Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
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
Erwin Hauer Design No. 7 Maquette
By Le Corbusier
Located in New York, NY
Tectonic sculptural maquette of vacuum- molded styrene, painted steel rods and metal created in 1959 by Austrian/American sculptor and designer Erwin Hauer (1926-1917). Hauer’s light...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Wire
Large Mid Century Modern Verdigris Ceramic Japanese Haniwa Style Horse Sculpture
By Bitossi
Located in Troy, MI
Large modernist ceramic horse sculpture circa 1960s
Mid Century interpretation of a Japanese Haniwa horse with brutalist saddle and bridle accents
Forme...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Cenedese Orange White Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Aquarium Block
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown double fish Italian art glass aquarium sculpture. Documented to the Cenedese Company, and attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini. The fish have wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Hand Painted Ceramic Decorative Oval Lidded Trinket Box by Hedwig Bollhagen
Located in Troy, MI
A decorative hand painted box by Hedwig Bollhagen
Oval form in black glaze with hand painted blue modernist decoration to the inset lid
Signed to underside
3 inch width
2 inch dept...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Aldo Londi Bitossi Mid-Century Modern Signed Oxblood Glazed Italian Pottery Bowl
By Aldo Londi
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, quite substantial and heavy, Italian pottery bowl featuring a sumptuous oxblood lava glaze that absolutely radiates in the light. We believe this work is likely an Aldo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Korean Light Celadon Goryeo Bud Vase, Flying Cranes and Clouds
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage vase features craquelure glaze in light celadon color with motifs of flying cranes and clouds, the "Thousand Cranes" design that common to Korean Goryeo ware. It has the dis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon, Pottery
Danish Designer, Candelabra, Brass, Denmark, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A small brass candelabra likely designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 2.75"H x 4.375"W x 3.0"D
All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Ikebana Ceramic Banana Leaf Shaped Tray / Planter, Japan c.1955
By Toyo
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ikebana Ceramic Banana Leaf Shaped Tray / Bowl / Planter, Japan c.1955.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
NasonMoretti “Sasso” Green and Bilberry Vase, Murano, Contemporary
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handblown Murano glass vase from the Sasso series by NasonMoretti, the historic Venetian glasshouse founded in 1923. Of biomorphic oval form, this example features alternating vert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Mid Century Modern Bowl by Bitossi Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
A Mid-Century Modern Bistossi ceramic bowl with a stylized crossword design of squiggly lines with block squares in red, gray blue and black on a white glazed soft textured backgroun...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ostrich Egg and Metal Rhinoceros
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Amusing Rhinoceros object of art crafted with an ostrich egg and silvered, hammered metal head, legs and tail.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver
Midcentury Modern Collection of Ceramics Rörstrand Carl-Harry Stålhane, Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Collection of vases and bowls from Rörstrand and maker/Designer Stålhane. Made in Sweden in the mid-century. Beautiful, glazed vases in good condition. This set of green vases and bo...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Empoli Glass Vase, Italy, 1960 in Red Color with Relief Patterns
By Empoli
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a genuine Empoli art glass large vase, with the stick used by Emploli, whiten made in Italy. This is a Murano glass, the vase is heavy and large, and in a perfect condition. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Scavo Amphora Vase attributed to Seguso, 1960s Italian Art Glass
By Seguso
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This striking Murano Scavo vase, attributed to Seguso and dating to the 1960s, showcases the refined artistry of mid-century Italian glassmaking. Designed in an elegant amphora form ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Red and Gold Bullicante Glass Bowl by Barovier
Toso, Italy, 1980s
Located in Glasgow, GB
Executed by Barovier & Toso in Murano during the 1980s, this sculptural glass bowl presents a vibrant interplay of colour, texture, and technique. The form—a rounded, ribbed silhouet...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$439 Sale Price
28% Off
Vintage Czech Bohemia Blue Green Yellow Crystal Glass Vase, 1970s
By Bohemia
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bohemian large and heavy mouthblown decorative encased crystal art vase in bright blue, green and yellow colors. Soft organic shapes on clear solid base. Manufactured by Bohemia Crys...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
$571 Sale Price
36% Off
Metal and Wood Sliding Box – France, 1970s – In the Style of Maria Pergay
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Metal and Wood Sliding Box – France, 1970s – In the Style of Maria Pergay
Description:
This is a decorative storage box made of metal and wood, designed in France during the 1970s,...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Porcelain vase by Hutschenreuther, Germany 1970s
Located in Herentals, BE
This Hutschenreuther white glossy porcelain vase combines craftsmanship with modern design. The glossy glazed surface and graceful relief details make this a versatile and timeless a...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Handsome Frog Prince Crystal Paperweight By Marcolin Art Crystal Sweden c1988-91
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Wearing a crown of silver inclusions, a handsome frog prince paperweight of clear crystal by Marcolin, Sweden
Italian brothers Josef and Benito Marcolin founded Marcolin in Sweden af...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Light Pink Vintage Decorative Mannequin Glass Head Sculpture, 1970s, Germany
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Life-size glass head in a unique light pink color. Produced in a German steelworks in the 1970s. Perfect condition. A perfect addition to the interior, photo prop, display or headpho...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Vintage Ship
s Decanter, English, Cut Crystal Glass, Wine, Spirit, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage ship's decanter. An English, cut crystal glass full bodied wine or spirit vessel, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Present your favourite spirits in thi...
Category
1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Crystal Bagatelle Vase signed Lalique
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
This stunningly designed Mid-Century Modernist Crystal Bagatelle Vase signed Lalique originates from France, Circa 1980. An emblematic piece by Lalique first designed in 1939, this v...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Large Fazzoletto Zanfirico Vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Venice Murano
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Fazzoletto Zanfirico Vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Venice Murano
A very large Fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase in transparent glass with turned white rod decorations calle...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Swedish Red Glass Vase by Per-Olof Ström for Alsterfors
Located in Glasgow, GB
A 1960s red art glass vase designed by Per-Olof Ström for Alsterfors Glasbruk, Sweden. Executed in the sommerso technique, the bold red glass is submerged within a matrix of clear cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$329 Sale Price
20% Off
Walter bosse cat ring holder around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter bosse cat ring holder around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
A unique " Oreille" vase by Roger Capron, Vallauris, 1960.
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Large glazed ceramic vase, by Roger Capron, Vallauris,
Vase " A Oreille "
White glazed ceramic with a figured a centaur in shades of blues, black and grey covering one full face of...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Junghans Pastel Yellow Max Bill Style Midcentury Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely rectangular mid-century wall clock in landscape format, crafted by Junghans in Germany during the 1950s. Designed in the characteristic style of the era, it features elegant...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Italian Neoclassical Yellow Frosted Pressed Glass Vase, 1950s
Located in Valencia, VC
Mid-Century Italian Neoclassical Yellow Frosted Pressed Glass Vase, 1950s
A very beautiful Italian pressed glass vase from the 1950s.
It features a pale yellow stained interior and ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$416 Sale Price
50% Off
Ribbed Murano Glass Pedestal Vase by Giovanni Dalla Fina in 1980s
Located in Villaverla, IT
This commanding vessel is a masterful expression of late twentieth-century Italian artistry, capturing the perfect balance between classical grandeur and modern sculptural form. Hand...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
20th Century Silver Swedish Svenskt Tenn Candle Holder by Josef Frank
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A silver, vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish " Vänskapsknuten " candle holder made of handcrafted silvered metal, designed by Josef Frank and produced by Svenskt Tenn in good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Green and Gold Ceramic Italian Box by La Colonnata
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A green and gold ceramic round box by La Colonnata, small factory established in Sesto Fiorentino, town famous for hand-crafted ceramic. The box it's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Walter Bosse Dachshund Pen Holder
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse dachshund pen holder
(the feather is not for sale she is decoration for the picture)
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Five Tiny Terracotta Garden Gnomes, Germany ca. 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Five Tiny Terracotta Garden Gnomes, Germany ca. 1950s
A whimsy set of five tiny garden gnomes made in Germany ca. 1950s probably by Heissner. They are made of terracotta and hand-pa...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Midcentury Horse Sculpture Glazed Ceramic by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, Italy 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful horse sculpture in glazed ceramic by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Giant Mandruzzato Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Clear Faceted Art Glass Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Excellent Sommerso huge vase with faceted glass in shades of grey.
Dark and clear grey glass cased into clear glass using the Sommerso technique.
Attributed to Mandruzzato, Italy, 19...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Walter Bosse Monkey Salt and Pepper Shakers Set, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian midcentury shaker set from the 1950s, displaying a cute monkey holding salt and pepper shakers. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, manufactured by Hertha Baller i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Wicker Vintage Picnic Case, Basket, circa 1940
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage traditional woven wicker case in a classic pattern.
Made by an unknown manufacturer in France circa 1940
Inside a serving set of 4 plastic dishes, mugs and cutlery, and a ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Fabric, Wicker, Plastic
Large Raku Pottery Bear by Tony Evans
By Tony Evans
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice large raku pottery seated bear by Tony Evans, circa 1970s. The piece is signed on the underside and extremely well crafted; it has wonderful gre...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Tall Vintage Stem Vase, French, Glass, Fluted Sleeve, Flower, Mid Century, 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage stem vase. A French, blown glass fluted flower sleeve, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Striking blown form with a pleasingly slimline proportion
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century, Ettore Sottsass for Mirabili EAD Totem
Located in Turin, Turin
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York w...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Margaret Ratcliff Large Decorative Owl Plate Enamel on Copper, 1950s-1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Mid Century Modern enamel on copper art plate features three owls sitting on a branch with full moon behind them. The design is accented with gol...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Ambrosià Crystal Candlestick Set – Hand-Cut Candle Holders for Home Décor
Located in Glendale, CA
Ambrosià Hand-Cut Crystal Candlestick – Modern Classic Candle Holder in Black, Amber & Clear Crystal
The Ambrosià Crystal Candlestick masterfully blends modern design with classic e...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Guido Gambone Italian Midcentury Stoneware Ceramic Vase 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design stoneware vase with abstract decoration, designed and produced by italian artist Guido Gambone with mark under the base, Italy 1950s
Category
1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Travel Alarm Clock from "Deluxe", Germany, circa 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock from "Deluxe", Germany, circa 1960s
Excellent original condition
Brass and painted hart cover
Still working
It is marked Germany on the front of the clock.
Tw...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Brown and Black Stoneware Ceramic Vase Signed circa 1960 handmade Pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Signed at the base
Original stoneware ceramic vase by French artist GB
Midcentury ceramic vase design
Brown and black stoneware ceramic glazes colors and effects
Original...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Art Glass Blown Glass Gold Color Midcentury Vase, 2000
By Costantini
Located in Roma, Lazio
Splendid Murano glass vase. Note the beautiful transparent wings applied to the sides of the gold vase. A superb gold color with transparent wings. The Murano furnaces create an unde...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Mint Condition Murano Barovier Black
Green Mount Blown Glass Art Vase
By Barovier
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful mouth blown art glass vase from the midcentury era.
If you are looking for unique and truly decorative works of art to grace your living space then this midcentury era, Italian vase could be the perfect addition to your collection. This entirely handcrafted and mouth blown work of beauty by Barovier has the most amazing organic design and coloring and it will always draw people's attention. This combination of black, green and transparent glass is unlike anything we ever saw and it looks like something organical that you would find on a seabed or on a tropical island somewhere. Also because of its good size this Italian workmanship gem will never fail to impress.
If you can already see it on your side...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Blenko Style Amberina Red
Orange Glass Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in East Quogue, NY
Vibrant Blenko-style Amberina red and orange fluted square hand-blown glass vase. Intense orange color with subtle arching visible within the body of the vase, blending into red towa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Libuse Niklova Accordion Squeaky Toy Cat „Tomcat“ by Fatra, Czechoslovakia 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Classic vintage plastic squeaky toy cat „Liba, the tomcat“ with accordion body, designed in 1963 by Libuse Niklova, executed by Fatra Napajed...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Large Decorative Floor Vases After Richard Klemm Dresden Made By Limoges
By Richard Klamann
Located in New York, NY
Amazing pair of large Richard Klemm style floor decorative vases, with cylindrical form and wide opening, with beautiful detail and design, in very good vintage condition.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Vase by Deruta Italy
By Deruta
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A unique piece by the renowned producer Deruta of Umbria, Italy. This piece is produced in the 1950's and has a greek motif in vibrant pink, white, black and gold. The condition is p...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
Ramiz Barquet Modernist Bronze Figural Sculpture Ca. 1980s
Located in Peabody, MA
Bronze sculpture of two figures seated upon a cast stone pedestal, ca. 1980s, by the internationally renowned mid century sculptor Ramiz Barquet (1920-2010) of Mexico City.
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Cast Stone, Bronze
Carl Auböck Nickel Plated U-Shaped Brass Key Ring Chain Holder Knopferl
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist U-shaped keyring / keyholder / keychain "Knopferl", model #4617-2, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Identical to the brass key ring...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Amber Glass, Mid-Century, Bottle Vase by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard
Located in Glasgow, GB
Danish Mid-Century Amber Glass Bottle Vase by Otto Brauer for Holmegaard
A design icon and a superb example of mid-20th-century modern glass. Crafted during the 1960s, the vase f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
$206 Sale Price
50% Off
1940s Mid-Century Modern Wicker Picnic Basket, Hand-Woven Bamboo
Located in Valencia, VC
Beautiful vintage Mid-Century picnic basket/case. In very good condition as it was never used.
Lined with a gingham blue and white fabric.
Made by unknown manufacturer in France ...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
$494 Sale Price
36% Off
Murano White Latticino Filigrana on Pink Glass Paperweight, Vintage
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Murano glass paperweight features white filaments intricately superimposed and intertwined within the coral pink glass in filigrana or latticino technique. Controlled bubble...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Vintage German Ceramic Wall Clock from Junghans, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Ceramic Wall Clock from Junghans, 1970s
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Bucchero
Ceramic Bust Italian, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Meer, VAN
'Bucchero' female head / bust attributed to Giò Ponti and Carlo Alberto Rossi. Mid 20th century, Italy.
This is a rare and marvelous little mid century ceramic head / bust by Carlo Alberto Rossi after a design attributed to Giò Ponti. Very stylistic and elegant.
The ceramic gets its characteristic black color through a special process in which the oxygen is removed from the red clay. So no paint or varnish is used. This is a technique that dates back to the Etruscans. Many works by Carlo Alberto Rossi and his brother – with whom he collaborated – have the characteristic black color.
The Rossi brothers collaborated with the famous architect and designer Gio Ponti. Several of his designs – including this head – were executed in the Rossi’s studio. The collaboration was a great success. Some of the works were also shown at the IX Triennale of Milan in 1951.
Please note we have a selection of 'Bucchero' pieces by Gubbio artists C. A. Rossi, Sebastiani and Elio Cerbella...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Daum Crystal Marly Car Relief Paperweight or Decorative Sculpture
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning crystal car paperweight or decorative sculpture is by Daum, France, and was hand-made in the 1980s. The design is from artist and sculptor Xa...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Mid-century Modern decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative objects 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 decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Scheurich Keramik, Bitossi, and Rörstrand. 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $295,000 while the average work can sell for $847.
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