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Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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
French Green Majolica Oyster Marcel Guillot, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster signed Marcel Guillot, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Pansy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950. 8.3 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Set of Twelve Italian Blue Spatter Plates
Located in New York, NY
Set of Twelve Italian blue spatter plates. Twelve vintage glazed terracotta 8” luncheon or appetizer salad dessert plates with wonderfully hand spattered blue dots, each unique. Ital...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Terracotta

Vintage French Faience Service Decorated with Fish, MFBA Pornic
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage French Faience Service Decorated with Fish, Manufacture de Faïence de Quimper, Brittany, France, MFBA Pornic, Circa 1960. A vintage French faience fourteen piece service ha...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery

Vintage Ceramic Dessert Set Plates in Apple shape, Ernestine style, Italy 70s
Located in Roma, IT
We offer for sale a set of fun and playful dessert plates, hand crafted and hand painted in Italy around the 70s by the M.A.C. (Maestri d'Arte Ceramica) factory in Salerno, as attest...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950. 8.2 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere Pattern, Set of Six
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere Pattern, Set of Six, 1970s. The Set of Piero Fornasetti plates depict different scenes of hist...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Pottery

Italian Mid-Century Restaurant Ceramic Dinner Plates, Set of 8
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian mid-century Restaurant Ceramic Dinner Plates, Set of 8 A set of 8 different restaurant collectible plates made of hand-painted ceramic. There is a special edition of "Italy...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 12 Plates, Piero Fornasetti, Adamo / Adam
Located in Stockholm, SE
12 plates of model Adamo (Adam) designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Piero Fornasetti created one set of Adam and one set of Eva containing 12 plates each. These plates are 26 ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

French Green Majolica Oyster Octopus Plate Aetgina Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster plate signed Aetgina Vallauris, circa 1950. With an octopus pattern.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Large French Mid-Century Majolica Blue Flower Plate Charolles
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Mid-Century Blue Flower Plate signed Charolles. 9 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

French Green Majolica Oyster Octopus Plate Aetgina Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster plate signed Aetgina Vallauris, circa 1950. With an octopus pattern.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

French Mid-Century Majolica Blue Flower Plate Charolles
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Mid-Century Majolica Blue Flower Plate Charolles. 7 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Coffe Plates For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Coffe Plates For Cassina The tableware collection by Le Corbusier, originally crafted for the Prunier restaurant in London, was revisited by...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Majolica Yellow Oyster Plate Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century Ceramic Yellow Oyster Plate Vallauris
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Rare Ceramic Oyster Plate Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Rare oyster Plate signed Robert Picault. Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Paris. After the war he spent a short...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

1950s Edward Don & Co. Sterling China Restaurant Ware Lobster Plates - Set of 4
By Sterling China
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous set of four lobster plates designed by Edward Don for Sterling Vitrified China - circa 1950s. Sterling China in Ohio was well known for their restaurant ware lines and fo...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Romanze Porcelain Dinner Service by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, near complete Mid-Century modern porcelain dinner service. By Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. In the Romanze form and Medley pattern. Consisting of: 10 Large Dinner Plates ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Set of 6 French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 6 French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges Circa 1950. Decorated with shells, starfish,fish, oyster,Shrimp.
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

French Mid-Century Majolica Pink Flower Plate Charolles
Located in Austin, TX
Small French Mid-Century Majolica Pink Flower Plate Charolles. 7 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

Set of Six Cobalt Blue Murano Glass Round Dinner Plates, Italy 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic set of six midcentury glass plates in an incredibly vibrant cobalt blue color. These gorgeous plates were hand-made in Italy by Duna in the 1980s. This incredibly elegant ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Glass, Art Glass

Set of 12 Mid-Century Ceramic Plates w/ Oceanic Motifs in Mauve by MBFA Pornic
By Manufacture Bretonne de Faïences Artistiques (M.B.F.A.)
Located in New York, NY
This charming Set of Twelve Mid-Century Modernist Plates in Hand-Painted Ceramic by MBFA Pornic originates from France, Circa 1960. Featuring a beautif...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Orfinox French Faience Mustard Yellow Seaweed Oyster Plate, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A mid-century oyster or seafood plate, made by Orfinox, circa 1960s. A mustard yellow ground with six oyster shell shaped wells for holding the oyster, clam, or mussel meat, with ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Faience

Vintage Set of Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni Pattern Plates-Rosettes
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni pattern plates depicting Rosettes 1980s, The dramatic plates depict six different large black and white flower-shaped rosettes on a gilt ground. Dimensions: 10 inches diameter x 1 1/4 inches high. The plates are numbered 1-6, each a different design. Mark: a printed black and white flower with the name ROSONI above the Fornasetti hand...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Daisy Marcel Guillot Vallauris, circa 1950. 8.2 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Majolica Oyster Plate Sarreguemines Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1950. 4 plates are available.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

Set of French Majolica Oyster Plates & Platter Marcel Guillot, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Rare set of 8 Majolica oysters plates and platter signed Marcel Guillot, circa 1950. Very rare color. platter 16.5 inches , 8 plates 9.5 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Majolica Oyster Plate with Crab Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate with crab in the center and shell accents, circa 1960 signed Sarreguemines.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates, Set of Six Plates with School of Fish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti "Pesci" Porcelain Plates, Set of Six Plates with Schools of Fish, Circa 1970s Each of the six different designs depicts a school of similar fish swimming across th...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Aries Zodiac Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Aries
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Number 9 Aries, Astrali Pattern, Made for Corisia Dated 1972 The plate for the sign ARIES is dated 1972 and is numbered #9. The pla...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Wedgwood Runnymede Turquoise Pink Shells, Floral Center 71 Pcs Dinner Set
Located in Germantown, MD
71 piece dinner set by Wedgwood with turquoise band and the rare pink shell model with Floral Center. Model W4465 Wedgwood Runnymede Turquoise (Pin...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Bone, Porcelain

French Green Majolica Oyster Marcel Guillot, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster signed Marcel Guillot, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Massimo Vignelli for Heller Dinnerware 20 Large Plates and 20 Small Plates Light
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful set of 20 large 10-inch dinner plates and 20 smaller 8-inch salad plates in light yellow by Massimo Vignelli for Heller. Beautiful conditio...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Plastic

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate, Numbered #7 in Series 1960s-mid 1970s. The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

French Ceramic Oyster Plate – Deep Red Glaze – 1960s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French Ceramic Oyster Plate – Deep Red Glaze – 1960s Description: This is a beautiful oyster plate made in France in the 1960s, crafted from ceramic with a deep red to purplish glaze that offers a striking and sophisticated appearance. The surface has developed a lovely patina over time, enhancing its vintage charm. Designed with multiple wells to present oysters elegantly, the piece is not only functional but also highly decorative. Its rich, glossy finish and textural depth make it a true statement piece, whether used on a dining table or displayed as part of a collection. Key features: Original French ceramic oyster platter, circa 1960 Rich red-purplish glaze with beautiful aging patina Designed to serve oysters, but also perfect as a decorative object Elegant mid-century style, ideal for vintage or coastal interiors Collectible French tableware Keywords: vintage oyster plate...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

"Gala Blue" MidCentury Dinner Service Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Lovely midcentury dinner service designed by Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal (Germany). Fine porcelain that has a lovely irridencent blue band that is outlined by gold (gilded) bands. ...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Dinner Plates For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Dinner Plates For Cassina The tableware collection by Le Corbusier, originally crafted for the Prunier restaurant in London, was revisited b...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns, Twelve Months, Eight Plates, Mid to Late 1950s. Piero Fornasetti's "12 Mesi 12 Soli" series numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, showing the sun as a woman's face and each one representing a different month- May & June. Dimensions: 10-inch diameter x 1-inch high. The Piero Fornasetti Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates are a series of twelve porcelain plates that were designed by the Italian artist Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Each plate features a different month of the year, represented by a sun with the face of a woman. The plates are decorated in a whimsical and playful style that is typical of Fornasetti's work. The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were inspired by a calendar that Fornasetti created in 1942 for his friend, the Italian publisher Gio Ponti. The calendar featured a series of drawings of the sun with the face of a woman, and Fornasetti later adapted these drawings for the plates. The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were first produced in the early 1950s. Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Vintage Restaurantware Ombre Green Dinner Plates - Shenango China
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
We love restaurantware. So when we are out scouting, and we find a piece, we always grab it! This set of dinnerplates by Shenango are in the most beautiful ombre green around the edg...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Roger Capron - Ceramic Sculpture Tetes Bug
Located in Stratford, CT
Ceramic sculpture by Roger Capron. Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tables and his use of recurring motifs such as stylized branches and geomet...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Set of 5 Vintage Finnish Glass Plates Solaris by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Finnish Glas Plates Solaris by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala, Set of 5, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979 Official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, d...
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20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Glass

Fornasetti Themes & Variations Plate #334, Atelier Fornasetti, The Quiet
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation plate, #334, The Quiet, Atelier Fornasetti With Original Box. The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts t...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, 1970s. A complete set of twelve vintage painted gold ground transfer-printed porcelain plates in black and white...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Roger Capron - Set of 6 Colorful Ceramic Plates with Mask
Located in Stratford, CT
A set of six plates made by Roger Capron in Vallauris, France in 1960s. Same design presented in six different colors. The 6 plates come with their original packaging. We have 4 set...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Danish Stoneware Bird Wall Plate by Noomi Backhausen, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Stoneware Bird Wall Plate by Noomi Backhausen for Søholm, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional inf...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Large French Mid-Century Majolica Blue Flower Plate Charolles
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Mid-Century Blue Flower Plate signed Charolles. 9 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

French Mid-Century Blue Majolica Daisy Plate Maunier Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Mid-Century Blue Daisy Plate signed Maunier Vallauris. 8 inches diameter.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

Midcentury Octogonal Plate Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Midcentury Octogonal Plate Robert Picault Vallauris. Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) was born in Vincennes, Paris and studied at the School of A...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

French Green Majolica Oyster Plate Proceram, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French green Majolica oyster plate signed Proceram, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Villeroy & Boch Porcelain Dinner Plates, Burgenland Series, Germany
Located in Bastogne, BE
Villeroy & Boch Red Burgenland. Villeroy and Boch Dinner Plates. In excellent condition, no chips, cracks or crazing. Burgenland is one of Villeroy & Boch’s most iconic pa...
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1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

French Gabriel Fourmaintraux Majolica Oyster Plates, Mid-Century
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
Gabriel Fourmaintraux, (1886-1984), was a French ceramist who contributed to the development of Desvres earthenware and its great renown. The Desvres Earthenware Museum, housed in th...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Majolica

Piero Fornasetti Recipe Plate, Vero-Pig Piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti recipe plate, Vero-Pig piccadilly, Made for Fleming Joffe, Silkscreen and transfer, Early 1960s. This rare Piero Forna...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Majolica Oyster Plate Sarreguemines Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1950. 8 plates are available.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Faience

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks, Set of Six, circa 1960s-1970s The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Set of 3 Mid-Century Space Age Green Ceramic Plates or Bowls, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Space Age Green Ceramic Plates or Bowls from Gerz Keramik, West Germany, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mar...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Set of 12 Noritake Morimura Gilt Dinner or Service Plates, Ex-Seidenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 Noritake porcelain dinner plates. With transfer painted polychrome flowers to the center & rim, green Rococo style decoration, and raised gold highlights. (Labeled to the reverse with an old Seidenberg sticker pricing the set at $2250.) Simply a wonderful set of dinner service plates! Date: Mid-20th Century Overall Condition: They are in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. Condition Details: There is some noticeable rubbing to the inner gold ring in the centers of most plates. There is some minor rubbing and losses to gilding high points in the raised gold decoration and one small noticeable (a little bit deeper) half-inch scratch to one plate. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age. Maker: Noritake Morimura Brothers...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Early 20th Century Spanish Three Tier Dessert Stand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Three tier metal dessert plate from France. Made by unknown manufacturer, early 20th century. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a b...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Metal

15 Pieces Ceramic Fish Service by Sarreguemines France 1950 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Rare 15 pieces ceramic fish service made by Sarreguemines faicerie in Sarreguemines France 1950 Signed 14 ceramic green dishes plus on long servic...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Cook Plates-Calcutta Minestrone and Corfam Du Pont
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Cook Plates, Calcutta Minestrone and Corfam A La Du Pont, Made for Fleming Joffe, Silkscreen & Transfer, 1960s-early 70s. These two Piero Fornasetti porcelain plates are from a series made for the Fleming Joffe hide company in New York City. These were originally given as a pair to clients in a box with a cardboard box with a faux hide covering. It is very rare to find two plates staying together like these. Included with the two plates is the paper separator and the original Thank you card...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Mid-century Modern dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern dinner plates 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 dinner plates created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern dinner plates made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dinner plates, popular names associated with this style include Piero Fornasetti, Robert Picault, Roger Capron, and Fornasetti. 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 dinner plates 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 $14,200 while the average work can sell for $681.

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