Mid-Century Modern Barware
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Color: Black
Mid-Century Modern Faux Tortoise Shell Ice Bucket with Chrome Handle, Italian
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fun and fantastic, this ice bucket has the tortoise shell look with bright polished chrome handle with ample room for enough ice for the first round of everyone's cocktail. The torto...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic
Aldo Tura Faux Malachite Ice Bucket with Brass Rings, Italy, 1970s
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Tura faux malachite ice bucket with brass rings and brass rim detail under lid, Italy, 1970s. This stylish malachite ice bucket is well-made ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Aldo Tura Barware Bottle Opener + Ice Tongs Goatskin and Brass ITALY
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Aldo Tura Barware Set: Bottle Opener 8.88 L x 2.25 W x .75 inches and Ice Tongs 10.5 L x 2.63 W x 1.25 D inches
Stamped Made in Italy. Unmarked.
...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Moroccan Amethyst Swirl Cocktail Set by Hazel-Atlas
By Hazel-Atlas
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Moroccan Amethyst Swirl Cocktail Set by Hazel-Atlas. Consisting of a large cocktail shaker with a chrome lid and 4 small cocktail glasses.
Shaker 3.75" x 3.75" x 9"h
Glasses ...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Mexican Abalone and Alpaca Silver Ice Bucket and Tongs
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Mexican Abalone and Alpaca Silver Ice Bucket and Tongs with twisted ring handles. Colorful individual tiles of abalone adorn the metal bucket....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Black Cast Iron Mid Century Modern Wine Rack by Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage heavy cast iron wine rack designed by Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard, circa 1950's. This piece accommodates up to 17 bottles with plenty of vintage patina. A great accessor...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Iron
Carl Auböck II Drinking Glass Carrying Rack, Leather & Brass, Austria 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A minimalistic and beautiful midcentury modern long tray drinks carrier / drinking glass caddy with 6 clear glasses from the 1950s. Designed and executed by Carl Aubock II in Vienna....
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Beaker-Form Cocktail Shaker w/Recipes in Black Text
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern Swedish cocktail shaker of cylindrical beaker form on a disk foot with cocktail recipes in black graphics (in Swedish) and with a large cork stopper.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass, Cork
Mid-Century Couroc Phenolic Resin Tray w/Resin & Brass Inlaid Hot Air Balloons
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern serving tray made of black phenolic resin and inlaid with bright colored resins and brass hot air balloons. Phenolic resin was used for its resistance to damage fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Rare Handmade Set of 10 Stoneware Tumblers by Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall
By Gordon Martz
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Rare set of 10 stoneware tumblers created by Gordon and Jane Martz. They measure 5 5/8" in height by 3 1/8" in diameter and all re signed Martz. In very good vintage condition.
The ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stoneware
Fantastic Fish Bottle Opener in Abalone Stone by Los Castillo Taxco Mexico 1970s
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mexican Modernist sculptural fish bottle opener in Abalone by Los Castillo.
Hand crafted in Abalone Stone.
No markings present. Attribution Los Castillo.
From Taxco Mexico 1970s. ...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Abalone
Arne Jacobsen Mid-Century Modern Ice Bucket
Located in Weesp, NL
A classically elegant Minimalist design and styled ice bucket from the Cylinda series for Laufer Stelton, from the 1964-1967 MoMA collection. Arne Jacobsen Designer (Danish, 1902-1971). Great addition to any bar, wine tasting room or entertaining friends.
The Cylinda Line series was awarded the ID-prize in 1967 by The Danish Society of Industrial Design and the International Design Award in 1968 by The American Institute of Interior Designers. It now also has a permanent place at Cooper-Hewitt, NY / MoMa, NY / Victoria & Albert Museum, London making it a truly Classic product.
Today, Arne Jacobsen is remembered primarily for his furniture designs. However, he believed he was first and foremost an architect. According to Scott Poole, a professor at Virginia Tech, Arne Jacobsen never used the word 'designer', notoriously disliking it.
His way into product design came through his interest in Gesamtkunst and most of his designs which later became famous in their own right were created for architectural projects. One of his first furniture designs was the Paris lounge chair from 1929 which was also displayed as a part of the interior design of his famous “House of the Future". Most of his furniture designs were the result of a cooperation with the furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen with which he initiated a collaboration in 1934 while his lamps and light fixtures were developed with Louis Poulsen. In spite of his success with his chair at the Paris Exhibition in 1925, it was during the 1950s that his interest in furniture design peaked.
A major source of inspiration stemmed from the bent plywood designs of Charles and Ray Eames. He was also influenced by the Italian design historian Ernesto Rogers, who had proclaimed that the design of every element was equally important "from the spoon to the city" which harmonized well with his own ideals.
In 1951, he created the Ant chair for an extension of the Novo pharmaceutical factory and, in 1955, came the Seven Series. Both matched modern needs perfectly, being light, compact and easily stackable. Two other successful chair designs, the Egg and the Swan, were created for the SAS Royal Hotel which he also designed in 1956.
Other designs were made for Stelton, a company founded by his foster son Peter Holmbl. These include the now classic Cylinda Line stainless steel cocktail kit...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Six 1970s Silvered MOD Highball Glasses
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of Six 1970s Silvered MOD Highball Glasses
USA, 1970s
This set of six silvered MOD highball glasses from the 1970s is a fantastic representation of unique and reflective Mid Ce...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-20th Century Porcelain Drink Coasters, Sailing Ships in Black W/Gold Accents
By Hickok Manufacturing Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of six porcelain drinks coasters each with a different sailing ship in black with gold details in their original box marked "An original by Hickok designers / Hand crafted in Japan" and "Deluxe Quality". Cylindrical box with compass rose printed top...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Rohac Bottle Opener Vienna Around 1950s ( Signed )
Located in Wien, AT
Richard Rohac bottle opener vienna around 1950s ( signed )
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Walter Bosse Bottle Opener Shows a Elephant Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse bottle opener shows a elephant vienna around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Red French Glass Cordial Glasses, Luminarc France
By Luminarc
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of French 3 ruby red cordial glasses by Luminarc. Marked at the bottom is "France". A great way to add color to any table.
How we would style them:
Pair this gorgeous red ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Fornasetti Tray-Juggler with Spinning Plates, Atelier Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Tray
Juggler with Spinning Plates,
Atelier Fornasetti,
Dated 2017, N 16
The black circular tray is printed with a pattern of Themes & Variation numbered 193. It depi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
1970s Giò Ponti Style Modernist Italian Silver Plated Italian Wine Cooler
By Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A silver plated wine cooler designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies in the style of Giò Ponti. It's in good conditions overall, it has just normal signs of use and age. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
1940s Belgian MCM Art-Deco Liquor Pear Cellar with Vaseline Carafe and 6 glasses
Located in Haarlem, NL
Pretty 1940s Belgian Mid Century Modern pear shaped stainless steel liquor cellar with a CVC Belgium Art-Deco uranium (or vaseline) glass carafe and 6 coloured glasses inside
The holder is removable so in the bottom half of the pear you could easily also store ice cubes.
Or put ice cubes under the holder to make sure your shot glasses are ice cold!
The carafe and two of the six glasses are made of green uranium glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
1950s Silver Plate Barware Sculptural Ice Tongs Mexico Style William Spratling
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Silver Plate Barware Ice Tongs Mexico Los Castillo Taxco
In the Style of William Spratling
Stamped Mexico
Measures: 6.75 x 2 W x 1.25 tall.
Original vintage condition unres...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
MCM, Fred Press "Gold Fish" Highball Glasses, 22 Karat Gold on Black Frosted
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight Mid-Century Modern highball glasses designed by Fred Press, with 22k gold fish in different abstract patterns, vertically placed around each glass. The glasses are clear glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Midcentury James Mont Style Asian Style Greek Key Ice Bucket Urn
By James Mont
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Midcentury modern era Asian style ice bucket in the manner of James Mont. This highly detailed metal piece features a faux bronze verdigrises’ finish and intricate geometric engraving and embossing. The interior is lined with a removable turquoise plastic liner and is foam insulated. This handled three-footed urn could also be used as beautiful orchid planter compote.
Inspired by Chinese Chou Dynasty 5th Century B.C. bronze Ding...
Category
1960s Taiwanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Brandimarte 800 Solid Silver Champagne Ice Bucket 1960's
By Brandimarte
Located in London, GB
A Brandimarte Florence Ice Collection
A high quality Hand hammered Champagne bucket in solid 800 grade silver
The entire surface is hand wrought and looks amazing.
Mid-century Ita...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960s, Aldo Tura Modern Italian Brass Cocktail Set for Napoleon Cognac
By Aldo Tura
Located in Milano, IT
This original astonishing cocktail set in brass and black lacquered brass was designed by Aldo Tura Macabo for Napoleon Cognac and produced in Italy by Cusano Milanino. The set inclu...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Metal
Vintage Tennis Themed Cast Aluminum Ashtray Attributed to Bruce Fox
By Bruce Fox
Located in Nantucket, MA
Cast aluminum ashtray of large proportions having raised crossed tennis rackets and balls in the center on a black enameled ground and raised rim with 5 divots for cigars/cigarettes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Arthur Umanoff Tall Black Wrought Iron 67-Bottle Wine Rack, 1950s
Located in Monrovia, CA
Original vintage Arthur Umanoff tall black wrought iron wine rack holds 67 bottles - Mid-Century Modern.
Arthur Umanoff tall wrought iron wine rack that holds 67 bottles of your f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Bottle Shaped Ice Bucket Tia Maria Advertising
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous advertising ice bucket. Tia Maria a Jamaican liqueur. Authentic in a copy of the original bottle just a lot bigger. Insulated to insure cold. In exc...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic
1970s Vintage Crystal Decanter with 6 Crystal Glasses Signed Luigi Bormioli
Located in Milano, IT
Astonishing mid-century vintage crystal decanter with 6 crystal glasses 1970s Made In Italy signed Luigi Bormioli
Dimensions:
Decanter
2,75 x 2,...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Fred Press Ice Bowl with 22k Gold Stylized Fish on Black Frosted Ground
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern ice bowl designed by Fred Press with 22k gold vertical stylized fish alternately pointing up or down on clear glass with interior black frosted surface.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Cini & Nils Studio O.P.I. Milano Ice Box/Bucket, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Ice cube made of plexiglas, extremely original in a Minimalist style, very popular in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Acrylic
Set of 8 Georges Briard Mid-Century Modern "Name Your Poison" Highball Glasses
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Eight iconic "Name Your Poison" highball glasses designed by Georges Briard in 1966. Each of the eight glasses decorated in black enamel and 22k gold ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Champagne Flutes Glasses in Black & Silver, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A chic set of nine (9) black and silver Champagne flutes glasses, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. A great set to serve Champagne or a cocktail....
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Black and White Checkerboard Ice Bucket Attributed to Alexander Girard
Located in Kansas City, MO
Mid-Century Modern ice bucket attributed to Alexander Girard. Condition is very good and ready to use.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Mexican Los Castillo Silver, Lapis, Malachite Pitcher
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern pitcher/ jug, made by Los Castillo of Mexico, circa 1960. We love the beautiful patinated look of this piece.
The silver plate pitcher features an inlaid malac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Mid Century Round Black Walt Disney World Florida Metal Serving Tray
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A Mid-Century Modern round black tin serving tray. This serving tray will be an excellent addition to any bar. The inside is printed with Walt Disney World...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Tortoiseshell Lucite and Silver French Serving Tray after Dior, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful mid-century serving tray in lucite with tortoiseshell effect and silver. This fantastic piece was designed in France following the style of Christian Dior Style during the ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver
Original Brass Carl Auböck Korkscrew
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful and unique corkscrew is made from stainless steel and features a brass handle with an antique coin replica. Design by Austrian Bauhaus designer Carl Auböck and crafted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Pair of Mdina Glass Decanters with Balloon Stoppers, Carafes in Earth Tones
By Mdina
Located in Hamburg, DE
This pair of heavy and finely crafted decanters are from the Mdina Glass company and date from around the 1970s. The two carafes have a balloon-shaped stopper, which can certainly be seen as a recognition feature for the Mdina company.
They are undamaged and both signed on the underside of the base.
Mdina Glass is a manufacturer of glassware, based in Malta. It was founded in 1968 by Michael Harris, a lecturer in industrial glass design at the Royal College of Art. Attracted by various government incentives offered by newly independent Malta, Eric Dobson and Michael Harris (Royal College of Art colleagues) ventured out to Mediterranean island from the UK with the aim of opening Malta's first ever glassware manufacturer. The company, Maltese Glass...
Category
1970s Maltese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Wrought Iron and Brass Champagne Wine Cooler Standing Ice Bucket
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Wrought iron stand with with hand-hammered brass ice bucket, Spain, 1930s-1940s.
This pedestal champagne serving stand is all made by hand. The handwrought iron stan...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
Midcentury Mexican Abalone Fish Alpaca Silver Bottle Opener
Located in New York, NY
Hand crafted vintage 1970's Mexican alpaca silver fish bottle opener with abalone inlay covering entire body. Alpaca silver and brass metal detail aroun...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Abalone, Alpaca
Italian Steel Black Bakelite Lidded Wine Cooler Objets D'arts Ice Bucket Vessel
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Polished Steel Mid-Century Modern Wine Cooler with Lid & Handle, objets D'arts, ice bucket, vessel.
Marked at the base and numbered:
B-509 Made in Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Steel
Black Metal Minimalist Corkscrew Anchor 1960s, Midcentury
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s design corkscrew in the form of an anchor. Nice addition to your room, bar cart or just for your collection of corkscrews. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, G...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Mexican Alpaca Silver and Abalone Bottle Opener
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Alpaca Silver and Abalone Bottle Opener - a great statement piece at the bar, especially one with Mid-century influences. The Abalone and...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Abalone, Alpaca
Black Lacquered Metal and Wicker Bottles Holder. Scandinavian Work, Circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This bottle holder is made of black lacquered metal and wicker. This is a Scandinavian work. Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Fred Press Highball Glasses in Black with Gold Atomic Fish
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Fred Press highball glasses of clear glass with black frosted interiors and 22 karat gold stylized vertical fish in the atomic style on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Brass and Silver Plate Super Ellipse Egg's by Piet Hein, Denmark, 1965
By Piet Hein
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Original super-egg's one very rare in brass accompanied by one regular in silver plate. This set was designed by the Danish multi-artist Piet Hein in 1965 and manufactured by Skjøde ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Rooster Vintage Bottle Opener Silver Plate Metal Breweriana Barware by Valenti
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1970s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Set of Mid-Century Highball Glasses with Black Frosted Interiors & Gold Dancers
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses. Clear glass with black frosted interiors decorated on the exterior with stylized modern dancers in 22k gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Brass Wire Wine Bottle Holder Style of Carl Auböck, Austria, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Mid-Century Modern barware brass bottle holder in the style of Carl Auböck, Austria, 1950s. An all original midcentury item to display in your bar or just on a cupboard with a bott...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Lucite and Black-Painted Swivel Barstools
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of two black-painted chrome and lucite swivel barstools. The chrome has been partially newly powder-coated and the seat are newly upholstered in black vinyl.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
1950's Mid-Century Modern Elegant Wine Bottle Holder with Cane Wrapped Handle
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple elegant very rare iron frame with cane wrapped handle wine bottle holder, circa 1950s great condition.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Iron
Ice Bucket in Tortoise Shell Effect Lucite Attributed to Guzzini, Italy, 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Rome, IT
Ice bucket in tortoiseshell-effect lucite attributed to Guzzini.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Holder for Set of Three Cigars
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful case for three cigars of your choice... cuban, hand rolled... you name it.
Tin case is perfect place to stash three for the game, dance or long weekend.
The piece lo...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Tin
Vintage Leather Wrapped Ice Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Vintage leather wrapped ice bucket. Leather encased metal canteen ice/champagne bucket for chic al fresco drinks while camping. United States 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Geometric Tom Collins Glasses in Black & White Enamel with 22k Gold
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Mid-Century Modern Tom Collins glasses in a black and white enamel with 22k gold design of squares with clear circles in the center of each.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Vinyl Clad Cheese Board with Old World Map Ceramic Tile Cutting Surface
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern oval cheese board clad in black vinyl with a ceramic tile inset cutting surface mad to compliment the Cera Glassware Old World Map ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Ceramic, Plastic
Eight 22k Gold and Black Enamel Mid-Century Modern Highball Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage set of 8 highball glasses with a vertical diamond pattern of black enamel on a mottled gold ground.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-century Modern barware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern barware 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 barware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern barware 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 barware, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Culver Ltd., Georges Briard, and Aldo Tura. 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 barware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $29 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $495.
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