Modern Vases
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Creator: Salviati
Extra Small Cuore Coccole Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
1992 Nigel Coates England Modern Encased Lavender Art Glass Vase Salvati Italy
By Salviati, Nigel Coates
Located in Miami, FL
Stunner done Vase designed by Nigel Coates (English, 1949) for Salviati (Italian, founded 1859), circa 1992. A rare organic shaped cased art glass vase in Lavender, light purple with...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Sommerso Vase by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Murano glass vase or sculpture hand blown in Sommerso technique to form elegant layers in clear, smoky and red / Made in Italy by Salviati, circa 1980s
Original sticker on th...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Perles 4 Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Mare Nassa Satinato in Murano Glass by Davide Bruno
By Davide Bruno, Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
The “Mare” collection was born from the colors and shapes of the Venice lagoon. The “peocere”, tens and tens meters long mussel farming strings rising vertically, draw the shapes of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Mare Nassa Satinato in Murano Glass by Davide Bruno
By Davide Bruno, Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
The “Mare” collection was born from the colors and shapes of the Venice lagoon. The “peocere”, tens and tens meters long mussel farming strings rising vertically, draw the shapes of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Medium Drops Lucido Vase in Murano Glass by Renzo Stellon
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished blown glass vase made with the rigadin technique.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Cuore Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Cuore Pensiero Vase in Murano Glass by Maria Christina Hamel
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Mare Fonda Satinato in Murano Glass by Davide Bruno
By Davide Bruno, Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
The “Mare” collection was born from the colors and shapes of the Venice lagoon. The “peocere”, tens and tens meters long mussel farming strings rising vertically, draw the shapes of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Perles 1 Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Mare Fonda Satinato in Murano Glass by Davide Bruno
By Salviati, Davide Bruno
Located in Venezia, IT
The “Mare” collection was born from the colors and shapes of the Venice lagoon. The “peocere”, tens and tens meters long mussel farming strings rising vertically, draw the shapes of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Profili Sword Lily Murano Glass Vase by Anna Gili
Located in Venezia, IT
Clean lines and contours characterize Anna Gili’s Profili. These vases come in different sizes and their proportions challenge the human eye in a play of concavity and convexity. Cur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Salviati Murano Italian Trailed Design Black & White Art Glass Vase, 1997
By Salviati
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Italian art glass vase of tall oval cylindrical shape made by Salviati on the Island of Murano and dated 1997. Started in 1859 by Antonio Salviati the company is renow...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Medium Millebolle Murano Glass Vases by Luca Nichetto
Located in Venezia, IT
The large air bubbles embedded in these glass vases create delicate color and transparency variations, adding lightness to their geometries. These vases Stand out for their pure and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Drops Lucido Vase in Murano Glass by Renzo Stellon
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished blown glass vase made with the rigadin technique.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Salviati Murano Glass Vase “Sommerso” Signed
By Salviati
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Massi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Perles 1 Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Perles 3 Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Perles 2 Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Medium Pinnacoli Rosa Murano Glass Vase by Luciano Gaspari
Located in Venezia, IT
The tall and slender Pinnacolo vases were designed by Luciano Gaspari and made using his favorite technique, the Sommerso. The sunken blue and green glass versions were showcased at ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Pizzicati Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Norberto Moretti
By Norberto Moretti, Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown glass vase decorated with gold leaf.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Goccia di Pioggia Vase in Murano Glass by Christian Ghion
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hand-finished sommerso glass vase made with the balloton technique.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Unique Modern, Amber-Colored Italian Murano Glass Vase Signed by Hand SALVIATI
By Salviati
Located in Salzburg, AT
Organically shaped vase with a matt surface (Velato, the glass surface is ground fine-grained)
in a warm amber color
Vita
In 1860 Antonio Salviati founded his own factory on Murano ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Medium Pinnacoli Grigio Murano Glass Vase by Luciano Gaspari
Located in Venezia, IT
The tall and slender Pinnacolo vases were designed by Luciano Gaspari and made using his favorite technique, the Sommerso. The sunken blue and green glass versions were showcased at ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Medium Perles 1 Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Salviati
By Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Medium Nereidi Murano Glass Vases by Allegri & Fogale
Located in Venezia, IT
A solid heavy base joint with a delicate, airy upper portion. Designed by de Allegri & Fogale, these pieces take their cue from the charming atmosphere of the Venetian lagoon, and em...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Small Nereidi Murano Glass Vases by Allegri & Fogale
Located in Venezia, IT
A solid heavy base joint with a delicate, airy upper portion. Designed by de Allegri & Fogale, these pieces take their cue from the charming atmosphere of the Venetian lagoon, and em...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Bubble Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Luca Nichetto & Gianpietro Gai
Located in Venezia, IT
Cased blown and hand-formed glass elements.
Limited edition: 101 pieces.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Ripple Vase in Hand Blown Murano Glass by Studio Dillon
By Studio Dillon, Salviati
Located in Venezia, IT
The traditional "zanfirico / filigrana" technique expressed in a contemporary way. Hand blown and heat-formed zanfirico/filigree vase with handmade glazi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Salviati Topaz Murano Glass Bouquet Vase
By Salviati
Located in New York, NY
Large-scale Murano glass vase with a slight ombre color effect with a seductive satin finish. Vase has a pinched/circle eight opening and a thick glass bo...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase by Claire Falkenstein for Salviati.
By Claire Falkenstein, Salviati
Located in Milan, Italy
Beautiful Murano glass vase designed by Claire Falkenstein and produced by Salviati in 1972. Exhibited at Tingo design gallery in 2008 for the exhibition Murano a go-go, out producti...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Colonna Model by Tom Dixon for Salviati.
Located in Milan, Italy
Colonna vase designed by Tom Dixon and produced by Salviati in 2004. Exhibited at Tingo design gallery in 2008 for the exhibition Murano a go-go, out production. With certificate of ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Orange Drops Lucido Vase in Murano Glass by Renzo Stellon
Located in Venezia, IT
Hand-formed and hot finished blown glass vase made with the rigadin technique.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Modern vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern vases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Venini, RAAQUU, VG-VGnewtrend, and Carlo Moretti. 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 $28 and tops out at $45,920 while the average work can sell for $993.
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