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By Italo Casini
Located in Dallas, TX
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Italo Casini Large Volcanic Lava Glaze Vase with Colourful, Italy, 1960s
By Italo Casini
Located in Naples, IT
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22-Piece Colorful Ceramic Breakfast Set by Italo Casini, Sesto Fiorentino
By Italo Casini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This set was designed by Italo Casini. It's made in enameled and golden ceramic.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Black and White Ceramic Table Lamp by Italo Casini
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Vintage Ceramic Vase Attributed to Italo Casini with Iridescent Colors, Italy
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Made in Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, 1950s. It is made in lacquered ceramic with iridescent colors. This vase is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can ...
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1950s Italo Casini Mid-Century Modern Italian Pink and Gold Ceramic Box
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A Pink and gold ceramic box manufactured in Sesto Fiorentino in the 1950s, good conditions overall, normal signs of the time and use. It's marked on the bottom. A lovely example of h...
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1950s Set of Three Mid-Century Modern Italian Ceramic Desk Accessories
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Apple Green and Gold Ceramic Vase from Sesto Fiorentino
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By Italo Casini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Particular ceramic vase by Italo Casini, made in Florence in 1950.
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Italo Casini Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Italian Tea Service circa 1955
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Italo Casini Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Italian Tea Service circa 1955
By Italo Casini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Nice ceramic tea service, made by Italo Casini in Florence. All the cups and other serving pieces are in different colors with gold finitures.
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1930s Italian Egyptian Revival Lava Vase by Italo Casini
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Mid-Century Modern Italian Multicolored Ceramic Tea Set, circa 1950
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Mid-Century Modern Italian Multicolored Ceramic Tea Set, circa 1950
By Italo Casini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Mid-Century Modern tea set made in Italy in the 1950s by Italo Casini. It's in perfect conditions. Measures: Diameter of the cups is 3.54 inches.
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Mid-Century Modern Green and Gold Ceramic Italian Vase, circa 1960
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Mid-Century Modern Green and Gold Ceramic Italian Vase, circa 1960
By Italo Casini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Only a little chip on the bottom not visible. Attributed to Italo Casini.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Ceramic Italian Vase
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A Kitsch hand-painted ceramic vase designed and manufactured in Italy by Italo Casini, particular niche manufacturer established in Sesto Fiorentino in Tuscany.
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Pair of Large Scale Ceramic Lamps
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50s Italo Casini Italian Mid Century Brutalist Gray Gold Modern Pottery Vase Jug
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H 11.75 in W 6 in D 6.75 in
50s Italo Casini Italian Mid Century Brutalist Gray Gold Modern Pottery Vase Jug
By Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, Italo Casini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This enticing modernist mid-20th-century modern piece is an Italian sculpture Work of Art with the distinctive style of Italo Casini, a signed handled vase/jug. Some of Italo Casini'...
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Italo Casini For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal italo casini for your home. Each italo casini for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and enamel. There are many kinds of the italo casini you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A italo casini, designed in the mid-century modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made italo casini over the years, but those crafted by Cosulich Interiors & Antiques are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Italo Casini?
Prices for a italo casini can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $205 and can go as high as $3,600, while the average can fetch as much as $1,028.
A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture
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.
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- 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
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