Mid-Century Modern Vases
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
Antonio Lampecco Signed Large Ceramic Blue Vase, circa 1970, Belgium
Located in Brussels, BE
Original Antonio Lampecco large vase, circa 1970, Belgium.
Ceramic with beautiful shades of blue.
Rare model in good condition.
Monogram underneath.
Dimensions: 46 cm W, 13 cm D, 20 ...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large green glazed ceramic horn vase by Accolay - 1960 - French ceramics
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Large green glazed ceramic horn vase by Accolay - 1960 - French ceramics
Very fine glazing work for this vase made by the Accolay potters around 1960. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Enamel
Beautiful Shell Vase by Seltmann Weiden, Germany, 1980s
Located in Berlin, BE
Very decorative Vase in white porcelain and shell Design.
By Seltmann, Weiden, Germany.
Model: Helena
Fits to many styles and other objects.
Looks also good without flowers.
Width...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
1990s Astonishing Giuseppe Locci Polycrome Craquelé Vase in Sardinian Ceramic. M
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Astonishing Giuseppe Locci polycrome craquelé vase in sardinian ceramic. It's in excellent condition. This vase is signed at the bottom and is ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Glass Vase Attributed to Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Large, glass vase attributed to Blenko, red to orange color gradation. Fine original condition, free of damage.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
1980s Gorgeous Vase by Sottsass Associati for Egizia, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous vase in glass by Sottsass Associati for Egizia . This vase is in very good condition. Made in Italy. Signed at the bottom
Dimension:
diameter 4,72 x 11,61 height inche...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Claude Conover "Okot" Pottery Vassel
Located in Water Mill, NY
Claude Conover 23" Mid-Century Modern large pottery vassel signed and titled "Okot" on base.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Black and grey 20th century stoneware ceramic vase by Michel Levêque La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Michel Levêque
Realised in La Borne
Circa 1970
20th century design stoneware black and grey ceramic vase by Michel Levêque
Signed
Original perfect condition
height 17 cm
Larg...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Wheel Thrown Studio Pottery Bud Vase, Initialed, Canada, Mid-20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage terracotta wheel thrown studio pottery bud vase with cut sides - thick gloss brown glaze over a white base - dramatic form - initialed on the base - Canada - mid 20th century...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Collection of 11 Mid Century Modern Sommerso Glass Vases, Italy 1960s and 1970s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a collection of 11 Mid Century Modern Sommerso glass vases, designed by Alessandro Mandruzzato. All of them were made of Murano glass and are featuring ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Beautiful Vetro Artistico Murano Vase, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Vetro Artistico Murano vase, 1970s
Signed in the bottom of the vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
1940s Murano Handkerchief Vase
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
1940s Italian Murano Vase done in fazzoletto style which mean hankerchief. Beautiful green and Lattimo filigrana technique which is horizontal striped green and white glass that go...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Bruno Gambone Pair Glazed Ceramic Bottle Vases, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Bruno Gambone Italian ceramic bottle-shaped vessels with chalk-white surface with a black and blue green drip glazed motif (circa 1970s). With a modern rectangular base and lean, el...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Mackintosh Pair of Vases "Black & White" by Sabattini
Located in Turin, Turin
The original design of this gorgeous pair of Vases is by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and painter. He was an exponent of the so-called Glasgow movement, at...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Metal
Seguso Murano Blue Sommerso Pulled Art Glass Vase, 1960s
By Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Sommerso blue and clear Italian art glass vase on Sterling Silver base. Attributed to Seguso, Italy, 1950s.
This eye-catching and colorful pulled centerpiece vase stands u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand-Painted Molaroni Ceramic Vase from the 1940s
Located in Milano, MI
Hand-painted Molaroni ceramic vase, made in the 1940s. The vase has some chips and imperfections, as shown in the photos. More information/images available upon request.
Ø cm 22 Ø c...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Naive Italian Glazed Stoneware Vase in the Style of Guido Gambone
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Rectangular handprinted stoneware vase with 4 motifs: 2 with fishes and two with flowers. It has no markings but we suspect it was made by Italian ceramist Guido Gambone during the 1...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Porcelaneous Studio Pottery Vase - Modern Design - Signed - circa 1980s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage - studio pottery - Mid Century Modern - wheel thrown porcelain like stoneware vase - tapering to a narrow foot - with a taupe colored glaze as well as a gloss green volcanic ...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Murano vase Italy 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Beautiful vintage Murano vase made in Italy in the 1970s.
Dimensions:
Width: 16 cm / 6.3 inches
Height: 40 cm / 15.7 inches
We offer a secu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Swallow Tail Form Centerpiece in Clear Crystal Signed Daum
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern translucent crystal centerpiece bowl was realized by the storied maker Daum in France circa 1950. It offers a stylized amorphic form with three point...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Stoneware Vase with Blue Glaze by Marianne Westman for Rörstrand, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
- A limited Atelje studio vase from Rörstrand in Sweden
- Designed by Marianne Westman during the 1960s
- This piece features a thick cylindrical body and blue crystalline glazes
...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
1970s Vintage Italian Mottled Red & Grey Molten Ceramic Highly Glazed Vase
Located in London, GB
A large 1970s mottled red and grey ceramic glazed vase. The bulbous body of an intense mottled red with a wonderful shimmering glaze narrows towards the neck where the colour turns...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
HB Quimper Odetta, Vase with Diagonal Striped Pattern, France, Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Balluster in shape, the body of this Art Deco vase is glazed in muted, earthy tones with stripes of angled wavy lines that contrast to its pale gray neck and foot. Signed: HB Quimper...
Category
1920s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid Century Royal Haeger Spatterware Vase
By Royal Haeger
Located in New York, NY
Impressive scale Royal Haeger vase in textured spatterware finish. This example is in excellent original condition, free of chips, cracks, damage or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Danish 1960s Søholm Sculptural Ceramic Vase by Einar Johansen, Blue Green Glaze
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Mid-century Danish vase designed by Einar Johansen for Søholm Stentøj. Made circa 1960s.
The sculptural vase has a shiny and vivid glaze in blue green and brown shades. It's made of ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Large Murano Organic Shaped Vase in Clear Glass, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural Organic Modern Murano Clear Art Glass Vase, Italy, 1950s.
Eye-catching clear blown glass Murano vase with organic design. It shows a beautiful desing with sumptuous shapes...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Mid-Century Vintage West German Pottery Amber Vase by Bay Keramik, circa 1970
By Bay Keramik
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Tall, large vintage midcentury vase by West German Pottery producer - 'Bay Keramik' Germany, circa 1970s. The embossed relief pattern on the t...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Mid-Century Dümler & Breiden Fat Lava Vase
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stunning fat lava hole vase - vibrant orange with crusty thick fat lava glaze in bronze/brown.
According to Mark Hill the quality of Dümler...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
scheurich mid century ceramic VASE fat lava brown ochre white model 517-30
Located in Mannheim, DE
Mid century ceramic vase manufactured by Scheurich Keramik, West-Germany, in the 1960s. Model 517-30, shiny brown glaze fat lava pattern, combined with ochre and white.
A smaller vas...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Dino Martens Pink White Gold Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous vintage Murano hand blown pink, white and gold flecks Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, circa 1954, model number 5669 (p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Fazzoletto Handkerchief Vase, 1960s
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
A small Murano glass Fazzoletto handkerchief vase from the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Rare Anzolo Fuga 'Spots' Vase, Murano, 1950s
By A.VE.M, Anzolo Fuga
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional large Anzolo Fuga vase from the 'Spots" series produced for A.VE.M, circa 1955. White 'lattimo' glass, 'zanfirico' rods and multicolor spots with clear casing.
Literatur...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano glass fazzoletto vase
Located in Malibu, CA
Pearlescent Murano glass handblown Fazzoletto vase. Italy, Mid 20th Century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Antonio Da Ros Cenedese Signed and Dated Murano Glass Sommerso Vase
By Cenedese
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Antonio Da Ros Cenedese signed and dated Murano glass sommerso vase In vibrant purple primary layer. Unique color for this form. Great display vase for any interior or collection.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano glass Giant Vase, Gold leaf plain Incalmo over Ribbed Puligoso Amber body
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Large beautiful base with the unique tecnique of Incalmo, where the upper band is in clear glass and gold 24K leaf. The body is instead ribbed with deep pulegoso inside amber glass.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
1960's Kurt Tschörner for RUSCHA Keramik Attributed Ceramic Jug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Mid-Century pottery that the prolific German ceramicist Kurt Tschörner (1912–1987) made for Ruscha Keramik is widely considered to be among the best designs to emerge from the il...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Large Italian MCM Italica Ars Atomic Red Vases
Located in Forney, TX
Scarce pair of vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern Italica ARS large hand-turned Fine pottery vases. Bright atomic red glaze with wide rim on tapered body, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Alfredo Barbini Murano Art Glass Vase 1971
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Alfredo Barbini Murano Art Glass Vase 1971
A vintage Murano glass vase designed and produced by Alfredo Barbini in 1971. The vase is made of mouth-blown clear glass and has a quadruple opening. Signed on the base with engraved company signature 'A. Barbini' and company label. The vase is an authentic piece of 20th century Murano art glass and a rare work by Alfredo Barbini.
Alfredo Barbini (1912 – 2007) attended to the Abate Zanetti glass design school at the age of ten and worked at the S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso, Cristalleria di Murano and at the Zecchin-Martinuzzi furnace. In the early 1930s he became master craftsman at V.A.M.S.A. He executed works designed by the painter Luigi Scarpa Croce, such as the dish with fishes exhibited at the 1942 Biennale di Venezia. In 1946 he moved to Gino Cenedese & C as partner and director. At the 1948 Biennale, he exhibited an outstanding series of sculptures with the surface corroded with acid: “Collasso”, “Putto”, “Diana Nera”. In 1950 he started his own glass workshop the Vetreria Alfredo Barbini. Several works of Barbini are of outstanding importance for the muranese glass art as there are the Sasso, Scavo, Inciso, Sommerso or the Ad Agnelli objects.
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Measures:
Width: 3.74" (9.5 cm)
Height: 5.12" (13 cm)
Literature Reference:
Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Adriano Berengo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Fulvio Bianconi model 1329 “Pezzato” vase for Venini, Italy, 1950s
Located in Skokie, IL
Fulvio Bianconi model 1329 “Pezzato” vase for Venini, Italy, 1950s
Additional Information:
Materials: Polychrome patchwork glass
Dimensions: 9 1/4" H x 6 1/2" Dia.
Condition: Excell...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Murano, 1970 Cup Designed for Philips
Located in Uccle, BE
A rare large cup designed for Philips, circa 1968-1970 by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana.
A rectangular cup on a cylindrical high foot.
The centre decorated with concentric bands of orange, blue and green glass.
This designed ordered by the company Philips at Venini circa 1968 remind the beginning of color televisions...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Tapio Wirkkala “Paper Bag" Vase For Rosenthal, Germany c.1970s
Located in London, GB
For sale is an iconic Mid-Century porcelain “Paper Bag" Vase designed by Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, circa 1977, for Rosenthal’s Studio Line "DO NOT LITTER" range.
This example...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fratelli Toso Murano Red Blue Copper Aventurine Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown red, blue, and aventurine flecks Italian art glass flower vase. The piece is documented to the Fratelli Toso company. I have owned othe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Brutalist WGP 34cm Fat Lava Multi-Color Vase "URANUS" by Ruscha, Germany, 1970s
By Ruscha
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase.
model series: "URANUS"
Producer:
Ruscha, Germany.
Decade:
1970s.
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany. It is made...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Vessel and Bowls Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Collection of 2 vessels from the "Veckla" series designed by Stig Lindberg and one "Surrea" Wilhelm Kåge. Made from Carrara ware with matte white glaze.
The pieces are in good vint...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Unique Murano Glass Vase, Murrine Romane style
By Fratelli Toso, Venini
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Splendid Murrine vase. Oval shape with a beautiful combination of square murrinas.
The Murrine are of two kinds. One covers the whole background and its made of a double sequence of green, lattimo and amber. The main large ones in random position are are framed in black with vibrant colors: emerald green, cadmium red and yellow.
Similar to Carlo Scarpa Murrine...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Set of 2 Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Studio Line Germany 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vases, set of 2
Producer:
Rosenthal, Germany
Designer:
Björn Wiinblad
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Op Art vas...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Barovier & Toso Bullicante Clear and Gold Foil Murano Glass Fan Flower Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful, large-scale Italian glass Bullicante fan shaped flower vase.
Attributed to Barovier and Toso.
In clear glass with captured bubbles, gold foil inclusions, and a polishe...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Murano Sommerso Glass Vase
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful red mid-century Italian Murano glass vase. Made using the Sommerso (submerged) glass technique.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Antique Murrine Vase with Handles, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Murrine Vase with Handles, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920s
Item e7093
A large murrine glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1920. Made of polychrome...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Set of 3 Geometrical Mid Century Mobach Pottery Vases
By Mobach
Located in Tilburg, NL
Beautiful set of 3 Dutch Mid-Century Modern geometrical pottery vases by the famous Mobach family.
Very decorative set of vases. Together they form a beautiful and geometrical tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Gunnar Nylund, Vase, Stoneware, Stoneware, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A green-glazed stoneware vase designed by Gunnar Nylund and produced by Rörstrand, Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Cenedese Small Vintage Midcentury Light Blue Italian Murano Glass Vase
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Vintage midcentury petite vase by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. Elegant form and striking light opaline blue color/colour.
Dimensions are: 12.1cm tall, 10.8cm at widest point....
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Empoli 'Florence, Italy' Set Optical Glass on Foot
By Empoli
Located in Verviers, BE
Made by the Italian craftsmen of Empoli, Florence
The carefully crafted Optical details
The large, usable vase provides a solid form suitable for a few...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Opaline Glass, Murano Glass
Cenedese Xlrg Murano Blue Black Gray Scavo Texture Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, vintage Murano hand blown rich cobalt blue with excavated surface texture Italian art glass flower vase. The piece is documented to Cenedese company, with labe...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Norman Copenhagen Purple Cased Glass Swing Vase
Located in Fairfield, CA
A beautiful vintage "Swing Vase" designed by Britt Bonnesen for Norman Copenhagen. Made of blown cased glass with a dark purple exterior and opaque white interior into a unique corks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
1960s Astonishing Jack in the Pulpit "Calla Lily" vase in Murano glass.
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing yellow and blue Jack in the Pulpit "Calla Lily" vase in Murano glass. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
diameter 3,54 x 11,81 H inches
d...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Angelo Mangiarotti Murano Glass Mushroom Vases for Knoll in Blue Red and White
Located in Stamford, CT
Angelo Mangiarotti was an influential Italian architect and designer known for his innovative work with Knoll. His designs often showcased a harmonious blend of form and function, wi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-century Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern vases 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 vases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Scheurich Keramik, Rörstrand, Bitossi, and Venini. 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 vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $44 and tops out at $113,467 while the average work can sell for $794.