bunches Jade Leaves Decorative a Pair
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
These are a lovely pair of carved rose quartz grape bunches with dark green jade leaves and wire stems that are wrapped with satin cord and have a f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Rose Quartz
Bronze Crane Life-Size Animal Sculpture Handcrafted Mid-Century Modern, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Large Mid-Century Modern bronze crane, Animal Sculpture with stylized legs & feet.
Made in the USA in the late 1970s.
A beautiful animal sculpture for indoor and outdoor.
O-511-335
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful Large Midcentury Murano Seguso Gold Swirl Flecked Glass Centerpiece
By Seguso
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano signed seguso gold swirl flecked ribbed glass centerpiece pedestal bowl.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Alfredo Barbini V.A.M.S.A. Centerpiece Murano Glass 1950 italy
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional Centerpiece Alfredo Barbini V.A.M.S.A. Murano Glass 1940/50
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century African Woman Figurine by Cortendorf, 1950s
By Cortendorf
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Very nice sculpture of an African woman from the Cortendorf Porzellanfabrik in Coburg Germany.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pink-Red, Blue, & Clear Oball Murano Glass Fish Sculpture with Original Label
Located in Warrenton, OR
Pink-Red, Blue, & Clear Oball Murano Glass Fish Sculpture with Original Label.
***NOTICE: OUR 1ST DIBS SHOP CLOSES AT THE END OF MAY***
The sculpture still has its label, though very...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of heavy glass furnishing bottles, 1970s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Pair Heavy glass furnishing bottles, Made in Italy, 1970s.
Beautiful Pair of heavy green glass decorative bottles. The very unique shape of this object can be used as furniture for ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase by Vittorio Zecchin attr. Murano 1924
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Vase by Vittorio Zecchin attr. Murano 1924
A large art glass vase in mouth blown 'Vetro Soffiato' glass, designed by Vittorio Zecchin. Manufactured most p...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of 20th century art deco decorative bowl or plate by Joseph Talbot La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Joseph Talbot
Pair of 20th century art deco ceramic bowls or vide poches
Brown abstract ceramic colors
Signed
original perfect condition
Height 7 cm
Large 18 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
XL Vintage Wicker Tote Basket with Wooden Handles & Hinged Lid c1970s
By Hermès, Ralph Lauren
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This extra-large vintage wicker tote basket is a beautifully handcrafted piece, perfect for both functional use and decorative display. Featuring a sturdy wooden frame with curved wo...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Big ice bucket in form of an owl, figurine, vintage 1960/70 Mid-Century, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
This charming ice bucket is a spectacular piece of use and decoration for any table-scape.
This beautifully executed ice bucket is in the shape of an owl of an eclectic design.
Th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Bird Sculpture
Located in Antwerp, BE
Brass bird sculpture.
Measures: Width 42 cm.
Height 20 cm.
Depth 18 cm.
Weight 2 kg.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
French Line Vautrin Bronze Poem Box with Sonnet by Felix Arvers
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series.
Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère,
Un amour éternel en un moment conçu
Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire,
Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.
Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu,
Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire.
Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre,
N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu.
Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre,
Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre
Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas.
À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle,
Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle
" Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas.
A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life,
An eternal love conceived in an instant.
As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless,
And the one responsible was unaware of it.
Alas! I lived close to her but without notice,
Always by her side yet so lonely.
And I shall have lived my days on this Earth,
Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing.
Even though God made her gentle and tender,
She goes her way, careless and oblivious
To the sough of love rising...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Murano Blue White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Duck Bird Figurine Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and cute, vintage Murano hand blown blue and white Italian art glass bird or duck sculpture. The figurine has a nicely sculpted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Midcentury Modern Murano Glass Bowl, Sommerso Model, Italy 1960
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Midcentury Modern Murano Glass Bowl, Sommerso Model, Italy 1960
A beatiful Murano sommerso centrepiece with double colour pattern (red / transparent). In excellent conditions. Manuf...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
20th Century Finnish Set of Thirteen Vintage Candle Holders by Timo Sarpaneva
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century modern set of thirteen Finnish Ljusstakar, candle holders made of hand blown molded glass, designed by Timo Sarpaneva for Festivo - Iittala, in good condition. ...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Massive Sculptural yellow Vase, Murano "Incamiciato''
Located in Milano, IT
Massive Sculptural yellow and clear Vase, Murano Incamiciato
Large and heavy Murano vase in "Sommerso" glass. The peculiar technique, translating to "submerged", consists in joinin...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage metal Brutalist sculpture Bird by Salvino Marsura, Italy 1957
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Rare mid-century modern metal Brutalist sculpture "Bird" by Salvino Marsura, made in Italy in the 1957. Salvino Marsura is an Italian artist born in Treviso in 1938. His career began...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Vase in Style of Flavio Poli for Seguso
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Murano glass vase was made with layers of cobalt blue, purple and pink glass encased inside of clear glass layer in sommerso technique. Faceted sides give it an elevated, sc...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Murano Red Glass Midcentury
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Murano red glass midcentury
Vase of origin Murano Italy
Submerged technique
circa 1960 Origin Italy
It has a murano label attached
Red color
mid century
Murano is an island in...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Large Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vase by Dümmler and Breiden, Germany, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Pottery ceramic vase
Producer:
Dümmler and Breiden, Germany
Decade:
1950s
Original vintage 1950s pottery stoneware ceramic vase in Germany. Hig...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Early Gary McCloy Ceramic Vessel with Wooden Stopper, Signed, 1967
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage American art studio pottery vessel or jar with wooden stopper features abstract hand-painted decor in black, brown, and muted orange palette on speckled off-white background...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Gustav Spörri for Ziegler Schaffhausen Studio Pottery Vase, 1959
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A striking studio pottery vase by Swiss ceramicist Gustav Spörri for Ziegler Schaffhausen, dated 1959. This hand-thrown ceramic vase features a unique monochrome sgraffito decoration...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Small Crystal Bowl, Platter, Poland, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Crystal bowl - platter for sweets.
Made in Poland in the 1950s / 1960s.
Very good condition.
Dimensions: height 5cm, diameter 11.
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Fritz Hansen & George Nelson Stool Seat Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1950s George Nelson ball clock for George Nelson and Associates and Howard Miller. This clock was designed with Irving Harper in 1949, and was the first among several iconic clock...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Buccellati Sterling Silver Square Dishes or Vide Poches
By Buccellati
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of vintage designer Italian square dishes or vide poches.
By Buccellati.
In sterling silver.
With a stepped edge and a ring handle to each side of the square.
Each ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th century brutalist black metal candlesticks circa 1960 french unique design
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
20th cnetury french design
Pair of metal candlesticks realised circa 1960
Handmade brutalist deisgn
Original condition
Height 32 cm
Large 14 cm
Depth 11 cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Rare Vintage Dwarf with Candle Holder, Germany ca. 1950s, Christmas Gnome
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Dwarf with Candle Holder, Germany ca. 1950s.
Christmas Gnome with candle holder, red top and pants, green coat.
Rare collector's item, hard to fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
1950s Italian Braided Ceramic Decorative Bowl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage Italian braided ceramic bowl attributed to Fratelli Fanciullacci. Soft braided decorations covered in dusty white glaze with small brown f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Marina Mantel Clock with Oriental Theme No. 349
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre mid-century marina desk clock with an Oriental theme, number 349. The clock has a polished gilt brass and lucite case. It is beautifully decorated with an O...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver Equestrian Letter Opener by Hermes Paris
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Sterling Silver Equestrian Letter Opener by Hermes Paris
Beautiful letter opener with a horse head handle and decorated with vertical lines towards the tip, signed on the bottom.
Mea...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brutalist Iron Abstract Sculpture by Frank Cota
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique Brutalist iron / metal sculpture by American artist, Frank Cota, circa 1970s. Free-form piece with various hexagon, square and triangle pieces; signed by Coat on the bas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Brown Ceramic Vase by VEB Haldensleben, East Germany, 1960s
By VEB
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This mid-century cool brown ceramic case by VEB Haldensleben was made in DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik), East Germany, in the 1960s. This vase, a VEB Haldensleben's creation, is a prime example of their ceramic vases, shape number 3092/C, featuring an intriguing brown glaze adorned with alternating rows of red and white circles, each contoured by a bold black "fat lava" glaze. This vintage piece, measuring H 20 cm and Ø8.5 cm, encapsulates the timeless charm of East German pottery...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Baccarat "Celimene" Crystal Vase
By Robert Rigot
Located in Queens, NY
French midcentury "Celimene" crystal vase with a ten-sided faceted top section above a geometric deep bevel cut square design (signed BACCARAT, designed by Georges Chevalierwhose).
...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed. Small scale Mondrian box decorated with rectangles and lines and glazed in red, yellow, and black. Signed f...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Bjorn Wiinblad White Relief Op Art Porcelain Vase, Rosenthal Studio-Linie, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful white matte relief op-art porcelain vase from the 1960s, designed by Bjorn Wiinblad and executed by Rosenthal Studio-Line, Germany. In very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Glass Vase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
The item made of glass. Made in Czechoslovakia. Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
2010 Modern Italian Gold Amber Crystal Twisted Murano Glass Brass Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
A sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a amber orange gold color, overlayed in crystal. The elegant texture of the tightly ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Kite Wall Clock by George Nelson, Howard Miller, Vitra Label
Located in Manhasset, NY
Mid-Century Modern kite wall clock by George Nelson, Howard Miller, Vitra Label
George Nelson (American, 1908-1986) Group of Table and Wall Clocks for Howard Miller, Vitra Design Museum, Poland/Germany, designed 1949-1954 Vitra Design Museum labels, With battery-operated mechanisms
The Kite clock...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Gusums Bruk, Candelabra, Brass, Sweden, 1970s
By Gusums Bruk
Located in High Point, NC
A candelabra made of a heavy brass alloy designed and produced by Metallslöjden Gusums Bruk, Sweden 1970s.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Hermes Paris 1950 Vintage Large Eau D' Hermes Bottle In Crystal With Round Lid
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage perfume bottle by Hermes.
Estate and very fresh vintage Eau d'Hermes perfume bottle, made in Paris France by the fashion house of Hermes, back ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Pair of vintage Orion candlesticks by Nagel & Stoffi for Bmf , Germany 1960s
By Bmf Nagel
Located in Delft, NL
Pair of vintage Orion candlesticks by Nagel & Stoffi for Bmf , Germany 1960s
Dimensions: 24cm Height, 14cm Depth, 14cm Depth
Conditon: Good
Material: Metal
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Vintage Monumental Transparent "A Mugnoni" Murano Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1938.
This is a vase from the A Mugnoni series in transparent heavy blown glass, decorated with prunts containing air bubbles.
It is...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Bay Keramik Large Sumerian Vase
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large mid-century stoneware vase with a handle by Bay Keramik, Germany. Magnificent revolving decor showing Sumerian characters and scenes of life. Measures: Height: 17.9"(45.5cm), W...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Red Vintage Decorative Mannequin Glass Head Sculpture, 1970s, Germany
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Life-size glass head in a unique red color. Produced in a German steelworks in the 1970s. Perfect condition. A perfect addition to the interior, photo prop, display or headphone stand.
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Large Abstract Floor Sculpture in Grey by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large abstract floor sculpture made by Cutis Jere in 1984. A great post modern design in grey cut steel. Artist signed and dated.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Large Murano Glass "Floral" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage brown ceramic vase by Piqueres, Spain, 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage brown ceramic vase by Piqueres made in Spain in the 1970s.
The ceramic vase is in very good vintage condition, with no damage.
The vintage vase has the original manufacturer'...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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
Harry Bertoia Gold Plated Bronze Diagonal Double Tonal Sonambient Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Sculptor and Artist Harry Bertoia gold plated bronze Sonambient sculpture, diagonal double tonal, circa 1965. Two groupings of thin rods at different angles on poured slab of bronze. Purchased from estate of the original owner. Sold with a “Certificate of Authenticity” from the Harry Bertoia foundation, along with a copy of the Knoll letter...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Paul Greene Vintage Sculptural Carved Zebra Wood Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage small storage or trinket box features rounded, biomorphic shape and simple, but elegant construction. The box is hand carved of solid zebra wood; the storage compartment slid...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Zebra Wood
Mid Century Glass Horse Sculpture by Bengt Edenfalk for Skruf, Sweden 1960s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a mid century horse figurine, made of full lead crystal, designed by Bengt Edenfalk for the Swedish brand Skruf. Skruf is a Swedish...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Lino Tagliapietra Murano Glass Bowl Centerpiece for La Murrina, 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Lino Tagliapietra Murano glass bowl centerpiece for La Murrina 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano glass birds by Cenedese mid-modern century italian sculptures 1970s
By Cenedese
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Murano glass birds by Cenedese mid-modern century italian sculptures 1970s
This elegant trio of Murano glass birds, crafted by Cenedese in the 1970s, is a stunning example of mid-cen...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century 1950s Waterford Large Leaded Crystal Decorative Centerpiece
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and large Mid-Century Waterford decorative leaded crystal piece for dining table, hall or coffee table. The container has a matching leaded crystal lid. This is a rare-to-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Irish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Anne Nilsson Green Vase, circa 1975
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Green vase designed by Anne Nilsson, circa 1975
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
M...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
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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