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
Vintage German Cellar Key Wine Bottle Opener in Silver Plate, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Vintage Heavily silver-plated (hallmark for 90 microns), very stylish cellar key-corkscrew depicting the Bremen coat of arms featuring the Bremer Schlüssel (Bremen Key). It originate...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$273 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 1950s Round Serving Tray
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylized 1950s circular tray for drinks. It is made from chrome-plated metal featuring an acrylic front decorated with a flower tow truck and a lady...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
$224 Sale Price
25% Off
Silver Plated Brass Coin Bottle Opener by Carl Aubock, circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver plated brass coin bottle opener, incorporating a 2 florin coin, by Carl Auböck, circa 1950.
The front shows a Facsimile coin, dated 1881, with a po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Marbled Lucite and Brass Ice Bucket / Wine Cooler, Italy 1960s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Mid-Century Modern marbled lucite ice bucket with brass handles. Italy, 1960s.
This ice bucket is comprised by a white acrylic cylindrical container with faux marble design, ball handles in brass at both sides and brass rims.
This sexy ice bucket will be a nice addition to your dinning table, drinks corner, cocktail stand or dry bar.
Perfect as a gift idea!
Measures: 10,23 in W x 8,66 in D x 8,66 in H // 26 cm W x 22 cm D x 22 cm H
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Italian Lucite and Brass Wine Chiller...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s Astonishing Set of Six Crystal Glasses, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing set of six crystal glasses. Made in Italy. The Items are in excellent condition.
Diameter 2,36" x 6,29" inches.
Diameter cm 6 x ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
1960s Gorgeous Cocktail Shaker Set with Six Glasses. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning cocktail shaker set with six glasses. Made in Italy. The items are in excellent condition
_Cocktail shaker diameter 4,33" x 10,23" H inches
diameter cm 11 x cm 26 H
_ ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Modern Nickel Jigger in the Style of Napier or Georg Jensen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very classic and ultra modernist jigger with two measurement - the stylish piece is designed in a very architectural way with the beaded handle and detail that carries the beads to...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Nickel
1960s Gorgeous Ice Bucket in Silver Plated. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous Ice Bucket in Silver Plated. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
diameter 6,69 x 6,69 H inches
diameter 17 cm x cm 17 H
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Pipe holder for 3 pipes by Rohac around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Pipe holder for 3 pipes by Rohac around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Studio Opi Midcentury Acrylic Cubic Italian Ice Bucket for Di Cini & Nils, 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful mid century smoked acrylic cubic ice bucket for Di Cini & Nils. This amazing item was designed by the Italian Studio Opi, and specifically by Franco Bettonica and Mario Mel...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
Collectible Italian Espresso Coffee Maker by Oro Guido Bergna
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1970s Oro Guido Bergna espresso maker with 2 cups.
Collectible aluminum Oro Guido Bergna collector espresso maker and 2 espresso coffee cups.
Ital...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
1950s Mid-Century Modern Brass and Amber Goatskin Cocktail Shaker by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An elegant brass and amber painted goatskin cocktail shaker designed and manufactured in the Fifties by Aldo Tura in Milano. Aldo Tura (1909 -1963) met his greatest success during th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
1970s Lucite Ice Bucket in the form of a Chiseled Ice Block with Chrome Tongs
Located in St. Louis, MO
If your looking for a conversation piece for you bar, this is it. Circa 1970s MCM bar novelty lucite chiseled ice block with chrome ice thongs as handle ice bu...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
Hermes, Paris - "Sailor's Knot" Silver Plated Ice Bucket c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
An iconic piece of barware, this silver plated ice bucket / server was made by the top-notch French silversmith, Ravinet D'enfert, for the French fashion house Hermes of Paris. The ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Textured Lucite Ice Bucket in the Style of Wilardy
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century Modern textured Lucite ice bucket in the style of Wilardy, circa 1970s. This piece is in good vintage condition and measures 7.5" D x 7.5" H. A glamorous addition to your...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Lucite
Carl Auböck fish shaped bottle opener, Vienna, 1950s model no. 4687
Located in Wien, AT
Carl Auböck fish shaped bottle opener, Vienna, 1950s
Bottle opener model no. 4687 Carl Auböck II, Vienna, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pumpkin Ice Bucket by Mauro Manetti
Located in Palermo, PA
Pumpkin ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, ca. late 1950s/early 1960s, Italy. Features a heavily textured, sculptural petiole and leaf decoration that ser...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Pewter
1950s Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin Brass Barware Set
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Aldo Tura Lacquered Goatskin and Brass Barware Set
Included four pieces of Macabo Cusano Aldo Tura
Aldo Tura for Macabo Carafe Pitcher Thermos
Aldo Tura Macabo Covered Dish
Ald...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Double Old Fashioned Gold and Black Coin Barware Glasses by Cera 1960s
By Cera
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of 2 gold and black coin barware double old fashioned glasses by Cera Glass.
Mid-century 1960s Cera 22-karat gold and black glassware barware.
Mid-century modern vintage set of 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Wine Rack Made in Tropical Wood
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
This amazing wine rack are made of a mix of tropical woods. The rack holds eleven wine bottles and can be completely disassembled.
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Mahogany
Eight Mid-Century Modern Federal Glass "Pond Lilly" Highball Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Federal highball glasses in the 'Pond Lilly' pattern with yellow, blue, red and white stylized water lilies on clear glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-century Jens Quistgaard Danks Round Ice Bucket c.1960
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original mid-century Jens Quistgaard Teak round ice bucket with black, plastic insert. Impressed stamp on the bottom with maker's mark.
CREATOR Dansk, Denmark.
DAT...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic, Teak
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Kaj Franck Kartio Midcentury Drinking Glasses by Nuutajarvi Nottsjo Finland
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of four fine Kartio drinking glasses in rare red glass from the 1950s. Designed by Kaj Franck, executed by Nuutajarvi Nottsjo Finland. In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Six Barware Cognac Snifters Glasses on Mid-Century Modern String Wire Caddy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Mid-Century Modern Barware caddy or display Stand. It holds six cognac snifters glasses. It is made of brass wire, plastic string handle and mou...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Leather, Glass, Blown Glass
1958 Morgantown WV Hoffman House Glass Martini Pitcher & Four Glasses
By Morgantown Glass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1958 Morgantown WV Hoffman House Glass Martini Pitcher & Four Glasses
Fabulous 5 Piece Set MCM Barware
Unmarked.
8.88 tall x 4.38 w x 5.25 d Pitcher an...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Antonio Botta Ice Bucket or Decorative Box in Lucite and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian decorative box or ice bucket made in smoked lucite and chrome. This incredibly stylish and rare piece was designed by Antonio Botta and produced by Rexite in Italy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
"The Tramp" 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
Metal
WMF Champagne Bucket germany around 1980s ( marked )
Located in Wien, AT
WMF Champagne Bucket germany arond 1980s ( marked )
Stainless steel 18/10
Original condition
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
20th Century Bugatti Radiator Decanter By Ruddspeed Of England c.1960
By Ruddspeed
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A vintage Bugatti chrome radiator grille decanter made in England in the 1970s, bearing the red enamel radiator badge. The decanter is equipped with a “slot” in the casing at the rear allowing visibility of the contents with baize cloth to the base. The finish is of a very high quality and heavily chromed throughout.
Ruddspeed of Worthing made a limited range of these famous radiator grill decanters in the 1960’s. They included: Mercedes, Bugatti (with black & chrome grills), Jaguar, Rolls Royce with flat screw radiator cap and one that features the Spirit of Ecstacy...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
1960s Alfra Cocktail Shaker Designed by Carlo Alessi in Stainless Steel
By Carlo Alessi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing ALFRA cocktail shaker designed by Carlo Alessi in Stainless Steel Made in Italy.
dimensions: 3,54 inch x 8,26H inches
dimensions: cm 9 x cm 21 H.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Op-Art Cocktail Set from the Bartrix Line by Cera in a Panton Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
9 Piece cocktail set by Bartrix / Cera Glassware in a black and white Op-Art Verner Panton style design. Included are six stacking rocks glasses and a co...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Retro Sightseeing Souvenir Of Venice, Glass Decanter & Six Liquor Glasses 1970s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Nostalgic glass decanter and six glasses depicting the famous sights of Venice
Fabulously retro and kitsch - a collectors piece
Amber coloured decanter with enamel scenes of Venice, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Large Italian Murano Art Glass Clown Decanter Bottle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Large Hand Blown Italian Murano Glass Clown Decanter Bottle 13.5” .
Amazing colorful hand blown Murano glass clown decanter with ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Italian Studio Metal Art Brass Serving Tray Mid Century Modern Signed
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This vintage Italian mid-century modern serving tray, crafted from etched and partially silverplated brass, showcases intricate designs featuring birds perched on branches adorned wi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass
Vintage Reed and Barton Silver Plate Ice Bucket in the Form of a Staved Tub
Located in Nantucket, MA
Reed and Barton ice bucket made in the form of a staved and banded tub with raised handles.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Bosse Richard Rohac Penguin Bronze Bottle Opener Figure Mid-Century Modern 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cute Bosse Era style Bottle opener with penguin figure, made in the 1950s. It is made of Brass or Bronze. Wear of use, lovely patina, some use-lanes but this is old-age. Found at a...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Vintage Translucent Green Lucite Tree Frog Ice Bucket / Wine Cooler
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern translucent and bubbly green Lucite ice bucket / wine cooler of tapered form with tree frog handles climbing above the rim.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Lucite
Il Quadrifoglio, Mid-Century Studio Ceramic Ice Bucket, Italy, circa 1958
Located in Chatham, ON
IL QUADRIFOGLIO - mid century studio ceramic twin handled ice bucket - wheel thrown with applied handles - featuring a hand drawn / decorated figure of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Glass Tumblers, Spaghetti String by Color Craft, A Sewt of Eight
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pretty & Functional!
Vintage glass tumblers, spaghetti string pattern,
Color craft, Indianapolis, In.,
A set of eight.
The set of Color Craft lemon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Walter Bosse Bottle Opener, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse cat bottle opener, 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass, Nickel
Glamorous Dorothy Thorpe 11 Piece Gold Fleck Martini Glasses - Desert Stemware
Located in St. Louis, MO
Glamourous Hollywood Regency 11 piece barware martini glassware set with gold fleck by Dorothy Thorpe. The eleven martinis are in fine vintage condi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Ice Bucket in Chrome with Rounded Handles
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ice Bucket in Chrome with Rounded Handles originates from Italy, Circa 1950. Featuring a gently tapered body leading to...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
Rare bottle opener from walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rare bottle opener from walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 Culver Rocks Glasses with "Glass, Handle with Care" on a Frosted Ground
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six Mid-Century Modern rocks glasses by Culver LTD. With the words "GLASS, HANDLE WITH CARE" printed in black enamel on frosted ground.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Double-Shot Whiskey Glasses by Anchor Hocking, Set of 17
Located in Littleton, CO
A striking example of Mid-Century glassware design, this set of 17 double shot glasses by Anchor Hocking features an iconic Florentine pattern in bold tones of red orange, jet black ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Rosenthal Studio-Line German Crystal Cocktail or Aperitif Glasses, Set of 5
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set of five (5) Rosenthal Studio-Line German crystal cocktail or aperitif glasses, circa mid-20th century, Germany. Beautiful crystal barware glassware and a great addition to any bar, bar cart, etc. Each with maker's mark "Rosenthal", "Studio-Line", as shown in last image. Dimensions: 6.88" Height.
German liquor...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Swedish Modern Copper & Brass Ice Bucket & Tong by Mitab Karlshamn
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Ice bucket set consisting of ice bucket, glass insert, water filter and tong. The bucket and tong is made from solid copper and brass. The brass tong attaches to the side of the buck...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Copper
$416 Sale Price
20% Off
Auböck Brass Key Paperweight & Cork Screw, Corkscrew, Midcentury, 1950s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Carl Auböck "Key" bottle opener, corkscrew & paperweight in solid brass, made by Werkstätten Carl Auböck in 1950s.
The key is in a very good condition.
We ship via DHL...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Louis SOGNOT (its) Bamboo Bottle Holder, 1950s
By Louis Sognot
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Bamboo Bottle Holder in the Style of Louis Sognot, France, 1950s. A beautiful mid-century design piece, this bamboo and rattan bottle holder is in...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
1940s Gorgous Cocktail Shaker by St. Hilaire, Made in France
Located in Milano, IT
1940s Gorgeous and rare cocktail shaker in stainless steel by St. Hilaire, some signs of aging but however excellent condition. Made in France. Signed at the bottom.
Dimension:
3,74 ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
1960s Brass Black Leather Hip Flask Spain
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Spanish Gold Brass or Plated Black Leather Flask
Decanter Secret Bottle
Label underneath.
6 h x 4 x 1.25 d
Made in Spain
Preowned original vintage condition
See images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 two “Hercules Inox” bottle openers, Brazil 1960s.
Located in Barcelona, ES
Corkscrew and cap opener in Brazilian wood, stainless steel and brass, set designed and produced by “Hercules Inox”, a company from São Paulo dedicated t...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
1970s Romania Etched Glass Decanter Clipper Sailboat
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Romania Etched Glass Decanter Clipper Sailboat
Tall 10.13 x 5.25 diameter
Clipper Sailboats Etched Glass
Retains label made in Romania.
Original vintage condition like new.
Re...
Category
1970s Romanian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Pair of Vintage Wood Crow Bird Corkscrew Bottle Opener Danish Design, Denmark
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous vintage pair of Danish teak wood bottle opener and corkscrew bird figures. An original Barware from the 1960s, nice addition to every bar card trolley or just to display a...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck II Brass Bottle Opener, Maria Theresia Coin, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful solid brass bottle opener, designed and executed by Carl Auböck II in the 1950s. Marked: Made in Austria. In good condition with nice patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Etched Partially Silverplated Handmade Tray with Horse Patten
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A highly decorative vintage handmade brass serving tray with an etched and silver-plated pattern of a horse probably made in Italy around 1950. This completely handcrafted piece is a...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass, Martelé
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
Teakwood and Wrought Iron 1950s Wine Rack Shelf
Located in Lomita, CA
The wine stand holds 20 bottles of your favorite cru in gorgeous teakwood. The wood is special. It is from the second half of the 20th century with expertly crafted wrought iron in a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Zimbabwean Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Wrought Iron
$813 Sale Price
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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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