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.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Text Cube Sculpture Sheldon Rose, 1970's
By Sheldon Rose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Decorative 1970s MCM cube sculpture in aluminum adorned with text, lettering and graphic design by artist Sheldon Rose.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Exquisite Sliced Cerulean Blue Crystal Geode Wall Sculpture by Marc D'Haenens
Located in New York, NY
This Exquisite Sliced Cerulean Blue Crystal Geode Wall Sculpture by Marc D'Haenens originates from Belgium, Circa 1970. Features a one of a kind sliced geod...
Category
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Large Elephant Sculpture in White Ceramic 1960 Vivai Del Sud Italy
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large Elephant Sculpture in White Ceramic 1960 Vivai Del Sud Italia
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Hand Carved Alabaster Owl Sculptures with Glass Eyes Bookends 1950s
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful, meaningful, practical and decorative mid-century bookends.
Given the fact that owls are the international symbol for wisdom and learning, these are the perfect sculptures...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Murano 'Sommerso' Handmade Glass Vase in Hazelnut Brown and Gold, 1960s
By Seguso
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Lovely sculptural vase made of heavy ‘Sommerso’ Murano glass with the inimitable style of Fabio Poli for Seguso.
These refined vase features warm abd brilliant hues, with hazelnut b...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Blue Glass Art Vase from 'Prachen' Glass Works
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
Stunning, iridescent blue glass 'Flora' vase with red details. Made by Frantisek Koudelka for Prachen, Czech Republic, 1970s. This is a rare piece.
From the Mid-Century but has a Bo...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
BITOSSI - Piastrelle Bicolore Series Lidded Ceramic Box - Italy - Circa 1960's
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Chatham, ON
BITOSSI (Manufacturer) - ALDO LONDI (Designer) - PIASTRELLE BICOLORE (Series) - Rare Mid Century studio pottery arabesque pattern lidded box - hand finished - mold formed - featuring...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Arne Basse Teak Puffer Fish Toothpick Holder, Denmark, 1960's
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Arne Basse Teak Puffer Fish Toothpick Holder, Denmark, 1960's. Signed Denmark to the bottom.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Teak
Murano Glass Scandinavian Style Hooped Vases Toilet Set of Three, Italy, 1960s
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Scandinavian style Murano cased glass hooped vases in a set of three. Originally designed to decorate vanity tables at ladies bedrooms. Strikingly beautif...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Paris Vanity Four Miniature Glass Perfume Bottles
By Givenchy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Paris Vintage Vanity Miniature Glass Perfume Bottles
Set of four Vintage Vanity Glass Perfume Bottles
Includes Oscar de la Renta Givenchy Lancome Paris
Tallest 2.75, Smallest 1.75
P...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Barbini Murano Sommerso Blue Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green to blue, and gold flecks Italian art glass fish sculpture on pedestal. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian decorative vase, yellow Murano
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage glass vase with lid - Italian designed decorative jar - Mid-Century table setting piece - Memphis & Sottsass Style
From the curated select...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Wood Carved Hippo Sculpture.
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Handmade Wooden Hippo. Due to Age , there is Cracking on the Bottom as Shown. Possibly African Origin. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pi...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modernist Japanese Iron Candle Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful mid-century modernist Japanese iron candle holder, circa 1950s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 4"D x 1.5"H. Very cool piece! #3358
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
20th century white ceramic porcelain vase by Tim and Jacqueline Orr circa 1970
By Tim Orr
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacqueline and Tim Orr
20th century design white ceramic porcelain vase
Signed under the base
Circa 1970
Original perfect condition
Height ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of Large Blenko Glass Pieces
By Blenko Glass
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A collection of large, red-orange Blenko pieces, largest measuring 33.25" H.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Ettore Sottsass, Aluminum Umbrella Holder for Rinnovel, 1955, Italy
Located in Milan, IT
Ettore Sottsass, Aluminum Umbrella Holder for Rinnovel, 1955, Italy
Ettore Sottsass was an influential Italian architect and designer, best known for his role in founding the Memphi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
1970's Pablo Zabel Chile Porcelain Bull
By Pablo Studio
Located in Bern, CH
1970s Pablo Zabal Chile decorative porcelain bull. With insert for use as a candle holder. Signed on base: Pablo Zabal Chile.
Diameter: ca. 28cm. Height: 25cm.
Beautiful eye catch...
Category
1970s Chilean Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Handcrafted Jewelry Box by Bay Area Artist Dean Santner c.1970 (FREE SHIPPING)
By Dean Santner
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original studio, handcrafted wood jewelry box by California woodworker, Dean Santner. Expertly crafted in walnut. Pull out center drawer lined in purple felt.
CREATOR Dea...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Felt, Walnut
Marilyn Kay Austin Gray Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glazed planter in a gray speckle glaze by ceramics artist Marilyn Kay Austin for Architectural Pottery. This example, features a rounded square shape. The gray glaze can be found bot...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Egermann Czech crystal vase Bohemia Hand painted, Gilded, circa 1980s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Hand made
Labeled
Original condition
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
American Mid Century welded Metal Catch it all Fruit Bowl Atomic Age
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking welded metal large bowl/basket in 4 ball feet, circa 1960's beautiful work of art.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Ikebana Ceramic Footed Cath-it-all Bowl Platter
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful glazed ceramic footed platter bowl, with raised edges and great colors and form nice earth tones signed at the bottom circa 1970's.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Modern Unique Large Ceramic Bowl Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This large unique bowl has a wonderful glaze. It’s made in Sweden at Rörstrand and designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. There is only one of its kind and is therefore a spectacular piece...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vaso “Soufflé” con Rosa Canina Émile Gallé. Nancy, 1925 ca.
By Gallé
Located in Milano, IT
Vaso ovoidale in vetro soffiato e inciso all’acido (vetro “cammeo”), decorato con il motivo della rosa canina. Firma ad acido “Gallé” sul corpo del vaso.
Pioniere dell’Art Nouveau e ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Carl Harry Stahlane SOA H55 Stoneware Vase, Sweden
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Iconic raindrop shaped stoneware vase by Carl Harry Stahlane. Wonderful organic shape with bulbous form and petite opening.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Italian Murano Glass Pop Art Style Pair of Signed Vases, 1960s
Located in VALENCIA, ES
Pair of vintage Pop Art style Mid-Century Modern Murano glass vases. Their thick exterior layers in vibrant orange and yellow hues, along with the distinctive white casing on the ora...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Jean Cocteau Decorated Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a decorated vase produced by Roche Bobois in the 2010s. The vase utilizes a design Jean Cocteau produced in the early 1960s. It features 2 geometric profiles with additional ...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Vintage decorative geometric Murano vase in bright green glass
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage decorative geometric Murano vase in bright green glass. It has a square base and is around 20cm tall, it's ideal for a little bouquet of flowers but also perfect as an accent...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Brutalist travertine table lighter, Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Brutalist travertine table lighter
Designed and manufactured by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s.
H 12 cm - Diam. 9 cm
Conditions: excell...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine
Odile Noll. Ebony box. Ebony. 1960
By Odile Noll
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
ODILE NOLL (1921-2014)
Box
Circa 1960
Signed "ONoll"
Gabonese ebony
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ebony
Jan Bontjes van Beek Set for Keramisches Werk
Located in Berlin, DE
Really beautiful vases set by Jan Bontjes van Beek for Keramisches Werk Dr.-Ing. Alfred Ungewiß. One small chip on the bowl.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mid 20th Century Modernist Style Grey Paint Finished Picture Frame 32 x 26
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful and vintage / antique early to mid 20th century circa 1940's American Modernist style paint finished picture frame. The rabbet size (size that holds the art) is 32.25" wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint, Wood
Set of Murano glass objects by Carlo Nason for V.Nason&Co, 1970s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Carlo Nason designed these objects in the 1970s for V.Nason&Co, the company of his father Vincenzo Nason.
They are made of Murano glass in three striking colours. The items could be...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Brass Sailboat Sculpture Art on Onyx by John DeMott
By Demott
Located in Bay City, MI
This beautifully crafted sculpture by John DeMott depicts a majestic sailboat all atop a polished onyx base. The brass material and intricate torch cut design give the piece a stunni...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Copper
Blue cylinder design ceramic vase by Antonio Lampecco 20th century form 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Antonio Lampecco
Blue cylinder ceramic vase by Belgian artist
Circa 1980
Original eprfect condition
Height 22 cm
Large 10 cm
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Antonio Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Antonia Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Black Marble Base, 1970's.
Canadian/Spanish, Born 1936. Mounted on marble base which is signed and marked 1 of 5.
Measures 33" tal...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Virgin and Child, ceramic by the French artist Jean Derval 1960's - F422
By Jean Derval
Located in Lyon, FR
Ceramic from the 60's representing the "Virgin and Child" by the famous French artist Jean Derval. Very nice glazing on the whole, with typical colours and patterns of the artist. So...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Blue Green Italian Art Glass Mushroom Toadstool Paperweight Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown sky blue with green spots Italian art glass mushroom / toadstool paperweight. Created for the Fornasa De Murano A L'Insegna Del Moreto company, by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Uranium Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
1960s Gorgeous Green Vase by Flavio Poli, Made in Italy
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous green vase by Flavio Poli in Murano glass. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
Diameter 9,05" x 9,05" height inches
Diameter cm 23 x cm 23 he...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture on Black Granite Base
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern sculpture was realized in the United States, circa 1970. It features an organic abstract sinuously curved form- full of verve and dynamism- with a fla...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
1970s Ottaviani Design Italiano Argento Smalto Scatola
By Ottaviani
Located in Brescia, IT
Scatola
Ottaviani
Italy, 1970
Argento sbalzato con smalti blu e verde
Scatola in legno
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Modern Monumental Blue White Yellow Green Orange Murrine Huge Murano Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
A striking huge Murano glass vase, impressive in size, a Work of Art in blown overlaid Murano glass worked like a modern painting with a sophisticated extensive swirling organic deco...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Murrine, Murano Glass
Signed Cutlery Sculpture of a Bird by Gerard Bouvier, 1998
Located in NICE, FR
This unique cutlery sculpture, crafted by the French artist Gérard Bouvier who was born in 1942, is a mid-century masterpiece representing a heron bird intricately fashioned from sil...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Vintage Murano Bowl, Emerald Green and Yellow
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
Many are the different types of glass created by master makers on the Venetian island of Murano. From air-thin vases to expressive sculptures, also massive objects with deep and vivi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
French Majolica Olives Canister Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Olives Canister Vallauris, Circa 1950
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
KISTER SCHIBE ALSBACH - Madonna con bambino - Porcellana del 1940
By Scheibe
Located in Milano, IT
Madonna con bambino, porcellana della manifattura KISTER SCHEIBE ALSBACH ,
Made in Germany 1940.
E una porcellana dipinta a mano , in perfetto stato, non ha rotture ne restauri.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Louis Von Koelnau Poly - Resin Sculpture, Signed and dated 1980. 10 / 24
Located in New York, NY
Louis Von Koelnau (American, 1924-2015 ).
A limited edition acrylic sculpture.
1980's Abstract sculpture in a soft pink tone with a series of large dimple impressions that evoke the ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
California Pottery Green Vase, USA, 1940s
By The Bennetts
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Mid-Century Modern rectangular ceramic vase by The Bennetts of California, active as art ware ceramicists in North Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. The vessel features a rich e...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury brutalist rooster fire screen by Olle Hermansson, Husqvarna, Sweden
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Brutalist firedogs (firerooster) designed by Olle Hermansson for Husqvarna, Sweden, during the middle of the 20th century.
Rare pair. One is 36 cm in depth and the other 28 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of 2 VEB Haldensleben no. 3090 vases
By VEB
Located in Heerhugowaard, NL
Set of two identical vases from West-Germany, 1960s.
This set of ceramic vases was made by VEB Haldensleben and they have a black and yellow glazing with a very interesting motif on...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
large Jean Derval ceramic vase from the 50's with bird design vallauris
By Jean Derval
Located in Lyon, FR
Grand vase des années 50 de l'artiste français Jean Derval. Céramique émaillée dans des teintes rouges, blanches et vertes avec sur l'ensemble un décor géométrique représentant une p...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
American Midcentury Crackle Clear Glass Rare Large Fish Vase by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Fun midcentury crackle glass collectible fish vase by Blenko, circa the 1970s. The vase is 16" long and 8" tall. Stylish and chic piece of midcentury decor.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Marius Giuge Vase and Candlesticks, Vallauris, France, circa 1950s
By Marius Giuge
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Large vase with a matching pair of candlesticks by Ateliers Marius Giuge, in Vallauris (South of France).
Dimensions provided below are for the vase. The candlesticks measure:
Heig...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mandruzzato Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Clear Faceted Art Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Excellent Sommerso vase with faceted glass in shades of grey. Attributed to Mandruzzato, Italy, 1960s.
Dark and clear grey glass cased into clear glass using the Sommerso technique.
...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1953
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Flavio Poli for Seguso Sommerso Vase Murano ca. 1953
A large sommerso art glass vase manufactured by Seguso Vetri D'Arte and designed by Flavio P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Mid-Century Travertine Elephant Letter Holder / Sculpture by Fratelli Mannelli
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool mid-century modern Italian travertine elephant letter holder / sculpture by Fratelli Mannelli, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine
Woman Sitting Wood Sculpture
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
My pictures, don't do this amazing piece of art of a woman sitting, justice. As you can see from the photos, the piece is made up of various pieces of wood that are glued together an...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
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