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
Nils Landberg Red Expo Tulip Vase, Orrefors Glassworks, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Mid century glass artist Nils Landberg's Red Expo Tulip Vase was designed for Orrefors glassworks in the 1950's. This delicately tinted vase is hand blown glass signed with incised s...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Murano Bowl with Red and Gold Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A spectacular Murano bowl - rare and desirable, this piece has a large red center with accents of 24-karat gold in the reverse.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Gold
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Decanter Perfume Bottle Gold Aventurine and
Murrhines
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning Italian Murano Mid-Century Modern glass decanter or perfume bottle by Fratelli Toso is so rich looking and has the most luscious c...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Anzolo Fuga Charger with Multi-Color Murrhines 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Large handblown glass charger with multi-color murrhines and spiral decoration by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M., Murano Italy. 1950's. Hand-blowing large chargers of this size and complex...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine
Organically Shaped Murano Bowl in Polychrome Mouth Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Organically shaped Murano bowl in polychrome mouth blown art glass.
Turquoise background. Italian design, 1960s.
Measures: 22.5 x 6.5 cm.
In excellenty condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Two Vases in Blue Mouth-Blown Art Glass, 20th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Two vases in blue mouth-blown art glass. 20th century.
Measures: 19 x 8.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Strömbergshyttan, Sweden, Two Vases in Purple Mouth-Blown Art Glass, 1960s / 70s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Strömbergshyttan, Sweden. Two vases in purple mouth-blown art glass. 1960s / 70s.
Largest measures: 18.5 x 6 cm.
In excellent condition.
Sticker.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Anzolo Fuga Charger with Rings of Murrhines, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Large hand-blown glass charger with 3 concentric rings of multi-color murrhines by Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M., Murano Italy, 1950's
Reference:
Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Des...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine
Mid Century Deep Purple Ice Cooler from August Walther. 1930 - 1940
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition and colours
Category
1930s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Murano Sculpture in Sommerso Clear, Blue and Purple Glass , Table Decor
Located in Milano, IT
Big Murano Sculpture - Sommerso Glass Vase - Collectible Murano Glass - Decoration for Bookcase , Tables
Big, heavy and outstanding Murano sculpture in blue and violet Sommerso gla...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$794 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mouth Blown Crystal Glass Vase from Orrefors Sweden, 1970s
By Orrefors
Located in København K, 84
Rare elegant hand blown glass work from Orrefors in Sweden. Foremost a celebration of pure light and shape in itself but with utility as a vase or pitcher.
The piece is signed and m...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
20th Century Italian Vase by Paolo Venini
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Roma, IT
Very rare vase designed by Paolo Venini in cased glass, white and glossy, a must for Murano glass collectors.
The item also displays a circular trademark "Venini Murano, Italy".
Th...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Trumpet Shaped Murano Vase in Mouth Blown Art Glass, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Large trumpet shaped Murano vase in mouth blown art glass, 1960s.
In perfect condition.
Measures: 33 x 16 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Vase in Blue Glass and Silver Metal
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous vintage blue glass vase designed by Bacarat in the 1920s.
The vase is made of silvered metal in the structure and through a pie of pu...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Metal
$1,722 Sale Price
20% Off
"Zanfirico" Murano, Brown and White Striped Vase in Mouth Blown Art Glass, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
"Zanfirico" Murano, brown and white striped vase in mouth blown art glass, 1960s.
In perfect condition.
Measures: 7 x 5 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Colorful Cenedese Set / Trio of Red & Blue Vintage Italian Murano Glass Vases
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Colourful / colorful, trio, group or ensemble of midcentury red and blue vases by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. Particularly striking is the narrow necked round form with rippled ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Decanter, 1990s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Rare Beautiful Decanter with Glass Stopper in the shape of Tree.
This Decanter made in Venice, Murano.
Made of Murano Glass.
Vint...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Ten Banded Stone Cylinder Vase, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
These striking pieces draw inspiration from the rich hues and undulating topography of Southern California. Alternating layers of opaque and transparent colors are applied to clear g...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Ten Banded Moss Cylinder Vase, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
These striking pieces draw inspiration from the rich hues and undulating topography of Southern California. Alternating layers of opaque and transparent colors are applied to clear g...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier and Toso, Venice, Giant Vase in Mouth-Blown Art Glass, 1960's
Located in København, Copenhagen
Barovier and Toso, Venice. Giant vase in mouth-blown art glass. Black body with blue-yellow pattern.
Italian design, 1960s.
Measures: 53 x 29.5 x 26 cm
...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Scuro Large Soft Cylinder Vase, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
The scuro series continue the language of contrast of the lattimo and banded lines but use a muted palette of grey and black.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Scuro Large Low Bowl, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
The scuro series continue the language of contrast of the lattimo and banded lines but use a muted palette of grey and black.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Scuro Large Deep Bowl, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
The scuro series continue the language of contrast of the lattimo and banded lines but use a muted palette of grey and black.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Green Glass Vase
By Empoli
Located in Houston, TX
Italian green glass vase by Empoli, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Happy Champagne Cylinder Vase, 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
Happy Aurora Cylinder Vase, Hand Blown Glass - Made to Order
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA
These works are a departure from the careful shapes of the banded vessels. They are reminiscent of another era and play with the reflective and malleable qualities of glass. This lin...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of Eight Pinched Base Smoked Cocktail Glasses or Water Tumblers
Located in Ferndale, MI
Eight cocktail glasses in curved form with dimpled bases.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Leaf-Shaped Murano Bowl in Black and Silver Colored Mouth-Blown Art Glass
Located in København, Copenhagen
Leaf-shaped Murano bowl in black and silver-colored mouth-blown art glass. Italian design, 1960s.
Measures: 16.5 x 5.5 cm.
In perfect condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Large Decorative Centerpiece - Table Accent, Murano Art Glass by Vamsa 1940s
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Murano Glass - Collectible Murano - Big Art Glass Centerpiece
Big, thick, heavy and extremely attractive centerpiece/bowl in clear Murano glass, by legendary manufacturer V.A.M...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$7,175 Sale Price
20% Off
Bottle Paolo Venini 1950 Blu Color Murano Art Glass Serie Inciso made in Italy
By Paolo Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rare Murano glass bottle, museum piece in cobalt blue, Inciso series.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$2,296 Sale Price
31% Off
Art Glass Basket/ Egermann, Glaswork Novy Bor, Czechoslovakia, circa 1980's.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of Metallurgical glass
Labeled
Original condition
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Vase with Narrow Neck from 1960's, Italy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Murano glass vase with narrow neck from 1960's, Italy. Hand blown Sommerso glass in red and iridescent green color.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Aldo Nason Mid Century Modern Murano Glass Lamp c1960
By Ars Murano
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Aldo Nason mid century modern Murano glass lamp
Date : 1955-1970
Origin : Murano –
Bowl Features : Onion shapd shade with four panels seperated by colour trailing with aven...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Set of 12 Mid-century colored glasses from Swedish Johansfors Glassworks, 1960s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
12 coloured vintage glasses from Swedish Johansfors. 12 coloured vintage glasses from Swedish Johansfors Glassworks (1889-1977). Various colou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Set of Midcentury Glasses and Bowl for Ice, 1960
Located in Praha, CZ
in good oriiginal condition
made in italy
bowl for ice is 15cm x 10 cm.
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Midcentury Glass Jar, Glasswork Novy Bor, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Art Glass
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Vase with Wide Neck from 1960's, Italy
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Murano glass vase with wide neck from 1960's, Italy. Hand blown Sommerso glass in red and iridescent green color.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Vintage Glass Tray
Located in Nantwich, GB
Mid century mirror engraved glass serving tray. This wonderful piece was produced in Italy during the 1940’s. The mirror has romantic Venetian characters and picturesque countryside landscapes.
This iconic vanity tray has handles, a rectangular mirror top with rounded corners which have been skilfully ground with stone wheels.
The etching usually shows a courtship scene depicting a courtly couple dressed in their finest clothes in a landscape or formal garden with architectural elements.
The upper edge of the mirror is decorated with a blue twisted glass cord...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Bronze
$2,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental 18 Inch Tall Cenedese Italian Murano Glass Centrepiece Vase
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Monumental 18 inch tall centre vase by Cenedese Vetri of Murano, Italy. Particularly striking is it's elegant form and bold, petrol blue/turquoise color.
This is one vessel from a h...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Rare Handblown Vase Glass, 1960s
Located in CABA, AR
Transport yourself back to the vibrant era of the 1960s with this rare Italian handblown glass vase. Adorned with captivating light blue, white, and red stripes, it exudes the essenc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
$5,600 Sale Price
62% Off
Mid-Century Set of six Glass and Carafe, Bohemia Crystal, 1950´s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Crystal Glass
Glass Height – 8cm
Depth - 5cm
Good original Condition
Re-Polished.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Crystal
Decorative Vase in Green Bullicante Glass, Vetrerie di Empoli, Italian Design
Located in Milano, IT
Timeless Vintage Vase - Vetrerie di Empoli - Green Decorative Vase
Nice vintage vase in green blown "Bullicante" glass, made in Italy in the 1940s by Vetrerie di Empoli - renowned f...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
$477 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Red and Blue Sommerso Murano Glass Vase 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 red body is submerged in a very slightly blue mass. (Color variant Rosso – Zaf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Glass, Clear Gold and Color, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Italian handcrafted chalice in clear, gold, red and blue glass. The stem is cutted and decorated with gold. Due to the cut the gold is glossy and matte.
The base is also decoratied ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Kosta Boda Purple & Clear Art Glass Vase by Vicke Linstrand, Signed & Numbered
Located in Kansas City, MO
Purple and clear art glass vase by Vicke Lindstand for Kosta Boda, Sweden, 1950s. No cracks, chips or repairs. Might be light scratches to the bot...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Glass Paperweight from Bohemia. 1960 - 1970
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great colours
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Ruby Vase Crystalex by Pavel Hlava, 1968s
By Pavel Hlava
Located in Praha, CZ
Vase was designed by Pavel Hlava in 1968 for Borse Glass. The item made of ruby compactly shaped glass. Decor is known in collector's slang as "brain". Made in Czechoslovakia. Origin...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
$344 Sale Price
37% Off
Murano glass bowl rest of the day by Dino Martens. 1950 - 1960
By Dino Martens
Located in CADALSO, ES
This item are in perfect condition, with wonderful colors
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Black and Purple Murano Glass Candle Holders, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Beautiful set of two thick Murano glass candle holders in black purple reflections colors.
Both still in perfect condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Glass Bowl by Venini, Italy
By Venini
Located in London, GB
Beautiful vintage well sized Murano hand blown glass bowl. The bowl is fashioned using the famous Sommerso technique, creating clear bubbles in champagne or caramel colour with gold flecks. This is most likely the work of the famous Venini glass foundry. This technique has been published in various Venini books. Created in the "a Bollicine...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
$575 Sale Price
30% Off
Handblown Swedish 'Ice Glass' Bud Vase by Lindshammar
Located in New York, NY
Handblown bud vase by Lindshammar using the technique of ice glass. Candle may be floated inside to form a candelabra.
Labeled; Lindshammar on the base.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Selection of Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Murano glass lamps, in the style of Barovier and Toso, Italy, circa 1950s. The lamp pictured on the left measures 41.5" H to the top of the shade. The lamp pictured on t...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Metal
Murano Glass Bottle Vase "Mezza Filigrana" by D Martens for Aureliano Toso
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s - 1960s.
This wonderful vase / bottle is made in black and transparent mezza filigrana Murano hand-blown glass.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show s...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Blue Murano Glass Vase Attributed to Fratelli Toso with Murrines, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Murano, Italy, 1960s.
This is a Murano glass multi-colored vase, that is highly ascribable to Fratelli Toso's millefiori.
It has a multitude of different murrines, in a rain...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Murrine
Barry Entner Triangle Solids Glass Sculpture, 2014
By Barry Entner
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American artist Barry Entner's Triangle Solids Glass Sculpture is created with consideration of each individual piece as paint strokes that, once assembled, becomes the desired composition. He doesn't make these using traditional blown glass techniques. For the past 15 years, Barry has developed a method of using steam pressure, produced by way of inserting a wet cherrywood cone into solid hot glass, to “blow” air into the pieces. This allows him to create shapes and forms that are unique within the art glass world, and are “other worldly,” as is sometimes described. This sculpture is signed and dated. Measurements below are for the total overall size; small triangle is 3.25" diameter x 19.75" height, medium triangle is 3.25" diameter x 21.75" height and large triangle is 3.25" diameter x 23" height.
About the artist:
Barry Entner was born on November 1, 1959 in Brookline, Massachusetts. In the late 1970s, Barry attended Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, where he studied developmental psychology, cultural anthropology and philosophy. He also began to study glass sculpture under Gene Koss...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano glass cup designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, 1970s
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Elegant half-lattimo filigree Murano glass bowl designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini. The base bears the engraved pointed signature "Venini Italia 82."
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Royal Blue Opaline Glass Vase by Paolo Venini, "Anni Trenta" series
By Venini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, Murano, 1990s.
This vase is made in light blue opaline glass inside and a royal blue opaline glass outside.
It features a darker glass base and it's been hand-blown i...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Vintage Italian Bowl from the 60s in Blue Murano Glass with Silver Metal Flakes
Located in Milano, IT
Many are the different types of glass created by master makers on the Venetian island of Murano. From air-thin vases to expressive sculptures, also massive objects with deep and vivi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$219 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Cut Crystal Glass Cup, Glasswork Novy Bor, 1950's.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Crystal Glass,Cut Glass
Decorated with Gold
Hand Made
There is a small chip in the upper corner (see photo)
Re-polished
Original Condition
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Crystal
Barovier & Toso Opal Turquoise Glass Bottle Flacone with Stopper, 1950
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Barovier & toso opal glass bottle designed in the 1950s. This beautiful flaconne Murano piece has a really eye-catching colour and presence, with turquoise opal glass with milky white opal...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Mid-century Modern glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern glass 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 glass created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, art glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern glass made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original glass, popular names associated with this style include Venini, Cenedese, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, and Fratelli Toso. 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 glass 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 $68,000 while the average work can sell for $723.
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