Mid-Century Modern Pair of Vases by Carl Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand Sweden 1950s
By Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
These vases from Rörstrand and maker/designer Carl Harry Stålhane, are a great example of midcentury modern quality and design made in Sweden during the 1950s and 1960s. The sculptur...
Ceramic
$1,840Sale Price / set|36% Off
Four Smoky Gray Per Lütken Designed Duckling Vases From Holmegaard
By Per Lutken for Holmegaard
Located in Doraville, GA
Four vintage Holmegaard smoke gray, hand blown, duckling vases designed by Per Lütken. Per Lütken (1916–1998) was a Danish glassware designer who studied painting and technical dr...
Blown Glass
Big Mid-Century Transparent Vase for Candy, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Unique Empoli vase box for candies or jewelry box. Very good original vintage condition. Only one unique piece. Produced in 1960s in Italy.
Glass
Vintage 1970s Handcrafted Murano Glass Vase
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Gorgeous vase handcrafted in Murano Glass. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition. Dimension: diameter 6,29 x 9.05 H inches diameter cm 16 x cm 23 H
Murano Glass
Murano glass vase by Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Uccle, BE
Murano glass vase by Flavio Poli. Saucer-shaped vase in blown glass. Referenced under number 13306 in the Seguso archives The model designed in 1962. In sommerso glass, the gray body...
Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Speckled Green and Black Glazed Terracotta Urn
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This striking Mid-Century Modern glazed terracotta urn features an arresting combination of emerald green, turquoise, and deep charcoal-black glazes over a soft gray-brown body.
Clay, Terracotta
Arthur Percy for Gullaskruf, Huge Opaline Glass Art Glass Vase
Located in København, Copenhagen
Arthur Percy for Gullaskruf. Huge opaline glass art glass vase. Measures: 64 cm. x 23 cm. Sweden, mid-20th century. In perfect condition. Unstamped.
Mid Century Vintage Small Porcelain Ceramic Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good condition. Signed - Wawel, Made in Poland. Only one unique piece. Another items from the collection are available in our store. Porcelain glass.
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Mid Century Vintage White and Blue Murano Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Purple Dots Small Murano Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Glass
Big Mid Century Vintage Black and White Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece.
Glass
Mid-Century Modern West German Fat Lava Pottery Vase by Ilkra Edel Keramik
By Ilkra Edel Keramik 1
Located in COLMAR, FR
A perfect example of mid-century modern German art pottery. This fat lava vase was made by the west German producer Ilkra Edel Keramik in the late 1950s/early 1960s . Their very dist...
Pottery, Clay
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Oberglass Vase Rock Crystal, Austria, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Ober Glass, or rather Ingrid Glashutte, is a company based in Germany but with glassworks in Austria. Currently defunct, but operating from the early 1960s to the end of the 1970s. p...
Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Erik Höglund Signed Art Glass Vase for Boda c. 1960s
By Kosta Boda, Erik Höglund
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish Bubble Glass Vase by Erik Hoglund for Boda Glassworks c. 1960s. Slate blue/gray glass. Some of the original label still attached. Engraved on bottom: "H 895/160." Fu...
Blown Glass
Mid Century Vintage Transparent Oberglass Vase Rock Crystal, Austria, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Ober Glass, or rather Ingrid Glashutte, is a company based in Germany but with glassworks in Austria. Currently defunct, but operating from the early 1960s to the end of the 1970s. p...
Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Vintage Transparent and Green Crystal Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good original condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. One defect on the top of the vase. Only one unique piece. Crystal glass.
Crystal
Mid-Century Vintage Transparent and Blue Crystal Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good original condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. One defect on the bottom of the vase. Some sketches - all on pictures. Only one u...
Crystal
Gold, oragnge & white Mid Century Modern vase by Ambrogio Pozzi for Franco Pozzi
By Ambrogio Pozzi
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Medium-sized orange ceramic vase decorated with airbrush and graffito. The interior neck is decorated in gray with gold trim on the exterior. The main body features a dense and elega...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Crystal Vase, Bohemia, 1950's
By Bohemia
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of lead crystal, glass Labeled Good original condition.
Crystal
Volcanic Lava Glaze Mid-Century Modern Dual Spout Large Italian Pottery Vase
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Volcanic Lava Glaze Mid-Century Modern Dual spout LARGE Italian Pottery Vase With spiral decoration. Signed by the artist as pictured. This piece fits in with all iconic designer Ita...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Murano Gold and Transparent Glass Decanter with Crown Stop
Located in Villaverla, IT
Exquisite Mid-Century Murano Gold and Transparent Glass Decanter with Crown Stopper, circa 1960 Elevate your collection with this captivating Murano glass decanter, a stunning examp...
Gold, Gold Leaf
Mosaic Murano Vase with Murrina, Zanfirico and Avventurina in red and gray
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Murano Vase — Mondrian Composition A distinctive Murano vase featuring a composition of white and black occhi murrine, zanfirico cane, and avventurina filigree. The arrangement recal...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Thick Glass Vintage Vase
By Orrefors
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice thick glass or crystal vintage vase in style of Orrefors. Measures: 8" high.
Mid Century Vintage White and Purple Small Murano Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Glass in very good condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Murano glass.
Glass
Mid Century Vintage Small Porcelain Ceramic Vase, Lubiana, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good condition. Only one unique piece. Another items from the collection are available in our store. Porcelain glass. Lubiana factory.
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Mid Century Vintage Rose Big Porcelain Ceramic Vase, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good condition. Some missing - shown on pictures etc. Only one unique piece. Another items from the collection are available in our store. Porcelain glass.
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Triangular Orrefors Sommerso Vase by Nils Landberg, 1950s
By Murano 5, Orrefors, Mazzega, Nils Landberg, Flygfors Glass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unusual triangular shaped Dusk art glass vase by Nils Landberg for Orrefors. Swedish midcentury modern decorative piece from the Dusk series featuring a beautiful Sommerso effect wit...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Italian Handmade Murano Glass Vase / Bowl
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Italian handmade Murano glass vase / bowl in yellow color. Very good/excellent vintage condition.
Murano Glass
Vintage Italian Handmade Murano Glass Vase / Centerpiece
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Italian handmade Murano glass vase / centerpiece is blue/yellow color. Very good/excellent vintage condition.
Murano Glass
Murano Art Glass Blown Glass Transparent Color Midcentury Vase, 2000
By Costantini
Located in Roma, Lazio
Splendid Murano glass vases. Note the beautiful drops hot-applied to the body of the vase. A superb crystal color. The Murano furnaces create an undeniably timeless design, simple ye...
Murano Glass
$502Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Vase - Sculpture in clear glass - Handblown
Located in Milano, IT
Modern Sculpture / Vase - Centrepiece - Interior Decoration Stunning and perfectly preserved Murano vase in clear "cristallo" glass. Some say it looks like two praying hands, other...
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Opalescent with Gold Fleck Seguso A.V. Italian Glass Vase
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Ferndale, MI
Signed seguso A.V. Bulbous form glass vase with internal gold flek .
Glass
Huge clear glass Vase, cylinder with glass ring detail 1970's
Located in Milano, IT
Huge Vase - Large Decorative Murano Vase - Collectible Italian Glass - Blown Glass made in Murano Rare, big and timeless Murano vase. Tall, fluid and elegant, the vase is made in ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Jean de Lespinasse French Mid-Century Ceramic Vase, Blue Ceramic Vase
By Jean De Lespinasse
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning French ceramic vase decorated with stylized friezes on the body, created by Jean de Lespinasse. Signed. Resisting on the French Riviera during the Second World War, Jean...
Ceramic
Timo Sarpaneva, "Bird" Vases, Glass, Finland, 1950s
By Timo Sarpaneva, Iittala
Located in High Point, NC
A green and brown hand-blown glass pair of vases, designed by Timo Sarpaneva for Ittala, 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 6.18" Height x 4.25" Diameter All items ship from High ...
Blown Glass
1970s Modernist Blue and Purple Sommerso Murano Glass Tall Vase
By Seguso
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An heavy Sommerso Murano glass vase designed and manufactured in Italy in the 1970s, it's in perfect conditions. This vase from the 1970s it's a fine example of modernist Italian gla...
Murano Glass
Mandruzzato Murano Art Glass Vase by Campanella
By Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in New York, NY
Nice Somerso technique with textured sides and thick clear body. Perfect condition.
Art Glass
Large Cenedese Italian Square Black & Clear Murano Glass Vase
By Antonio da Ros, Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros for Cenedese large, heavy and elegant vintage Mid-Century modern Italian Murano tall, large and square glass vase, circa 1965-1975.
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary circa 1960. With a Stunning textural ...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a Stunning textural ...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary circa 1960. With a Stunning textural ...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a Stunning textural ...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modernist White and Earth Toned Ceramic Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ceramic Vase is a beautiful example of Post War European Ceramics, realized in Hódmezovasarhely Majolikagyár, Hungary Circa 1960. With a Stunning textural ...
Ceramic
$76Sale Price|20% Off
Double Layered Smokey Glass Empoli Style Vase Bud
Located in Toronto, ON
Glass small vase/bud, circa 1970s. This vase is cased glass, made with two layers of different colour glass. The inside of the glass vase is white glass which is layered with a contr...
Glass
Monumental Mandruzzato Grey and Clear Murano Glass Sommerso Block Vase
By Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An exceptional Venetian Murano glass Mid-Century Modern vase in the Mandruzzato style, crafted in Italy circa the 1970s. This sculptural block-form vase features a refined grey core ...
Art Glass
Blue and Grey "Scavo" Murano Glass Vases, Italy, Bottacin Venezia, 1960s
By Lavorazione Arte Murano
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing pair of mid-century "SCAVO" stained glass vases. These wonderful set was realized in Venice, Italy in the 1960s and are signed by Bottacin. Elegant in shape and of extraordi...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Decorative Glass Vase in Sommerso Grey Blown Glass, Mandruzzato, 1960s
By Mandruzzato
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent multifaceted decorative glass in blown "sommerso" grey Murano. This stunning piece was produced in Italy during the 1960s by Mandruzzato. In amazing condition, with no c...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$1,115Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Art Glass Blown Glass Sky Blue Color Midcentury Vase, 1990
By Vistosi
Located in Roma, Lazio
Precious and unique hand-blown Murano glass vase in light blue, with a classic but original design and a strong thickness of the glass. Linear and stylized vase. The vase has a long...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Alberto Donà Gray Engraved Murano Glass Bottles Molato, 1980s
By Alberto Donà
Located in Murano, Venezia
Three bottles engraved entirely by hand with Murano grey blown glass. To perform this work we need two different processes: the first, to model the hot vase giving form and color. T...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Scandinavian Modern Bud Vases Bubble Design, Set of 7
Located in New York, NY
A colorful set of seven (7) bud vases with a controlled bubble design base, Scandinavian Modern/Midcentury Modern, circa mid-20th century, Scandinavia. Arrange as you wish on a shelf...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Giovanni Dalla Fina Amber Murano Glass Vase with Gold Leaf, 1990s
By Giovanni Dalla Fina
Located in Villaverla, IT
An exquisite Giovanni Dalla Fina Murano amber and gold glass rostrato vase from the 1990s. This striking Italian art glass vessel features a bullicante bubble core. This exceptiona...
Gold, Gold Leaf
Large Italian Handmade Murano Glass Vase Centerpiece
Located in Vilnius, LT
Mid-century vintage Italian handmade Murano glass vase centerpiece in clear glass colour with gold dust inside.
Murano Glass
Set of Two Mid Century Green and Purple Artistic Mini Vases, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Purple and green vases in amazing organic shape. Produced in 1960s. Glass in perfect condition. The vases looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. The...
Glass
A Pair of Blown Glass Murano Vases with Gold Inclusion
By Constantini
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Italian Murano Glass 20th Century Vases with 24 K Gold Fleck Inclusions and Hot Applications. They are Blown Glass , Hand Sculpted Works of Art. Each Piece is Unique and S...
Blown Glass
Gray Ceramic Pot, Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand, 1961 - Mid century Vintage
By Rörstrand, Carl-Harry Stålhane
Located in Stockholm, SE
A flowerpot designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand, it´s 14 cm in diameter, 13 cm high and it´s in mint condition. This is a unique pot only made in one copy as you can see of ...
Ceramic
Murano Glass Art Vase Cenedese Nason Pink Flowers Opalescent Chalcedony Italian
By Ermanno Nason, Cenedese
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The technique uses chemical oxides along with silver fleck and genuine gold leaf fused to the glass to create the textures and colors. Ideal for the discerning collector of rare mid ...
Gold, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Murano Glass Vase In The Style Of Dino Martens
By Dino Martens
Located in Montreal, QC
Italian blown glass bottle shaped vase in the manner of Dino Martens. Unsigned.
Blown Glass
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.
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