$176Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Architectural Pottery Planter Small Black La Verne Calif
By Architectural Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, 1960s California modern matte black mid century architectural planter pot. Small Black planter garden patio home. In the Style of Gainey Pottery. Signed under...
Pottery
$440Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Robert Maxwell Studio Pottery Art Plate Santa Monica, Calif
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Robert Maxwell Decorative Plate Stoneware Pottery Craft Santa Monica, California 8.75 diameter x 1 diameter Preowned Unrestored Vintage Condition. Small nick in one corner. Re...
Pottery
$704Sale Price|20% Off
1970s Vivika & Otto Heino Studio Art Pottery Glazed Vase Ojai, Calif
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vivika & Otto Heino studio pottery Vase from Ojai Calif Maker stamped A wonderfully executed and designed earthenware vase by ceramics masters; husband and wife artists, Vivika and O...
Ceramic, Pottery
$100Sale Price|20% Off
2000s Two-tone Gravy Boat and Saucer Calif Tempo Metlox
By Metlox Manufacturing Company
Located in Chula Vista, CA
2000s Tan Two-tone Bowl and Saucer Gravy Boat California Tempo Brown by METLOX - POPPYTRAIL - VERNON 8 diameter x 3.5 h Preowned vintage condition. See all images Metlox pitcher sol...
Pottery
Sculpture Pottery by Joel Mesnikoff
By Joel Mesnikoff
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Joel Mesnikoff is a fixture in the Calif.ceramic and pottery scene since the early 50's.
Terracotta
Sculpture Abstract Pottery by Joel Mesnikoff
By Joel Mesnikoff
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Joel Mesnikoff is a fixture in the Calif.ceramic and pottery scene since the early 50's.
Terracotta
1970s Gainey Art Pottery Modern Ceramics Green Planter Calif
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Gainey Art Pottery Modern Ceramics Green Planter Calif Maker stamped. 13.5 diameter x 10.25h Preowned unrestored vintage condition Refer to images.
Pottery
1960s Black Ceramic Planter Gainey Architectural Modern Pottery Calif
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Black Ceramic Pottery Planter In the style of Gainey Ceramics Architectural Modern Pottery La Verne, Calif 8.25 diameter x 6.5 h Unrestored vintage condition.
Pottery
1960s Architectural Pottery Gainey Ceramics Brown Planter La Verne, Calif
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Architectural Pottery Gainey Ceramics Brown Planter La Verne, Calif Stamped Gainey 7.75 diameter x 5.75 h Unrestored preowned vintage condition.
Pottery
1960s Gainey Ceramics Architectural Pottery Planter Set La Verne, Calif
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Gainey Ceramics MCM Architectural Modern Pottery Planters La Verne Calif Set includes two Planter Pots Color Brown Maker stamped Measures: 6.75 tall x 8.25 diameter Preowned u...
Ceramic, Pottery
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H 5.75 in Dm 7.25 in
1960s Architectural Pottery by Gainey Ceramics Brown Planter Pot La Verne Calif
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Architectural Pottery by Gainey Ceramics Brown Planter La Verne, Calif Stamped Gainey 5.75h x 7.25 diameter Unrestored preowned vintage condition.
Pottery
1950s John Follis Tire Planter Pot for Architectural Pottery Calif
By John Follis, Architectural Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Architectural California Pottery Tan Tire Planter Low Profile Pot Maker stamped, difficult to read. Attributed to designer John Follis 1950s for Architectural Pottery 8.75 Tal...
Ceramic, Pottery
1960s LaGardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery Double Cone Planter Calif
By Architectural Pottery, Lagardo Tackett
Located in Chula Vista, CA
MCM Classic Pottery by designer LaGardo Tackett sculptural bisque double cone hourglass planter for Architectural Pottery U.S.A. Modernist trademark of simplicity, sensibility and m...
Pottery
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H 10.5 in W 33.75 in D 13.75 in
1960s Calif Architectural Art Pottery Glazed Window Planter Box David Cressey
By David Cressey, Architectural Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, mid-century flame glazed organic modern window PLANTER box in the style of David Cressey and Malcolm Leland Architectural Pottery 1960s. Unmarked. Dimensions...
Pottery
1982 Studio Art Pottery Blue Terracotta Vase California
By Robert Maxwell and David Cressey
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Calif Modern Art Pottery Terracotta & Glazed Blue Vase signed by maker. 4 inches tall x 4.5 inches diameter Original Preowned Vintage Unrestored Condition.
Pottery
1960s Calif Pottery Modern Yellow Earth Midcentury Architectural Planter Pot
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modern yellow mid century architectural planter pot. Measures: 13 tall x 17 diameter. Planter Pot garden patio home. Style of Gainey Pottery. Signed underneath with maker's ...
Pottery
1970s Gainey Art Pottery Modern Textured Earth Planter La Verne, Calif
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Gainey Art Pottery Modern Textured Earth Planter La Verne Calif California Ceramics 14.25 diameter x 13.25 h Maker stamped.
Pottery
Sold
H 15 in W 8 in D 8 in
Ceramic Art Glazed Pottery Table Lamps Carved Wheat by Wishon-Harrell 1970 Calif
By Wishon-Harrell
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Ceramic Art pottery of carved wheat reed tapered earthenware table lamps by fantastic designers Wishon-Harrell from Calif 1970s Designed in contrasting dark brown glazed neck and b...
Brass
Bruce Linder Wall Art Plaque Architectural Ceramics 1970s Orange County, Calif
By Bruce Linder
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Bruce Linder designs architectural ceramics sculptural wall art plaque pottery. Warm beige neutral tones Artist signed and label present. California 1970s. Measures: 31.5 in Dia...
Ceramic, Pottery
Kitchel Mid-Century Tobacciana Set Ashtray and Cigarette Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Vohann design for Kitchel Calif. large pottery ashtray and matching cigarette box with shimmering melted glass inlays in aquas, violets and greens.
Glass, Pottery
Vintage Gerald Newcomb Studio Pottery Plate Abstract. Hand Painted
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Platter With Handmade Abstract Motif. Brown, White, blue Aspects. Makers Mark on the Bottom. Dimensions. 15 Diameter ; 2 1/2 H
Ceramic
$716Sale Price|56% Off
H 3.5 in Dm 11.25 in
Early Laura Andreson California Modernist Ceramic Stoneware Bowl
By Laura Andreson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large Laura Anderson stoneware bowl measuring 3.5" in height by 11.25" diameter. Signed Laura Anderson, 1949. In very good vintage condition. The following bio was taken from the ...
Stoneware
$90
H 2.25 in W 10.25 in D 7.75 in
Vintage Franciscan Earthenware Divided Oval Serving Bowl, USA, 1970s
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage Franciscan Earthenware divided oval serving bowl. Lovely colorful floral design to the center. Marked on the back, made in the USA. More pieces from this set are also avail...
Ceramic
$209Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.37 in Dm 7.87 in
Danish Mid-Century Modern Pottery Plate or Vide-poche by Michael Andersen, 1960s
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A small stoneware vintage Bornholm pottery plate or Vide-poche from Denmark. Made by the talented Michael Andersen, this plate is iconic and so typical for this company, especially w...
Ceramic
Marcello Fantoni Ceramic Vase, Glazed Stoneware, circa 1970s
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of Marcel...
Ceramic
$400 / item
H 6 in Dm 8 in
Mid-Century Modern Gainey Architectural Pottery Clay Planter Pot Black Glaze
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern Gainey Architectural Pottery Planters Pots dark Satin Black Glaze Ceramic Pottery circa 1960. Most are Labeled on bottom. Made in USA California. Located in NYC. ...
Ceramic
Sculptural Mid Century Studio Pottery Vase 1960s
Located in Meer, VAN
Sculptural Mid Century Studio Pottery Vase, 1960s This is a lovely and very beautiful mid century studio pottery vase with a colorful glaze and a very distinct shape. Most probably ...
Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Extra Large Planter by Gainey Pottery 22.25" Tall
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a mid-century modern extra large planter by Gainey Pottery, Made in the USA circa the late 1960s. Mustard color. Stamped underneath with makers label. Due to...
Pottery
Architectural Pottery Black Tulip Planter
By Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful black glaze tulip planter by Architectural Pottery. This AP-3206 planter has a drum shape with a rounded lip that curves in at the top of the piece. Architectural Pottery...
Stoneware
$1,705
H 3.15 in Dm 14.18 in
Mid-Century German Studio Pottery Bowl Eva Fritz-Lindner Karlsruher Majolika
By Karlsruher Majolika
Located in Hamburg, DE
Large Mid-Century Modern German Studio Pottery Decorative Wall Plate or Bowl by Eva Fritz-Lindner for Karlsruher Majolika, 1960s
Ceramic
Large Gainey Planter in Satin Black Glaze, California Architectural Pottery
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One architectural pottery planter finished in satin black glaze. Signed Gainey on the bottom. Made in California in 1960s. This item pairs perfectly with our pair of Gainey smaller ...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$280Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.25 in Dm 14.38 in
Mid-Century Glazed Studio Pottery Ceramic Charger or Plate, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Artist crafted studio pottery ceramic charger or plate. Signed by artist.
Ceramic
$2,042
H 9.22 in Dm 5.12 in
Mid-Century Modern Tall Hand Thrown & Glazed Studio Pottery Vase circa 1970s
By Görge Hohlt
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
This stunning European, vintage, Mid-Century Modern hand thrown clay vase was made by an, as yet, unknown studio potter, circa 1970s in, probably, Germany. Beautiful rounded form wit...
Clay
Vintage Abstract Design Pottery Plate
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This pottery plate presents a shallow, rounded form with gently curving sides that rise from a wide central well to a modest raised lip, a simple silhouette that allows the abstract ...
Pottery
Extra Large Vintage Gainey Planters Satin Black Glaze
By Gainey Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two pairs available A striking pair of extra-large mid-century modern Gainey planters, crafted in California during the 1960s. Finished in a deep satin black glaze, these architectu...
Ceramic
Large California Design MCM Ceramic Planter by Gainey
By Gainey Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice large California design 17" ceramic planter by Gainey of LaVerne, California, circa 1960s. The planter is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks, has a fo...
Ceramic
Malcolm Leland Chalice Planter, Architectural Pottery, 1960s
By Architectural Pottery, Malcolm Leland
Located in Berlin, DE
Malcolm Leland chalice planter, Model L-20, USA, 1960s matte green glaze ceramic.
Ceramic
$1,010
H 2 in W 8 in D 4 in
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Ceramic Box, Stripes, Labels, Italy 1960s
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi for Bitossi lidded box, Italy, 1960s. Small scale ceramic box decorated with an angular geometric pattern in yellow, white, and black over a brown glaze. Retains two paper...
Ceramic
Unique Handmade 21st Century Medium Round Hesse Vase in Glacier Blue
By Elyse Graham
Located in Springfield, OR
The striking and unique Hesse Vase in Glacier is handmade by artist Elyse Graham in her Los Angeles studio. This collection of vessels is inspired by our incredible and diverse mi...
Resin, Plaster
Handmade 21st Century Tall Dubos Vase in Dust Gray by Elyse Graham
By Elyse Graham
Located in Springfield, OR
The striking and playful Dubos vase is handmade by artist Elyse Graham in her Los Angeles studio. This collection of vessels is inspired by our incredible and diverse microbiome. ...
Resin, Plaster
Large Decorative Coil-Built Ceramic Bowl, White with Copper Oxide Wash
By MONDAYS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful wabi-sabi coil-built extra-large decorative ceramic bowl, for serving or display. The heavily textured surface is formed and glazed by hand in our Brooklyn studio, no two p...
Ceramic
Rare Midcentury Ceramic Wall Sculpture Lovers, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- very nice colored.
Ceramic
$636Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.25 in W 11.5 in D 6.5 in
Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Oblong Hammered footed Brass Bowl, Karl Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Oblong Hammered footed Brass Bowl, Karl Hagenauer Austria, Circa 1950s A fine example designed by Karl Hagenauer for the renowned Werkstätte Hagenauer Wi...
Brass
Petite Sculpture by Chandler McLellan
Located in Geneve, CH
Petite Sculpture by Chandler McLellan Dimensions: D 7.5 x W 10.2 x H 30.5 cm. Materials: Walnut. Sculptures will be signed and numbered on the bottom of the base. Wood grain will v...
Walnut
$341 / item
H 39.38 in W 22.05 in D 16.15 in
Office Chair Vitra, Swivel Chair, Model AC1, Designed by the Antonio Citterio
By Vitra
Located in Delft, NL
Vitra, swivel chair, model AC1, designed by the Antonio Citterio The swivel chair by the manufacturer Vitra, model AC1, was designed by the designer Antonio Citterio. The seat is ...
Chrome
$4,850 / item
H 31.5 in W 25.6 in D 21.26 in
mm3 Armchair, Tilting Backrest, Off-White Leather and Iron Frame by Mario Milana
By Mario Milana
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The mm3 is an armchair where the tilting backrest invites a constant interaction with the chair, providing an active way of sitting that promotes a mindful physical presence. Thanks...
Iron
$2,400
H 8.5 in Dm 15 in
David Cressey California Modern Architectural Pottery Pro Artisan Planter Pot
By David Cressey, Architectural Pottery
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid Century Modern ceramic planter pot designed by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery Pro/Artisan. This hand poured stoneware vessel features a mixture of natural clay earth ton...
Ceramic, Clay
$2,740 / item
H 59.06 in W 13.78 in D 3.94 in
Model 2093 Olivier Mourgue 1968 Standing Lamp 'Double Flower' Available Now
By Olivier Mourgue, Pierre Disderot
Located in London, GB
The standing flower designed by Olivier Mourgue for Disderot, 1968. This standing flower lamp with reflecting bulbs and 2 bent petals has flowers positioned on a chrome wire with a r...
Chrome
Large Ceramic Jar Vase with Striking Glaze by Vivika and Otto Heino
By Otto and Vivika Heino
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic vessel in the form of a "moon jar" with a near sphere shape on a small base with a short neck and diminished mouth opening. The form was celebrated in Korean Joseon p...
Ceramic
$3,800
H 16 in W 72.5 in D 32.5 in
Style of Gordon & Jane Martz Solid Oak & Inlaid Smalti Glass Mosaic Tiles 1970s
By Gordon & Jane Martz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This coffee table was designed and hand-built by Kurt G Kurtis, a listed painter and craftsman, and is very large, and super good looking! At over 70 inches long, its heft not only l...
Oak, Glass
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ceramic Box, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ceramic Box, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1960s. Small scale Mondrian box decorated with rectangles and lines and glazed in red, yellow, and black. Signed faintly on...
Ceramic, Clay
$1,895
H 14.5 in Dm 10.94 in
Mid-Century Architectural Pottery "Double Cone" Planter by LaGardo Tackett
By Architectural Pottery, Lagardo Tackett
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern Architectural Pottery sculptural "Double Cone" Planter by LaGardo Tackett , rarely seen double cone version with wider base than top in a white glaze. Provenance 1...
Clay
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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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Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
With its grid-like doors and wavy trim, the 1940s design feels as fresh as ever.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Prehistoric motifs give the mid-century Italian fireplace an elemental feel.
Their charming solid-oak pieces offer homes utility and comfort.
You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.