1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
35
3,406
to
493
2,234
1,073
3,406
3,406
3,406
1,358
334
278
161
44
22
19
14
10
10
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
1
3,273
13,698
47,055
11,362
10,287
21,646
8,089
1,943
969
2,105
2,738
1,348
4,059
4,921
3,406
1,592
728
1,163
1,152
871
500
321
2,728
1,243
439
382
352
30
29
29
28
28
Period: 1970s
20th Cebtury Italian Solid Silver Vintage Decorative Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Decorative pumpkin-shaped 800 solid silver box.
The body of the box is round and has been embossed and chiseled with the typical stripes of the pumpkin.
The knob is cast and has th...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Vintage Hexagonal Lucite Ice Bucket w/ Swivel Top by Albrizzi
Located in East Hampton, NY
This very large scale acrylic ice bucket/ wine chiller by Alessandro Albrizzi in a chic lime green infusion with swivel top. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORI...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic
Die Zauberflötte the Magic Flute Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Espresso Set
Located in Miami, FL
Reduced From $2,500...Rosenthal Studio Linie by Bjørn Wiinblad Die Zauberflöte Expresso Coffee Set. With the design for the Rosenthal Studio Linie The Magic Flute, the Danish artist...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Massimo Vignelli for Heller Mid Century Modern Plates and Mugs for Six
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Iconic sixties design by Massimo and Lella Vignelli of stacking plates and mugs manufactured by Heller. This set consists of 6 dinner plates and 6 mugs in a sunshine yellow color. Al...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Clear Crystal Mg Roadster Decorative Model Car / Paperweight
Located in Milano, IT
Little but realistic miniature model of a classic MG Roadster from the late 1970s/early 1980s. It is made in pressed clear glass, and is rich in details, to the point it even shows t...
Category
Italian Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Westwood Ware California Pottery Ceramic Bowl Centerpiece, Gold and Black Dots
Located in New York, NY
Striking gold and black centerpiece bowl by Westwood Ware California Pottery. The gold contrasts beautifully with the matte black pattern on the...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Relief Tile Designed by Aimo Nietosvuori for JIE Gantofta, 1970s Sweden
By JIE Gantofta
Located in Antwerp, BE
This beautiful wall plaque with autumn leaves is made of molded stoneware and glazed.Designed by Aimo Nietosvuori for JIE Gantofta. Finnish designer who moved to Sweden. In the begin...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Osa, Denmark, Two Large Retro Unique Ceramic Bowls with Glaze in Turquoise Tones
Located in Copenhagen, DK
OSA, Denmark.
Two large retro unique ceramic bowls with glaze in turquoise tones.
1970s.
In perfect condition.
Largest measurement: D 23.5 x H 6.0 cm.
OSA was a collaboration ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Six Tall Glasses in Engraved Crystal and 800 Silver, Italy, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Six glasses in hand-engraved crystal with an 800 silver band at the base. They date back to the 1970s. Italian production. Intact, they show imperceptible signs of ageing.
It is the...
Category
Italian Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Malvino Pavanello E Figli Murano Glass Murrine Flower Millefiori Vase
By Malvino Pavanello e figli
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Malvino Pavanello E Figli Murano Glass Murrine Flower Millefiori Vase In amazing colors. A very complicated and rare vase.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Large Ceramic Egg Holder 12 Eggs Blue Color, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large Ceramic Egg holder 12 eggs Blue Color Italy circa 1970.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1977 "Shepherds Greet the Newborn King"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1977, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: The Herds' arrival
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box. Box has s...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian "Sommerso" Murano Bowl/Ashtray in Red and Orange Faceted Glass
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
Universally regarded as one of the most prolific and capable designers of Murano glass vases and objects at large, Flavio Poli teamed up with some of the most influential and skilled...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Art Glass
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany, Six Deep Plates in Porcelain, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
A set of six deep plates in porcelain with a floral motif.
Retro design.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect condition.
Dimension...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Modern Vintage Revere Pewter Serving Tray Plate in Faux Wood
By Revere
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modern Vintage Revere Pewter serving tray plate in faux wood
Maker stamped Revere Pewter
13 diameter x .75
Preowned vintage condition
See...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Arthur Court Polished Aluminum Fish Shaped Serving Platter, 1977
By Arthur Court
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous catchall or platter. Made of aluminum, marked Arthur Court Design, 1977. Beautiful color and patina.
Fantastic piece for each living room. Great also for business cards o...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Smoking Set by Pierre Cardin, Made in France
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous smoking set by Pierre Cardin in brass and metal. Made in France. The table lighter works. This smoking set is in excellent condition and it's signed
Dimension :
Tab...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Brass
Daum Nancy Barware Crystal Tumbler Glasses Set, 9 Pieces
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum Nancy France hand-crafted this elegant crystal barware serving set in the 1970s. The bar set features nine tulip tumbler glasses with deep geometric etching. Each item is labele...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Carlo Zauli Monumental Wall Plate, Italy, 1970s
By Carlo Zauli
Located in Milan, IT
Unique Carlo Zauli monumental wall plate, Italy, 1970s
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Decorative Glass Head Sculpture, circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Decorative glass head sculptures, circa 1970.
Manufactured in Spain.
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Capodimonte Military Porcelain Napoleone, 1980, Italy
By Capodimonte
Located in Milano, IT
Capodimonte porcelain.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern 'La Luna Strega' Silverplate by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Unusual devil mask designed by Gio Ponti for Christofle. The mask called, La Luna Strega was designed in 1978 and is silver plated on stainless steel. It wa...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Midcentury Iconic Design Watering Can, Klaus Kunis, Germany, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very rare type
- space age era.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Table Box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire Enamel Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 9 x 11 x 2.8. Weight gr. 324. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with top quality slab thickness and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art Deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "Art Deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Studio Del Campo, Green Fire-Glazed Copper Tray, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Studio Del Campo copper tray enamels in green.
Del Campo, Torino, circa 1970.
Signed to underside: [Del Campo]
16.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm
Conditions: excellent, no chips.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper
Vintage Italian Made Abstract Red Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl/Valet Tray, 1970s
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage red ceramic bowl - valet tray, made in Italy in the 1970s with an abstract geometric shape. Hand painted, with a deep red base layer and a ...
Category
Italian Organic Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas plate 1979 "The flight to Egypt"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1979, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: The Flight to Egypt
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 ...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Set 6 Crystal Water Glasses, Gallo, Germany, 1970s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage Crystal Water Glasses GALLO, Germany, 1970s
Vintage Crystal Water Glasses with gilt rim, Set 6 pieces, produced in Germany by GALLO manu...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Romeo Rega Modernist Chrome, Brass, and Lucite Barware Ice Bucket, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a stylish bar set, ice bucket, and tongs for a bar or cocktail party whose design is attributed to Romeo Rega, Italy, circa 1970. The barware accessory features a chrome and ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Tommaso Barbi, Hollywood Regency Burl Wood Tray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency burl wood and metal tray designed by Tommaso Barbi
Italy, 1970s
H 2 cm
37 x 37 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Pierre Forssell 50 Brass Candleholders Produced in Skultuna Sweden, 1970s
Located in Forest, BE
This is a large set of 50 same candleholders designed by Pierre Forssell in the late 60's at the Skultuna studio were he was working with his assistant. Simple, minimal and elegant a...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
1970s by MCH Stainless Sugar & Creamer Set Exotic Wood Handle Denmark
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s by MCH sugar & creamer set made Denmark.
Stainless steel with exotic wood handles.
Measures: Sugar: 2.38 tall x 4.88 w x 3.38 diameter
Creamer: 2.38 tall x 4.25 w x 3.38 di...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Monumental Franco Bucci Vase for Laboratorio Pesaro, Italy, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Monumental Franco Bucci Vase for Laboratorio Pesaro, Italy, 1970s.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cutting and Presenting Board Made of Wood and Copper Handle in Pig's Foot Form
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
circa 1970. We offer this Cutting and Presenting Board Made of Wood and Copper handle in pig's foot form.
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper
Pair of Unique Sculptural Stoneware Vases by Bente Hansen, Denmark, 1970s
By Bente Hansen
Located in Odense, DK
Pair of wonderful stoneware vessels handmade by Danish ceramics artist Bente Hansen at her own studio in the 1970s. These examples are from the very early beginning of Bente Hansens ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Osa, Denmark, Two Small Unique Ceramic Bowls with Glaze in Turquoise Tones
Located in Copenhagen, DK
OSA, Denmark.
Two small retro unique ceramic bowls with glaze in turquoise tones.
1970s.
In perfect condition.
Largest measurement: D 14.0 x H 4.5 cm.
OSA was a collaboration ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Dish Plate for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Vintage dish plate in black porcelain designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie with shiny and matte tone-on-tone dec...
Category
German Post-Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Orange Vase by Carlo Moretti, Italy, 1970s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Glass vase by Carlo Moretti
Made in Italy in the 1970s
Very good condition, no damage
Measures: height 32cm, diameter 12cm.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Bertil Vallien 1970 Danks Design Vintage Swirls Candlesticks in Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of swirl candlestick designed by Bertil Vallien (1938-).
Beautiful pair of sculptural swirls candlesticks, created in Sweden by Bertil Valli...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate, Silver
Peter Shire Exp Signed Ceramic California Studio Pottery Glazed Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and extremely rare/scarce early work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore S...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Stunning Postmodern Sommerso Glass Centerpieces by Livio Seguso, Italy
By Livio Seguso
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
These centerpieces / sculpture is made in solid transparent sommerso Murano glass molded by hand and they are by Livio Seguso.
They are vintage, therefore it ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sommerso
Bruno Gambone Stoneware Elephant Limited Edition 1975 Set of 4
Located in Munich, DE
Cream white glazed ceramic Elephant made by Bruno Gambone in the 1970s, signed Gambone Italy on the bottom. Excellent vintage condition.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Mauro Manetti Duck Ice Bucket, Italy, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant silver plated duck ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, with an metal inlay inside and signed on the bottom.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Dish and Bowl in Porcelain, PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
Dish and bowl in retro porcelain with a floral motif.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions bowl: D 24,0 x H 8...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Agate Coaster Box Set with Black Lacquered Finish, c. 1970s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage gemstone coaster set. Boxed set features striped agate stone coasters in stunning hues of taupe, grey, ivory, and tan with black lacquered wood t...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Agate, Multi-gemstone
Square Table Clock Art Deco Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table clock with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 11.8 x 11.8. Silver weight gr. 449. Swiss mechanical movement with 8-day charge and alarm. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
Italian Islamic Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pmr, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co. a Set of Six Plates in Porcelain with a Floral Motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
A set of six plates in porcelain with a floral motif.
Retro design.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D ...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Lars Göransson, Hammered Modernist Pewter Cocktail Shaker
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lars Göransson, hammered modernist pewter cocktail shaker.
High-quality cocktail shaker.
1978.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: H ...
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Pmr, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany. a Set of Six Deep Plates in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
A set of six deep plates in porcelain with a floral motif.
Retro design.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect condition.
Dimension...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Willy Rizzo Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. Willy Rizzo probably produced this incredible piece of barware in Italy during the 1970s.
The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak.
A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room.
Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer.
Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci.
In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments.
Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects.
In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue.
Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later.
In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions.
Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel, Metal, Chrome
Arje Griegst Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa Sugar Bowl Sculpture No 14174
By Arje Griegst
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Original vintage Royal Copenhagen Konkylie bonbonniere sugar bowl in the beautiful pink glaze. The frame was designed by the renowned Danish jeweler and goldsmith Arje Griegst in 197...
Category
Danish Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Vintage Wirkkala Ceramic Sculptural Do Not Litter Paper Bags Set of 3
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage set of 3 complete ceramic crushed bags of white porcelain were manufactured by Rosenthal and designed by Tapio Wirkkala in the 1970s. They are called " The do not litter...
Category
German Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Cigarette Case Two-Tone Striped Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped fired enamel on guillochè and hand-engraved ornament. Late Empire Napoleon III style. ...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Lucite Faceted Swivel Top Candy Dish with Neon Infusion
Located in East Hampton, NY
This faceted acrylic box with swivel top is a perfect decorative bowl or candy dish! THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MIAMI, FLORIDA SHOWROOM.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Murano Clown Ashtray in Colored Glass, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Colorful Murano ashtray in shape of a clown. Hand-made in Murano Italy during the 1970s, probably by Vetri. Measurements: H: 15 cm, W: 11 cm, Dept: 11 cm.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Arabia, Finland, Six Fennica Stoneware Plates, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arabia, Finland. Six Fennica stoneware plates.
1970s.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: D 20.0 x H 2.0 cm.
Category
Finnish Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
German Vintage Set of 6 Crystal Shot Glasses for Vodka by Gallo, 1970
Located in Bastogne, BE
Gorgeous Crystal Shot Glasses set by German manufactory Gallo. Around 1970s.
Products are equipped with high legs and are designed to serve vodka, liqu...
Category
German Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Pomeri Centerpiece by Eleonore Peduzzi Riva for Vistosi Murano
Located in Milano, IT
"Pomeri" centerpiece in blue/grey Murano glass, designed by Eleonore Peduzzi Riva for Vistosi Murano.
The bigger one measures 20cm in diameter and can easily hold keys, a lighter, s...
Category
Italian Space Age Vintage 1970s Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Read More
How the Chunky, Funky Ceramics of 5 Mid-Century American Artists Balanced Out Slick Modernism
Get to know the innovators behind the pottery countercultural revolution.
Ready for a Cinderella Moment? This Glass Handbag Is a Perfect Fit
Glass slippers might be the stuff of fairytales, but glass handbags? Artist Joshua Raiffe has made them a reality, and they're far less delicate than you might imagine, but just as dreamy.
With Dansk, Jens Quistgaard Delivered Danish Simplicity to American Tables
When a visionary Copenhagen designer teamed up with an enterprising Long Island couple, Scandi-style magic landed in kitchens and dining rooms across the United States.
Hostess Extraordinaire Aerin Lauder Shares Entertaining Tips and Auction Picks
The arbiter of good taste, who has curated a collection for 1stDibs Auctions, invites 1stDibs inside her family’s Hamptons barn for a firsthand look at her welcoming style.
Handmade with Lab-Grade Glass, This Decanter Holds Your Favorite Cocktail Concoctions
Artist Simone Crestani conjures the fascination you remember from Chemistry 101.
28 Cheerful Home Bars, Where Everybody (Literally) Knows Your Name
Simple or sophisticated, equipped with console, cart or custom cabinetry, these stylish bar areas deserve a toast.
Meet the Celebrated Hostess Whose Magical Tabletops Enhance Every Occasion
For Stephanie Booth Shafran, entertaining guests is about opening her heart as well as her home.
How to Identify Real Capodimonte Porcelain
Early examples by the Italian manufacturer can be hard to come by, but the best later pieces possess the same over-the-top charm.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Art Deco Glass Other Antique Furniture
French Empire Dining Room Set
Red Gold Bowl
Glass Window Art Deco
Pure Silver Antiques
Art Deco Glass Window
Antique Hand Painted Tiles
Antique Hand Painted Tile
Cased Glass Bowl
Small Blue Pot
Birds On Branches Flowers
Antique T Square
Vintage Tea Time
Blue Pottery Pot
4 Inch Pot
Glazed Bamboo
High Tea Pots
Floral Dishes