Mid-Century Modern Glass
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
Mid Century Large Flashed Cranberry Glass Serving Tray in Pink Diamond Pattern
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large heavy round flashed cranberry glass serving tray. After Kings Crown or Tiffan, This Mid-Century beauty will be a fabulous addition to your next dinner party. Use it on a tabl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
$64 Sale Price
20% Off
A Soffiato Glass Vase with Aventurine by Fratelli Toso (attr.), Murano ca. 1930s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Soffiato Glass Vase with Aventurine by Fratelli Toso (attr.), Murano ca. 1930s
A rare Murano art glass vase manufactured most probably by Fratelli Toso around 1930s. Thin opaque white glass with aventurine inclusions and applied foot, handles and rim in black.
Fratello Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Purple White Optic Swirl Roticello Ribbons Italian Art Glass Center Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown purple and white interlaced “Roticello” ribbons Italian art glass bowl. Unusual and entrancing optic swirl pattern. In the manner of the Seguso Ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$713 Sale Price
24% Off
Italian Handcrafted Chalice in Blown Murano Glass 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Handcrafted Chalice in Blown Murano glass made in Italy 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
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 Glass
Materials
Glass
AVeM Murano Blue Iridescent Pulegoso Bubbles Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown blue with slight iridescent surface Italian art glass flower vase with applied foot. Documented to the Arte Vetraria Muranese company (A.Ve.M.). I...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Glass Sculpture of a Torso Signed Giuliano Tosi, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Murano glass sculpture of a torso signed Giuliano Tosi. Italy, Mid-20th Century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Italian Alexandrite and Green Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese large and heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano glass bowl, serving dish or ashtray, circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this larg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Glass Vase by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Zecchin
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid glass vase designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Vittorio Zecchin in the 30's, of fine Italian manufacture.
The vase is made entirely of blue glass, very elegant and fine.
...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
$2,875 Sale Price
20% Off
Maroon Liqueur Set, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Ruby glass liqueur set: decanter, 6 glasses and a plate.
Produced by Bohemia in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s.
Original sticker retained
Very ...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
$287 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tall Italian Turquoise Green Glass Bottle Vase
By Empoli
Located in New York, NY
Tall turquoise green glass bottle vase with rim.
Made in Italy by Empoli, circa 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Livio Seguso Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy
By Livio Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Murano glass sculpture designed by Livio Seguso, Italy, 1970's. Clear and smoked hand blown glass. Incised signature to underside an...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Pauly & Co. Light Amber Etched Venetian Glass Footed Bowl or Table Centrepiece
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good vintage Pauly and Co. Venetian glass footed bowl.
Well-scaled as a table centerpiece for fruit or flowers.
Manufactured by Pauly and Co. in V...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Huge Green Vintage Venetian Murano Glass Candlestick Holder by Cenedese
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Monumental, tall and huge green colored (coloured) vintage Italian Murano glass candlestick holder by Cenedese. Beautiful craftsmanship and stunning bright ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Miniature Blue Pulegoso Technique Italian Art Glass Bowl Vide-Poche
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown blue with bubbles Italian art glass miniature personal dish, vide-poche. Attributed to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. Created in the "Pulegoso" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Cenedese Filigrana Art Glass Vase with Multicoloured Bands
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Cenedese Filigrana Art Glass Vase with Multicoloured Bands
A rare filigrana glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Gino Cenedese ca. 1960. Mul...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Pink Fenicio Pulled Feather Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Leaf Shape Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink pulled feather and gold leaf Italian art glass leaf shaped decorative bowl. Created in the "Fenicio" design, in a be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
$563 Sale Price
24% Off
Handshake, a Post-War Lattimo Art Glass Sculpture by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An exceptionally rare figurine by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini & Co.
Referred to as 'Handshake', the model consists of a gloved hand with a scalloped cuff shaking hands with a naked...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Vintage Slim Orange 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 Glass
Materials
Glass
Murano Green Fenicio Pulled Feather Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Leaf Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown green pulled feather and gold leaf Italian art glass leaf shaped decorative bowl. Created in the "Fenicio" design, in a beautiful optic pattern. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
$500 Sale Price
33% Off
Rare Cartoccio con Bolle Incamiciato, "Paperbag" Glass Vase, Seguso Murano 1950'
Located in Bochum, NRW
"Cartoccio con bolle incamiciato".
"Paperbag" vase (Cartoccio), around 1950
Design by Archimede Seguso
Execution Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Encased glass vase (incamiciato), irregularly sha...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Murano Venini Cascading Five Tier Glass Prism Chandelier, Nickel Cage
By Venini
Located in North Miami, FL
In this vintage Murano Venini chandelier there are five tiers of hanging prism glass pendants that make up this chandelier. It is Italian and the f...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Nickel
$4,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Cenedese Mid-Century 1970s Italian Amber 'Zebrato' Clear Murano Glass Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros (attributed) for Cenedese thick and heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano glass ashtray, circa 1965-1975. This heavy piece of glass features an asymmetric de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Ice Glass Bowl "Lunaria" by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala 1972
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A vintage "Lunaria" bowl designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Iittala Glassworks in 1972. Marked with etched signature 'TAPIO WIRKKALA' on the rim. Iittala model number 3449. An authentic ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Anzolo Fuga Rare and Large Hand-Blown Glass "Bandiere" Vase 1955-58
Located in New York, NY
Large and rare "Bandiere" vase, hand-blown with orange, yellow, blue, white, green and clear colors all around with hole in the center by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V....
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Fontana Arte Glass Beveled & Gold Infused Rectangle Footed Serving Tray Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful rectangle Fontana Arte attributed Vanity Tray, Tableware, Barware or Serving Tray in beveled thick green tinted Glass on 4 round gold infused ball feet.
The two handles are...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold
Mid-Century Italian Handmade Sommerso Murano Glass Vase/Jug
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Italian handmade Sommerso vase/jug handmade of purple/plum/green layers Murano glass.
Labeled "Made in Italy Murano".
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Sommerso
Set of Five Antique Murrine Vases by Fratelli Toso, Murano
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Set of Five Antique Murrine Vases by Fratelli Toso, Murano
A set of five millefiore murrine glass vases, manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso around 1910-20. All vases are executed with polychrome multicoloured murrines and have an acid etched finish, one vase with glossy finish. The vases are authentic examples of early 20th century Murano art glass. They were part of a large Fratelli Toso glass collection with over 600 pieces - collected since the 1970s.
Fratello Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg Lerche...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Ochre Midcentury Glass Genie Decanter with Stopper by Empoli
By Empoli
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Sleek midcentury ochre glass decanter with stopper.
The design by Empoli is called Genie.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Handblown Translucent Murano Sea Foam Vase with Clear Murines
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern vase was realized in Murano, Italy, the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production, circa 1960. It fea...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Amber Murano Pulegoso Ashtray or Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian amber Murano glass ashtray or bowl carefully hand blown with small bubbles inside the glass using pulegoso technique / Made ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$540 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid-Century Modern Set of Two Italian Venetian Goblets Aquamarine Murano Glass
By Murano 5
Located in Murano, Venezia
Elegant pair of aquamarine glass goblets with dolphin and swan in 24-carat gold leaf.
The objects made of Murano glass are all handmade by our famous Murano artisans, making our wo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Seguso Arte Vetro Signed Striped Murano Glass Abstract Sculpture Heavy
By Seguso
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Large Seguso Arte Vetro signed striped Murano Glass abstract sculpture. Very vibrant multi color sculpture that is signed on the bottom as pictured.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Zanetti centerpiece, Murano, 1970s.
Located in Palermo, PA
Murano glass centerpiece, made by Licio Zanetti, circa 1970s.
Production labels present.
Excellent overall condition, no breaks or missing, see photos.
Dimensions: H= 20 cm; D= 30 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Flavio Poli Seguso Red Orange Sommerso Murano Art Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural Murano art glass vase in shades of Red and Orange. Designed by Flavio Poli and manufactured by Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Italy, 1950s.
Vibrant colors: Red and orange glass with...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Shell Sculpture in Bollicine Glass with Gold
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Alfredo Barbini Murano glass shell sculpture in Bollicine glass with gold Highlights. Vibrant pink color.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vase by Heinrich Löffelhardt for Schott Zwiesel, 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Designed by Heinrich Löffelhardt and manufactured by Schott Zwiesel. Heinrich’s design activity was at its Zenith during the 1950s-1960s. He became especially interested in the use o...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
MidCentury Turquoise and yellow Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl by Flavio Poli 1950
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Mid-century Modern Glass vase. Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso. Italy, 50s.
In sommerso glass, the turquoise body is submerged in a very slightly yellow mass. (Color variant Gia...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso Coppa Pesante Glass Bowl, 1940s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso Coppa Pesante Glass Bowl, 1940s
A large Venetian Sommerso glass bowl designed by Dino Martens and manufactured by Aureliano Toso in the 1940s. Thick ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Blob Grey Thick Bowl, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
Dollops of clear glass are fused to a central core, which is then shaped by gravity and practiced hands to create centerpiece form. No molds are used, and each shape is unique. Hand blown and shaped in lead free crystal.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flower Ribbons Italian Art Glass Decorative Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano handblown millefiori flower mosaic and white net ribbons Italian art glass bowl. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The piece has a green, white and or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Ribbon, Glass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flower Butterfly Italian Art Glass Paperweights
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced individually (3 designs available as shown). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Italian art glass paperweights. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company. The first has concent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Dino Martens Murano 50s White Blue Ribbons Gold Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and blue ribbons Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso. The vase has a ribbon of glittery co...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
Salviati Barbini Murano Iridescent Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and very rare Murano handblown orange Ombre fade rim Italian art glass encased bird centerpiece / display bowl, with gold flecks, and iridescent glass on the bird figure. ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso Vase in Filigree Glass ca. 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso vase in Filigree Glass ca. 1950s
A large Murano art glass vase designed by Dino Martens and manufactured by Aureliano T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid Century Vintage Light Orange Big Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 2000s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful vase made from Murano glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Venetian glass (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Dino Martens Pink White Gold Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous vintage Murano hand blown pink, white and gold flecks Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, circa 1954, model number 5669 (p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Multicolored Art Glass Vase, Handkerchief Design Glass Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful and striking, vintage hand blown multi-colored art glass vase or centerpiece.
This gorgeous hand-blown multi-colored art glass vase or centerpiece with its fan shaped rim ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Black Copper Gold Leaf Ribbons Italian Art Glass Two Handle Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown black and copper aventurine ribbons Italian art glass flower vase. The mouth of the vase is ruffled and has 2 gold leaf handles. Created in the ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
$569 Sale Price
33% Off
Vintage Midcentury Barware Ice Bucket 1960s Gold Presidential Coins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Midcentury vintage Barware Ice Bucket 1960s gold printed presidential coins.
Cera 22-karat gold signed glassware barware.
Gold and black coin design.
The glasses feature "US Coins" in black and 22-karat gold Mid-Century Modern barware glasses by Cera
All in vintage condition with all 22-karat gold and black design, circa mid-20th century.
This barware is so Mad Men!! How wonderful it will look in your Mid-Century Modern bar.
And so much fun to use to serve your guests.
Marked with the Cera half and half crown...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Vase Forato by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano, 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tan France Auction Pick
A Forato vase in green, and amber colored glass designed by Fulvio Bianconi in 1951, manufactured by Venini, Venice, Italy ca. 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Vase Opulus, Brigitta Carlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini, 1972
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A vase of the opulus series designed by Brigitte Carlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini, 1972. Ribbed blue glass fused in incalmo technic. Venini, Murano, circa 1970s. incised signatur...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Millefiori Vase in Purple, Green and White, Fratelli Toso Murano 1910
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Millefiori Vase in Purple, Green and White, Fratelli Toso Murano 1910
An antique Millefiori murrine glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1910. Ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Vase with Redentore and Kiku Murrines Ermanno Toso for Fratelli Toso 1960s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase with Redentore and Kiku Murrines Ermanno Toso for Fratelli Toso 1960s
A large murrine glass vase designed by Ermanno Toso and manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1965. Made of clear glass with fused, multicolored Redentore and Kiku murrines. Surface with acid etched matte finish. The vase is an authentic example of mid 20th century Murano art glass. Original company lable on the base.
Fratello Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg Lerche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Antonio Da Ros Large Italian Murano Clear Sommerso Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese large heavy vintage Italian Murano glass bowl or ashtray circa 1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy piece of glass features two submer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Flavio Poli Valva Vase Model 9826 for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy 1954
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Flavio Poli Valva vase Model 9826 for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy 1954
Reference: Seguso Vetri d'Arte / M. Heiremans.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$11,502 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 6 Vases by Wilhelm Wagenfeld for WMF
Located in Krefeld, DE
Rare set of 6 vases of one model in different size. Coulor is "turmalin". Documented in the book "Täglich in der Hand", shows the complete work of Wilhelm Wagenfeld. In this catalog ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
$1,677 / set
Green Murano Bowl in Mouth Blown Art Glass, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Green Murano bowl in mouth-blown art glass, 1960s.
Measures: 18 x 9 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Art Glass Dove by Aldo Nason Murano ca. 1968
By Aldo Nason
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Art Glass Dove by Aldo Nason Murano ca. 1968
A rare Murano art glass dove designed and manufactured by Aldo Nason in the late 1960s. Dark handblown glass with colorful zanfirico and gold leave inclusions covered with a clear glass overlay. The dove is similar to the famous Yokohama glasses which Nason produced in his own workshop after he left A.V.E.M. in 1967. The Yokohama vases...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Bianco & Murrine Bottle Vase by Ermanno Toso for Fratelli Toso
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare Ermanno Toso white bottle form Venetian glass vase with murrine throughout.
Of similar form to the bottle vases in Toso's Nerox line.
Base bears a Fratelli Toso, made i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
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