Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
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
Rare Don Shoemaker Tray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, We offer this beautiful and rare tray made in solid cocobolo wood designed by Don Shoemaker, produced at Señal, Morelia, Mexico with original label.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Wood
Murano Venini Turquoise Glass Swirled Ice Tea Or Lemonade Pitcher & Glasses Set
By Venini
Located in North Miami, FL
This very special, beautiful and rare vintage Italian Murano hand blown glass set is a lemonade, ice tea or juice pitcher with 6 matching glasse...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Blown Glass
$2,025 Sale Price
25% Off
FORNASETTI Grande Antico Gold Cocktail Plate by Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage gilt decorated GRANDE ANTICO porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti / made in Milano Italy circa 1950s
Original mark on the back
Diameter 9.5 inches, height 1 inch
1 available i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Teak Barware Bent Plywood Square Serving Tray
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Vintage Square Teak Bent Plywood Serving Barware Tray
13.88 x 13.88 x .5 d
Preowned original vintage condition, refer to listed images.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak
Faux Tortoiseshell Serving Oval Tray Centerpiece in Lucite, 1970s, Italy
Located in Rome, IT
Splendid oval serving tray / centerpiece in faux tortoiseshell, Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
1960s Shigemichi Aomine Japanese Midcentury Teak Trays Serving Sushi Platters
By Aomine Shigemichi 1
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Shigemichi Aomine for the National Crafts Council (NCC.) Pair of sculptural serving trays.
Large L 22 in
Small L 9 x W 6.75 x H 3/8 in
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Red Majolica Shells Dishes Vallauris, Circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French red Majolica shells dishes Vallauris Circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Bamboo and Stainless Steel Serving Utensils - A Set of 2
Located in Charleston, SC
We are offering a set of a bamboo serving pieces (these 2 would have come together in a box) first we have one slotted serving spoon, made by Seki Hamono KK, a Japanese company know...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Dansk Blue Kobenstyle Sauce Butter Pot by Jens Quistgaard Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A nice sized Koben styled sauce or melted butter pot with wood handle in a blue with white interior in enameled porcelain . Manufactured by Dansk and designed in 1956 by Jens Quistga...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Robert McKeown Handcrafted Salt & Pepper Shakers, California, 1976
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Robert McKeown Handcrafted Wood & Resin Salt & Pepper Shakers, California, 1976. Signed & Dated.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Resin, Walnut
Midcentury Large Rectangular Serving Trays in Copper, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible Mid-Century large serving trays in copper. These unique trays were realized in Italy in the 1960s.
These hefty trays are fully made in copper, the inside is decorated by...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Copper
Barovier Green Italian Serving Tray in Mirror-Etched Murano Glass, 1940s
By Barovier
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful tiny rectangular shaped serving tray in a stunning combination of mouth-blown Murano twisted green glass, acid-etched mirror and gilt metal handles. This charming piece was...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass
Vintage Knive and Fork by Amboss Austria Design Oswald Haerdtl
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent preserved so called "Heurigen-Besteck" designed by Oswald Haerdtl in 1958, executed by Neuzeughammer, Amboss Austria, same date.
It comes in the original, thick leather po...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Serving Tray Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite & Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing serving tray in faux tortoiseshell and brass with handles in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Brass
MCM 1 Dorothy Thorpe Serving Bowl & 3 Nasco Ceruse Wood & Chrome Nesting Trays
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful Mid-20th Century MCM (Mid Century Modern) serving set including a Dorothy Thorpe serving bowl with original label & 3 “Masterpiece in Wood” black ceruse wood nesting trays with chrome corners by Nasco, Made in Japan. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear even if it has been refinished or restored. Specifically, no chips, cracks, chiggers, in the bowl. The trays do so some wear including scratches & water rings. Please see photos, zoom in for details, and see long description as they are part of the condition report. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-20th Century.
Well, well, well… what have we here?? We call this… serve-ware EXTRAORDINAIRE!!!! This is a lovely vintage set including a marvelous Dorothy Thorpe serving bowl with her signature silver band and original label plus three “Masterpiece in Wood” black ceruse wood nesting trays with rounded chrome corners labeled with their gold crest logo on the bottom… by Nasco, made in Japan. The silver band surrounding the bowl bears a bit of wonderful, vintage patina which we chose to leave alone as we LOVE the appearance & stories it could tell… but it could be polished if you prefer that look. The name Dorothy Thorpe is simply mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency glamour at its finest and this incredible glass serving bowl represents her iconic style while these marvelous Nasco nesting trays compliment it’s exemplary existence. The silver band on the glass bowl simply explodes as it sits beside the trays & those marvelous chrome corners… it’s quite a STUNNING set up!!! The trays would be an exceptional way to present snacks or beverages to your guests, or a table or bar hosting a lovely set of vintage glasses...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver, Chrome
Theodor Skjode Knudsen for Skjode Skjern Danish Modern Wenge Rare Wood Tray
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Rare, large scale Theodor Skjode Knudsen for Skjøde Skjern wenge wood tray. Vintage 1960's tray has three sections and can be used for serving or as a vide-poche catch all. Piece m...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Wenge
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Mechanical Ice Sugar Cube Tongs Stainless Steel and Teak Japan
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s mechanical ice or sugar cube tongs
Stainless steel and teak
Made Japan
7.25 x 1.13 diameter
Original vintage condition. Unrestored.
Refer t...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Set of Eight Serving Pieces of Sterling and Coconut
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dapper set of eight mid-century serving pieces with an elegant modern form crafted in polished coconut and hand made sterling silver hardware.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Vintage Salad Servers in Curved Wood and Stainless Steel
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple and elegant stylized set of salad servers made of stainless steel and curved wood handles, circa 1960s. The set is in very good vintage condition and measures 12"L x 2.5"W. A ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Wooden 3 Tiered Serving Tray
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage wooden serving tray with three tiers from 1970's.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Wood
1950s Art Nouveau Creamer & Sugar Newmaid Picquot Ware England
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Art Nouveau Newmaid Picquot Ware England Modernist Creamer & Sugar
Creamer 5.25 d x 3.38 w x 4.25 h
Sugar 3.75 w x 3.5 d x 3.25 h
Preowned vintage unrestored condition
See imag...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Round Rosewood Bar Service Tray
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Hostess Round Wood Serving Tray
Bar Service Platter
Rosewood
.63 h x 10 w x 11.5 long
Unrestored original vintage
See all images provided.
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rosewood
Centerpiece Tray Lucite, Wicker & Chrome Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular serving tray centerpiece in wicker and lucite with chrome borders in the style of Christian Dior.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Made in Italy in the 19...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Dansk Jens Quistgaard Kobenstyle Cooking / Fondue Set
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A three piece set of cookware or fondue pieces in a bright stunning blue with pot and lid , iron and teak holder all sitting on a teak tray . Manufactured by Dansk known for their hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Iron
1960s Style Airstream Foley Handheld Citrus Juicer Reamer
By Wagner
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Airstream 1960s Foley Aluminum Hand Juicer
Citrus Juicer Reamer Airstream Style 1960s USA
Measures: 2.25 tall x 3.75 x 8 long
Perfect for your ai...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Aluminum
1970's Unique Rare Camping Portable Electric Coffee Set New Never Used
Located in San Diego, CA
1970's American Atomic age portable coffee maker set , a rare find never used can be pluged in electric outlet or to your car , comes with cups spoons coffee container and electric coffee maker...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Mexican Sterling Silver Pedestal Bowl with Floral Motif by Maciel
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful Mexican sterling silver pedestal bowl with floral motif by Maciel, circa 1960s. This highly crafted piece is in very good vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Mexican Copper Platter with Sterling Figures, circa 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Midcentury copper platter with sterling, circa 1950s
Fantastic copper platter surrounded with sterling donkey, bull fighter, farm worker, and variou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper
Christofle Silver-Plated Breadstick Holder Attributed to Gio Ponti, 1950s
By Christofle, Gio Ponti
Located in Brescia, Brescia
This exquisite silver-plated breadstick holder, attributed to the legendary designer Gio Ponti, embodies the elegance and refined style of mid-century Italian design. Crafted by Chri...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
1970s Mid-Century Modern serving tray or centerpiece with sea shells, Italy
Located in Palermo, PA
1970s tray featuring a charming bamboo frame and a beautifully lacquered bottom adorned with various seashells. The exact type of shells is uncertain, but they have a lovely, glossy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Shell, Bamboo, Rattan
Tjorn Sterling Silverware by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, Germany
Located in New York, NY
A set of sterling silverware in the Tjorn pattern designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk. Priced per five-piece place setting. Up to 12 (twel...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large French Faience Figural Bison Pate Terrine by Michel Caugant
Located in San Diego, CA
A large vintage figural recumbent Bison Pâté Terrine made for Laurent Caugant, a Bretagne pâté maker since 1927. His son Michel created these figural forms as containers for selling ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
60s Mexican Mid-Century Abalone Shell Grasshopper Tray with Lid, Mixed Metals
By Taxco, Los Castillo
Located in Miami, FL
60s Mexican mid-century Abalone shell grasshopper tray with lid, mixed metals.
Offered for sale is a Mexican Mid-Century Modern mixed metals (brass, c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Harpswell House Slate and Walnut set of 3 Small Appetizer Platters Coasters
Located in San Diego, CA
Slate and walnut set of 3 appetizer platters coasters attributed to Harpswell House. These are often attributed to Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell, however that is probably not a...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Slate
Pair of MCM Teak Salad Servers by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of MCM teak salad servers by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1970s. The servers are made of solid teak and they measure 13.25" long x 2"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malaysian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Teak
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Original French Modernist Metal Tray "Rigituelle" by Mathieu Matégot, 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Metal tray.
Designed and produced by Mathieu Matégot.
Origin: France,
1950s.
Original Mathieu Matégot tray "RIGITUELLE". made in the 1950s in France. typical mategot style with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Set of 12 Dachshund Vintage Silver Plate Knife Rests
By Gallia
Located in Westport, CT
Set of twelve Dachshund dog silver plated knife rests, vintage in very good look to be unused from the 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Black Metal and Rattan Bottle Holder, Scandinavia, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice design bottle holder is made of black metal and rattan. This is a Scandinavian work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Burnt Bamboo and Cane Serving Tray
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A gorgeous serving tray executed in burnt bamboo and cane. Great border detail with nice modernist movement. Could be used as a serving tray, on an oversized ottoman, or even on a co...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Bamboo, Cane
Silver Plated Cooler by "Emilia Los Castillo"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Silver Plated Cooler set by "Emilia Los Castillo". Includes brand mark.
Emilia Castillo, a second generation designer, b...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Ceramic splashback by Angelo Mangiarotti for Fratelli Brambilla
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Refined glossy white ceramic splashback, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti for Fratelli Brambilla.
The object, with its sculptural and essential form, is an example of minimalist desig...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Legumi Pattern Demi-lune Salad Dishes, Set of Seven
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seven Piero Fornasetti Shaped Ceramic Dishes in Legumi Pattern,
1950s.
The set of seven crescent-shaped Piero Fornasetti ceramic Salad dishes are each decorated with a different nam...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Sculptural Danish Modern Teak Screw Nutcracker Mid Century Modern Quistgaard Era
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This vintage Danish Modern nutcracker is a beautifully crafted piece made of solid teak wood, designed in the functional yet sculptural style often associated with Jens Quistgaard. I...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Wood, Teak
Midcentury Brass Bar Cart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Midcentury brass bar cart, probably Italian, circa 1960s. It is a versatile size and can be used as a bar or serving cart or as extra rollin...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass, Metal
Set of Six Amber Murano Drinking Glasses by Vittorio Zecchin, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s.
They are in Murano glass and have particles of coal that are included in the glass due to their process of manufacturing: as a matter of fact in 1950s in Murano...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Murano Glass
Ceramic Hand Painted Strawberry Motif Serving Platter, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A vintage hand-painted ceramic strawberry motif serving platter or relish dish. This serving dish features four wells that will accommodate dips, relishes ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
Gio Ponti Silver Plated Tureen and Cover, Large Sauce Boat, Serving Bowl, Krupp
Located in London, Fitzrovia
1930s-1950s Gio Ponti deep 140CL. Silver plated /Alpacca deep tureen, large sauce boat and small serving bowl designed by Gio Ponti for the VI Trienale, produced by Arthur Krupp, Milano.
Dimensions given on the main page...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Pierre Casenove for Studio Salins glazed ceramic coffee set 1980s
Located in Paris, IDF
This is a beautiful modernist coffee set designed by Pierre Casenove and edited by Studio Salins in the 1980s. It features a large coffee pot, with six coffee cups, all in black glaz...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Ceramic
Thermo from Japan, Midcentury, Brown Bamboo with Metal Details, C 1950, Japan
Located in New York, NY
A thermo from circa 1950, Japan. Made of bamboo and brass details. midcentury design.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass
Jacques Adnet & Christofle, Silver Plated and Chinese Lacquer Bottle Holder, Fre
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful bottle holder is made of silver plated and black chinese lacquer. This is an iconic model by famous Franch designer acques Adnet & Chri...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Jens H. Quistgaard “Bow Tie” Palisander Rosewood Tray for Dansk
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish tray designed by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk in Denmark circa 1960s. Impeccably crafted in palisander rosewood, this sculptural serving tray features a bow tie shape with th...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rosewood
$920 Sale Price
40% Off
Luigi Massoni Minimalist Plastic White Bed Tray Element by Guzzini, Italy, 1980s
By Luigi Massoni, Guzzini
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Plastic tray
Design:
Luigi Massoni
Producer:
Guzzini, Italy
Decade:
1980s
Description:
This tray table was designed by Luigi Massoni and produced by Guzzini in Italy in the 1980s. It is made from white-colored plastic and is in very good vintage condition, and would be ideal to serve breakfast in bed. It still features the original Guzzini box...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Plastic
Mid Centruy Artist signed Sterling Silver Made in Mexico Serving Fork with RoseW
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage mid-century salad server from the 1950's in sterling silver and rosewood. Marked Made in Mexico. All meticulously refinished to highlight the natural rattan’s warmth and dura...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Rosewood
1970s Copco Oval Casserole Green Enamelware Michael Lax Denmark
By Michael Lax
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Copco Michael Lax Oval Casserole Green
Enamel Cast Iron Dish Pan
Stamped by maker Denmark.
12.88 w x 7.75 d x 3 h
Preowned vintage condition.
See a...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Vintage Oval Tray in Gilded Hammered Aluminum and Ivory Plastic, Italy 60s
Located in Roma, IT
A vintage tray most likely made in Italy between the 50s and 60s that winks at the style in vogue in the United States between the 20s and 50s inspired by Hollywood's Golden Era.
Gil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Condiment Set from Stella, Italy, 1970s, Set of 4
By Stella
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Rare and refined 70s stainless steel menage / condiment set made by Stella in Italy.
This beautiful condiment set features a nice holder and three distinctive pieces (for salt, pepp...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
$218 Sale Price
20% Off
Kenji Fujita at Lagardo Tackett Associates for Freeman-Lederman Bird Cruets
By Kenji Fujita
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of "Sandpiper" bird cruets designed by renowned Japanese ceramicist Kenji Fujita in collaboration with Lagardo Tackett Associates for the Freeman-Lede...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain, Cork
Studio Made Salt & Pepper Shakers by California Artist Milton Cavagnaro
By Milton Cavagnaro
Located in Oakland, CA
Hand crafted salt and pepper shakers by Bay Area artist Milton Cavagnaro, he was a jeweler, painter and craft maker such as these shakers for example. Blac...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Stainless Steel
French Silverplated Couvert, Hand stiched Black leather, circa 1940s
Located in Den Haag, NL
French Silverplated Couvert, Hand stiched Black leather circa 1940s. In the style of Jacques Adnet.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of Twelve Crimson Crystal Drinking Glasses attr. to Val Saint Lambert
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in France, 1960s.
This set of twelve glasses is made in fine crimson crystal.
They are attributable to the company Val Saint Lambert for their shape and craft method.
There ar...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Materials
Crystal
Mid-century Modern serving pieces for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern serving pieces 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 serving pieces created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern serving pieces 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 serving pieces, popular names associated with this style include Jens Quistgaard, Dansk Designs, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, and Rosenthal. 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 serving pieces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $26 and tops out at $18,800 while the average work can sell for $630.
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