Mid-Century Modern Tableware
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
1960s Spaghetti Colorful Drinkware Tumbler Glasses – Set of 9
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a vintage set of nine spaghetti tumblers, circa the 1960s. This distinctive type of drinkware is characterized by their unique texture, which resembles s...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Vintage Italian "Fish" Crumb Brush and Pan in Teak and Brass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two-piece fish-form crumb brush with teak dust/crumb pan set, ca. 1960s.
Italian, but similar to Scandinavian designs of the same period.
The charming fish motif of the brush with th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Silver Sculpture by R&B Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 84 Pieces Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Designer of the pattern Silver Sculpture, Robert H. Ramp describes his inspiration for this pattern (Modernism in American Silver Book)....
"...Even though it was named Silver Sculp...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Pfaltzgraff Pottery Lidded Onion Soup Au Gratin Casseroles, Set/6
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of six Mid-Century earthenware Onion Soup au Gratins, The Pfaltzgraff Pottery Company, circa 1950-1960.
Six oven proof individual casseroles with s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
Rare Sterling Silver Three-Piece Midcentury Child's Set by Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Rare, midcentury, sterling silver three-piece child's set, Denmark, circa 1940s. Pattern is parallel. Set consists of a napkin ring (hallmarked with the Georg Jensen hallmark and des...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Ashtray vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Vintage Ashtray vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Champagne or wine cooler alpaca vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Champagne or wine cooler alpaca vienna around 1950s
Only Polished
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Alpaca
Mathieu Matégot Mid-Century Modern Red Enameled Metal Plate, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enameled metal plate designed by Mathieu Matégot.
Manufactured by Artimeta (Holland), circa 1950.
Lacquered perforated metal, seem to be repainted many years ago.
In good original c...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal
Sculptured Beauty by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set, 43 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mid-Century Modern sculptured beauty by International sterling silver flatware set of 43 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9 1/4".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 1...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brass, copper watering can vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Brass, copper watering can vienna around 1950s
Polished and stove enameled
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass, Copper
Anja Jaatinen-Winqvist 'Karelia' Milk & Sugar Set for Arabia Finland, 1970s
Located in Meer, VAN
Anja Jaatinen-Winqvist 'Karelia' Milk & Sugar Set for Arabia, Finland, 1970s.
This is a wonderful milk and sugar set designed by Anja Jaatinen-Winqvist and made by Arabia Finland in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
Amboss Cutlery Model 3000 Attributed to Helmut Alder
Located in Vienna, AT
Made by Alois Weichselbaumer company later Amboss in the 1950s.
Model 3000 stainless steel with rosewood handle with brass rivets.
Set of 18:
Six knives,
six spoons,
six forks.
...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Coin Tray by Carl Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Coin tray by Carl Auböck
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Round Silver Pewter Napkin Rings in Red Boxes - Set of 12
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large set of vintage pewter napkin rings. This is a set of 12 pieces, (4 in each box). Each ring is round and features a small lip around...
Category
Mid-20th Century Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Pewter
Carl Auböck Neptune Fish Bottle Opener, Leather & Steel by Amboss Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful fish-shaped mid-century bottle opener, made of stainless steel, covered with dark-brown tan leather. Model #4687, designed in 1995 by Carl Auböck, Vienna. Executed by Amb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Carl Aubock Big Brass Key Cork Screw, Bottle Opener Paperweight, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful cork screw bottle opener & paperweight in the shape of a large golden key, designed and executed by Carl Aubock Vienna, Austria, 1950s. The big model. A Carl Aubock clas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Copper and brass Hand Dinner Bell vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Copper and brass Hand Dinner Bell vienna around 1960s
Original condition
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass, Copper
Set of 10, Imperial Stone Faux Malachite Placemats, Acrylic, Signed
By Imperial Stone
Located in New York, NY
Set of ten, Imperial Stone faux malachite placemats, acrylic, signed. Glam octagonal acrylic placemats with white felt backs. Signed with the manuf...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Resin
Carl Aubock Wooden Modernist Fruit Bowl Wood Plate , Austria, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful wooden bowl or plate, designed by Carl Aubock in the 1970s. Marked, in excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Wood
Rare Mathieu Matégot Rigitulle Black Perforated Serving Tray, France, 1950s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare Mathieu Matégot Rigitulle Black perforated and lacquered serving tray, France, 1950s. In very good original vintage condition
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Steel
Six Silver Plate Dessert Forks with Server in Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely set of 6 Silver Plate Dessert Forks with coordinating silver plate serving piece.
The set has a unique design and would be a com...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Fruit Knives with Bakelite Stand by Otto Hammesfahr
Located in Wien, AT
Fruit knives with stand by Otto Hammesfahr.
Original condition.
Six pieces of knives
one stand.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Chinese Key by Allan Adler Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 53 pcs Dinner
By Allan Adler
Located in Big Bend, WI
Alan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 - December 3, 2002) His clean, unadorned and well-crafted style was strongly influenced by the traditional work of early American silversmiths and the cont...
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Carl Aubock Bar Set Brass Coin Bottle Opener and Bottle Stopper, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful "Emperor Carl VI" coin bottle opener and bottle stopper, designed and executed by Carl Aubock in the 1950s. In very condition with marginal patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Cutlery by Helmut Alder for Amboss Model 2070
Located in Vienna, AT
Cutlery, model 2070, designed by Helmut Alder, produced by "Amboss Neuzeughammer Steyr" Austria in the 1960s. High quality stainless steel cutlery.
For six people, consists of six l...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid Century olive oil and vinegar set designed and produced by Artek in the 1960
By Artek
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Mid Century olive oil and vinegar set designed and produced by Artek in the 1960s. Artek was founded in Helsinki in 1935 by four young idealists: Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichs...
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass, Wood, Olive
Copper Coffee Pot with Bamboo Handle Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Copper coffee pot with bamboo handle around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass, Copper
Chicken cutter vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Chicken cutter vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Steel
Contour by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 64 Pieces, Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Contour by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 64 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 3/4".
Eight forks, 7 5/8".
Eight sal...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brass can around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Brass can around 1960s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Modernist Brass bowl "HOLE Pattern" in Style of Mathieu Matégot, France 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
bowl element..
In style of Mathieu Matégot.
Origin: France,
1970s.
This original vintage bowl element was produced in the 1950s in France. It was made of brass in hole pattern op...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Decorative Bulldog Glazed Ceramic and Leather Sculpture Cookie Jar, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Decorative bulldog glazed ceramic and leather sculpture cookie jar, 1960s
The head is Ceramic glazed the body ceramic and leather with paint.
It can also function as Cookie Jar o...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Leather, Ceramic
Gorham Mid Century Modern Silver Plated Hinged Lid Ice Bucket w Glass Liner
By Gorham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Gorham Mid Century Modern Silver Plated Hinged Lid Ice Bucket with Glass Liner. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 12" H x 7.5" Diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Impressive Pair of Antonio Pineda Silver Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of modernist design candlesticks by master silversmith Antonio Pineda. One candlestick is marked". 999 silver not solid Pineda Taxco S.A. de C.V." The metal is silver over a bas...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver
Olive Wood Salad Servers, France 1970s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Olive Wood Salad Servers, France 1970s.
Very elegant design in perfect condition.
Servers are polished, which gives them a very soft touch.
A chic piece to add to the kitchen !
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Fruitwood, Olive
1950s Modernist Three Sculptural Steak Knives Inox Rostfrei
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Modernist Three Sculptural Steak Knives Inox Rostfrei
set of three
7 long x .25 d x .5 h
stamp Inox Rostfrei
Preowned vintage condition
Refer to images provided.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Il Picchio Set of Four Mugs with Pitcher in Orange Ceramic, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Gorgeous set of four orange mugs with Il Picchio ceramic pitcher, ( signature under base)
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Dorothy Thorpe design Sterling Silver Rim Glass Salad Plates set of 10
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A set of 10 Dorothy Thorpe design 8in salad or desert plates with a 1/2in sterling silver banded edge.
These show some pre-owned use but still very presentable.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Carving Knife and Fork by Emboss Austria, 1960s
Located in Vienna, Austria
An unusual Austrian carving knife and fork, produced by Emboss Austria.
Composed of stainless steel with wooden handles. Barley used, in very f...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Gerald Benney Stainless Cutlery by Viners of Sheffield, British, 1970s
Located in Melbourne, AU
Superb set of 'Fisheaters', i.e. Six knives and six forks designed by Gerald Benney, in original box. The influence of Danish design is very clear, yet these are quintessentially midcentury British in their trim, measured and practical style.
'Gerald Benney CBE (21 April 1930 – 26 June 2008) was a British silver and goldsmith who along with David Mellor...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
3 Amboss Party Palette & Spork Sets, Plate & Spoon & Fork, Austria, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to three very nice stackable party sets, „Partypalette“, model K70, consisting of square plates plus spork, a combination of spoon and fork (Göffel). Designed by Ernst Otto Loewe,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage A. S. Tinn Per Viking Salad Set and Bottle Opener, Norwegian
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual salad set with pewter handles in the shape of stacked Vikings. Its accompanied by a horn-shaped bottle cap opener in solid brass. The salad set was designed and made by A. S....
Category
1970s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Carl Auböck Midcentury Glass Pitcher Jug by Ostovics Culinar, Austria, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful pitcher or jug for water, soft drinks or juice, designed by Carl Auböck, executed by Ostovics Culinar in Austria in the 1970s. A beautiful, unus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass
Willy Rizzo Style Italian Plexiglass And Nickel-Plated Brass Tray
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Please kindly read the entire description, as we strive to provide you with detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our items.
This refined and or...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Piuma by Enzo Mari for Zani&Zani
Located in Milano, IT
Enzo Mari Piuma Flatware Set, Italy, 1960s
Rare Piuma flatware complet set, composed by six fork, six knives, six spoon, six tea spoon.
Designed by Enzo Mari, one of the most influ...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Iron
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Brass and Leather Nutcracker, Vienna, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Modernist brass nutcracker designed and executed by Werkstätte Carl Aubock in the 1950s. In good condition with charming patina. Marked.
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Set of Salt and Pepper Shaker with Stand Swan-Shaped, France, Mid-century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French set of salt and pepper shaker on its stand. The glass salt and pepper shaker are into swans.
Chrome, teak and glass,
French, cir...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Chrome
Danish Modern Steak Knife set by Chef Le Blanc for Selandia NIB
By Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
A set of 6 teak and stainless steak knives, designed in the 1970s by Chef JP LeBlanc for Selandia. They were never used. Comes with the box and original plastic sleeves. Beautiful Sc...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Joe Colombo style set of six glasses 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in bari, IT
Set of six worked and colored glass glasses in the style of 1970s Joe Colombo
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stained Glass
Carl Auböck Neptune Fish Bottle Opener, Leather & Steel by Amboss Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful fish-shaped mid-century bottle opener, made of stainless steel, covered with dark-brown tan leather. Model #4687, designed in 1995 by Carl Auböck, Vienna. Executed by Amb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
1950s African Figurine Mid-Century Brass Salt Shaker by Richard Rohac, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A unusual Viennese modernist salt shaker, designed and executed in the 1950s by Richard Rohac, who worked also for WHW Hagenauer Vienna. Made of black-finished brass and red bakelite...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Fruit bowl brass vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Fruit bowl brass vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Modernist Painted and Signed Cup and Saucer, circa 1960
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and interesting modernist hand-painted pottery cup and saucer, the latter painted with a Primitive black outlined deer decorated in brightly coloured glazes on a speckled ...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Pottery
Hornsea Tapestry coffee set, Coffee pot, cups and saucers, 2 jugs, 15 pc, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Sarah Vardy (British)
‘Tapestry’ coffee set
Designed 1973, produced by Hornsea, UK
Set comprises coffee pot with lid, six cups and saucers, milk jug, cream jug
Ceramic
Overall, ver...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Classic Vintage Dansk Design Cutting Board from the 1960s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Based on form and function, this cutting board has the knife in the handle. The blade is 18/10 stainless steel and is tappered from the spine to
the cutting edge. The block is constructed in parquet style including the knife handle.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Wood
Vintage Lunch Knives by Kay Bojesen for USC Copenhagen, 1950s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of 8 stainless steel and black resin dinner/lunch knives. Designed by Kay Bojesen and manufactured by United Steel Company in Denmark during the 1950s. During this period KB wo...
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Salt and Pepper Shaker with Stand in Teakwood and Ceramic, Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Salt and pepper shaker with stand made of teak and ceramic around the 1960s
Signs of use
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Teak
Buckingham by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 61 Pcs Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner Size Buckingham by Gorham circa 1909 sterling silver Flatware set - 61 pieces. This set includes:
8 dinner size knives, 9 1/2"
8 dinner size forks, 7 1/2"
8 luncheon/dessert f...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-century Modern tableware for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern tableware 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 tableware created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern tableware made in a specific country, there are Europe, Austria, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tableware, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Amboss Austria, International Silver, and Jens Quistgaard. 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 tableware differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $32,500 while the average work can sell for $652.