Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
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 legendary 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.
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
Italian Murano Apple Art Glass Bowl after Barbini and Seguso
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian Murano art glass bowl, hand-crafted, in the shape of an apple, Mid Century Modern period, after designers Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbini, circa mid-20th cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Modern Unique Large Ceramic Bowl Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This large unique bowl has a wonderful glaze. It’s made in Sweden at Rörstrand and designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane. There is only one of its kind and is therefore a spectacular piece...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Glass Bowl by Vetri Di Empoli
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian green glass bowl by Vetri Di Empoli 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Glass Bowl/Bohemia Glass, 1960´s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Art Glass
Re-Polished
Original Condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Turquoise And Green Enamel Over Copper With Glass Stones Biomorphic Bowl
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage wonderful signed biomorphic kidney shaped bowl is turquoise and green enamel over copper with yellow abstract blobs and embedded green glass stones. It is signed Myrna E...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Large 30cm Rattan and Brass Bowl element in Crespi Albini Style, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
bowl element
Origin:
Italy
Design:
In style of Franco Albini and Gabriella Crespi
Age:
1970s
Description:
This original vintage bowl element was designed and pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Rattan
Petrified Wood Antarctica Shape Solid Black & Tanl Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Antarctica Shape Solid Black & Tanl Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Alfredo Barbini Murano Sommerso Pink Italian Art Glass Fruit Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso pink Italian art glass ribbed surface decorative bowl / ashtray. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-1960. Published in hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Decorativ Massif Vanity Set Murano Glass 1940s Seguso Italy perfume jar
By Seguso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Vanity Set Murano Glass 1940s Seguso Italy perfume jar
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Fontana Arte in collaborazione con dubè (Duilio Barnabe) 1955.
Located in Palermo, IT
Max Ingrand Fontana Arte in collaborazione con dubè
(Duilio Barnabé) 1955.
Centrotavola in cristallo di grandi dimensioni e spessore dipinto a mano nel...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Huge Seguso Vetri d'Arte White Scavo Vintage Murano Glass Bowl Centrepiece 1980s
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Seguso Vetri d'Arte white 'a Scavo' centrepiece bowl circa 1980s. Karl Springer designed many pieces for Seguso in the 1980s. Typically, these pieces were either white, black or brow...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s Hand Turned Rosewood Sculptural Bowl
By Rude Osolnik
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modern organic Rosewood Bowl
Beautiful vintage organic lines
Hand turned wood
midcentury modern style of Rude Osolnik
Unsigned.
3 tall x 11.5 diameter
Preowned original vintag...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Rosewood
Dextra Frankel Welded 800 Silver Footed Bowl, California, c.1970
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Dextra Frankel Welded 800 Silver Footed Bowl, California, c.1970. This piece is signed to the bottom.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver
Pewter bowl signed unidentified 50's French design
Located in Lyon, FR
Small French pewter cup / vide poche from the 1950s. Handcrafted, geometric decoration in the center with decorated handles as well. Manufacturer's signatur...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pewter
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 Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Bitossi for Peasant Village PV Large Shell-shaped bowl, Ceramics, Red Glaze
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Shell-shaped ceramic bowl is glazed in red with complex variations in glaze color accentuating the intricate shape of the bowl.
The bowl is signed on the bottom with "Italy 68105 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass "Farfalla" Striped to Clear Bowl
Located in Miami, FL
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass "Farfalla" Striped to Clear Bowl
Offered for sale is a Murano glass "farfalla" striped purple to milky white bowl attributed to Fratelli Toso. The contr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand AXK Stoneware Bowl
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A well sized decorative bowl designed by Gunnar Nylund. Iconic form with great movement iconic of Swedish modern design. Wonderful scale and glaze
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Black & Tan Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Black & Tan Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Fratelli Toso Murano Orange White Opalescent Italian Art Glass Seashell Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso orange and white opal Italian art glass seashell / horn of plenty bowl. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso Company. The bowl has a scroll de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Solid Black Oval Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Solid Black Elongated Oval Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Murano Glass Peridot 24K Gold Fleck Bowl w/ Faceted Base
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and functionally unique Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Bowl in peridot W/24 karat Gold Flecks and Faceted Base originates from Italy, Circa 1960. Featu...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold
1970s Modern Silver Leaf Tray Decorative Dish
By Arthur Court
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Centerpiece Dish Silver Leaf Decorative Tray
approximately 3.5 h x 10.25 x 22
Preowned vintage unrestored condition, please see images provided.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Metal
Petrified Wood Round Shape Solid Black Round Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Round Shape Solid Black Round Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood Heart Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Heart Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
1970s Art Pottery Drip Glazed Pedestal Bowl
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Art Pottery Drip Glazed Pedestal Bowl
7 h x 9.13 diameter
Preowned original vintage condition.
Refer to images listed
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Bull Face Brutalist Murano Glass Vase red & clear, Vintage, Italy, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous hand blown Murano art glass piece with Sommerso and bullicante techniques. A beautiful organic shaped vase or centre piece, Venice, Murano, Italy. Colors are dark red and cl...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Beautiful Blue & Purple Murano Glass Bowl Catchall Vintage, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous hand blown Murano art glass piece with Sommerso and bullicante techniques. A beautiful organic shaped bowl, catchall or centrepiece, Venice, Murano, Italy, 1970s. Colors are...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Petrified Wood Round Black & Beige Bowl Dish Large Plate
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Round Black & Beige Bowl Dish Large Plate
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood Round Shape Tan & Amber Oval Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Round Shape Tan & Amber Oval Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Barbini Murano White Blue Gold Flecks Stripes Italian Art Glass Decorative Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown sky blue, white stripes and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative bowl. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Petrified Wood Round Shape Black & Tan Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Round Shape Black & Tan Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Solid Black & Tan Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood Heart Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Heart Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Asian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood Liver Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Liver Oyster Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Petrified Wood Oyster Shape Solid Black Elongated Bowl Dish Large Plate Ashtray
Category
20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Petrified Wood
Vintage Murano Glass a Pentoni (spots) Bowl, Shell Motif
Located in Warrenton, OR
Vintage Murano Glass a Pentoni (spots) Bowl, Shell Motif
Measures: approximately 6 x 5 x 2.25 inches.
The 'a pentoni' spots appearing in earthy jewel tones, depending on environment...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1.7kg Murano Glass "RED-YELLOW" 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 Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Sommerso Glass Block Bowl / Vide Poche, Italy, 1970's
By Flavio Poli
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Murano Sommerso Amber Glass Block Bowl / Vide Poche / Catchall / Ashtray, Italy, 1970's.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Shell Bowl, Lilac & Pink with Gold Polveri
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Shell Bowl, Lilac & Pink with Gold Polveri
May function as an ashtray, bowl, trinket dish, or similar vessel, or as a unique art piece for display.
Color...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large 3.2kg Lucid Glass "Brutalist" Bowl Element Shell Ashtray, FRANCE, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
glass bowl shell element
Origin:
France
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage glass bowl element was produced in the 1970s in France. It is made of solid very heavy ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Glass Sculptural Leaf Bowl, Bullicante (controlled bubble) Glass
Located in Warrenton, OR
Vintage Murano Glass Sculptural Leaf Bowl, Bullicante (controlled bubble) Glass
This is a uniquely shapely bowl. It is designed to represent a short-stemmed leaf with a waterfalling-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Cased Glass Bowl, Shell Motif
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Cased Glass Bowl, Shell Motif
May function as an ashtray, bowl, trinket dish, or similar vessel, or as a unique art piece for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-century Danish Jens Quistgaard Teak Dansk Oval Bowl c.1960 (FREE SHIPPING)
By Dansk
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A Mid-century Teak oval shaped bowl designed by Jens H. Quistgaard. This piece has the 4 duck markings and "Dansk Designs Denmark JHQ" branded to the bottom
CREATOR Dansk...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Teak
Rörstrand Carl-Harry Stålhane ceramic bowls , Sweden 1960
Located in Bronx, NY
Carl-Harry Stålhane for Rörstrand dark blue ceramic trays Sweden, 1960.
Set of tray and bowl large flat dark blue ceramic tray with rounded sides an...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Ikebana Ceramic Footed Cath-it-all Bowl Platter
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful glazed ceramic footed platter bowl, with raised edges and great colors and form nice earth tones signed at the bottom circa 1970's.
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Archimede Seguso Alabastro Murano White Amber Geode Glass Bowl, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand blown Murano glass Sommerso geode bowl in amber and white color attributed to Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1950s.
This alabastro bowl has an eye-catching interior part in orange / a...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
African Vintage Twin Handled Hand Carved Wooden Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage African hand-carved twin handled wooden bowl dating from the early to mid-20th century. The bowl is made from a single piece of native wood and is of wide shallow r...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925
A very large 'vetro soffiato' glass dish in amethyst transparent glass, designed by Vittorio Zecchin in 1925 and manufactured by Venini, Murano Venice. Acid stamped signature 'venini murano ITALIA' on the base. Venini model number 1306. The dish has been manufactured in different sizes, this is the second largest version which is very rare. One of the early 20th century designs of Zecchin for Cappellin and Venini which motivated the muranese glass companies to set out for new shores. Good condition with some surface scratches.
Vittorio Zecchin (1878 - 1947) was a native Muranese and son of a glasswork technician. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Together with the painter Teodoro Wolf Ferrari...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Pol Chambost French Midcentury Shell Bowl, circa1950
By Pol Chambost
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Ceramic shell bowl by Pol Chambost, France, circa1950. Measures: Height : 3.6cm - 1.4 in., Width : 25.5cm - 10in. Depth : 24.5cm - 9.6 in. Incised under the base "1025 Poterie Pol Ch...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Artist Tue Poulsen Large Ceramic Bowl with Gold Stripe Decoration 1980s
By Tue Poulsen
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Large artistic bowl made by the danish artist Tue Poulsen (born 1939) in his own studio.
The bowl has a base with light blue glaze and a single stripe-decoration of midnight blue...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Murano Glass Ashtray, Red w/Gold Polveri / Gold Leaf, Barovier & Toso (assumed)
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Ashtray, Red w/Gold Polveri / Gold Leaf, Barovier & Toso (assumed)
No chips or cracks. Excellent vintage condition. A rare beauty!
Measures about 8 (point to point) x 5 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Venini Vase 'Fazzoletto' in red, Venice Murano 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini Vase 'Fazzoletto' in red, Venice Murano 1950s
A vintage fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase in transparent red glass. Manufactured ca. 1950s by Venini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Joel Edwards California Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Joel Edwards
Located in San Diego, CA
Stoneware weed pot vase with wax resist decoration by California artist, Joel Edwards. 1960s
Joel Edwards. Los Angeles, CA. Studied at Otis Art Institut...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Barbini Murano Label Sommerso Pink Italian Art Glass Decorative Bowl Ashtray
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso pink Italian art glass sculptural decorative bowl / ashtray. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-1960. Published in his ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Mid Century California Pottery Rose Box
Located in Riverdale, NY
Amazing Mid Century California Pottery Rose Box from the 1950's. Massive hand formed gray pottery rose on a pink covered base. Largest on...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
20th Century Italian Carved Wood Tray By Aldo Tura For Macabo c.1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An Aldo Tura wood tray crafted for Macabo, Cusano Milanino, made in Italy around the 1960s. This exquisite piece reflects the distinctive style of Aldo Tura, a renowned Italian desig...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
Murano Controlled Bubble Glass Bowl / Ashtray by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier
Located in Chicago, IL
Murano Controlled Bubble Glass Bowl / Ashtray by Barovier & Toso.
White Lattimo Glass rim.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-century Modern decorative bowls for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern decorative bowls 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 bowls created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with glass, murano glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern decorative bowls 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 bowls, popular names associated with this style include Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Barovier&Toso, and Flavio Poli. 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 bowls differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $34 and tops out at $46,574 while the average work can sell for $646.
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