Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
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
Vintage Transparent Decorative Glass Flower Bowls, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Pair of decorative transparent basket bowls designed by Jan Sylwester Drost in 1960s from Poland. Bowls are in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one unique set.
About the designer:
From 1952 Jan Sylwester Drost studied at the Faculty of Glass of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, in the studio of Stanislaw Dawski (diploma in 1958), from 1959 he worked as a designer at Zaklady Mechaniczno-Optyczne "Opta" in Katowice.
In 1960 Drost started working for forty years at the Design Center of Huta Szkla Gospodarczego "Zabkowice" in Zabkowice Bedzinskie, where he was the organizer, designer and design manager. In 1972 he studied in Sweden, he had the opportunity to learn about the work of glassworks in Orrefors, Johansfors, Lindshammar, Sandvisk, Hofmantorp and in Reijmyre glasbruk. He also practiced in the ceramics factories in Rörstrand and Gustavsberg. Also in 1972, he received a scholarship from the Swedish government, he gained knowledge at the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Konstfackskolan, at the Centers of Industrial Design in Stockholm and Milan, as well as at the Glass Institute in Växjö. After returning to Poland, he received a two-year creative scholarship from the Council of the Fund for the Development of Artistic Creativity.
Drost skillfully combined his technological knowledge of glass pressing with artistic sensitivity, and in the seventies he was granted a patent for a device for forming glass products by extrusion. As a result, vessels with a freely shaped upper rim were created. Drost was constantly involved in coming up with new technological solutions that improved the embossing of patterns. He also experimented in the field of machine processing of the outer surface of the extruder and the inside of the cast iron mold...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Midcentury Marble Effect Lucite and Steel Octagonal Serving Tray, Italy, 1980s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury octagonal serving tray in a stunning marble effect green lucite and chrome. This beautiful centerpiece was made in Italy in ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern French Faïence Orchies Moulin de Loupes Ombre Oyster Plate
By Orchies
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Mid-Century Modern Era Majolica glazed French faïence Oyster plate, Orchies, circa 1950.
Hand glazed in an ombre olive green on a bright white ground, showing six scallop shaped oyster wells that follow the rim with an additional shell shaped well in the center for sauce or lemons. The intensity of the glazing varies on each plate.
Marked Orchies Moulin...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Centerpiece Plate in Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
Centerpiece plate in faux tortoiseshell Lucite and brass interior, Italy, circa 1960.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Round Ceramic Beachside Motif Lobster Crudités Serving Platter
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round circular Lobster food platter. With three compartments for chips, dips or Crudités, this serving platter will be a welcome accompaniment to any party. The center features a red lobster, and each compartment features a raised shell...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Modern Italian Lucite Tortoiseshell Effect Oval Serving Tray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century lucite tray with a fantastic tortoiseshell effect. This amazing piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s.
This serving tray is fantastic thanks to the eleg...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Majolica Oyster Platter Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Oyster Platter signed Aetgina Vallauris Circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Midcentury Laminate and Brass Italian Trays Serving Pieces, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing pair of midcentury trays in plastic laminate with solid brass handles. These fantastic pieces were designed in Italy during the 1970s.
This set is wonderful as the plastic...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Danish Stainless Steel and Teak Tray from Lundtofte, Denmark, 1960s
By Lundtofte
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Stainless Steel and Teak Tray from Lundtofte Denmark, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Vallauris Majolica Palissy Crab Wall Platter, 1950
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Majolica Palissy crab Wall platter at Vallauris, France, ca.1950. Measures: Diameter: 11.4" (29cm), Depth: 2.7"(7cm).
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Sensational Rosewood Service Tray
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Exotic Rosewood Sleek Service Tray
Clean modern lines
17.88 long x 7.75 w x .63 h
Preowned vintage
Refer to images
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
Italian mid-century modern white egg cup by Mangiarotti Fratelli Brambilla 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern white round egg cup by Angelo Mangiarotti for Fratelli Brambilla, 1970s
Round base table egg cup in white ceramic. The egg holder has 6 compartments along ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Early Stamp Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Staved Teak Serving Tray
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early Dansk teak tray with duck logo marked JHQ , staved teak, Danmark . Very nice basically un touched condition.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Round Black Metal Tray Designed by Mathieu Matégot, France, 1950s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Black metal tray designed by Mathieu Matégot. Manufactured by Ateliers Matégot, France, circa 1950. Lacquered perforated metal.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
1970s Haitian Tropical Mahogany Sculptural Wood Tray
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Tropical Mahogany Sculptural Wood Tray
15.5 long x 5.13 w x .88 h
Stamp faded appears as Haiti
Original vintage
Review images listed.
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Late 20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Mahogany
Large Murano Aventurina Flecked Biomorphic Glass Centerpiece
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful hand blown Murano glass biomorphic centerpiece/platter, decorated with iridescent Avventurina copper flecked edges around a transparent orange halo with milky white center....
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Carl Auböck Model #4828 Cane and Steel Knife
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4828 cane and steel knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural knife is executed in polished steel and handwoven cane.
Price is per item...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Steel
Set of Six 24kt Gold Plated Roman Themed Coasters Signed by Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of six coasters were designed by the legendary Piero Fornasetti for Saks Fifth Avenue in Milan Italy circa 1960. They feature circular porcelain bodies with raised ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Gold
Modernist Amorphic Crystal Quartz Tray Hand Finished with White Gilt Border
Located in New York, NY
This elegant modernist tray features a beautiful slab of crystal quartz geode in a warm honeyed off white hue- exhibiting the natural beauty of t...
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20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Quartz
Vintage Serving Tray in Faux Tortoiseshell Acrylic Glass and Brass, Italy 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Very big Mid Century Modern Serving tray in the style of Romeo Rega productions.
It was made in Italy in the 1970 circa.
The tray has a rectangular shape made in faux tortoiseshell...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Jens H. Quistgaard Teak Serving Tray by Dansk
Located in New York, NY
A divided teak wood tray with an end-grain teak cutting surface and a recessed section, designed by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk. Branded "Dansk Designs Denmark IHQ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood, Teak
Silver Plated Dish Representing a Fish, French Work, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice dish is representing a fish and is made of silver plated. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Carl Auböck Cutting Board, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Cutting Board, Austria 1960s
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid Century Mexican Modern Ceramic Stoneware Ashtray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970, We offer this beautiful Mid Century Mexican Modern Ceramic Stoneware Ashtray, great vintage conditions and beautiful colors.
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stoneware
Carl Auböck Horn Salad Servers, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck salad servers made of Horn, Austria 1960s.
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1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Horn
Tommi Parzinger Polished Nickel Candlesticks, Tray Set
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century three-piece table garniture set featuring a serving tray and a pair of candlesticks, all designed by Tommi Parzinger.
Tray measures: 10.5 x ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Nickel
1970s Charcuterie Cheese Board Staved Teak
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Charcuterie Cheese Board Teak
6.25 w x 14.5 x 2
Preowned vintage unrestored condition, please see images provided.
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Vintage Villeroy & Boch Botanica Plate, Luxembourg
Located in Bastogne, BE
Villeroy & Boch Botanica Section Plates.
The price is for 1 plate.
Also used as oyster plates.
Villeroy and Boch Botanica - is the ...
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1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Vintage Bamboo and Rattan Service Tray Kaj Franck Scandinavian Mod
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Service Tray Catch all made of Bamboo and Rattan
Dish carry
Designed by ray Kaj Franck. Scandinavian Mod
Unmarked
16.5 L x 9 w x 2 h
Great...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Thanksgiving Turkey Design Serving Platter, by Arabia, Finland 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Thanksgiving "turkey design" serving platter.
Made of white porcelain with a hand painted milk chocolate brown (may show darker in photos) band around the rim and a turkey image in t...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Teak Serving Tray or Platter
Located in San Diego, CA
Midcentury teak serving tray or platter from Denmark, circa 1960s. The platter is 12" in diameter and .5" high. The piece is in very good...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Vintage Higgins Fused Glass Turquoise Gold, White, Green Platter or Charger
Located in North Miami, FL
The gorgeous colors of this signed vintage Higgins monumental fused glass plate, large charger and or serving piece has the amoeba pattern. It is sig...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
1960s Teakwood Serving Tray Cheese Charcuterie Board Denmark
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modern staved teak wood hostess serving charcuterie tray cheese cutting board with handle from Denmark 1960s
Unmarked. In the style of Dansk and Jens Quistgaard.
Measures: 14.5 L x 6...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Culver Glass Serving Tray or Culver 22-Karat Gold Leaf Serving Platter
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality Culver glass serving tray or platter.
Beautiful Moroccan themed design with 22-karat gold all perfect to use while serving Hors D'Oeuvres.
Made in the U.S.A.
This hi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Round Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
By Guzzini, Willy Rizzo
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Midcentury Round Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Brass Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
This exquisite round serving tray, designed and manufactured by Guzzini in the 1970s, exemplifies th...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Studio Ceramic Art, Large Platter with 6 Plates, Abstract Design
Located in Zagreb, HR
Set of 6 beautiful handmade studio art glazed ceramic plates and a large platter
Abstract mid-century design in blue, yellow, green, violet color
A large platter is signed on t...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Platter by Nancy Wickham Boyd
Located in Littleton, CO
A spectacular hand-thrown earthenware ceramic platter with spiral motif and incised web overlay by Vermont studio potter Nancy Wickham Boyd.
Ear...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century silver plated tray designed by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
Stylish silver plated drinks tray designed by Gio ponti for Cleto Munari. Stamped to base. This elegant simple tray can accomodate 6 glasses and is ideal for Christmas festivities.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vivianna Torun Teak Cheeseboard with Knife for Dansk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous circular teak cheeseboard with knife designed by master jeweler and silversmith Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube for Dansk. An impressive serving piece for cheese and charcuterie, ...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Black Slate and Teak Trivet by Harpswell House
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique 300 million year old black slate and teak hardwood trivet by Harpswell House of Brunswick, Maine, circa 1980s. The piece is quite stylish and very functional and in very good ...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Slate
Roger Capron - Set of 8 Ceramic Mugs with Abstract Motif
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Set of 8 vintage mugs. The price is for 8 cups.
Roger capron signed Vallauris, France.
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Very Large Teak Tray by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs, circa 1960
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very Large Teak Tray
by Jens Quistgaard
for Dansk Designs
Denmark, circa 1960
Branded on Bottom: Dansk Designs Denmark IHQ
"in good vintage condition"
"oiled with food grade miner...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood
Lucite and Brass Tortoise shell Large Tray, Italy, Mid-Century Moderne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Lucite and brass tortoise shell large tray, Italy, mid-century moderne.
This tray seems almost new, in the style of Willy Rizzo for Dior, all the chic of...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Stainless Steel Plate or Bowl by Lino Sabattini Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Italian stainless-steel plate or bowl by Lino Sabattini for Zani & Zani, 1978.
Marked underneath: Zani & Zani, acciai per la casa - Italy 18/10.
A-662-335
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Lucite and Glass Equestrian Barware Tray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Round Dorothy Draper style Lucite and Equestrian Etched glass top barware and serving tray with two handles.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Lucite
Aldo Tura Goatskin and Brass Small Serving Tray for Macabo Milano 1960
By Aldo Tura
Located in Paris, IDF
This is a beautiful barware serving tray designed by Aldo Tura for Macabo Cusano Milanino in Milan in the early 1960s. Rounded shape with a brass gallery and varnished goatskin parch...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern California Pottery Ceramic Lazy Susan Serving Tray
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful and large lazy Susan serving tray by Santa Anita Ware of California. This serving platter has 6 individual side dishes that surround a cente...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Pottery, Wood
Ceramic Stoneware Ashtray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970, We offer this beautiful Ceramic Stoneware Ashtray in bird form signed by M
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stoneware
Hand Stained Wood Tray with Metal Oval Insert
Located in Troy, MI
Wood tray found in Italy features rectangular hand stained wood tray in contrasting tones of gold, taupe and black with raised, silver tone metal insert and footed base, circa 1990s....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Dansk Lg Knife and Teak Cheese Board by Vivianna Torun Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted staved teak wood cheese board with carved out area to the top edge of the board for the handle of the knife to sit . The large st...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
G. Jensen Sterling Silver Charger/ Plate in Pyramid Pattern #600y from 1910s/20s
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen sterling silver charger / plate in Pyramid pattern number 600Y, designed by Harald Nielsen, with a beautiful geometr...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Six Small Danish Miscellaneous Pieces Made of Wood
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Six small, miscellaneous pieces made of wood. The set consists of a sugar bowl with a lid and circular base, a salt shaker, a spherical pepper shaker with a flat base, and a wide-mou...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Wood
Silver "Baja" Centerpiece Bowl by Lino Sabattini
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This oblong silver plated centerpiece bowl is known as the "Baja" by Lino Sabattini. It is stamped "SABATTINNI" on the edge of the bowl and signed "LINO SABATTINO" with "BAJA B/239 C...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Taverneau Serving Tray by Arthur Umanoff for Raymor
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage serving platter tray designed by Arthur Umanoff for Raymor, circa 1960's. This solid piece is made out of Taverneau wood and features ...
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1960s Haitian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Reed, Wood
Large Emil Milan Hand Carved Compartmental Freeform Vessel
By Emil Milan
Located in Buffalo, NY
An exquisitely carved compartmental freeform bowl by Emil Milan (1922-1985), executed in richly grained walnut. Rich patina throughout. Signed to the underside, "By Emilan, Walnut". ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Walnut
Collection of Wood Serving Pieces
By Finn Juhl
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of nine serving pieces, consisting of trays, dishes and bowls. Various sizes 14" x 24" is approximate size of rectangular trays, the circular trays are 13" diameter approx...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak, Walnut
Robert Picault Ceramic Vallauris France Ceramic Platter Mid Century
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Robert Picault (1919 - 2000)
French ceramist in Vallauris
Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs.
His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors.
A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop.
In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Faux Turtle-Shell Lucite Round Tray. French Work. Circa 1970.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This faux turtle-shell round tray is made of lucite. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Lucite
Mid-century Modern platters and serveware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern platters and serveware 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 platters and serveware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern platters and serveware 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 platters and serveware, popular names associated with this style include Jens Quistgaard, Dansk Designs, Robert Picault, and Tiffany & Co.. 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 platters and serveware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $33 and tops out at $48,500 while the average work can sell for $578.