Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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
Jacqueline and Jean Lerat 20th century design ceramic tea pot La Borne 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacqueline and Jean Lerat
Realised in La Borne circa 1960
Original stoneware ceramic tea pot
original perfect condition
signed at the base
height 23 cm
Large 23 cm
Width 13 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Don Shoemaker Tray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, We offer this beautiful tray made in solid cocobolo wood designed by Don Shoemaker, produced at Señal, Morelia, Mexico with original label.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern serving tray or centerpiece with sea shells, Italy
Located in Palermo, PA
1970s tray featuring a charming bamboo frame and a beautifully lacquered bottom adorned with various seashells. The exact type of shells is uncertain, but they have a lovely, glossy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Shell, Bamboo, Rattan
Set of Six Glasses with Ice Holder Pewter and Mauve Glass, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Set of six mauve-colored glass tumblers with pewter base and removable pewter base ice holder. engraved signature on each tumbler.
ICE HOLDER SIZE CM. H.15X12X12
GLASS SIZE CM. H.1...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Large Barovier Toso Murano Red White Silver Flecks Heart Shaped Art Glass Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Huge Midcentury Italian Murano Heart Centerpiece Bowl, Red and White Glass, Silver Flecks
Monumental hand blown Murano Sommerso heart shaped bowl in red and white glass with silver f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Fish subject
Located in Paris, FR
Edition : 500
Publisher : Edition Picasso
Catalog : [Ramié 139]
Pitcher turned in red earthenware with white and black engobe decoration.
Authentic replica in an edition of 500.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Mid-Century Modern Brow and Yellow Murano Glass Vase 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian handmade vase in Pink and Black Murano glass, designed in the 1960s.
Every item LA Studio offers is checked by our team of 10 craftsmen in our in-house workshop. Special res...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Christian Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass Square Serving Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous square-shaped Mid-Century serving tray in a stunning tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This delightful object was made in Italy during the 1970s and is attributed to a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Ceramic Fruit Basket, Mid 20th Century
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Beautiful vintage ceramic fruit basket from in Italy in the mid 20th century.
Cherry, banana, apple, pear, plum are shiny and look yummy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
Decorative Vase in Green Bullicante Glass, Vetrerie di Empoli, Italian Design
Located in Milano, IT
Timeless Vintage Vase - Vetrerie di Empoli - Green Decorative Vase
Nice vintage vase in green blown "Bullicante" glass, made in Italy in the 1940s by Vetrerie di Empoli - renowned f...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Glass Cobalt Bowl Attributed to Flavio Poli for Somerso
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 your color scheme.
Still in love...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Christofle Mid Century Fish Service Flatware Set & Serving Fork, Set of 22
By Christofle
Located in Ross, CA
Christofle fish service flatware set and serving fork designed by Lino Sebatti in France in the late 1950's/ early 1960's. The silverplated flatware i...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Glass Fruit Platter
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Glass handmade midcentury fruit platter.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Flavio Poli, Sommerso Ashtray, 1960s
By Flavio Poli
Located in London, GB
Flavio Poli (1900-1984) was an Italian glass designer known for his masterful vases and lamps. His submerged glass pieces, which were made by layering transparent colors and textures...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Very Big Vintage Vase in Green Bullicante Glass, Vetrerie di Empoli, Italian Art
Located in Milano, IT
Huge Vintage Vase - Vetrerie di Empoli - Green Decorative Vase
Very big vintage vase in green blown "Bullicante" glass, made in Italy in the 1940s by Vetrerie di Empoli - renowned f...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Solid Brass Ashtray Beatiful Patina
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1960 solid brass ashtray.
Brass sculpture, Vide Poche, decorative object.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Serving Tray Cloche Plate Bell for Cheese or Fruit in Rattan and Glass Italy
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Serving Tray Cloche Plate Bell for Cheese or Fruit in Rattan and Glass Italy
Dimensions of the bell with the rattan base
Diameter 36cm High 27 cm
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Rattan, Art Glass
Italian Barbini Murano Art Glass Pear Shaped Green & White Bowl Trinket Dish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Barbini Murano Art Glass Pear Shaped Green & White Mid Century Modern Trinket Dish. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 3" H x 10.5" W x 8" D
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
English mid-century modern Red metal table ashtray by Ronson, 1930s
Located in MIlano, IT
English mid-century modern Red metal table ashtray by Ronson, 1930s
Table ashtray with rectangular base, in metal. In the upper part there is a grate for cigarette ash. The structure...
Category
1930s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Jean Dobré/ Tropicart. Rotating wooden platter, c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Dobré/ Tropicart. Rotating wooden platter c. 1960
Signed at the fire
Solid wood
10 x 46 x 46 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood
Elegant 800 silver winecooler in the style of Jean Despres. Germany 1950s.
By Jean Despres
Located in Köln, NW
Elegant extraordinary wine cooler /Champagner cooler in the style of Jean Despres.
800 Silver, hallmarked on the underside.
Germany 1950s.
Walnut root wood handles.
Conical body.
Cir...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
20th Century Glass Fruit Bowl
Located in Lučenec, SK
This is a beautifil one-of-a-kind fruit bowl made by master glass maker by blowing the glass. The surface of the glass is matter from the outside. Only this one piece has survived.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Green Decorative Vase in Blown Glass, Made in Italy, Vetrerie di Empoli
Located in Milano, IT
Co0llectible Vintage Vase - Vetrerie di Empoli - Green Decorative Vase
Beautiful vintage vase in green blown glass glass, made in Italy in the 1940s by Vetrerie di Empoli - renowned...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century Modern Brown and Yellow Murano Glass Vase 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian handmade vase in brown and yellow Murano glass, designed in the 1960s.
Every item LA Studio offers is checked by our team of 10 craftsmen in our in-house workshop. Special r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Lalique France, Pair of Champagne Glasses with Angel, 1945
By Lalique
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Pair of champagne glasses created by Marc Lalique in 1945. This very beautiful creation shows an angel headmolded at the top of the foot spreading its large wings on the shoulder of ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Sevres France Label Large Opaline Vase on Foot from 1950s
Located in Verviers, BE
Sevres France Label Large Opaline Vase on Foot from 1950s
Beautiful hand-blown opal and hand-applied white foot
Measures: 36.5 cm tall, diameter 15 cm
The piece is in excellent cond...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Opaline Glass
Vintage Murano Sculpture in Sommerso Clear, Blue and Purple Glass
Located in Milano, IT
Big Murano Sculpture - Sommerso Glass Vase - Collectible Murano Glass
Big, heavy and outstanding Murano sculpture in blue and violet Sommerso glass. Fluid and mesmerising, this time...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid Century Green Wine Glasses - Set of 5 - by Gorham Reizart
By Gorham
Located in Vallejo, CA
A set of 5 mid century wine goblets. Lovely muted green color to the glass with elegant tapered stems. Made by Gorham Reizart, handblown in Bavaria West Germany.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Ettore Sottsass Cast Aluminum Ashtray for Il Sestante, Italy 1962
Located in Milan, IT
Ettore Sottsass Cast Aluminum Ashtray for Il Sestante, Italy 1962
Reference: Domus n. 397, december 1962
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Mid 20th c. Sterling Bowl with Blue Enamel Interior - Barbara Walters Estate
Located in Morristown, NJ
Mid-20th c., a Danish sterling bowl with blue enamel interior and wire scroll handles, marked "E. Dragsted Denmark".
Dimensions:
3"h x 5.5"dia
Condition:
Good/Fair. Scratches to e...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Midcentury Claudio Pulli Polychrome Enameled Ceramic Italian Vase, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning polychrome enameled ceramic vase designed and signed on the bottom by Claudio Pulli, one of the greated Sardinian artists of the 20th century. This charming vase was realize...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set for 8 EKCO Eterna "Canoe Muffin" Mid-Century Danish Modern Flatware - 1960s
By EKCO
Located in St. Louis, MO
Classic Danish influenced Mid-Century sleek modernist designed stainless flatware / silverware set & serving pieces designed and sold by EKCO Products International and produced in Japan, circa 1960s. This set is from the EKCO Eterna...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Modern Black Murano Glass by Nils Landberg for Orrefors 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Swedish Sommerso and crepuscular glass vases, produced in the 1960s by the designer Nils Landberg for Orrefors. Signature engraved on the bottom with the Landberg sign.
Every item L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Black Murano Glass Vase by Nils Landberg for Orrefors 1960
Located in Madrid, ES
Swedish Sommerso and crepuscular glass vases, produced in the 1960s by the designer Nils Landberg for Orrefors. Signature engraved on the bottom with the Landberg sign.
Every item L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Mutenye "Rare Woods" Tray by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs, circa 1960
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mutenye "Rare Woods" Tray
by Jens Quistgaard
for Dansk Designs "Rare Woods Collection"
Denmark, circa 1960
Branded on Bottom: "Mutenye" Dansk Designs Denmark IHQ
"in good vintage...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-Century Modern Faceted Acid Etched Mermaid Vase Sven Palmquist for Orrefors
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Mid-Century Modern vase was realized by the esteemed designer Sven Palmquist for Orrefors in Sweden, 1948. It features a faceted oval form in translucent glass with a st...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Tobia Scarpa Battuto bowl Set of Three Venini Italy
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Chicago, IL
Tobia Scarpa Battuto bowl Set of Three Venini Italy, Wheel-Carved Glass
1962-97 Blue and pink signed underside Venini, Yellow Unsigned
literature:...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Red and Blue Sommerso Murano Glass Vase by Flavio Poli 1950
By Flavio Poli
Located in Madrid, ES
Mid-century Modern Glass vase. Attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso. Italy, 50s.
In sommerso glass, the red body is submerged in a very slightly blue mass. (Color variant Rosso – Zaf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso Amber Tortoise Shell Drinking Glasses Set of Six, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant hand-blown amber glass bar set with tortoise shell motif.
Made of mouth-blown glass, these handmade double tumblers with tortoise shell pattern add depth and texture to any t...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Bernard Leach Mid-Century Studio Pottery Salt Glazed Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century salt glazed hand crafted studio pottery vase by renowned English potter Bernard Leach CBE (British, 1887-1979) and made at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwal...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Mid Century Modern Flower Ashtray made in Chromed Metal with Removable Petals
Located in Roma, IT
A highly decorative ashtray dating back to the 1970s.
Made entirely of chromed metal with the exception of the pistil, faithfully reproduced in its dotted texture with a golden wetti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Very Large Teak Tray by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Designs, circa 1960
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very Large Teak Tray
by Jens Quistgaard
for Dansk Designs
Denmark, circa 1960
Branded on Bottom: Dansk Designs Denmark IHQ
"in good vintage condition"
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood
Jacob Bang White Glass Decanter for Kastrup, Denmark, 1960s
By Kastrup, Jacob Bang
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Jacob Bang White Glass Decanter / Bottle for Kastrup, Denmark, 1960s.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Ceramic Box by Ditmar Urbach, 1960's.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Glazed Ceramic
Re-polished
Good Original Condition
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Daum France Table Clock a Thick Sommerso 'Clear Crystal Casing'
By Daum
Located in Verviers, BE
This simple yet dramatic Clock
The claer core in classic Daum has been given a thick sommerso (clear crystal casing) so that the object appears delicate whilst remaining solid and st...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Majolica Oyster Plate with Crab Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate with crab in the center and shell accents, circa 1960 signed Sarreguemines.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Rattan Vase
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The brown rattan flower vase stands at 13.5 inches tall, and a perfect balance between being a statement piece and a complementary accent to any setting. Its versatile size allows yo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Rattan
Mid 20th c. Sterling Silver Tazza on Round Foot - Barbara J. Walters Estate
By Pampaloni
Located in Morristown, NJ
Mid-20th c., Pampaloni Bichierogra, Florence, Italy, a two-handled tazza on a round foot with scroll handles, marked. The bowl is hammered.
Dimensions:
2"h x 4"l x 2.5"w
Condition:...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Vintage Danish Tableware by J. H. Quistgaard, 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish tableware by J. H. Quistgaard, 1960s
Danish ceramic tea set model Relief, designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard (IHQ) in 1959/1960. Primarily from Kronjyden, the first manufacturer, but also from Nissen and Bing...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Teak
Anchor Hocking Soreno Textured Amber Glass Ashtray Vintage American
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Textured amber glass ashtray was made by Anchor Hocking as a part of Soreno series. Soreno ashtrays, also called Lido, have a pattern of a series of raised lines forming an almost m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Four Max Brüel 'Jazz' Candleholders, Steel with Brass Plating
By Max Brüel
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Candleholder designed by Max Bru¨el in 1961.
Elegant and with a hint of whimsy, the modular candleholder Jazz was conceived in 1961 by Danish architect, ceramist and jazz musician ...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel
A.Ve.M. 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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Leaf
Mid Century Modern Wade Pottery England J&B Scotch Whisky Ceramic Ashtray
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Mid Century Modern J&B Scotch Whisky ceramic advertising ashtray was made in England by Wade Pottery. The rectangular ashtray with cigarette hold...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Original Aubock Brass Cigar Extinguisher trumpet
Located in Vienna, AT
This brass cigar extinguisher is handcrafted at the original family workshop in Vienna, it it shaped as trumpet and feels satisfyingly weighty to the touch. Please note, as this piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Italian Large Murano Vase, Signed Simone Mian, Circa 1980
Located in CH
Italian Large Murano Sommerso vase, Signed Simone Mian, Circa 1980
This Italian Murano Sommerso vase with a wavy top fan shape, and long convex lines rounded up to a scalloped bas...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari Modernist Silver Plated Serving Plate Italy, 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century silver plated serving plate or vide poche designed and signed by Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari, in Italy during the 1980s.
The flat and efficient design on two round decentered levels, make this piece simply irresistible and iconic for midcentury lovers. In amazing conditions with no scratches on the top.
This piece will smarten a midcentury living room or a minimal bar.
Dimensions (cms):
Diameter - 32
Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas. Gio Ponti was an Italian promoter of industrial design and introduced the idea of interior furnishing ranges produced as being a "sophisticated," economic, "democratic" and modern.
Molteni&C managed a reissuing project of furniture and furnishings designed by Gio Ponti for products for these private homes and limited editions. After a long journey of research, selection and study of prototypes, the collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile 2012. This was thanks to the cooperation and the exclusively signed agreement of the Ponti heirs and the artistic director of Cerri & Associati Studio.
Gio Ponti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan at the end of World War I, after he fought on the front line earning military decorations. In 1921 he married Giulia Vimercati, with whom he had four children: Lisa, Giovanna, Letizia and Giulio. In 1927 he opened a studio in Milan with the architect Emilio Lancia. From the beginning of the 1920’s until 1938 he worked with Richard-Ginori Manufactory and renewed its production. In 1928 he founded the Domus magazine with Gianni Mazzocchi. In 1933 he became the artistic director of Fontana Arte which was another success after the one he obtained with Richard-Ginori.
In the 1930’s he participated in the Triennale exhibitions and later he successfully managed a few of them. From 1936 to 1961 he was a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and in 1933 was associated with Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini, until 1945. From this partnership major projects were born, including the Montecatini Palace in Milan from 1936 to 1938, in which Ponti created the "integral design" of the building and the interiors. Other works of the period were civil architecture, including the Littoria Tower in Milan in 1933, school buildings such as the School of Mathematics at the University City Rome in 1934 and the Humanities Faculty and the Rectorate of the University of Padua in 1937. There were also residential projects such as Casa Marmont in 1934 and Milan "Domus" from 1931 to 1936.
The richness of the artistic production of Cleto Munari, arises out of the discovery that every boundary is undefined, and the consequent need to create a “collection about syllables” or rather a “collection of figures” which, because of their incompleteness, luminously suggest the irrepressible quest of man’s intelligence to transfigure the world, according to his own vision. It is this a perfect complicity between the whisper of the “heart...
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Vintage Bertoncello by Roberto Rigon Moon Shape Ceramic Pitcher, Italy, 1960s
Located in Valencia, VC
This Bertoncello sculptural ceramic pitcher from Italy, dating back to the 1960s, is a remarkable piece of Italian ceramic artistry. Roberto Rigon was a notable designer associated w...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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French Vallauris Biomorphic Fat Lava Candelabra in The Manner of Georges Jouve
Located in Valencia, VC
Beautiful and rare Vallauris biomorphic Fat Lava ceramic candelabra, crafted in the iconic style of Georges Jouve. Originating from the renowned ceramic town of Vallauris in the sout...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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