Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
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
Carl Auböck Model #3844 Brass Bowl
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3844 brass bowl. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass. Originally conceiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
$420 / item
Huge Basket in Curved Rattan, Brass and Wicker by Vivai del Sud, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous very large decorative basket fully made in curved rattan, wicker and brass. This delightful decorative object was produced in Italy during the 1970s by Vivai del Sud.
In am...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bullicante Decorative Dish, Opaline. Original Label
Located in Warrenton, OR
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bullicante Decorative Dish, Opaline. Original Label.
This appears to be an opaline type glass, light blue in white. On a light background the colors will ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$180 Sale Price
23% Off
Vintage Murano Pezzato Art Glass Ashtray by Barovier
Toso 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Murano Pezzato Art Glass Ashtray by Barovier & Toso 1950s
A heavy Murano art glass ashtray designed by Ercole Barovier and manufactured by Barovier & Toso, Italy circa 1950s. Heavy hot moulded glass internally decorated with opaline and light green glass plates...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Le Corbusier for Lumax Mid-Century Modern Glass Catchall Bowl, circa 1950
By Lumax, Le Corbusier
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s Industrial thick molded glass desktop accessory, desk tidy, vide poche, or cigar ashtray manufactured by Lumax, France. The original design by Le Corbusier, under the name "Nev...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass
Fabulous Mid-Century Glass Bowl Floral Décor with Red Enamel Accents
Located in Bochum, NRW
A gorgeous crystal glass bowl on 3 small feet. Richly decorated with etched roses and cherry flowers enhanced with red enamel. Twisted rim. Excellent condition.
Dimensions: Height 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Blown Glass
$294 Sale Price
29% Off
Large Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Centerpiece Bowl, 1950s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Italian midcentury Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini blue ceramic centerpiece bowl, Italy, 1950-1960s.
Unusual large scale 14,17 in diameter Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
Mid-Century Murano Glass Ashtray or Bowl by Flavio Poli, Faceted Murano Glass
By Flavio Poli
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-Century Murano Glass ashtray or bowl by Flavio Poli - Faceted Murano Glass
This is a beautiful Murano glass ashtray or decorative bowl. It is made according to the technique of ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Large Green Murano Bubble Glass Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original glass shell bowl was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Italy. An ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Art Glass Bowl or Ashtray Blue
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Murano art glass bowl or ashtray in the style of Seguso, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Bowl is a blue hue with a controlled bubble design. Great as a standalone piece, jewelry catchall...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s California Bronze Dish Horse Design by Wah Ming Chang
By Wah Ming Chang
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Beautiful Bronze Tray Dish designed by California Artist Sculptor Wah Ming Chang (1917-2003).
Warm colored work rounded square shape featuring a simplified engraved horse design...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Bronze
$100 Sale Price
28% Off
Malachite Ashtray Vide Poche Desk Accessory Green Color Africa 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Great and unique shape carved malachite stone ashtray or vide poche. Imposing item, stunning color and pattern which makes it unique. Natural malachite sculpture. Some are called vide poche or ashtray dresser caddy...
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20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Malachite
Lalique Caviar Bowl "Igor"
By Lalique
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Lalique caviar covered bowl "Igor"
Made of clear and frosted crystal.
Signed in script "Lalique France"
Measures: Height 9.85", diameter 7.85".
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
$2,100 / item
Daum, Agora Green Modernist Glass Vide-poche, France, 1974
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed on side.
Consistent with the aesthetic of crushed or compacted metals cropping up in mid-century sculpture, these pieces nevertheless seek to convey motion itself, as if depi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl / Dish with Gold, Large, Rare / Hard to Find
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl / Dish with Gold, Large, Rare / Hard to Find.
This is a really gorgeous piece with plenty of gold leaf/gold polveri in a chocolate and white glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold Leaf, Gold
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Decorative Basket or Cachepot in Rattan and Brass, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous Mid-Century round decorative basket, cachepot or bottle holder fully made in curved rattan, wicker and brass. This stylish decorative object was produced in Italy during the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
1.9kg Glass Bowl Flame Centerpiece by Flavio Poli Attrib., Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Design:
Flavio Poli attrib.
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass shell bowl element w...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Blue Murano Glass Bowl or Pocket Emptier, Fontana Arte style, Italy 1960s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Roma, IT
Marvelous blue glass bowl in Murano glass. This gorgeous piece was designed in Murano, Italy in the 1960s clearly in the style of Fontana Arte.
This bowl is in amazing conditions w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Gorgeous Red and Yellow Ashtray or Catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso.
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous red and yellow ashtray or catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano sommerso glass. Made in Italy. So rare to find it in this color.
The item is in excellent condit...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Opalescent Pink Aventurine Ribbons Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white and twisted pink ribbons Italian art glass footed bowl. The piece is documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 1956. The des...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine, Opaline Glass
Yellow Murano "LENTI" Glass Vase Element by Ercole Barovier and Toso Italy 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass vase element "LENTI" by Barovier and Toso
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1960s
This original vintage glass vase element was designed by ERCOLE BAROVIER...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Vegeta Series Enamel Pot Esteri Tomula, Finel, Finland, 1960s
By Finel, Esteri Tomula
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Vegeta Series Enamel Pot by Esteri Tomula for Finel, Finland, 1960s
Category
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Turned Walnut Bowl by Rude Osolnik
By Rude Osolnik
Located in South Charleston, WV
Measures: 9" wide and 7.5" tall. An important American craftsman of the 20th century. A precision vessel hand-turned by master American craftsman and wood turner Rude Osolnik, 1985. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Walnut
Fenton Royal Blue Hobnail Orb, Ball-Shaped Ashtray / Bowl / Vessel
Located in Warrenton, OR
Fenton Royal Blue Hobnail Orb, Ball-Shaped Ashtray / Bowl / Vessel
This amazing, hard to find cobalt blue hobnail piece, originally designed to be an a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
French Ceramist, Large Bowl in Glazed Stoneware, Mid-20th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
French ceramist. Large bowl in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful glaze in azure shades.
Unique, high-quality ceramics.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 31 x 12 cm.
In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Opaline Yellow Bowl with Gold Polveri/Fleck
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Opaline Yellow Bowl with Gold Polveri/Fleck. The finer polveri gives the item a sort of pearlescent look, especially on the exterior. It is hard to show that in the pho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold Leaf
$150 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Murano Glass "Pink" Floral Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Midcentury Amber Yellow "Sommerso" Murano Glass Italian Artistic Vase, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury amber yellow "Sommerso" Murano glass vase. This fantastic piece was created by Artistic Crystal in the 1970s.
This amazing item has its original label and it's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Dramatic Statement Piece Centrepiece Ceramic Plate By DeSimone, Italy, c1960
By DeSimone
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Bold and so colourful large mid-century ceramic plate by DeSimone, Italy
Hand painted Yin and Yang stylised fish dominate this entire piece
Circa 1960's
Signed DeSimone, Italy
Height...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
AVeM Murano Red Millefiori Flower Silver Flecks Ribbon Italian Art Glass Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown red, silver, copper aventurine, millefiori flower murrines and twisted ribbons Italian art glass center bowl. It is documented to the A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Silver Leaf
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Bowl by Karen Boel, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Bowl by Karen Boel, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Ce...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Toso Midcentury Green "Sommerso" Murano Glass Italian Decorative Bowl, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent heart-shaped green "sommerso" glass Murano glass bowl or ashtray. This amazing item was produced in Italy during the 1960s.
This wonderful piece is a perfect blend of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Archimede Seguso Murano Opal White Aqua Green Alabastro Geode Glass Bowl, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Green white geode triangular Murano art glass bowl. Italy, 1950s.
Hand blown Murano glass Sommerso geode bowl in aqua green and opalescent white co...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
$806 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Decorative Metal Tray, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern decorative metal tray, by an unknown designer. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Metal
$382 Sale Price
66% Off
Versace For Rosenthal Medusa Crystal Bowl
Located in New York, NY
1980's Gianni Versace designed for Rosenthal crystal decorative bowl with medusa motif, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due t...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Crystal
Carl Erickson Green Bowl Ashtray American Art Studio Glass 1940s-1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural, heavy Mid Century Modern dark green glass decorative bowl or ashtray was created by Carl Erickson for Erickson Glass Works. The bowl is decorated with controlled bubbles that are radiating from its center; four symmetrically placed indentations can serve as cigarette rests. The pontil is ground.
The bowl is in good vintage condition with some age-appropriate signs of wear on the bottom. It is unsigned, as vast majority of Ericson piece were, and is missing its sticker, but can be clearly identified by multiple printed and online catalogues and other resources.
Carl Erickson (1899-1966) worked at Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, joining his father as an apprentice and spending the next 20 years developing a high level of craftsmanship, including precision use of controlled bubbles, a technique often associated with Pairpoint, that was widely used by Erickson in his own glass designs. In the early 1930s he was employed by Libbey Glass and from 1937 - by the Blenko Glass Company. After leaving Blenko, Carl founded his own art glass studio in Bremen, Ohio in 1943. Erickson glass was hand blown, so no two pieces could be identical.
Erickson made reproductions for a number of museums, including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C., Old Sturbridge Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, and the Ohio State Historical Society Museum. Many of his glass creations have been selected for display at several distinguished museums, and in 1953 a traveling display...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Art Glass
Paul Ami Bonifas Signed Large Early Mid-Century Swiss Studio Pottery Art Bowl
By Paul Bonifas
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
1970 Italian Rattan Bamboo Round Planter Basket with Brass Rim
Located in Barcelona, ES
Medium Size Rattan Bamboo Round Planter with Brass Rim, Italy, 1970s
Mid-Century Modern decorative rattan and brass planter or basket.
Handcrafted in Italy.
Round shape with gilded ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Unique Stoneware Bowl by Carl-Harry Stalhane, Rorstrand, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Malmö, SE
Unique stoneware bowl with amazing relief decor and glaze.
Made by Carl-Harry Stålhane at Rörstrand Ateljé, Sweden, 1960s.
Great condition.
Signed 'CHS', 'ATELJÉ' and makers mark '...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Murano Glass "RED-GREEN" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Murano glass bowl, ashtray element
Origin:
Murano, Italy
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element, ash tray was produced in the 1970s in Murano, Ital...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass
Emil Milan Large Sculptural Hand Carved Bissilon Wood Serving Bowl
By Emil Milan
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful and very large sculptural wood bowl by acclaimed American woodworker, Emil Milan. This bowl is hand carved from Bissilon, a dense wood f...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
Murano Glass Bowl Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso
By Flavio Poli
Located in Verviers, BE
Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso d'Arte, this biomorphic Murano glass bowl is handcrafted with red highlights fading through bringing warmth into...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Seguso Murano Pink Opal White Heart Shaped Art Glass Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catchinng Opalescent Sommerso Murano Bowl in pink and opal white Murano glass. Attributed to Seguso, Italy, 1950s.
Pink / cranberry glass submerged into opalescent white glass using the Sommerso technique and controlled air bubbles.
Use it as rings bowl, ashtray or display it as decorative bowl alone or as a part of a Murano glass collection...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$849 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Murano Art Glass Bowl by Fratelli Toso, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Organically shaped art glass bowl or dish in ruby red and clear handblown glass. Designed and studio made by Fratelli Toso in Murano Italy during the 1960s. Measurements: W: 22, H: 1...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
$238 Sale Price
46% Off
Mid Century Italian Murano Sommerso Ashtray Flavio Poli For Seguso C.1960
Located in London, GB
Mid Century Italian Murano Sommerso Ashtray Flavio Poli For Seguso C.1960
In very good condition commensurate of age.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass
Antonio Da Ros for Cenedese Italian Murano Sommerso Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A heavy vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano glass bowl or ashtray by Antonio da Ros for Cenedese circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy piece of gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Rattan and Brass Box and Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian Rattan and Brass Box and Tray, Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Walter Sullivan Roche Sculptural Ceramic Ashtray / Vide-Poche, c.1955
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Walter Sullivan Roche Sculptural Ceramic Ashtray / Vide-Poche, c.1955.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl W/24 Karat Gold Fleck Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This magnificent mid-century modernist hand-blown Murano glass bowl is a testament to the unparalleled artistry and innovation of Italian glassmaking. Crafted with meticulous skill, ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Gold
Large Murano Vase in Multicolor Cobalt Attributed to Barovier
Toso, 1960s
Located in Verviers, BE
Attributed to Barovier & Toso this lobed vase is handcrafted with Cobalt core and Sommerso (colored outer layer), extending into the Colored glass collar which has a naturalistic lea...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Swedish Stoneware Bowl by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand Regular
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stoneware ceramic bowl designed by Gunnar Nylund. Manufactured by Rörstrand in Sweden during the 1960s. Part of the "Rubus" series. Ceramic with a light brown mottled matte glaze, nu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Modern Rattan Wicker Brass Basket With Handle, Italy 1970s
Located in München, BY
Beautiful mid-century modern rattan basket with handle, Italy 1970s.
Made from rattan and wicker with a brass metal rim that completes the piece perfectly.
The basket is in good vi...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Brass
Mandruzzato Sommerso Faceted Caviar Murano Glass Diamond Bowl, Italy, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A stunning Murano art glass bowl from the 1960s, hand-blown by the Luigi Mandruzzato furnace (Molatura Vetri Murano). Executed in the sommerso technique—developed and perfected in Mu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Large Mid-Century Burl Wood Free Form Bowl/Centerpiece
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Stunning large hand-carved free form burl wood centerpiece/bowl. This piece it’s not only big and gorgeous it’s art made in a form of q bowl. It would be a statement piece in any roo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wood
$597 Sale Price
40% Off
1960s Stoneware Soup Tureen
Located in Denton, TX
Stoneware soup tureen with lid and ladle. The ladle is a combination of stoneware with a wood stem.
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Stoneware, Wood
Seguso Murano Sommerso Green Yellow Art Glass Huge Ovoid Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Massive hand blown green, yellow and clear ovoid shaped geode Murano glass art bowl / centerpiece. Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy, 1950s.
This magnificent Sommerso green yellow bowl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Mado Jolain Signed Ceramic, circa 1950, France
By Mado Jolain
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Mado Jolain vide-poche ceramic, circa 1950, France.
Enameled white earthenware, pale creamy yellow, grey and black decor.
Signed underneath.
Dimens...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Earthenware
Archimede Seguso Style Large Blown Murano Glass Bowl Centerpiece Purple Black
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy Venetian Archimede Seguso attributed blown Murano Art Glass made in a Glass Studio similar to Sommerso, circa 1970.
A large shell shaped glass dish, bowl, centerpiece in black ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Bowl by Kay Bojesen, 1950s.
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Bowl by Kay Bojesen, 1950s.
Exquisite large and early handmade bowl in solid teak designed and manufactured by Kay Bojesen in his own workshop in Cope...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Teak
Golden Murano Bullicante Clover Bowl by Scarpa
Schiavon, 1950s
By Carlo Scarpa, Schiavon
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite Murano art glass bowl by Vetreria Artistica Scarpa
Schiavon is shaped like an elegant five-leaf clover and crafted in a rich golden yellow tone. Made in the 1950s–60s, it beautifully showcases the traditional bullicante technique, where controlled air bubbles are embedded within the glass to create depth, texture, and a luxurious sense of movement.
The bowl features fluid, softly curled petals that give it a sculptural, organic form, catching and refracting the light from every angle. Its substantial weight and clarity are characteristic of high-quality Murano craftsmanship. Retaining its original Scarpa
Schiavon Murano...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Mid-century Modern bowls and baskets for sale on 1stDibs.
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