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 legendary 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.
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
1970s Red Spanish Paella Casserole Pan Le Creuset France
By Le Creuset
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Classic Red Spanish Paella Pan Le Creuset France
maker France Le Creuset stamped 25
enameled cast iron wide pan Casserole
2.5 h x 8 d x 12.5 long
Preowned original vintage condition
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Enamel, Iron
1960s WMF Ikora Crumb Catcher Set Pan & Brush Germany
By WMF Ikora
Located in Chula Vista, CA
WMF Ikora Crumb Catcher Tray and Brush Germany
Silent Butler Table Cleaner set
Tray & brush valet by WMF IKORA, Germany Electro silverplated Brass.
Stamped underneath.
Valet Tray 8 ...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Don Shoemaker Geometric Marquetry Decorative Tray for Señal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rosewood serving tray by Don Shoemaker for his company Señal in the 1960s. The surface of the tray has a repeating geometric linear marquetry pattern in a gradient of local Mexican...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
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
Mid Century Carole Stupell Design Faux Malachite and Brass
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carole Stupell (American, 1905-1996), circa mid century.
A unique faux malachite and brass rimmed charger or plateau.
Marked to bottom "Carole Stupell Designs".
Approx...
A unique faux malachite and brass rimmed charger or plateau.
Marked to bottom "Carole Stupell Designs".
Approx...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1940s Brad Keeler Ceramic Lobster Cabbage Leaf Divided Dish 872 12"
By Brad Keeler
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1940's Brad Keeler "lobsterware" porcelain divided serving dish in the shape of a red lobster seated at the center of a pair of cabbage / lettuce leaves. Item number 872. Mad...
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Decorative Small Black Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative black glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interior! Only ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
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.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
1960s Modernist Silverplated Serving Dish Fisher
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Silverplated Footed Serving Dish Modernist Round Triangle
Fisher stamped k85
8.5 diameter x 2.25 h
Unrestored original vintage condition
See...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Mid-Century Green Majolica Deer Wine Coaster Bottle Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Mid-Century Green Majolica Deer Wine Coaster Bottle Vallauris.
In a shape of an hunting horn.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Cheese and Cracker Tray with Cloche
Located in Vallejo, CA
A large mid century cheese and cracker serving tray with a glass cloche. The tray has 4 divided compartments for serving and is made of ceramic with a muted greenish beige colored gl...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Vintage allure: Lino Sabattini's Christofle Leaf Dish. 1970s Gallia Collection
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Lino Sabattini per il famoso argentiere Christofle France negli anni '70.
Questo raro piatto 'set 'Feuille' placcato in argento fa parte dell'iconica collezione Gallia , nata nel XX...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
Teak Bread Cutting Board by Selandia
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage teak bread cutting board by Selandia. Curved shape for holding a piece of bread in place with an angled groove in the center for guiding a knife. Beautiful natural grain to...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Italian Serving Tray in Purple Ice Effect Lucite, Dior 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous Mid-Century rectangular serving tray in an amazing purple ice effect lucite and chrome. This elegant piece was probably designed by Willy Rizzo in Italy in the 1970s for a C...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Chrome
Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari Modernist Silver Plated Serving Plate Italy, 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century silver plate serving plate. Gio Ponti designed and signed this astonishing item for Cleto Munari in Italy during the 1980s.
The flat and efficient design on two round levels, make this piece simply irresistible and iconic for midcentury lovers.
This piece will smarten a midcentury living room or minimal and chromed bar.
This wonderful piece is in very good condition.
Dimensions (cms):
Diameter - 32
Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas. Gio Ponti was an Italian promoter of industrial design and introduced the idea of interior furnishing ranges produced as being a "sophisticated," economic, "democratic" and modern.
Molteni&C managed a reissuing project of furniture and furnishings designed by Gio Ponti for products for these private homes and limited editions. After a long journey of research, selection and study of prototypes, the collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile 2012. This was thanks to the cooperation and the exclusively signed agreement of the Ponti heirs and the artistic director of Cerri & Associati Studio.
Gio Ponti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan at the end of World War I, after he fought on the front line earning military decorations. In 1921 he married Giulia Vimercati, with whom he had four children: Lisa, Giovanna, Letizia and Giulio. In 1927 he opened a studio in Milan with the architect Emilio Lancia. From the beginning of the 1920’s until 1938 he worked with Richard-Ginori Manufactory and renewed its production. In 1928 he founded the Domus magazine with Gianni Mazzocchi. In 1933 he became the artistic director of Fontana Arte which was another success after the one he obtained with Richard-Ginori.
In the 1930’s he participated in the Triennale exhibitions and later he successfully managed a few of them. From 1936 to 1961 he was a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and in 1933 was associated with Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini, until 1945. From this partnership major projects were born, including the Montecatini Palace in Milan from 1936 to 1938, in which Ponti created the "integral design" of the building and the interiors. Other works of the period were civil architecture, including the Littoria Tower in Milan in 1933, school buildings such as the School of Mathematics at the University City Rome in 1934 and the Humanities Faculty and the Rectorate of the University of Padua in 1937. There were also residential projects such as Casa Marmont in 1934 and Milan "Domus" from 1931 to 1936.
The richness of the artistic production of Cleto Munari, arises out of the discovery that every boundary is undefined, and the consequent need to create a “collection about syllables” or rather a “collection of figures” which, because of their incompleteness, luminously suggest the irrepressible quest of man’s intelligence to transfigure the world, according to his own vision. It is this a perfect complicity between the whisper of the “heart...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s Round Service Tray Lacquered Rosewood
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Bent Plywood Rosewood Round Service Tray
13.25 diameter x .75
appears as rosewood with black lacquer finish at bottom.
No label
Original vintage condition
See images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood, Plywood, Lacquer
French Majolica Wall Fish Cote D’Azur Circa 1970
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica Wall Fish signed Côte d’Azur Vallauris , Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century French Ceramic Fish Dish Vallauris
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic fish dish signed Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Dish Yellow an Blue Italy 20th Century representing the Sun
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Ceramic Dish Yellow an Blue Italy 20th Century representing the Sun
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Barware Serving Tray Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass, Italy 1970s
By Studio Italia Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning Mid-Century modernist barware serving tray or platter was crafted in Italy in the 1970s. The large rectangular shape boasts a raised Lucite insert with a faux tortoises...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Paul FOUILLEN French Ceramic Fish Dinner Set, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century ceramic fish dinner set by Paul FOUILLEN (1899-1958), Quimper, France, 1950s.
1 platter, 1 sauce boat and12 plates
Platter : L53.7x...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Christian Dior Square Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous large Mid-Century square serving tray in tortoiseshell lucite. This stunning tray was produced in Italy in the 1970s. Its design is in the style of Willy Rizzo for a Christ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Antique Decorated Laterza Ceramic Dish, Puglia, Italy 1800ca
Located in Naples, IT
Laertine ceramic production reached its peak between the 17th and 18th centuries when, according to the land register, there were as many as 45 kilns and 48 workshops active in the p...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Gold and Mirror Small Decorative Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative gold and mirror plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Only one un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Mirror
Set of Six Vintage French Pheasant Plates, Longchamp Factory, France
By Longchamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
A set of six vintage 1960's French square pheasant plates, each having a transferware study of a wild pheasant and with gold filigree trim. The colors ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Faience
Set of 6 Italian Champagne Glasses with Murano Glass-Accented Tray
Located in Palermo, PA
Let's improve our champagne experience, shall we? This set includes six exquisite champagne glasses accompanied by a matching tray. The tray's handles add a playful touch with their ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Vintage Swedish Midcentury Trays by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
Located in San Diego, CA
A set of three vintage serving trays by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn. Sweden, 1960s
Classic textile design by Josef Frank over molded plywood tray...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic Bowl signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
1950s Sculptura Kromex Hostess Serving Tray Platter
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Vintage Kromex Serving Tray Platter
1 h x 19.25 w x 13.5 d
stamped Kromex USA
Preowned unrestored vintage
See images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Apple Decorative Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks.
Original glass. Unique piece for every table and interior!
Only one...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Antique Decorated Vietri Ceramic Dish, Napoli, Italy 1900ca
Located in Naples, IT
Large plate, glazed and painted terracotta centrepiece tray decorated in polychrome with landscape.
Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), - early 20th century
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Yachting Serving Tray With Rope Handles High Quality Chrome Silver Color 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Beautiful High Quality Chrome tray with its Handles in Rope. It is Silver in color and dates from the 1970s. It is a Platter that was made in Italy with very good manufacturing quali...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Chrome
Jean Gillon. Rectangular tray, model 321, c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
This rectangular top in solid wood, measuring 29 x 16.5 cm, was created by Jean Gillon. The tray bears the WoodArt label with the mention "1/321". The choice of solid wood emphasises...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Handmade Chinoiserie Style Tray by Moire Glaze Kyes
Located in Seattle, WA
This Maker Was Based out of Pasadena CA in the 60s and 70s. Olive/Sage Green Tone. Handmade Based on the Sticker on the Bottom as Shown. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pict...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Vintage Beige and Red Decorative Plate Shell Italy 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative crystal glass plate/bowl from Italy.
Plate is in very good vintage condition,
one damage at the top - as shown on pictures.
Original glass. Unique piece for ev...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
French Majolica Fish Platter Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fish platter signed Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Gense Modern Wedge Stainless Serving Tray Sweden
By Gense
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Modernist Wedge Serving Tray from Sweden
Stainless Steel
Stamped Gense
13.75 long x 5.5 w x 1 h
Unrestored vintage condition
See all images provided.
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Carl Auböck Model #3431 'Knopferl' Brass Tray
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3431 'Knopferl' brass tray. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese tray is executed in patinated and p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Don Shoemaker Geometric Marquetry Decorative Tray for Señal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rosewood serving tray by Don Shoemaker for his company Señal in the 1960s. The surface of the tray has a repeating geometric marquetry pattern in a gradient of local Mexican hardwo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-Century French Ceramic Dish Robert Picault Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic dish signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Large Early Stamp Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Staved Teak Serving Tray
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early Dansk teak tray with duck logo marked JHQ , staved teak, Danmark . Very nice basically un touched condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Danish Modern Teak Handled Serving Tray and Bowl by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Chicago, IL
A truly hard-to-find matched set of Dansk Danish modern teak bowl and tray serveware designed by Jens Quistgaard. A very large handled serving tray is accompanied by a shallow servin...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Tiffany Large & Heavy Midcentury Modern 18-Inch Round Tray
Located in New York, NY
Large Midcentury Modern sterling silver tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Round well with narrow shoulder and folded-over rim. Super functional with nice heft and balance. Ful...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Willy Rizzo Pink Lucite and Brass Italian Serving Tray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous large midcentury serving tray made in pink lucite and brass. This stylish piece was probably designed by Willy Rizzo in Italy during the 70s for a Christian Dior production....
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Don Shoemaker Wood Inlaid Chevron Pattern Cutting Board for Señal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cutting board by Don Shoemaker for his company Señal in the 1960s. The surface of the board has a repeating chevron marquetry pattern in a gradient of local Mexican hardwoods that ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood, Cocobolo
Ebony Channeled Tray
Located in Hudson, NY
This bone-inlay ebony tray is versatile. Use it to serve refreshments, or to display your favorite knick knacks, or jewelry.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ebony
French Majolica Fish Platter Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica fish platter Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
Don Shoemaker Geometric Marquetry Decorative Tray for Señal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rosewood serving tray by Don Shoemaker for his company Señal in the 1960s. The surface of the tray has a repeating geometric marquetry pattern in a gradient of local Mexican hardwo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Fake Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass Appetizer Tray
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A vintage appetizer tray designed and manufactured by the Italian design company Alberto Sordi during the 1970s in lovely conditions. The tray featu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti - Silkscreened Metal Tray and Pedestal - Italy 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Large screen-printed metal tray, finely decorated with colorful and original motif of a cherry vine with leaves. The rather high edge fitted with two molded sockets ensures its funct...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Metal
Mid-century modern bed tray, F.lli Reguitti Italy 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century Modern wood bed tray
F.lli Reguitti, Italy 1960s
wood, brass, ropeH 27 cm - 67 x 39 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
String, Wood
Jens Quistgaard Teak Lazy Susan for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dansk is one of the most beloved and celebrated makers of Mid-Century table and kitchenware; whether its their use of teak or enamel, their designs endure even 60 years later, making...
Category
1960s Thai Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Vintage Apple Decorative Porcelain Plate, Scotland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Apple plate from Scotland.
Produced in 1960s.
The plate is hand painted.
Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original ceramic.
Beautiful piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Midcentury Dior Style Lucite Chrome and Vienna Straw Serving Tray, France 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century large rectangular serving tray in lucite with Vienna straw and chrome. This gorgeous item was designed in France during the 1970s in the style of Christian Dior.
This incredibly elegant midcentury serving tray is made of a large Vienna straw and clear lucite base nestled with chrome finishes.
This tray has a very unique shape with V-shaped corners and two large chrome handles.
The stylish design and the contrast between the materials make this tray simply breathtaking.
It is attributed to Christian Dior Home. Its flat design will make it perfect for a modern or minimal dining...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Large Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Denmark Teak Serving Tray
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Dansk teak tray with duck logo marked Dansk Designs JHQ Denmark . Very nice possibly un touched condition. Fine sculptural and functional teak tray in fine condition .
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Teak
Beautiful Mid Century Inlaid "Quail" Low Bowl Catch It All by Couroc California
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful super cool inlaid wood Quail low bowl catch-it-all handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. .
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Resin, Wood
Large Brass Serving Tray, Italy 1950s
Located in London, GB
Fine and elegant oval shape serving tray made of brass with beautiful handles and mirrored glass top. Made in Italy in the 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Brass
Don Shoemaker for Señal Geometric Marquetry Tray with Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Serving tray and stand by Don Shoemaker for Senal of Mexico. The tray has a dark rosewood frame with integrated handles at either end, and the tray surface is inlaid with precious wo...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Rosewood
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.
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