Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
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
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Conchiglie Pattern Plate with Sea Anemones and Shells
Located in Downingtown, PA
Marine Whimsy: Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Conchiglie" (Shells) Plate #11
Circa 1960–1970
A vibrant and whimsical vintage porcelain plate designed by Piero Fornasetti, featuring the ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate, Number 107
Located in Downingtown, PA
"Adorned in Self": Fornasetti "Themes & Variations" Plate #107 (Necklace of Faces)
1960s-Early 70s.
A surreal and visually layered porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes &...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate- Temi e Variazioni- Themes and Variation
Located in Downingtown, PA
Veiled Beauty: Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" Plate, Hands (Motiv 16)
This visually arresting plate is a powerful example from Piero Fornasetti's (1913–1988) celebrated Themes & Var...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Gold Gilt Portrait Italian Porcelain Plate Verdi
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of opera composer Giusepp...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Wedgwood Jasperware Cream on Blue Ceramic Collection
By Wedgwood
Located in Bochum, NRW
Midcentury small collection of four pieces Wedgwood Jasperware diamond cream on blue.
Comprising 2 lidded boxes, a cachepot, an ashtray and a pair of candleholders.
Vintage, 1960s. A...
Category
1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$818 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Antique Fine Irish Belleek Porcelain Demitasse Cup and Saucer
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fine Irish Belleek Demitasse Cup and Saucer
basketweave shamrock eggshell antique porcelain
Saucer 4.5 Cup 2.5 x 2h
maker stamp present
hand painted
original estate preowned vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Northern Irish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate, Mongolfiere, Rosenthal
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Hot Air Balloon Plate,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Rosenthal, Motiv 1,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate was made by Rosenthal and depicts a scene of a...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fritz Heidenreich Rosenthal Mid-Century Large Pair Porcelain Doves
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and quality pair German Rosenthal mid-century large porcelain doves designed by renowned sculptor Fritz Heidenreich (German, 1895-1966). The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Lomonosov 22K Gold, Cobalt Decor Porcelain Vase, USSR - 2 available
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Russian white porcelain vase manufactured in the 1950s by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (founded in 1744). Soft shaped organic Mid-Century Modern vase decorated by hand with large mineral...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Trinket Dish Ashtray Falstaff Opera Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage 20th century Piero Fornasetti porcelain dish, after the original poster for the Falstaff Opera at La Scala Theater in 1893. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol Flower Glass Plate
By Rosenthal, Andy Warhol
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Daisy Glass Plate.
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time.
The Flowers print portfolio was created by Warhol following his wildly s...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Glass
Rosenthal Andy Warhol Daisy Breakfast set (9 pcs)
By Rosenthal, Andy Warhol
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol Daisies 3 sets of coffee cup and saucer and plate. Rosenthal Andy Warhol Daisies line---beautiful, precious collector po...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Romanze Porcelain Dinner Service by Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, near complete Mid-Century modern porcelain dinner service.
By Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal.
In the Romanze form and Medley pattern.
Consisting of:
10 Large Dinner Plates
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate Motiv 24
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti "Temi e Variazioni" porcelain plate motiv 24, with gold rim and black and white printed center depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalie...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$419 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Foo Dog Guardian Lion Blue Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Size Male Guardian Lion Foo Dog in Turquoise Blue Glazed Porcelain
Algora Porcelains
Designed from 1920 to 1949.
This is a male guardian lion sculpture, is recognized as it is ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates,
Great Italian Equestrian Champions,
"Grandi Campioni Italian Del Galoppo,
Circa 1950's.
The plates, numbered consecutively from ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$3,750 / item
Berlin Porcelain Mid-Century Tortoise Pin Dish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful German mid-century porcelain pin dish modelled as a tortoise by renowned makers Berlin and believed to date between 1945 and 1962. The dish is mo...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Conchiglie Pattern Plate decorated with Sea Creatures
Located in Downingtown, PA
Marine Whimsy: Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Conchiglie" (Shells) Plate #12
Circa 1960–1970
A vibrant and whimsical vintage porcelain plate designed by Piero Fornasetti, featuring the s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing
Grondahl porcelain Monkey Figurines
Located in Huntington, NY
Bing & Grondahl porcelain Monkey Figurines
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Large Plate Gilded Acorn Ptn from Pigne Series, Circa 1950s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain large plate, dating to the mid century 1950's
It is from the Pigne series in the rare Gilded acorn pattern with detailed hand gilding as per...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 limited Editions Signed
Painte by Artists manufactured by C . F . Haviland
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 12 Hand Painted Porcelain Plates by well knowned Painters .
Limited Edition By Charles Fields Haviland Limoges.
Could be a very i...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,400 Sale Price / item
45% Off
Tapio Wirkkala for ROSENTHAL POLYGON PATRAS huge bowl fruit plate Ø 29cm 1970s
Located in Landshut, BY
Tapio Wirkkala
for ROSENTHAL STUDIO LINE
POLYGON PATRAS
huge bowl fruit plate Ø 29cm mid 1970s
(Wirkkala designed the Polygon shape - Alain le Foll designed the flower ornaments)
...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Pottery
Raymond Loewy Rosenthal - servies 26 pieces Form 2000 Bunte Blätter
Located in Verviers, BE
Raymond Loewy Rosenthal - servies 26 pieces Form 2000 Bunte Blätter
In the early 1950’s Rosenthal, a German maker of fine china, was looking to update their image and break into th...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1980s Tall White Porcelain Soft Floral Collar Vase, Arzberg
By Arzberg
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tall and slender bone white sculptural porcelain vase. Smooth clean cylinder shape with soft asymmetrical organic floral collar. Stamped under base.
Beautiful vintage condition.
Arzb...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$525 Sale Price
36% Off
Michaela Frey for AK Kaiser Op Art Lidded Bisque Porcelain Jar, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modern Op Art matte bone white lidded jar of high quality matte bisque porcelain. The exterior is decorated with a beautiful organic dotted circle relief pattern on both lid and body. The interior has been given a white smooth highly glossy glaze. Designed by Michaela Frey...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$979 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gilt Porcelain Dish Cigar Ashtray Otello Opera Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage 20th century Piero Fornasetti porcelain cigar ashtray, after the original poster for the opera Otello at La Scala Theater in 1887. Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Mid-Century Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of a Rooster by J. Feldtmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century Rosenthal porcelain figurine.
In the form of a rooster.
Designed by J. Feldtmann in the 1950s for Rosenthal.
S...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fish Decanter Soviet Drinking Set Porcelain Fish Carafe Shots Glass, 1950
s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Russia
Made of Porcelain
shots glass:Height 8cm
:Depth 5cm
Width 3cm
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
$399 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Collection of TinTin Porcelain Dish Coffee and Plate by Hergé , AXIS Paris 80s
By Hergé
Located in Halle, DE
Ultra-rare and huge collection of famous TinTin porcelain Dish made in the 1980s as a Collector Edition by AXIS,Paris .
On the international markets it is only possible to get some...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" Set of 2 Espresso Cups and 2 Saucers NEW
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol christmas golden Angels espresso cup with saucer. Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time, loved Christmas and was known...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Extraordinary Pair of Chinese Vases, 20th century
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Extraordinary Pair of Chinese Vases, 20th century.
Extraordinary Pair of Large Chinese Porcelain Export Vases with rich floral brightness and parcel gilding. This monumental piece f...
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Aladdin Porcelain Plate by Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Aladin and the magical lamp is the first Aladin plate in a series of 12 plates produced by Rosenthal and designed by Bjorn Wiinblad. In his 12 Aladin plates, Bjørn Wiinblad virtuously depicts the tale of Aladin from the well known fairy tale The Thousand and One Nights...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Arje Griegst - Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa - 5 Plates 14172
Located in Stockholm, SE
5 Dinner Plates of model Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa designed by Arje Griegst in the late 1970s and also produced between 1975-79. The plates are 25 cm in diameter and in e...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" glasses
By Rosenthal, Andy Warhol
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol christmas golden Angels glasses. Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time, loved Christmas and was known for giving his f...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Glass
Arje Griegst - Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa - 4 Deep Plates 14173
Located in Stockholm, SE
4 Deep Plates of model Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa designed by Arje Griegst in the late 1970s and also produced between 1975-79. The plates are 21 cm in diameter and in exc...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Vintage Porcelain and Chinese Canton Vases, 20th century
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Large Pair of Vintage Porcelain and Chinese Canton Vases, 20th century.
Pair of porcelain and Chinese canton urn-shaped vases with vintage export rose medallion. The vase features h...
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Raymond Loewy After Dinner Coffee Set for "Rosenthal 2000", 1954
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grey and white porcelain 20 piece after dinner coffee set Rosenthal 2000 Secunda, coffee server, sugar bowl and creamer and complete set of service with...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Year Plate by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, 1978
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing bisque porcelain year plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, 1978, number 1620 from a limited series of 3000, complete with certificate and original box.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Rosenthal Raymond Loewy Form 2000 Coffee Set Secunda Grau
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Supremely elegant Form 2000 porcelain coffee set designed in 1954 by Raymond Loewy and Richard Latham and manufactured in Germany by Rosenthal. This beautiful set includes a coffee p...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Italian Gilt Porcelain Plate Scarlatti Portrait
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of Baroque Italian composer,...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain and Gold Centrepiece Footed Bowl by Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in New York, NY
White porcelain centrepiece bowl / compote with gold decoration by Ugo Zaccagnini. Italy, circa 1930. Signed.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold
1960s Dansk Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers - Set of 8
Located in Austin, TX
This vintage set of eight porcelain Dansk demitasse cups and saucers is in perfect condition! The color is 'Winter White.' The cup, made of a smooth porcelain and designed with simpl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #78
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.78 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960.
Original mark on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$336 Sale Price
30% Off
Ginori Porcelain Espresso Cup and Saucer Set, Renaissance Pattern, Italy 1950s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Richard Ginori demitasse or espresso cup and saucer set was made of fine semi-translucent porcelain in Italy. It is decorated in Renaissance pattern with wide bands of abstract...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
$200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Arje Griegst - Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa - 6 Plates 14176
Located in Stockholm, SE
6 Plates of model Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa designed by Arje Griegst in the late 1970s and also produced between 1975-79. The plates are 17 cm in diameter and in excellen...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal Porcelain China Service for 12
Located in Palm Springs, CA
German porcelain china dinnerware service for 12 by renowned American designer Raymond Loewy.
The set consists of 12 dinner plate, 12 Salad pla...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mid-Century Porcelain Wall Plaque with Angel Fish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning German mid-century porcelain wall plaque or tile decorated with Angel fish by world renowned makers Meissen and dating from around 1950/60. The plaque is of tall rectangul...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
TRay designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Multi-tiered porcelain tray, Stará Role porcelain, Czechoslovakia, 1950s.
Located in Praha, CZ
The porcelain tray is used for serving and displaying food such as sweets, desserts, fruit and candies.
The Stará Role porcelain factory is one of the oldest porcelain factories in C...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Metal
Arje Griegst - Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa - 2 Plates 14190
Located in Stockholm, SE
2 Plates of model Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa designed by Arje Griegst in the late 1970s and also produced between 1975-79. The plates are 19.5 cm in diameter and in excell...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Arje Griegst - Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa - 2 Deep Plates 14173
Located in Stockholm, SE
2 Deep Plates of model Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa designed by Arje Griegst in the late 1970s and also produced between 1975-79. The plates are 21 cm in diameter and in exc...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen German Weiss Porcelain Garden Bird Figure
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a collection of white and blanc de chine figures we are pleased to offer this fine German porcelain figure of a garden bird by renowned maker Meissen ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Plate- Python A La Orange
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Bite of Wit: Fornasetti's Python A L'Orange for Fleming Joffe
Piero Fornasetti and the Recipe for the Absurd
This remarkably witty porcelain recipe plate, Python A L'Orange, is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Midcentury Serving Tray, Europe, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Good Original Condition
Made from Wood, Glass and Chrome
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Chrome
Vallauris Ceramic Cheese or Dessert Platter
Located in Miami, FL
Ceramic cheese or dessert platter from Vallauris, circa 1950s.
Very good vintage condition, no cracks or chips.
Dimensions: 12" diameter x 1" he...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes
Variations Porcelain Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Surrealist Icon: Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal "Themes & Variations" Plate,
Motiv 22,
Circa 1980s
A striking and highly collectible porcelain plate from the celebrated "Themes & V...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Die Zauberflötte the Magic Flute Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Espresso Set
Located in Miami, FL
Reduced From $2,500...Rosenthal Studio Linie by Bjørn Wiinblad Die Zauberflöte Expresso Coffee Set. With the design for the Rosenthal Studio Linie The Magic Flute, the Danish artist...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two 1960s Mid-Century Modern Musical Instruments Plates by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
These two 1960s Mid-Century Modern decorative plates by Piero Fornasetti typically exemplify his whimsical and artistic approach to design.The plates depict intricate surreal illustr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" Plate, New in Box
By Rosenthal, Andy Warhol
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol Christmas Golden Angels plate. New in box.
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop artist of our time, ...
Category
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern porcelain 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 porcelain created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Piero Fornasetti, Rosenthal, Royal Copenhagen, and Bing
Grøndahl. 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 porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $41 and tops out at $26,875 while the average work can sell for $582.
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