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Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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
David Cressey "Scratch" Stoneware Pro/Artisan Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Planter by David Cressey from the Pro/Artisan collection for Architectural Pottery. This stoneware planter has an unglazed interior as well as an unglazed natural warm brown clay ext...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Clay, Stoneware

David Cressey Pro/Artisan Sand Urn for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Planter by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery's Pro/Artisan collection. This planter has a soft olive green speckle glazed exterior and interior. The top of the planter has slig...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Stoneware

Black Metal Frame Plant Stand and White Ceramic Planter in the Style of Pilastro
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Very elegant plant stand in the style of Mathieu Mategot and Pilastro in typical fifties style. The Stand is made of black metal holding a hexagon...
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal

David Cressey & Robert Maxwell Stoneware “Sunburst” Bowl Planter for Earthgender
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unglazed stoneware bowl planter from David Cressey and Robert Maxwell's 1970's collaboration, Earthgender. The planter has a rounded lip with a dark speckle glazed interior, an in...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Stoneware

Italian Mid-Century Mendini Style 80s Ceramic Vase
Located in bari, IT
Vase sculpture made of single flower ceramic in the Mendini style, Italian production in the late 70s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Large Ceramic Studio Pottery Mobach Planters Cream White
Located in London, GB
Set of four large studio pottery planters in different sizes created on the turning wheel by sophisticated and advanced skilled Dutch cera...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic planter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Ceramic planter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Terracotta, pictorial decoration. Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex working process, both in the forma...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Two-Tier Stone Planter from Switzerland Attributed to Swiss Designer Willy Guhl
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large two-tier cast stone planter from Switzerland. This unique stacked planter from the mid-20th century is attributed to Swiss artist Willy Guhl. It h...
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20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stone, Cast Stone

Ceramic planter by Rosenthal Netter for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Rare Ceramic planter by Rosenthal Netter for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Glazed ceramic, hand painted in shades of yellow . . Each work created by Bitossi follows a very comp...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Set of 3 ceramics planter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Set of 3 ceramics planter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Terracotta, pictorial decoration. Dimensions: Small vase: 15.5 cm x 15.5 cm H 20 cm Big vase : 11.5 cm x 11.5...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Mid Century Umbrella Stand Gilt Iron and Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Antique metal umbrella stand from the 60's. Perfect to put in our entrance hall. Made by hand, along the umbrella stand we can see the s...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal

Vase of the Rimini series by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Ceramics , 1970
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Rimini Ceramic planter by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Terracotta, pictorial decoration. Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex working process, bot...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Lamp holder vase by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi, 1970 Signed.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Ceramic lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 1970 . Glazed ceramic, hand painted, signed. This rare model was produced in a limited series of pieces, Each wor...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Fritte series lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1964 Limited series N.31/35
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Fritte Ceramic lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 1964 . Glazed ceramic, green pictorial decoration. This rare model of the Fritte series was produced in a li...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Italian White Porcelain Floor Planter by Angelo Mangiarotti for Brambilla, 1965s
Located in MIlano, IT
Porcelain floor planter by Angelo Mangiarotti for Brambilla, 1965s Large floor planter in white porcelain stoneware, composed of two separable pie...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Pro/Artisan Off White Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic cylindrical planter for the Pro/Artisan collection for Architectural Pottery. The stoneware planter has an off-white / soft gray glaze, with a removable water catch. Dimensi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stoneware

Pair of earthenware amphorae produced by Vetus Siena, 70's
By A. Vetu
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Pair of earthenware amphorae produced by Vetus Siena, 70's. White coarse clay Each work created by Vetus Siena follows a very complex working process, both in the formal and decorati...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Siviglia Ceramic planter by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 60s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Rare Ceramic planter of the Siviglia series by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 60s. Glazed ceramic, engraving . Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex worki...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Italian Multicoloured Mid Century Modern Ceramic Vase 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Mid Century Modern multicoloured ceramic vase
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic planter Rosenthal Netter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Ceramic planter Rosenthal Netter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Glazed ceramic, matte raw clay. Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex working process, bo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Anonymous Bronze Planter Pot Figuring a Asymmetric Face Brown Patina France 1980
Located in Paris, FR
Anonymous bronze planter pot figuring a asymmetric face brown patina, France, 1980 Good condition, some light scratches on the patina. Not signed, or marked by Foundry.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Bronze

Arts & Crafts Hand Thrown Pots & Vases by Herbert Sargent writer producer potter
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Elegant and simple hand thrown and with a brown glaze with a subtle band of contrasting color by Herbert Sargent who was a TV and movie writer who work...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Clay, Stoneware

David Cressey "Leaf" Bowl Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A bowl-shaped planter by David Cressey for the Pro/Artisan collection by Architectural Pottery with Cressey’s signature Leaf pattern and ochre glaze. This bowl planter has a wide rou...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stoneware

Beige Indoor Decorative Planter Swirled Cane Vase, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Beige Finish decorative indoor planters in swirled cane into this cone shaped Vessel. Coming from a famous Florist in Paris, France...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Cane

Octagonal wooden planter holder, 1960s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
A 1960s wooden octagonal planter stand is a fine design piece, featuring a central octagonal structure that houses several smaller, also octagonal, pieces inside. These interior piec...
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1690s Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Wood

David Cressey Pro/Artisan Flame-Glaze Urn for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Planter by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery's Pro/Artisan collection with Cressey’s signature “Flame Glaze."  This planter has slightly bowed sides and a flattened lip. Dimen...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Enormous "Accolay vase"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional by the size an accolay ceramic one of the king
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Jardiniere by Paul Chaleff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stoneware Jardiniere by Paul Chaleff with a speckled glaze. It is marked with the artist's incised signature and date (2005)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Clay

Teak Planters with Metal Inserts
Located in Hudson, NY
What makes this pair of wood planters even more desirable is their metal inserts and Lucite handles. Featuring a seasoned teak wood exterior, the planters are sure to draw attention...
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1940s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal

Vase Holder 1950s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Beech wood and oak veneer vase holder with brass ferrules; a special piece of furniture with lines typical of the 1950s, a touch of elegance with a taste of yesteryear.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass

Ceramic Vase by W. Germany
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
W.Germany ceramic glazed vase. Number 203-226.
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Vase by W. Germany
Ceramic Vase by W. Germany
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
Planter, Design Anonymous, in the Shape of Alvar Aalto's Savoy Vase
Located in Stockholm, SE
Finland, 1960's. Fibre glass. Measures: H: 31 cm / 12 ¼’’ L: 228 cm / 7' 9" W: 172 cm / 5' 7".
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Fiberglass

Robert Maxwell Incised Studio Pottery Planter with Flared Lip
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown studio pottery planter by California ceramics artist Robert Maxwell, c.1970s. This example has a tulip shape that flares at the lip. It is decorated with Maxwell's signat...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stoneware

Asked Kjersgaard Danish Rosewood Mid-Century Modernist Planter
Located in Westport, CT
Asked Kjersgaard rosewood /exotic wood Mid-Century Modernist planter, original black painted metal liner.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal

Murano Glass Fish Jardiniere, Italy, circa 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Murano glass fish jardiniere. Italy, circa 1950.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Glass

Hand Thrown Glazed Planter with Water Catch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown stoneware table planter with water catch. The planter features a glazed exterior in cream and blue tones that tapers towards the bottom with an attached glazed water catc...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stoneware

Egidio Casagrande Textured Brass Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Egidio Casagrande Vintage textured brass planter, vase, waste can, display container. Created in Borgo Valsugana, Italy in the 1950's ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal, Brass

Italian Bitossi for Raymor Vase, Dark Red with Black Shade Glazed Ceramic, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Unique Italian Bitossi for Raymor flower vase, dark red with black shade glazed ceramic 1960s. Signed by Raymor and marked 120/ 9 Italy only a small production was made of this item.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Hand Thrown Speckle Glazed Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown stoneware planter. This planter features a golden brown and yellow speckle glaze both on the exterior and interior. The planter tapers towar...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stoneware

Robert Maxwell Sunburst Studio Chalice
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown studio pottery planter by California ceramicist Robert Maxwell, c.2004. The chalice shape is incised with Maxwell's signature sunburst design. The interior of the planter...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Beautiful Decorative Custom Made Decorative Glass Vase with Air Bubble Design
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning one of a kind decorative floating bubble glass vase. This piece looks sublime from every angle, it...
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Glass

Ceramic Vessel by Signe Persson-Melin for Höganäs, Sweden, 1990
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vessel by Signe Persson-Melin for Höganäs, Sweden, 1990 Signed. Stoneware. H: 14.5 cm W: 39 cm D: 18 cm Signe Persson-Mellin (1925 - 2022) was a renowned Swedish ceramic artist k...
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1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Stoneware

Midcentury Cylindrical Vase, Late 1960s
Located in bari, IT
A cylindrical vase late 1960s in light blue color glass Germany production.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Steel

Vintage white metal and brass planter or basked, France 1960s
Located in The Hague, NL
Beautifully shaped metal basked or planter. Braided metal basked on 3 legs, welded together with some artwork knot. Brass holder to move the basket around. This item remains in a ve...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Metal

Vase lamp holder produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Ceramic planter produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Glazed ceramic, white pictorial decoration. Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex working process, both in...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Small Vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi Montelupo pottery, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Small Ceramic planter by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Glazed ceramic, hand painted in shades of yellow . . Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex w...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Sculptural pottery produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s.
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Sculptural pottery produced by Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 70s. Glazed ceramic, pictorial decoration, signed. Each work created by Bitossi follows a very complex working process, bo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Belgian Sterling Silver Vase on Wood Stand, by Brussels Wolfers, circa 1950
Located in North Miami, FL
A Belgian silver vase on wood stand, by Brussels Wolfers, circa 1950. Trumpet form with wood rings, all affixed to wood base and marked on rim.  
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20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Sterling Silver

Flowerrack or Cactus Holder by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria, Brass, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Enchanting and charming small flowerrack or cactus holder by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria. Its basis consists of a solid and black patinated piece of brass, while the brackets are of...
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1980s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass

Beautiful Decorative CM Stamped Custom Made Decorative Floral Glass Vase
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning large one of a kind CM signed decorative floral glass vase. This piece looks sublime from every angle, it doesn’t have any damage ...
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Glass

Mid-century Modern planters, cachepots and jardinières for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern planters, cachepots and jardinières 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 planters, cachepots and jardinières created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, building and garden elements, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern planters, cachepots and jardinières made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original planters, cachepots and jardinières, popular names associated with this style include Willy Guhl, Architectural Pottery, David Cressey, and Eternit. 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 planters, cachepots and jardinières differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $19,590 while the average work can sell for $996.

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