Modern Dinner Plates
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Contemporary Set of 2 Fruit Bowls Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Dafne Fruit Bowl has a narrow pink and blue dotted rim surrounding a broad, delicate golden decor of stylized flowers, the cente...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Oval Platter Gold Hand Painted Plate Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Dafne large oval rim platter has a narrow pink and blue dotted rim surrounding a broad, delicate golden decor of stylized flower...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Blue Marble Dinner Plate has an original golden crackled rim emphasizing the elegant white with its blue yellow and green decor...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
White plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Green crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Piatto Piano #1, Dining Plate, White by Ivan Colominas
Located in Geneve, CH
Piatto Piano #1 - dining plate - white by Ivan Colominas
Materia e Tavola Collection
Dimensions: 25 x 2 cm
Materials: Bianco Michelangelo / Bianco Carrara
Also available: Nero ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Fine Bone China Plate with Unique Silk-Screen Decals, Plate 18
By Bruce McLean
Located in London, GB
Garden Ware, 1882 Ltd. with Bruce McLean. Acclaimed conceptual artist Bruce McLean debued a vast new body of work titled Garden Ware that was on exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the London Design Festival...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Bone China Dinner Plate, Organic Shapes and Delicate Watercolour Techniques
By Deborah M. Allen
Located in London, GB
Jenny, 1882 Ltd. with Deborah M Allen. Californian-based artist Deborah M Allen’s love of the water has always influenced her work, which often includes references to carved landscapes and the unexpected organic shapes and colours we prize in nature. The result? Gorgeous contemplations of space, fluidity and light. This collection of fine bone china showcases...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Orange plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Dark grey plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4 Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Charger Plate Blue Butterflies Gold Luster Hand-Painted Italian Ceramic
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This exquisite Italian hand-painted ceramic charger plate is part of the 'Petalouda' Collection by deBlona. Featuring a mesmerizing butterfly motif, the design showcases shimmering b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Gold Plate
Purple crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4 Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Dove Grey plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4 Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Sage green plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4 Handmade Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Sage crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Plum plates gold rim: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Orange crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4 Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Sandy crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Visionnaire Casale Rectangular Tray in Wood and Ceramic by Fausto Salvi
Located in Bologna, IT
The volume that contains the houses, joined to the zigzag top, suggests the image of a rural landscape in which we can glimpse the furrows of tilled land and the dwellings of the far...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Dark crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4 Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
White crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Teal crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
New Modern Dish in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas, Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects that characterize the exploration of one of the greatest pleasures afforded us, food.
Size: 25 x 2 cm, smooth finishing, stain treatment compatible with food. Commercial name: Piatto Piano #1, Materia e Tavola collection by the Spanish designer Ivan Colominas. Available also in white Carrara and Michelangelo marble. Made in Italy.
Mmairo loves wining and dining, good food...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Plate Platter Serveware Solid Rose Quartz Marble Hand-carved Collectible Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plate from precious Rose Quartz.
Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Medium L 30, W 28, H 1.8 cm, also available: Big L 36, W 35, H 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Rose Quartz
Orange Soup plates serve: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal, Six Rare Suomi Porcelain Dinner Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal.
Six rare Suomi porcelain dinner plates decorated with water lilies. 1970s / 80s.
Diameter: 24.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Yellow Soup plates serve: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Piatto Piano #2, Dining Plate, White by Ivan Colominas
Located in Geneve, CH
Piatto Piano #2 - Dining plate - White by Ivan Colominas
Materia e Tavola Collection
Dimensions: 29 x 2.1 cm
Materials: Bianco Michelangelo / Bianco Carrara
Also available: Ner...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Beige Soup plates serve: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Sage green Soup plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Dove grey Soup plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Seletti "Hybrid-Ipazia" Dinner Plate in Porcelain
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
White Soup plates serve: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Teal Soup plates serve: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
D Grey Soup plates serve: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Julia Dinner Plate by Fornasetti for Rosenthal
By Rosenthal, Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
A "Julia" porcelain plate with surrealism designs by Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal, an iconic series from 'Temi e variazioni' (“Themes and Va...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Plate Platter Serveware Solid Green Ming Marble Hand-carved Collectible Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plate from green ming marble. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Medium L 30, W 28, H 1.8 cm, also availa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Plate Platter Serveware Solid Green Ming Marble Hand-carved Collectible Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plate from Green Ming marble. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Small L 24, W 20, H 1.8 cm, also availab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Plates Platter Serveware Set White Onyx Blue Azul Marble Hand-carved Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plates in extra blue Azul Macaubas and white onyx. Polished finishing. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Small – L 24, W 20, H 1.8 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Onyx, Quartz
Contemporary Modern, Çini Porcelain Dinner Plate, Decorated Both Sides, Set of 6
By DAY Studio
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Çini porcelain plates derived from an extensive research and deconstruction of traditional Ottoman tile work. While the patterns are repeated regularly in...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Plate Platter Serveware Solid Rose Quartz Hand-carved Collectible Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plate from precious Rose Quartz.
Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Big L 36, W 35, H 1.8 cm, also available: Medium L 30, W 28, H 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Rose Quartz
Plates Platters Serveware Set of 3 Green Marble White Onyx Hand-carved Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plates in Green Ming marble and white onyx.
Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Small - L 24 W 20 H 1.8 cm, Medium - L 30 W 28 H 1.8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Plates Platters Serveware Set of 3 Orange Amber Onyx White Marble Hand-carved
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plates in orange onyx, amber onyx and Calacatta marble. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Small L 24, W 20, H 1.8 cm, medium L 30, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
New Modern Dish in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Glass Charger with Gold Rim Purple
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
A luxurious tableware collection composed of 6 handmade glass charger made in Italy
The gold rim is real gold and hand applied
To be used both as a pla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Glass
Plates Platter Serveware Set Green Onyx Blue Azul Marble Hand-carved Collectible
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plates in extra blue Azul Macaubas and green onyx. Polished finishing. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Small - L24 W20 H1.8 cm, M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Onyx, Quartz
Dove crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Plum crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Grey crenellated plates: Soup, holder, side plate for 4. Handmade in Italy 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Bottega is today undoubtedly the spearhead of Puglia pottery art. The artist was practically born among ceramics and has nourished herself with this art throughout her life until...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Modern, Çini Porcelain Breakfast Plate, Decorated on Both, Set of 6
By DAY Studio
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Çini porcelain plates derived from an extensive research and deconstruction of traditional Ottoman tile work. While the patterns are repeated regularly in...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Plate Platter Serveware White Calacatta Marble Collectible Design Italy Handmade
Located in Ancona, Marche
Hand carved presentation plate from Calacatta marble. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers.
Dimensions: Medium L 30, W 28, H 1.8 cm, also available: Small L 24, W 20 H, 1.8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Dinner plates, diam 27. Hand made. Hand painted. O, P, Q, S, U, Za
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
For more than 30 years this artist has revolutionized the way of thinking about stone. Their artisan techniques are the result of careful research and deep knowledge of the subject: ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
New Modern Dish in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
New Modern Dish in White Carrara Marble, creator Ivan Colominas
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
New Modern Dish in White Carrara Marble, creator Ivan Colominas
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these white seabed dinner coupe plates have corals lying on a bright bottom surrounded by mysterious multicolored gems floating amid b...
Category
2010s European Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Late 20th C. Set of 8 Seeded Glass Dinner Plates with White Skull and Crossbones
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 20th C., a set of 8 seeded glass dinner plates with a white skull and crossbones design. These plates are substantial. The skull and crossbone design is incorporated into the se...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Glass
Modern dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern dinner plates made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dinner plates, popular names associated with this style include Coralla Maiuri, André Fu, Ivan Colominas, and Barberini & Gunnell. 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 $26 and tops out at $49,278 while the average work can sell for $318.