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
Jumbo Aluminum Kensington Ware styled Cocktail Shaker
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very large jumbo sized cocktail shaker formed in aluminum with large top and built in strainer with cap. This is your summer party sized mixer shaker or called a hotel shaker that ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Cocktail Shaker Set with White and Gold Leaf Motif Signed Lex Kuznak
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage cocktail shaker and eight cocktail glasses signed Lex Kuznac decorated with stylized feathery leaves in 22k gold and white enamel.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Set of Nine Green Hand-Blown Glass Drinking Glasses, Empoli, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
Made in hand-blown glass in Empoli, the oldest place in Italy where glass has been blown since Roman times.
It is a vintage set, therefore it might show slight ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Murano Glass
Walter Bosse Corkscrew Horseshoe Vienna, Austria, 1950s, Mid-Century
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian Walter Bosse design corkscrew in the form of a horseshoe. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items. Found at an es...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Corkscrew, Brass Bottle Opener & Humorous WMF Bird Peanutdispenser
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Humorous midcentury bird peanut dispenser (20 cm) by German WMF made during the 1970s. Accompanied by jumbo bottle opener in Rosewood and brass and a stylistically similar corkscrew ...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
$311 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid Century Napier Gilt Bamboo Motif "Bottom Up" / "Roll Over" Spirit Measure
By Napier Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid Century Modern gilt bamboo motif rollover or "Bottom Up" spirit measure / jigger by Napier Co.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
An ice bucket by Alexandre Noll, France 1950s
Located in London, GB
Exquisite work by Noll in turned walnut, with mounted brass base and glass liner.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Walnut
Carl Aubock "Wrist" Hand Cork Stopper #4220
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock "Wrist" hand Cork stopper #4220. This beautifully crafted cork stopper by Carl Aubock is a wonderful example of the marriage of form and funct...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
$300 / item
Lino Sabattini for Christofle Gallia, Cocktail Jug, c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous modernist silver plated bar or cocktail jug; about as stylish as they get. Made even more interesting as this example was used during the 1963 ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Personal Ice Bucket in Blue Glass and Copper Holder with Handle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Personal ice bucket in blue tinted glass and copper holder with handle with wooden detail.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Italian Goatskin Book Shaped Dry Bar Cabinet by Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous 1950s Italian goatskin book shaped dry bar cabinet designed by Aldo Tura. The bar is constructed of wood covered with lacquered goatskin with a hand painted Renaissance S...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Culver Ltd Highball Cocktail Glasses with 22K Gold Owls Hollywood Regency 1950s
By Culver Ltd.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Culver Ltd Highball Drinking Glasses with 22K Gold Owls, Set of 6 Circa 1950's.
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Gold Embossed Culver Owl highball tumbler glasses set of 6.
Wonderful vintage mid-century modern 6 gold embossed owl Tom Collins Culver glasses.
Each glass has a pair of detailed 22k gold owls perched on a branch with a crackled band at the top rim.
This is a set of 6 spectacular owl glasses...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Vintage Cobalt Opalescent Italian Opaline Vase on Foot from Florence, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Opaline di Florence (Empoli) opalescent Italian art glass vase the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Beautiful hand-blown opal and hand-applied one foot
Measures: 33 cm tall, diameter 17 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
1960s Eisenberg Lozano Silver Wine Bottle Holder Cane Wrap Germany
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Sculptural Modern Silver Plate Wine Holder Caddy
Eisenberg Lozano of New York Germany
8 h x 8 d x 3.75 w
Silver plated and cane wrapped.
Maker stamp E L. Germany
Preowned vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Midcentury Faux Briar Plastic Italian Ice Bucket with Top, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury plastic Italian ice bucket with faux briar effect. This fantastic item was designed in Italy during the 1970s.
This wine cooler is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Martini & Rossi French Ashtrays, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of French Martini & Rossi triangular ashtrays. White opalex is branded Martini & Rossi extra dry Vermouth on each side. Each corner has a beveled cigarette rest. Marked “Made ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Opaline Glass
$225 / set
1950s Taxco Mexico Set of 7 Cocktail Bar Long Tea Spoons Sterling Silver Leaf
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s vintage set of 7 tall leaf spoons sterling silver cocktail bar stirrers
Taxco Mexico
Sterling silver
Measures: 8.13 long x 1.13 w x .13
Maker stamped.
Preowned Unrestored ...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Italian Glass Ice Bucket
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Italian Mid Century Modern Glass Ice Bucket. Paneled glass design with with chrome handle.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Chrome
4 Mid-Century Modern "Fishing Lure" Double Old Fashioned Glasses Marked "Meth"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of four mid-century modern double old fashioned glasses with fishing lures in colored enamels and 22 karat gold with raised textured designs on clear glass with white frosted int...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Original 1960s Coca Cola ice bucket by Smidt-imex
Located in Meulebeke, BE
USA / 1960 / ice bucket / Coca Cola / plastic / Mid-century / Vintage
A stylish original Coca Cola ice bucket. Made in the 1960s by Smidt-imex in Belgium. This stylish item with the...
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic
Art Deco Style Figural Nutcracker Vintage, Germany, 1950s Mid-Century Modern
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s nutcracker in the form of a Pierrot or Clown. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of brass and bronze items or display at your bar cart. Found ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Smoke Grey Martini Glass Pitcher by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Elegant hand-blown pitcher in grey smoke glass designed by per Lütken circa 1960 and made Holmegaard in Denmark. Measurements: H: 25 cm, Diameter: 9.5 cm (base). Capacity: 0,7 liter.
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Yellow Blue a Canne Ribbons Italian Art Glass Bottle Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful Murano hand blown yellow and blue "A Canne" transparent ribbons Italian art glass bottle / flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, with tall neck and bulbous ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Ribbon, Blown Glass
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
1960s Gorgeous Light Blue Cocktail Shaker by Lumium. Made in England
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous light blue cocktail shaker by Lumium in pure aluminum. Made in England
The item is in excellent condition. It's signed at the bottom.
Dimension:
diameter 3,93 x 7,87 H...
Category
1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
1951 Danish Blown Glass & Silver Decanter by E. Dragsted
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1951 Danish blown glass & silver Kluk Kluk decanter. Original crown stopper. Made by E. Dragsted, silver collar with his hallmark. The name comes from the pouring sound due to the pi...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Mid-Century Glass Decanter by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, 1960s
By Per Lütken
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Green hand-blown Winston decanter designed in 1956 by Per Lütken. Manufactured at Holmegaard in Denmark between 1956-65. Its very rare featuring its original cork stopper. Measuremen...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown Glass, Cork
$306 Sale Price
30% Off
Six Vintage Georges Briard Feather Bouquet Rocks Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern rocks glasses designed by Georges Briard having an arrangement of exotic feathers in white, cream, tan and brown enamel.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Bottle Holder in Lucite, Wicker and Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury wonderful bottle holder in lucite, wicker and brass in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bottle Holder by Auböck Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Bottle holder by Auböck around 1950s
Original condition
The wine bottle is not included, it is only for the photo shooting.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modernist Cut Crystal Ice Bucket with Chrome Fittings & Loop Handles
Located in New York, NY
This bold and glamorous Mid-Century Modernist Cut Crystal Ice Bucket Originates from France, Circa 1950. Featuring a rim and handles rendered in polished chrome, the body of the ice ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Silver Plated and Glass Champagne Bucket, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice champagne bucket is made of glass and silver plated. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Auböck Bottle Opener, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Bottle Opener, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Guzzini 1970s brass and lucite faux tortoise bar tray
By Guzzini
Located in Catania, IT
This splendid Guzzini tray is a refined example of 1970s Italian design, an object that combines functionality and aesthetics with a naturalness that only the design of that era can ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Mid-century modern brass ice bucket by Guzzini from the 1970s
By Guzzini
Located in Catania, IT
This charming ice bucket is an elegant example of Guzzini design, created in the 1970s, the golden age of Italian design. The object is immediately striking for the contrast between ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Lucite Ice Bucket
Located in New York, NY
1980's Lucite Ice Bucket with matching lid.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Lucite
French Cut Crystal Port Decanter With Handle, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This wine or Port decanter dates to the 1950s or 60s. Its many cut edges are beveled softly. It can contain around 0.7 liter. Very reminiscent in style to similar designs from Saint-...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Crystal
$398 Sale Price
30% Off
Big Auböck Bottle Opener 'Marked'
Located in Wien, AT
Big Auböck bottle opener ( marked )
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hunter's Cigar Set: Brass Ashtray & Stag Antler Cutter, Sollingen 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
XL stag handled cigar cutter from Sollingen Germany circa 1950-60. Its accompanied by a stylish German made brass cigar ashtray with two large sleves and a motif of a hunting dog. Me...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
$321 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Teak and Gold Metal Ice Bucket Holder, Made in Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Italian ice bucket in teak and gold metal details, circa 1960s.
The "Made in Italy" engraving is visible on the bottom, as shown in the photos.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
$718 Sale Price
25% Off
Anchor Vintage Bottle Opener Mid-Century Modern Metal Breweriana Barware
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1970s 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
Vintage Collectible Retro Highball Spaghetti Tumblers Set of 6 Blue and White
By Fred Press
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of three vintage clectible retro spaghetti string tumblers. Set includes 6 highball vintage white and powder blue spaghetti drizzle drink...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Set of 3 Mid-Century Metal and Wood Bar Trio, Germany, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Metal and Wood Bar Trio, Germany, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Metal
Styles: Mid-Century Modern
Co...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Mid-Century German Drinking Glasses from Karl Friedrich Glas, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Drinking Glasses from Karl Friedrich Glas, 1960s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969
Additional information:
Materials: Glass
Styles: Mid-C...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Lucite, Wicker & Chrome Ice Bucket Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury wonderful ice bucket in lucite, wicker and chrome in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1950s Mid-Century Modern Oak and Copper French Ice Bucket
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A superb oak and copper ice bucket designed and manufactured in France in the Fifties in the style of Geraud Lafitte. It's in original condition and patina, probably it hasn'' been never used. The ice bucket exhibits characteristics of Mid-century Modern Style popular during that era. This wine cooler has a smooth, curved design, made from oak wood and accented with copper elements. The use of quality materials aligns with the craftsmanship typical of the period. It's a fantastic and usable barware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Copper
Midcentury Two-Tone Cork Ice Bucket Made in Portugal
By Boda Nova
Located in Chicago, IL
Portuguese Midcentury lidded cube-shape ice bucket formed from cork with round cork lid and plastic insert. In the style of Boda Nova as well as M...
Category
1970s Portuguese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Plastic, Cork
Modern Barware Walnut Wood Ice Bucket Set Stainless Steel Tongs 1960s Japan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Offering MCM barware 1960s:
Mid-Century Modern walnut wood ice bucket barware set with Nevco stainless steel tongs 1960s
Ice bucket has aluminum liner. Inc...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Lucite Squared Ice Effect Ice Bucket, Made in Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing plexiglass square ice bucket, frozen effect, made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass
1950s Aldo Tura Pitcher Golden Bull Goatskin Brass Milan Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Aldo Tura Macabo Cusano Fabulous Hand Painted Gold Pitcher Goatskin Brass Milan Italy
Stunning art Fancy Gold Italian Bull hand painted.
14 h x ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Rare Italian Lino Sabattini Vodka / Cocktail Set, C.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent piece of mid-century modern barware, an iconic centrepiece for the finest of cocktail parties.
Made from silverplate, it was black with tarnish when it arrived with us, but once polished, restoring it to it's former glory, it was clear to see this has been stored away for the last 50 years remaining in superb undamaged condition.
Ice would be stored in the base and chilled shots of Vodka or similar would sit in the cut-outs to the lid.
Made in Italy by Argenteria Sabattini signed on the underside. Excellent condition spanning 9 3/4" across the top x 4 1/4" tall to top of glasses; each glass spanning 2 1/4" in diameter across the rim x 4" tall. Excellent condition retaining all six original glasses, undamaged.
Lino Sabattini
Lino Sabattini (born Corregio, Italy, September 23, 1925–died...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Aubock Bar Set Brass Coin Bottle Opener and Bottle Stopper, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful "Emperor Carl VI" coin bottle opener and bottle stopper, designed and executed by Carl Aubock in the 1950s. In very condition with marginal patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Cocktail by OPI Milano for Cini & Nils
By Cini & Nils
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A group of six (6) sculptural and superbly executed polished steel cocktail forks.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Stainless Steel
$850 / set
Marked Brass & Silver Plate Pear Ice Bucket, Ice Cube Box, Fruit Sculpture, 1930
Located in Miami, FL
Old superb ice bucket, ice cube box or Fruit Sculpture in the form of a pear in Brass, removable lid complete with naturalistic leaves and stalk.
The Insulation is missing and shows...
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Walter Bosse Cow Brass Cork Screw Bottle Opener, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming midcentury bottle opener/cork screw, displaying a cow. A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Herta Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of polished brass, in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Barware Set Tray, Tongs and Corkscrew in Goatskin & Steel by Aldo Tura, Italy
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
Barware set composed of a serving tray, tongs and corkscrew in white goatskin and steel details by the Italian designer Aldo Tura. Made in Italy in the 1950s.
The original label i...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Steel
Vintage Couroc Serving Tray with Brightly Colored Mosaic Sailboats
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage nautical serving tray by Couroc of Monterey, made of black phenolic resin with a group of four sailboats with brightly colored sails created using inlaid brass and a mosaic o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Brass
Dorothy Thorpe Style Mid-Century Silver Fade Barware Shot Glasses
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s Dorothy Thorpe style midcentury barware set of 6 shot glasses.
Elegant exquisite vintage 1950s Designer Dorothy Thorpe pure silver overlay band barware glasses.
This set Dorothy Thorpe midcentury cocktail glasses barware has the pure silver faded band around top edge of each piece.
Set includes 6 shot glasses.
1960s Mid-Century Modern cocktail barware set.
Silver fade.
Measurements:
Hot glasses height 3.5 inches, diameter 2.5 inches.
The glasses looks like it was used very little and stored well.
This vintage 1950s midcentury glassware or barware set 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
Vintage Italian Murano Art Glass Cocktail Stirrers, Set of 6
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful set of six (6) vintage Italian Murano barware art glass cocktail stirrers, Mid-Century Modern period, mid-20th century, Italy. Set is hand-crafted in transparent/cle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Modernist ice bucket of Marc Chagall style 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Ice bucket shaped like a pineapple and made of semi-rigid material. Its greenish patina and worn finishes make it an ideal piece for jungle-themed decor, perfectly complementing its ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Resin
$766 Sale Price
20% Off
Venini 1980's Italian Glass "A Canne" Bottle Vase Sculpture Limited Edition
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous red, blue and clear glass striped "A Canne" bottle vase limited edition sculpture. Engraved signature to bottom Venini '88 for Iveco.
Numbered 95/250.
Iveco is one of the world’s largest commercial vehicles manufacturers, and is a member of the FIAT group. Iveco ordered these Venini decanters...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Blown 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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