Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Green and Blue" Vase Jasba Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality G...
Ceramic
Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Stripe and Dots" Vase Jasba Ceramics, Germany, 1950s
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1950s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality G...
Ceramic
Large Abstract Op Art Pottery Foreign Vase by Scheurich Ceramics, Germany, 1960s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: Scheurich FOREIGN Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. Hi...
Ceramic
Super Colorful abstract Fat Lava Pottery Vase by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. Hi...
Ceramic
Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Stripe and Dots" Vase Jasba Ceramics, Germany, 1950s
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1950s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality G...
Ceramic
Super Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "CONTURA" Vase by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1950s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1950s Original vintage 1950s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality Ger...
Ceramic
Carstens Tönnieshof Set of Bowl and Vase, West Germany Ceramics 1960s
By Scheurich Keramik, Carstens Tönnieshof, Bay Keramik
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of a bowl and small vessel or bud vase was made by Carstens Tönnieshof with complex green, teal, beige, and gold glaze. The bowl has monochromatic black glaze on the bottom surf...
Gold
Large Fat Lava Pottery Floor Vase, Bodo Mans Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Design: Bodo Mans Decade: 1970s Description: Original vintage 1970s pottery cerami...
Ceramic
Ruscha 342 Fat Lava Vase Organic Western Germany Ceramics Signed 1960s-70s
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Classic Ruscha 342 vase was heavily featured in first retrospective exhibition of West German ceramics of the 1960s-1970s in the Graham Cooley Collection that brought Fat Lava ceram...
Ceramic, Pottery
rare lovely Pottery Fat Lava "LINES" Vase by Übelacker Ceramics, Germany, 1970
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic vase Producer: Übelacker Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage Pottery vase was produced in the 1970s by Übelacker Ceramics, Germany. Ra...
Ceramic
Carstens Tönnieshof Set of Large Bowl and Vase, West Germany Ceramics, 1960s
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of a large bowl and cylindrical vase was made by Carstens Tönnieshof with complex, textured lava white and buttery yellow glazes on light grey glaze background with gold accents...
Gold
large 30cm Super Colorful Fat Lava Pottery Vase by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality German p...
Ceramic
super crusty large 41cm Fat Lava Pottery Vase by Fohr Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Fohr
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava art vase Producer: Fohr Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Germany by Fohr Ceramics. it...
Ceramic
Rare 30cm zig zag Fat Lava Ceramic Vases by ILKRA Ceramics, Germany 1950s
By Ilkra Edel Keramik 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: ILKRA Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1950s Original vintage 1950s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality German production...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Rare white zig zag Fat Lava Ceramic Vases by ILKRA Ceramics, Germany 1970s
By Ilkra Edel Keramik 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: ILKRA Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality German production...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Rare 35cm Grey Brutalist Fat Lava Ceramic Vases by ILKRA Ceramics, Germany 1970s
By Ilkra Edel Keramik 1
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: ILKRA Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality German production...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Super Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "575 25" Vase by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1950s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1950s Original vintage 1950s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality Ger...
Ceramic
Large 19” Mid-Century West German Glazed Vase by Scheurich Keramik
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Fort Washington, MD
This is a large West German vase produced by Scheurich Keramik, which was one of the largest producers of ceramics during the mid-20th century.
Pottery, Paint
Large Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Maya Tiki" Vase by Jasba Ceramics, Germany 1970
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality G...
Ceramic
XL Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Black-Red" Vase by Jopeko Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Jopeko Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JOPEKO Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality ...
Ceramic
XXL Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "Maya Tiki" Vase by Jasba Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality G...
Ceramic
Large Op Art Abstract Pottery Floor Vase Made by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1960s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality Ger...
Ceramic
xxl Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "MAYA TIKI" Vase by Jasba Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality G...
Ceramic
Super Colorful Fat Lava Pottery "92 35" Vase by Bay Ceramics, Germany, 1960s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. High quality Ger...
Ceramic
Set of 3 Abstract Ceramic Pottery Vases by EIWA / AKRU Ceramics, Germany, 1950s
By AKRU Ceramic
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 3 Producer: 3 different Germany Ceramic Producers Decade: 1950s Original vintage 1950s pottery ceramic vase set made in Germany. High ...
Ceramic, Pottery
Set of two Pottery Fat Lava "HOLE" Vases by Übelacker Ceramics, Germany, 1970
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: Übelacker Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 2 original vintage Pottery vases produced in the 1970s by Übelacker Ce...
Ceramic
Set of 2 "Super Glaze" Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase Marei Ceramics Germany 1970s
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: Marei Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 2 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in ...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Original Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Marei Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: Marei Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 2 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in ...
Ceramic
Set of 3 Original 1970 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Roth Ceramics, Germany
By Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 3 Producer: Roth Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 3 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in t...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Original 1970 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Marei Ceramics, Germany
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: Marei Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 2 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in ...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Original 1970 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Roth Ceramics, Germany
By Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: Roth Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 2 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in t...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Original 1970 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Marei Ceramics, Germany
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: Marei Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 2 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in ...
Ceramic
Set of 3 Original 1970 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Marei Ceramics, Germany
By Marei Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 3 Producer: Marei Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s Set of 3 original vintage Studio Pottery vases was produced in ...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Hartwig Heyne Ceramics, Germany 1970s
By Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: HARTWIG HEYNE, Germany The pottery was founded in 1850 in Tschöpeln in Silesia on the border to Lusatia, here there w...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Hartwig Heyne Ceramics, Germany 1970s
By Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: HARTWIG HEYNE, Germany The pottery was founded in 1850 in Tschöpeln in Silesia on the border to Lusatia, here there w...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Hartwig Heyne Ceramics, Germany, 1970s
By Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: HARTWIG HEYNE, Germany The pottery was founded in 1850 in Tschöpeln in Silesia on the border to Lusatia, here there w...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Hartwig Heyne Ceramics, Germany 1970s
By Roth Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Ceramic fat lava vases set of 2 Producer: HARTWIG HEYNE, Germany The pottery was founded in 1850 in Tschöpeln in Silesia on the border to Lusatia, here there w...
Ceramic
Super Rare Memphis Style Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Bay Ceramics Germany 1980
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1980s Description: original vintage 1980s pottery ceramic vase made in Germany. Hig...
Ceramic
Set of 3 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 3 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 3 original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Memphis Style Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vases Bay Ceramics Germany, 1980s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: Bay Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1980s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 White Floral Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 3 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 3 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 3 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 3 original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 3 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 4 Red-White Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vases by Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 4 original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 3 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 3 original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Vase by Schramberg, Hand-Painted, Germany
By Schramberg Majolica
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful polychrome ceramic vase of circular form Entirely hand-painted with floral motifs. Signed on the base Excellent condition This artwork, never before on the market, comes ...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made by Jasba Ceramics Germany
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2. Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany. Decade: 1970s. Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vas...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase by Bay Ceramics Germany, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made Bay Ceramics, Germany 70s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase by Bay Ceramics Germany, 1970s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase by Bay Ceramics Germany, 1960s
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made by JASBA Ceramics Germany
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase m...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase Made by JASBA Ceramics Germany
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: JASBA Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic vase m...
Ceramic
Set of 2 Multi-Color Fat Lava Op Art Pottery Vase "215-17" Bay Ceramics Germany
By Bay Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic vase set of 2 Producer: BAY Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1960s Description: Set of 2 original vintage 1960s pottery ceramic vase mad...
Ceramic
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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.
Smoking might have fallen out of fashion, but these ashtrays have enduring design appeal.
The Finnish talent created nature-inspired pieces, from furniture to jewelry, with phenomenal staying power.