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 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
Italian Mid-century Modern Blue Hobnail Bubble Glass Decanter and Stopper
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Mid-century Modern Blue Hobnail Bubbled Glass Decanter and Stopper
Offered for sale is a mid-century modern hobnail bubble glass decanter made in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Willy Rizzo Style Ice Effect Lucite and Chrome Coasters, 9 pieces
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely modernist barware ensemble of nine coasters has its design attributed to Willy Rizzo. The bar tool boasts a rounded shape with a chromed metal framing and ice-effect clea...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Set 21 Blown Glass Multi Color Small Cocktail Snifters Cordials or Shot Glasses
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage set of 21 blown glass multi-colored small cocktail snifters, cordials, or shot glasses in three different sizes. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. There is a chip on the rim of one of the purple etched glasses...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
1970s Etched Polka Dot Barware or Juice Glasses, Set of Six
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern handcrafted barware glasses with etched polka dot design. The vintage glassware set holds 8 ounces of your favorite cocktail o...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Moon Surface Decanter in Yellow Glass from Holmegaard, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small 0.5 liter liquor decanter in ocre-toned glass. It is made from handblown glass and its texture imitates the surface of the moon. It has its original stopper in brass and cork f...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
American Ceramic California Design Signed Water Dispenser with Spigot & Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic pottery water dispenser signed at the bottom one-of-a-kind piece no chips or cracks California design.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Pottery
Dorothy Thorpe Mid-Century Silver Fade Cocktail Barware Glasses and Ice Bucket
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Dorothy Thorpe midcentury barware set of 8 glasses and ice bucket.
Elegant exquisite vintage 1950s Designer Dorothy Thorpe pure silver overlay band barware glasses and ice bucket.
This rare set Dorothy Thorpe midcentury cocktail glasses barware has the pure silver faded band around top edge of each piece.
Set includes 8 cocktails glasses. and ice bucket
1960s Mid-Century Modern Dorothy Thorpe cocktail barware set. Silver fade.
Measurements:
Eight tall cocktail glasses height 5.5 inches, diameter 2.75 inches.
Ice bucket: 5 inches height, diameter 5.75 inches
The glasses looks like it was used very little and stored well.
The Ice bucket sows some wear on the silver band.
Dorothy Thorpe 1950s midcentury glassware or barware set
They will create a dramatic display for a back bar or table setting.
These are from the 1950s and must be hand washed.
They are not dishwasher safe.
Dorothy Thorpe glassware was a chic staple of every Mid-Century Modern wet bar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Tommaso Barbi Wicker and Chrome Coasters, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tommaso Barbi crafted this lovely Mid-Century modernist barware set of two coasters in Italy in the 1970s. The rounded shape boasts a chromed metal stepped framing complemented by br...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Set of 12 "Thai Princess" Mid-Century Cocktail Glasses
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A set of 12 "Thai Princess" cocktail glasses by vintage company Culver Glass Co. are in excellent original condition. The princess is done in a beige col...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Ice Bucket in Lucite Ice effect and Steel Willy Rizzo Style, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing ice bucket in lucite ice effect and steel in the style of the Italian designer Willy Rizzo.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Steel
1970's Italian Barware Cube Ice Bucket in Thick Lucite
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Ice cube bucket in thick lucite with handles. Beautiful and functional ice bucketI which features a frosted acrylic insert that also has handles as well. This piece is an ess...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Vintage Metal Girl Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of Six Lucite and Brass Barware Coaster with Leaves Inclusions, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Six barware coaster with leaves inclusions in lucite with brass borders, in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Silver Plate Handkerchief Wine Cooler Champagne Bottle Ice Bucket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Make a bold statement with this stunning mid-century modern silver plate wine cooler or champagne ice bucket, expertly crafted in France circa 1960. A true conversation piece, this u...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Four Vintage Rocks Glasses by Culver LTD, in the Canella Pattern, 22k Gold Cane
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Four Mid-Century Modern rocks glasses by Culver, LTD with an allover woven cane pattern in 22 karat gold with a raised, textured surface.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Baccarat Cut Crystal and Silver Ice Bucket, 1950s
By Baccarat
Located in Barcelona, ES
Baccarat Crystal and Sterling Silver Ice Bucket with single handle, France, 1950s
This ice bucket is comprised by a cut crystal container with sterling silver striped handle.
This se...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Silver
1960s Op-Art Barware Set, 6 Highball Glasses and Circular Vinyl Caddy by Bartrix
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six vintage highball glasses with a black and white geometric Op-Art design on clear glass. The enamels, combined with the clear glass use circles and squares in various sizes and ar...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
MCM Grass Cloth and Bamboo Ice Bucket with Tongs
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice MCM grass cloth and bamboo ice bucket with tongs, circa 1970s. The set includes a pair of bamboo ice tongs and is in very good vintage condition; it measures 7.5"D x 12"H...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Grasscloth, Bamboo
Vintage Danish Midcentury Teak Ice Bucket, 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and beautifully crafted vintage Danish midcentury teak ice bucket. This piece has minimal, clean lines while enveloped in the grain ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Teak
Ice Bucket with Inlay Pieces of Varied Woods Lined and with Removable Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and Beautiful Ice Bucket Made of different Wood Inlay. Lined with a water proof liner and removable lid. The bucket is a complement to many styles of bars or in a kitchen wi...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic, Maple, Walnut
Bronze Alligator Nutcracker Vintage, Vienna Austria, 1950s Midcentury
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian nutcracker shaped like an alligator. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, ...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Bronze
1950s Aldo Tura Design Italian Midcentury Parchment Bottle Thermos Jug
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brescia, IT
Aldo Tura
Thermal carafe
Italy, 1950
Wood covered with parchment
Metal Details
Excellent condition
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Vintage Brass Horse Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1930s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Germany.
Category
1930s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Walnut & Stainless Steel Barware Tools from Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of three walnut & stainless steel barware tools in box, circa 1980s. The set includes a bottle, can and wine opener made of stainless steel with waln...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Brass Lobster Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Silver Dolphin Bottle Opener Midcentury Mad Barware
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Silver Plate Dolphin Bottle Opener
Midcentury Mad Barware
2 h x 6.5 long x 2.38 w
Original vintage condition unrestored
Refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Crystal Footed Champagne Glasses with Silver Rim
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage footed drinking glasses crystal goblets, glassware.
Elegant vintage midcentury crystal champagne footed glasses, silver rimmed...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
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
Pair of Multi Adjustable Steelcase Swivel Bar Stools in Girard Style Fabric
By Steelcase
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Steelcase co. adjustable operator bar counter stools. Upholstered in Alexander Girard attributed brown and gold striped textile. Excellent condition through out chrome and upholstery. Stools are multi adjustable. Seat height is listed at 35...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Poul Knudsen Nutcracker Teak and Brass, Danish Mid-Century Modern, 1960s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Vintage Danish nutcracker made from teak and brass. It's designed by Poul Knudsen for the Danish wood manufacturer ESA. Made circa 1960s.
A solid and handy piece perfect for cracking...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of 8 Mid-Century Modern Regalia Highball Glasses Designed by Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight vintage highball glasses designed by Georges Briard in the Regalia pattern in 22k gold with aqua and blue detail.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Silvered Metal Ice Bucket reprsenting a Duck by Mauro Manetti
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
Thi nice ice bucket representing a duck is made of silvered metal. This is an Italian work signed by Mauro Manetti. Circa 1970
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Poker roulette craps Las Vegas Gaming themed cocktail glasses with ice bucket
Located in Ferndale, MI
Set of eight glasses with matching ice bucket . All are embelished with game of chance images . Poker roulette , chess , dominos , craps , chuck a luck are all displayed. Large wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Bucciarelli Ceramic Coaster, Italy, 1950's
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Bucciarelli Ceramic Coaster, Italy, 1950's.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern Ceramic Coasters decorated with Sea Shells by Bucciarelli
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mid-century Modern Ceramic Coasters decorated with Sea Shells,
Possibly Bucciarelli,
1960s.
The complete set of eight coasters are each decorated with a different colored sea shell amongst black seaweed...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Ceramic
Brass and Bakelite Finger Food Nut Bowl Stand Mid-Century Modern 1950s Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s German minimalist barware. Nice addition to your room. These small decoration items get found harder and harder, so take your chance now. Found at an estate sale ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse Brass Cat Figurine Bottle Stopper Pourer, Baller Austria, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Bosse cat Figurine Collectible. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austr...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Seldom seen Jens Quistgaard Dansk tall JHQ ice bucket
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large and rare tall ice bucket with fitted lid designed by Jens Quistgaard for the Dansk rare woods line. Introduced in 1961, the Rare Woods line was the finest designs and exotic wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Wood
Set of a Ashtray and Cigarette Box by Richard Rohac
Located in Wien, AT
Set of a ashtray and cigarette box by Richard Rohac
Original condition
Ashtray diameter 12cm
Cigarette box high 3cm
Wide 10cm
Deph 8cm.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Silver Jigger in the Shape of a Cat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A unique silver jigger that can sit up like a cat, or on it's ears and used to measure for your Chatte Spirits - the tail doubles as a handle. For the bar that has a unique twist!
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
Lucite Side Table, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular shaped lucite side table with one wall protruding out into a gable. Made circa 1980. A gorgeous, subtle and modern accent piece that would work seamlessly in any room as ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Lucite
Wicker Basket Wine Bottle Holder Server, vintage Germany, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Mid-Century Modern barware wicker basket bottle holder, Germany, 1960s. An all original midcentury item to display in your bar or just on a cupboard with a bottle of wine. Bottle n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Wicker
Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. This gorgeous Willy Rizzo style dry bar was produced in Italy during the 1970s.
The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak.
A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room.
Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer.
Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci.
In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments.
Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects.
In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue.
Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later.
In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions.
Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Steel, Chrome, Metal
Anchor Vintage Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
1960s Space Age Mepra Cocktail Shaker in Stainless Steel, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing Space Age MEPRA Cocktail Shaker in stainless steel. Made in Italy. This shaker is in excellent condition.
Dimensions: diameter 3,14 x 8,26 height inches
Dimension...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Jens Quistgaard JHQ copper ice bucket with porcelain insert for Dansk Denmark
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Jens Quistgaard for Dansk design Denmark . Copper lidded ice bucket with porcelain insert . Appropriate for hot dishes as well . Nice patina finish .
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Copper
Snack Holder, Pretzel Salt Stick Holder Vintage, German, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This lovely piece is typical, 1950s. The basket is for salt sticks or nuts and the golden metal stand is for pretzels.
The handle is made of bamboo. The metal holder is in gold.
Th...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Six Mid-Century Modern Rocks Glasses Decorated in a Silver Basketweave Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 6 vintage rocks glasses in smooth, shinny, silver basketweave pattern.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Boho Salvador Tehran Mosaic Rocks Glasses - Set of 8
Located in west palm beach, FL
This exquisite set of eight vintage mosaic rocks glasses showcases an intricate handcrafted design, embodying the essence of bohemian and Persian-inspired artistry. Each glass featur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Italian Murano Blown Glass Ruby Red Pedestal Coupes-Sherbets S/6
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Venetian region of Northern Italy, a set of six Murano glass coupes or sherbets, circa 1950-1960.
Ruby Red bowls are fused to heavy colorless glass pedestal bases in a di...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Wicker Wrapped Ice Bucket by Georges Briard
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice mid-century wicker wrapped ice bucket with handle by Georges Briard, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 8.5" D x 15" H (with handle up). The bu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic, Wicker
Mid-Century Green Glass Decanter, Empoli, Italy
By Empoli
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Mid-Century Green Glass Decanter, Empoli, Italy. Tall, tapered glass decanter. Hand-blown glass in the distinctive green color used by Empoli.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Barware Cocktail Glass Pitcher with Leather Handle, Italy 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a stunning Italian mouth-blown glass cocktail pitcher crafted in the 1960s. This lovely green glass mixer jug is accented with a dark brown hand-stitched leather handle and i...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Leather, Glass, Blown Glass
Collection of 5 Pernod Glasses with Bakelite Bases, 1930's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Collection of 5 French pre-world war Pernod drinking glasses with bakelite bases. The glass screws onto the Bakelite base, in order keep the foot and screw a new glass on when the gl...
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Two Vintage Mid-Century Shark Fish Stainless Barware Openers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Mid-Century Modern stainless steel and teak wood openers. There is a a shark and a fish in this set. One is a bottle, other can opener. These vintage barware pieces are made ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Minimalist "Domino" Wine Rack in Solid Monkey Pod Wood, USA, c. 1970s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing an artfully-crafted wine rack hand-crafted from solid slabs of monkey pod wood. Ultra-minimalist in it's stance and utility this versatile rack can be used both in verti...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Vintage Federal Glass Game Bird Pilsner Glasses
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage set of 4 silver rimmed federal glass pilsner glasses game bird.
Classic style for the outdoor enthusiast, tall pilsner beer glasses set in the "...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass
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
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.