Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
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: Blue
Mid-Century Modern Glazed Ceramic Bowl by Accolay
Located in London, GB
Mid-Century Modern French glazed ceramic bowl with face design, by Accolay. Signed to base.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Carstens 1950s Vintage Midcentury Turquoise Black & Gold West German Vase
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful vintage midcentury West German vessel or vase by Carstens Tonnieshof made post war circa 1950s with a turquoise blue and black glaze with gold details and white lines of dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Mid-Century Large Floor Vase Designed by John Andersson Höganäs Sweden 1960s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This wonderful, sculptured floor vase was created / designed by John Andersson for Höganäs Keramik Sweden 1960s.
The shape and the turquoise glaze are stunning.
Good vintage con...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Montelupo and Londi Midcentury Blue Ceramic Italian Vase for Bitossi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury blue glazed terracotta ceramic blue vase. This fantastic item was designed by Flavia Montelupo and Aldo Londi for Bitossi in Italy, Rimini, during the late 1950s o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Blue Glazed Ceramic Vase Donkey Mark
Located in Munich, DE
Very colorful Guido Gambone ceramic vase with geometric underglaze painting in yellow, orange red, black on blue textured background, signed with GAMBONE and the donkey mark.
Litera...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
San Polo Italian Ceramic Decorative Wall Plate, 1950s
By San Polo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
San Polo Italian ceramic decorative wall plate, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pol Chambost Piggy Bank
By Pol Chambost
Located in Brooklyn, NY
rare piece of blue enabled ceramic with fine crackles .
Pig from Pol Chambost in good original condition from the 1960's
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic FISH VASE Rimini Blue Design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic vases fish abstract fish ilustration in rimini blue
Design:
Aldo Londi
Producer:
Bitossi, Italy
Decade:
1960s
Material:
Ceramic
This original vin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Vase Seashell Vicke Lindstrand Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Incredible vase created by Vicke Lindstrand Ekeby, Sweden in late 1940s. The seashell vase is made in ceramic and has a wonderful blue glaze to cover its artistic sculptured ceramic....
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Deep Azure Blue Pierced Star Ceramic Bowl
Located in Oakland, CA
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern design, this bowl is wheel thrown and hand pierced stoneware with satin glaze that breaks from blue to green to grey. Small holes are created when the ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Medium Midcentury Blue Empoli Vase Decanter, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Unique Empoli vase. Very good original vintage condition. Only one unique piece. Produced in 1960s in Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Slim Blue Decorative Glass Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Medium Mid Century Baby Blue Vase with Frill, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue vase in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer relief ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Blue Glass Sugar or Fruit Bowl, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good condition. The sugar bowl looks very good on every style table. Very good original vintage condition.
Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Crystal
Small Mid Century Ultramarine Blue Artistic Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue vase in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer relief ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Small Midcentury Ultramarine Blue Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue vase in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer reli...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter, Mid-Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Vintage Slim Blue Decorative Glass Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Blue Medium Glass Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Vase, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the central part. Its gorgeous shades of blue and the geometric design of the patterns make this vase a highly decorative piece from the Mid-Century Modern period.
To create a set.
Measures: 15,5 cm H x 9 cm diameter
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta, Pottery
West German Mid-Century Blue & Turquoise Glaze Floor Vase by Scheurich c. 1970
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Absolutely stunning and very rare color combination of vivid bright ocean blue and turquoise tall floor standing vase or umbrella stand by West German Pottery manufacturer Scheurich Keramik (Ceramic), circa 1970s. Add a splash of color / colour to your home decor with this beautiful blue and turquoise "Lava" glaze which instantly makes one think of beautiful warm sunny beaches and tropical ocean waters. Would make a great umbrella stand or walking stick holder...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Ceramic Vase by Gunnar Nylund, Scandinavian, Green Vase, "Charmotte", C 1950
Located in New York, NY
Decorative green ceramic vase by Gunnar Nylund, Gustavsberg, Sweden, circa 1950.
This is the large size of three vases called "Charmotte".
The surface is a very beautiful "ruff" ce...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mini Midcentury Red Green and Blue Empoli Vase for Perfume, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Unique Empoli small Vase. Very good original vintage condition.
Only one unique piece. Produced in 1960s in Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Blue and Transparent Big Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
l'Atelier du Cyclope Annecy Mid-Century Turquoise Lava Glazed Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish French mid-century art pottery vase decorated with turquoise lava glazes and produced by l'Atelier du Cyclope made in Annecy. The ceramic vase is lightly potted and stands ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Vintage Blue Small Geometric Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Huge Blue Helmut Schäffenacker Vase
Located in Munich, DE
Monumental blue glazed ceramic floor vase from the Artist Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker, Germany 1960s. Stunning piece with artist mark.
Helmut Friedrich Schäffenacker (1921-2010...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vase Designed by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1950s.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Measures :: Height: 5 cm
Diameter: 2.5 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Teal Lacquered Ceramic Tulip Vase by Giacomo Onestini for Ernestine Salerno
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s - 1970s.
This wonderful piece is made in crackle lacquered ceramic, which is labelled on the bottom.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight trace...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Small Mid Century Empoli Vase for Candy or Jewelry Box, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Unique Empoli vase box for candies or jewelry box. Very good original vintage condition. Only one unique piece. Produced in 1960s in Italy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Signed Vallauris France Ceramic Pottery Glazed Blue & Black Mid-Century Modern
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Superb Mid-Century Modern handcrafted drip glazed ceramic vase, vessel, object of Fine Art in hues of blue and black.
Signed underneath Vallauris France.
Vallauris is the famous vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Blue Vase Candlestick, Europe, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue and white vase in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Mid Century Light Blue Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue vase in amazing shape. Produced in 1960s.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer relief surface,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Antonio Lampecco Signed Large Ceramic Blue Vase, circa 1970, Belgium
Located in Brussels, BE
Original Antonio Lampecco large vase, circa 1970, Belgium.
Ceramic with beautiful shades of blue.
Rare model in good condition.
Monogram underneath.
Dimensions: 46 cm W, 13 cm D, 20 ...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gambone Style Ceramic Crackled Glass Fritte Turquoise, Green Brown Bowl Vintage
By Guido Gambone, Bitossi
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous Dutch Mid-Century Modern ceramic bowl with crackled glass fritte in the center is a very obscure and rare bowl marked Holland on the bottom. It is very much in the styl...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vallaurice France Turquoise Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp Pottery Folk Art French
By Vallauris
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning handmade French Country turquoise glazed ceramic table lamp from Vallauris (village on the French Riviera where Picasso, Matisse, Jean Marais were working).
Will be rewired...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Pitcher by Robert Picault, France 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic pichet by Robert Picault
France 20th century
Signed RP.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Guido Gambone Huge Blue Ceramic Bowl
Located in Munich, DE
Colorful huge bowl in blue, dark grey and golden glazed ceramic made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone Italy on the bottom.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Montelupo and Londi Mid-Century Blue Ceramic Italian Vase for Bitossi, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century blue glazed terracotta ceramic blue vase. This fantastic item was designed by Flavia Montelupo and Aldo Londi for Bitossi in Italy, Rimini, during the late 1950s ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Very Large Ceramic Round Ashtray, Rimini Blu
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue glazed (Rimini Blu) ceramic large ashtray designed by Aldo Londi and manufactured by Bitossi.
Italy, 1950-1960s.
It was handcrafted in Italy with hand carved geometric design ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Mid Century Big Vintage Blue and White Ombre Vase, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Blue vase in amazing shape. Produced in 1960s in Poland.
Glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box.
No jags, defects etc. The outer re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Sylvia Leuchovius, Large, Rare Decorative Plate / Platter, Scandinavian Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sylvia Leuchovius (1915–2003) swedish artist, worked for Rörstrand, Sweden mid-1900s.
This large, rare decorative plate / platter with its di...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Janne Fagerfäldt Bleue Ceramic Boule Limhamn Sweden Ruelland Jouve Capron
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Janne Fagerfäldt (b. 1941) Sweden Unique sculpture in glazed stoneware.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Diameter 10 cm 3.93 inch
Height 14cm 5.51 inch.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Signed Pol Chambost Leaf Ceramic Vide-Poche, circa 1950, France
By Pol Chambost
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century Pol Chambost vide-poche, circa 1950, France.
Leaf form. Blue-green, white and black enamelled earthenware.
Signed underneath with Pol Chambost monogram, made in France,...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Vintage Blue and Green Big Vase, 20th Century, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Glass
Aldo Londi for Bitossii Mid-Century Rimini Blu Pottery Sausage Dog
By Aldo Londi
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Delightful and stylish Italian mid-century Rimini Blu art pottery sausage dog figure designed by Aldo Londi (Italian, 1911-2003) for Bitossi and dating fro...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Ceramic Bowl by Robert Picault, France 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic bowl by Robert Picault
France, 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Bay Keramik Bodo Mans Vase
By Bodo Mans, Bay Keramik
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful Bay Keramik vase with moulded runic patterns, designed by Bodo Mans, this pattern was quite popular during the 1960s. This tall vase is in a very g...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stig Lindberg Gustavsberg Vintage Signed Ceramic Tray or Dish Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage chic Swedish Mid-Century Modern hallmarked Stig Lindberg glazed ceramic tray, dish or desk accessory is hallmarked in 2 places with numbers; Gustavsberg Sweden with a sy...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blu Ceramic Vase, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare design by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Rimini Blue ceramic footed vase with geometric motifs, Italy, 1960s
This stunning glazed ceramic vase has a pattern with circles in dark blue with rhombus inside in shades of green / turquoise color accented by decorative flowers.
Excellent vintage condition.
This piece is perfect as a gift idea and it could placed alone or with other 'Rimini Blu'Bitossi pieces creating a set. Display it in a cabinet or on a console table, with flowers or just as a cool decorative vase.
Measures: 22 cm height x 18 cm diameter (8,66 in height X 7,08 in diameter )
More Bitossi Aldo Londi pieces are avaliable at our 1stdibs marketplace.
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful, totemic vessels designed by the high priest of postmodernism, Ettore Sottsass.
The company was incorporated by Guido Bitossi in 1921, though the family began making art pottery in the mid-19th century. In the 1930s, Londi came aboard, bringing with him a mindset that respected time-honored craft, yet looked also to the future. On the one hand, Londi’s perspective fostered the making of Bitossi’s popular whimsical animal figures, hand-shaped and -carved and finished in a rich azure glaze known as “Rimini Blue.”
But with his other hand, Londi reached out to thoughtful, experimental designers such as Sottsass. Starting in the 1950s, some 20 years before he founded the Memphis Postmodern design...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
French Midcentury Cobalt Blue Ceramic Vase, Manner of Edmond Lachenal
Located in Miami, FL
Midcentury French ceramic vase in a stunning cobalt blue color, glazed.
Signed piece, unknown ceramic artist.
This gorgeous decorative object will e...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
1960s DeSimone Style Italian Mid-Century Decorative Plate with Egyptian Figures
Located in Miami, FL
1960s Italian Egyptian themed, hand painted decorative plate. Reminiscent of Desimone painted designs, marked on the back in the clay Italy. The profile of two Egyptian heads facing ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Rectangular Ashtray Empy Pocket
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Italian Midcentury Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini blue glazed ceramic rectanular ashtray or bowl, Italy, 1950-1960s.
Beautiful blue glazed (...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Ceramic Centerpiece by M.G.a
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Iconic ceramic centerpiece by M.G.A, Italy 1970 circa.
Hand painted light blue ceramic centerpiece decorated with small beautiful polar white bears.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Montelupo and Londi Midcentury Blue Ceramic Italian Vase for Bitossi, 1960s
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury blue glazed terracotta ceramic vase. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi in Rimini, Italy, during the late 1950s or early 1960s.
This mag...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
ceramic pitchers by Pol Chambost
By Pol Chambost
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beautiful set of blue ceramics by Pol Chambost from the 1950's
original condition
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Gio Ponti Set of Two Decorative Bottles in Ceramic by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola
By Gio Ponti
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two decorative blue bottles in ceramic with gold lusters decorations (realized by Bottega Gatti in Faenza) from the Bottiglie Abitate series which is designed by Gio Ponti in the 1950s and manufactured during the 1990s by Cooperativa Ceramica Imola.
The manufacturer's brand and signature are visible under the bases.
Dimensions:
A buttoned bottle H36 cm
A decorated bottle H30 cm
Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between.
Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale.
After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Luster
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