Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
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
Otto Brauer for Holmegaard White Cased Glass Vase Gulvase Gul 1960s Denmark
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Iconic white cased glass "Gulvase" designed by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard Glassworks, Denmark, in the 1960s. This elegant mid-century modern piece features the classic bottle form wi...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
1960s Purple Glass Set of Ten Italian Empoli Genie Bottles, Vases and Candy Jars
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very decorative aubergine, amethist, plum coloured purple set of ten different size and colour Italian art glass bottles, vases and apothecary or candy jars.
Mention Italian glass and probably everyone’s mind immediately leaps to Venice and Murano.
But there is another almost equally famous centre of Italian glass making known as Empoli.
Empoli glass is generally much simpler and does not have the intricately applied trim or decorations associated with Venetian and Murano pieces.
The simple traditional styles of Empoli glass were quickly adapted to the abstract shapes of mid 20th century modernism. It became hugely popular as a decorative home accent, and was exported across the world.
Now they are highly sought after by international collectors and look beautiful arranged together.
This set consists of three pressed genie bottles and seven blown glass items.
The bottles have their stopper and all items are different in design, shape and size (height with stopper):
Large striped swirl genie bottle, pressed glass, 53cm high, ø 13.5cm (20.9"x5.3")
Diamond design pressed 'genie' bottle, pressed glass, 55cm high, ø 13cm diameter (21.7"x5.1")
Angular 4 sided genie bottle with dancing women, pressed glass, 48cm high, 15x15cm depth and width (18.9"x5.9")
Carafe with clear handle and foot, without stopper, marked, made in Italy, blown glass, 38cm high, ø 13cm (15"x5.1")
Large cognac glass, blown glass, 27cm high, ø 18cm (10.6"x7.1")
Small cognac glass, blown glass, 23cm high, ø 13cm (9.1"5.1")
Optic bubble small vase on clear foot, blown glass, clear glass foot, 22cm high, ø 10cm (8.7"x3.9")
Small long vase with swirl design, blown glass, 25cm high, ø 8cm (9.8"x 3.1")
Bonbon or candy jar with clear foot and handle, blown glass, 24cm high, ø 11cm (9.5"x4.3")
Small bonbon or candy jar with clear foot and handle, blown glass, 16cm high, ø 11cm (6.3"x4.3")
Like Murano glass in the 1950s-1960s the great majority of Empoli glass was marked only with relatively generic “Made in Italy” paper or foil label. Over time, many of the original labels have fallen off and the majority of Empoli MCM glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass
$2,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Vase by Neuenburg, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Vase by Neuenburg, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Ceramic
Color: Green
Styles: Mid-Centu...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri D'Art Incrociato Oro Glass Vase
By Flavio Poli
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An absolutely stunning mid-century Italian Murano 'incrociato oro' art glass vase designed by Flavio Poli (1900-1984) for Seguso Vetri D'art around 1949. This exquisite and finely ma...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Ozark Roadside Pottery, No. 3
Located in Toronto, CA
Multi Swirl Bowl
ABOUT OZARK ROADSIDE POTTERY
“Ozark pottery” refers to several mid-century American pottery makers that artificially coloured ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Clay
Paul Soldner California Studio Stoneware Pottery Vase
By Paul Soldner
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spouted stoneware bottleneck vase with tenmoku glaze created by Paul Soldner of Claremont, California, circa 1960. Vase stands 9 1/8" in height and is signed Soldner on the bottom....
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
$2,500 Sale Price
47% Off
Studio Pottery Rose Cabat
By Rose Cabat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1914 - 2015
Cabat was an American ceramicist.
She was known for weed / feelie pots and vases with thin necks in wonderful glazed hues.
This piece is a fine example of her technique....
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Seventies Bee Hive Vase for Carstens Keramik Germany
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful rare Carstens Keramik vase.
Brown vase with with nodules in 3D relief, designed by Dieter Peter in 1970s. This model
Is part of Carstens high end Luxus Series.
A cylindr...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Stoneware Vase by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Malmö, SE
Unique stoneware vase with amazing relief decor and glaze.
Made by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Ateljé, Sweden, 1960s.
Great condition.
Signed 'CHS', 'ATELJÉ' and makers mark '...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
American Mid century Modern California Pottery Ceramic Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful stoneware ceramic vase by creative decorative co inc, made in Japan. Signed noi chips or cracks. Beautiful piece that is timeless and unique.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Tobia Scarpa Purple and Black Crystal 'Occhi' Bottle, 1960, Venini & Co.
By Venini, Tobia Scarpa
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tobia Scarpa. 'Occhi' bottle.
Entwurf: 1959-60. Executed by Venini & Co.
Rectangular bottle shape with corresponding neck.
Clear crystal glass with chessboard-like murrine in black,...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Pol Chambost Mid-Century Art Pottery Black & Yellow Glazed Vase
By Pol Chambost
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning mid-century French art pottery vase in distinctive black and yellow glazes attributed to renowned French artist Pol Chambost. One of the most iconic and desired colour com...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Barovier Toso Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Ribbed Footed Flower Vases
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful pair of early Murano hand blown gold flecks Italian art glass footed flower vases. They are documented to the Barovier e Toso company. One has an almost complete "Barovier ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Purple Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl with Applied Clear Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Murano glass centerpiece vase in purple and filigree clear glass rim, Italy, 1950s.
Stunning blown glass purple centerpiece with faceted body and h...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Murano Glass Big Vase by Ercole Barovier for Ferro Toso Barovier, Italy 1937
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing truncated conical big vase with applications in thick coulourless murano glass by the maestro of Murano Glass, Ercole Barovier.
1937 production: Ferro - Toso - Barovier.
C...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Modern Ceramic Vases "Caolina" Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These two wonderful vases was created and designed by Gunnar Nylund at the Rörstrand Factory in the 1950s, Sweden.
Good vintage condition.
Measure: H 31 cm and 26.5cm
Signed R SWE...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Five Joe Colombo '5-in-1' Glass Vases by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Five Joe Colombo '5-in-1' glass vases by Karakter
Italian industrial designer Joe Colombo pursued a career in painting and sculpture before he transitioned to design in the 1950s. In even the most functional homeware pieces, Colombo’s artistic background shines through in the sculptural silhouettes he creates.
Such is the case with 5-in-1, a set of mouth-blown glasses that neatly intertwine. Featuring five pieces – originally intended as a cognac class, a white wine glass, a red wine glass, a grappa...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
$332 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Fine Mid Century Turned Ceramic Vase
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine turned Mid Century ceramic vase with a particularly exceptional form and execution. With fine Earth tone colors, typical of the Mid Century period, the Vase has a soft and na...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Modernist Ikebana Ceramic Vase, Japan, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Japanese Ikebana Ceramic Vase, Japan, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori, Celesio e Alato pair of cachepot handpainted
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, MI
Very rare pair of Gio Ponti by Richard Ginori " Celesio and Alato" cachepot in ceramic,
Pubblished on " Catalogo ceramiche moderne d'arte Richard Ginori, Milano, 1930 pg. 49" mod. 78...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Vittorio Zecchin Murano Glass Vase for Venini
Located in Turin, Turin
Vittorio Zecchin (1978- 1947) was an Italian artist that dedicated himself to painting, decorative arts and glass.
In 1921 he was called to take on the artistic direction of the ne...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Angelo Mangiarotti Three piece vase for Brambilla, Italy 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Angelo Mangiarotti Rare Three piece vase for Fratelli Brambilla, Italy 1970s
Ref: Domus July 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
La Borne 20th century design stoneware ceramic vase or bottle 1970 B. Delfosse
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Attributed to Barbara Delfosse - La Borne
20th century sonteware ceramic vase or bottle
Brown woodfiring ceramic colors
Original good condition
height 16 cm
Large 16 cm
Depth 8 cm
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Art Glass Vase Attributed to Gullaskruf
By Gullaskruf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mid-Century Modern art glass vase.
Attributed to Gullaskruf.
Simply a great vase!
Date:
Mid-20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, u...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Plate with Sea Star
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Plate with Sea Star by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Archimede Seguso Murano ribbed Sommerso Vase, 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Archimede Seguso Murano ribbed Sommerso Vase, 1950s
A rare Venetian art glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Archimede Seguso ca. 1950s. Thick...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Italian Modernist Green White Glass Centerpiece Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
A highly decorative hand blown green and white Murano glass centerpiece / vase with organic design. Italy, 1960s
Pale green glass cased into clear glass. The interior part is made in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Midcentury West German Art Pottery Ceramic Vase by Jasba, 1950s
Located in Valencia, VC
This Jasba Ceramics piece, hand-produced in West Germany circa the 1950s, features a distinctive aquamarine color shade complemented by the timeless classical cracked Cortina décor glaze. The unique aquamarine hue and cracked glaze finish create a striking visual effect, highlighting the skilled craftsmanship of mid-century ceramic artistry.
Jasba Ceramics is renowned for its high-quality, hand-crafted pieces, and this item is no exception. The combination of the unusual color and the intricate cracked glaze technique makes it a standout addition to any collection of vintage ceramics...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
$293 Sale Price
44% Off
Gunnar Hansson, Vase, Grey-Glazed Stoneware, Lomma, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A grey-glazed stoneware vase designed and produced by Gunnar Hansson in his own studio, Lomma, Sweden, c. 1950s-1960s.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Mid century vessel by Fohr Keramik, in deep purple, mid 20th century
By Fohr
Located in View Park, CA
A large mid century ceramic vessel in electric purple by Fohr Keramik, West Germany 1960s. A vase, a jug, a pitcher - have it your way. Note the unique copper dribble along the neck ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$248 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Gorgeous Vase Handcrafted in Murano Glass. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous vase handcrafted in Murano Glass. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
diameter 6,29 x 9.05 H inches
diameter cm 16 x cm 23 H
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Danish Bottle Glass Vase, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Bottle Glass Vase, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Glass
Color: Mauve
Styles: Mid-Century Modern
Country...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Important Prototype Vases by Winslow Anderson, 1952
Located in South Charleston, WV
Signed by the Artist 1952, Winslow Anderson.
When Winslow designed the vase model 961 he produced prototypes, and he kept these 2 handblown prototypes with him until his death in 20...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Black and White Modern Italian Murano Art Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and substantial Italian Modern Murano art glass vase, circa mid-20th century, Italy. The glass making technique here is call 'incamicato'; where layers of glass are combined. In this case the black and white outside with a blue inside. This Italian Midcentury Modern Murano art glass vase colors include black, white, and sky blue. Base is clear/transparent. Piece is beautiful with or without flowers, beautiful as a standalone piece. Dimensions: 6.25" width x 7.88" height.
Small bust...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Tall Vase Mid-Century Modern Glazed Earthenware Frog & Crab Nautical Motif, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy beautiful, glazed ceramic vase in hues of brown, blue and bronze with nautical Frog & Crab motif.
Beautifully crafted and flowing color brilliance.
Numbered L24.
A-802-335
Category
Late 20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Modernist Ceramic Ikebana Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice MCM modernist white ceramic Ikebana vase, circa 1960s. The vase is made of ceramic, in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Ceramic Ikebana Vase Planter Centerpiece, Japan 1960
Located in San Diego, CA
Ceramic modernist rectangular centerpiece Ikebana vase or planter. Great glaze with a textured design on the front. Retains the original paper label in Japanese. Japan, 1960
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
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...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1980's "Signed" Studio Made Pottery Vase
Located in New York, NY
1980's modern "Signed" studio made pottery vase, in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use,
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury Floor Vase "AX" by Berit Ternell, 1950s, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Wonderful floor vase. Produced at Gefle/Upsala Ekeby and designed by Berit Ternell in the 1950s. The form and pattern are nice put together.
Good vin...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Fulvio Bianconi Venini Murano Azure Blue Fazzoletto Vase
Located in Garnerville, NY
The famous handkerchief designed Venini, Murano glass vase. Crimped, creased, nipped and pulled into a one of a kind work of art in azure blue glass. Remarkably beautiful and delica...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Sculptural Modernist Ikebana Ceramic Vase, Japan, c.1965
By Toyo
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sculptural Modernist Ikebana Ceramic Vase, Japan, c.1965.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Corroded Glass Bottle Cobalt Blue Mid-century Italian Design Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Murano corroded glass bottle cobalt blue midcentury Italian Design.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
$996 Sale Price
30% Off
Pink / Peach Murano Glass Vase, Italy 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Small charming pink / peach Murano glass vase, Italy 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Danish Modern Sculpted Teak Ice Bucket by ESB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish Modern Sculpted Teak Ice Bucket by ESB
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Teak
1970s Vintage Buckets 7&5 Gallon Workshop Garage Vessel Trash Can Gas Oil Decor
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Old thin steel buckets, 7 gallon ZEP, 5 gallon Ready Joint Compound. Fairly clean interiors and exteriors, colorful and bright, great authentic garage decor or receptacles.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Pitcher and 3 Goblets with Vertical Stripes
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Pitcher and 3 Goblets with Vertical Stripes signed by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist Round Speckled Earth Tone Ceramic Vase w/ Tapered Neck
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully formed and materially sensitive Mid-Century Modernist Round Speckled Earth Tone Ceramic Vase W/ Tapered Neck originates from the United States, Circa 1960. Features ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pottery Fat Lava "LORA-Style" 279-38 Floor Vase Made by Scheurich, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 279-38
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Large German Pottery Floor Vase by Scheurich Keramik, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Gorgeous German vintage large floor vase from Scheurich Keramik. Produced in Germany in the 1970's.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Pink White Aventurine Flecks Ribbons Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Venini, Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink, aventurine and white Italian art glass fazzoletto / handkerchief flower vase. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company. In the style of Venin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Aldo Londi Lava Glazed Ceramic Pottery Vase for Bitossi / Raymor
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aldo Londi Lava Glazed Ceramic Pottery Vase for Bitossi / Raymor
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Cerdazur Monaco Ceramic Vase with Sea Decoration Mid-Century French
Located in Labrit, Landes
Ceramic Vase from Maison Cerdazur Monaco made circa 1970.
The Manufacture de Porcelaine de Monaco was founded in 1972 by Erich Rozewicz with the suppor...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Orange Footed Vase Freeform Handkerchief
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous mid-20th century Italian Murano Venetian Fulvio Bianconi style hand blown bright orange art glass decorative Fazzoletto handkerchief footed vase.
Sculptural exquisite vase in organic form with bright orange, green and yellow colors with white bubbles.
Beautiful decorative piece for any table or shelf, large footed vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Orrefors Crystal Decanter with Stopper
By Orrefors
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Mid-Century Modern vintage crystal decanter with stopper by Orrefors (Swedish, founded 1898), c. 1960's. Engraved signature to base Orrefors HM 2498 - this particular style was by Edvard Hall.
Includes original red Orrefors Sweden sticker with logo.
"Orrefors HM 2498" etched into base.
Measures 11.5" H x 3" W x 3" D.
Orrefors Glassworks was founded in 1898 on the same site where ironworks operations had been run since 1726. In the same year that the glassworks was founded, a hot shop was built for making technical, medical and household glass and stemware to make use of waste wood and labour. Glass now replaced the less profitable ironworks operations.
In 1913, Consul Johan Ekman from Gothenburg became the new owner of Orrefors Glassworks. He appointed Albert Ahlin as manager of the glassworks and this marked the start of a new era. In 1914, Orrefors started manufacturing crystal products, and as well as cut crystal according to purchased patterns and samples, Orrefors made art glass using the overlay technique with etched decoration. The new management quickly saw that artists were needed in the business, so Simon Gate was employed in 1916 and was joined by Edward Hald a year later.
That same year, Gate and Hald made their first tentative attempts at figure engraving. They also experimented with the new innovative graal (grail) glass technique that was developed at Orrefors by the master glassblower Knut Bergqvist. The major successes were achieved a few years later at the Gothenburg Exhibition in 1923, and in particular at the Paris Exhibition in 1925. The thin engraved glass was admired by the surrounding world, and both Orrefors and the artists themselves were awarded the Grand Prix.
The successes of Simon Gate and Edward Hald in Paris in 1925 constituted the start of the long Orrefors tradition of creative design closely combined with genuine and innovative craftsmanship.
Since then, new designers and skilled glassmakers have continued in the spirit of Gate and Hald. Vicke Lindstrand and Edvin Öhrström with the new glass technique called Ariel in the 1930s. Sven Palmqvist with Kraka and Ravenna in the 1940s. And in the 1950s with Fuga, which, along with Nils Landberg’s slender tulip-shaped glass “Tulpan” and Ingeborg Lundin’s apple-shaped vase “Äpplet”, are now seen as symbols of the renaissance of Swedish design. The 1960s are associated with Gunnar Cyrén’s Pop glass, and in the 1970s, Eva Englund, Olle Alberius, Lars Hellsten and Jan Johansson as well as Cyrén worked at the glassworks.
Since the 1980s, designers such as Anne Nilsson, Erika Lagerbielke, Helen Krantz, Matz Borgström, Per B Sundberg, Martti Rytkönen, Lena Bergström, Ingegerd Råman, Malin Lindahl and Efva Attling...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Arthur Percy, Vase, Earthenware, Sweden, 1930s
By Arthur Percy, Gefle
Located in High Point, NC
A bronze-glazed earthenware vase designed by Arthur Percy and produced by Gefle, Sweden, 1930s.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Earthenware
Mid-Century Modern Barovier Attributed Murano Cased Art Glass Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Murano art glass vase is unsigned, but was most likely done by Angelo Barovier of Italy in circa 1969 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The vase is a cased white over turq...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Sommerso Glass Vase, Att to Seguso, Italy, 1970s
Located in Argelato, BO
Interesting Italian polychrome vase in Murano glass, with soft and elegant shapes, also available in amber color
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Japanese Ceramic Weed Pot Vase, Japan, 1970's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Japanese Ceramic Weed Pot Vase, Japan, 1970's
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
California Studio Pottery Blue and White Vase in the Style of Catalina Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage California studio pottery ceramic vase in the style of Catalina Pottery, circa 1950s. Great look and form on this gorgeous robin egg blue and white vessel. The pi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Mid-century Modern vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
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