Murano Orange and Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Roaring Tiger Figure Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Large Murano hand blown orange and gold flecks art glass tiger sculpture.
Murano Glass
Alfredo Barbini Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl with Bullicante & Gold Polveri Flecks
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic table top bowl by designer alfredo barbini, (Italy, 1912-2007) Created in the “Bullicante” technique, with folded over rim and decorative indent. A blue and white Murano glas...
Gold
Bronze Murano Glass Ashtray by Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Stamford, CT
Large midcentury Murano glass ashtray by Barbini. Bronze and white glass with all-over gold flecks.
Blown Glass
Orange Murano Glass Ashtray by Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Stamford, CT
Large mid-century Murano glass ashtray by Barbini. Orange glass with all-over gold flecks and lightly swirled center design.
Blown Glass
Murano Barbini Salviati White Ribbons Gold Base Italian Art Glass Bird Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white ribbons art glass bird sculpture with gold flecks base.
Gold Leaf
Murano Persimmon Orange Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flared Rim Decorative Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown rich persimmon orange color with gold flecks Italian art glass decorative bowl.
Gold Leaf
$600Sale Price / item|20% Off
Murano White Rainbow Spots Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Scroll Shell Bowls
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 available as shown). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown red, blue and green spots Italian art glass scroll shell bowls, with gold flecks.
Gold Leaf
Murano Blue Gold Flecks Bubble Italian Art Glass Footed Squared Top Compote Bowl
By Salviati, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and unusual shape, vintage Murano hand blown sky blue, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass pedestal compote bowl.
Gold Leaf
$900Sale Price|25% Off
Salviati Murano Pink Ombre Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Duck Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown deep pink over white, and gold flecks Italian art glass bird sculpture. The figure is documented to the Salviati company. I have anothe...
Gold Leaf
Murano Orange Gold Flecks Controlled Bubbles Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
By Barovier&Toso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and tall, vintage Murano hand blown bright persimmon orange (almost red), controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass flower vase.
Gold Leaf
Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Standing Puppy Dog Figurine Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso golden honey amber and gold flecks Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / figurine.
Gold Leaf
Murano Sommerso Orange Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Figure Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown Summerso orange, green and gold flecks Italian art glass bird sculpture.
Gold Leaf
$1,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Murano Sommerso Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Male Female Farmer Sculptures
By Alfredo Barbini, Cenedese, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso pink with gold flecks Italian art glass couple of a man and woman farmer / gardener sculptures.
Gold Leaf
Murano Orange Gold Fleck Bubbles Pear Top Italian Art Glass Container Vanity Jar
By Alfredo Barbini, Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown rich persimmon orange over white, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass candy container or vanity jewelry box.
Gold Leaf
Murano Amethyst Purple Blue Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Footed Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown amethyst purple, blue, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative footed bowl / ashtray. The piece is made in the "Bullicante...
Gold Leaf
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Seguso Murano Aqua Green Celadon Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Bowl Dish
By Archimede Seguso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks over aqua green / celadon Italian art glass scalloped rim bowl. Attributed to designer Archimede Seguso. The bowl has a flow...
Gold Leaf
Murano Green Blue Gold Iridescent Italian Art Glass Apple Banana Fruit Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage set of Murano hand blown blue green iridescent and gold flecks Italian art glass apple and banana figures / sculptures.
Gold Leaf
Murano Copper Gold Italian Art Glass Pear Apple Banana Fruit Figures Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage set of Murano hand blown cover aventurine and gold flecks Italian art glass pear, apple, and banana figures / sculptures.
Gold Leaf
Murano Cranberry Pink Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Apple Ring Dish Bowl
By Archimede Seguso, Alfredo Barbini, Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown cranberry pink and gold flecks Italian art glass apple shaped decorative bowl / vide poche. The piece was created in the “Bullicante” technique, w...
Gold Leaf
$320Sale Price|20% Off
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Dog Figurine
By Salviati, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass puppy dog figurine sculpture.
Gold Leaf
Lancetti Milano table lamp Modernist murano glass , 1980s
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in La xara, VC
A Lancetti Milano table lamp in Murano glass appears to combine the high fashion influence of Lancetti Milano (a noted Italian fashion house) with the artisanal tradition of hand-blo...
Murano Glass
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Dandy Clown with Pocket Watch Top Hat Italian Art Glass Vintage Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
He has a large pocket watch, and gold leaf top hat. The figure also has gold flecks on the watch chain.
Gold Leaf
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
Vamsa Barbini Murano Blue Gold Sun Hat Woman Italian Art Glass Figure Sculpture
By Vetri Artistici Muranesi Societá Anonima, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful early Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue and gold flecks Italian art glass women with sun hat figure / sculpture.
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Murano Art Glass Mama Bear Baby Sculpture, Gold Flecks, Rare, Mid-Century, Italy
By Salviati, Alfredo Barbini, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown heavy gold leaf over white Italian art glass mama bear with baby sculpture. The figure is nicely sculpted, with many little details on...
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Aqua Blue & Gold Hand blown Murano Glass Bowl
By Murano Glass Sommerso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous large Murano hand blown aqua blue, gold and aventurine flecks Italian art glass bowl.
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Pink Opaline Glass Exotic Bird Attributed to Alfredo Barbini
Located in Nottingham, GB
Attributed in design and execution to the mid-twentieth-century workshop of Alfredo Barbini, this large vintage sculpture reflects the refined animalier subjects typical of postwar V...
Glass
$1,120Sale Price / set|20% Off
Salviati Murano White Amber Gold Italian Art Glass Birds Centerpiece Sculptures
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Murano vintage, and gorgeous, hand blown white, deep golden amber and gold flecks Italian art glass playful birds on branch sculptures. They are a matched pair. The birds are documen...
Gold Leaf
$680Sale Price / set|20% Off
Murano Signed 1985 Light Blue Gold Leaf Stopper Italian Art Glass Vanity Bottles
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso sky blue and gold flecks Italian art glass vanity / bathroom jars or bottles. Signed underneath "Murano 1985" (see last photo). The bottl...
Gold Leaf
Vintage Venetian Murano Seguso Art Glass Cased Red and White Ashtray Italy 1960
By Murano Glass Sommerso, Archimede Seguso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Simply beautiful. In the style of Alfredo Barbini, Archimede Seguso. The remote Murano island was chosen for its isolation, ensuring that their glassblowing secrets remained hidden, ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano White Pulegoso Bubbles Gold Leaf Italian Art Glass Duck Sculpture
By Gabbiani, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass duck sculpture.
Gold Leaf
Murano Italian Art Glass Parisian Woman Polka Dot Dress Accordion Player Figure
By Alfredo Barbini, Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous, and very unusual, vintage Murano hand blown orange polka dot, lavender purple, gold and silver flecks Italian art glass Parisian woman playing an accordion.
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Murano White Bubbles Pulegoso Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Pot Vase
By Ercole Barovier, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown controlled bubbles with gold flecks Italian art glass flower pot vase.
Gold Leaf
Glamorous Dorothy Thorpe 11 Piece Gold Fleck Martini Glasses - Desert Stemware
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unmarked In the style of the great Italian Venetian Murano masters like Barovier, Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbini to mention a few.
Glass
Glamorous Dorothy Thorpe 10 Piece set Gold Fleck Wine Glasses - Stemware Barware
By Dorothy Thorpe
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unsigned In the style of the great Italian Venetian Murano masters like Barovier, Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbini to mention a few.
Glass
Murano Glass Large Golden Apple Sculpture Paperweight, Glows in UV
By Salviati
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The sculpture is not signed and is missing its sticker, making it hard to positively attribute; very similar apple sculptures were created by Salviati, as well as by Alfredo Barbini ...
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Large Murano Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl in Amethyst and Gold Aventurine, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Dimensions: 16" W x 14 5/8" D x 12 3/4" H The free-form ruffled rim and twisted applied trail on the body suggest Murano sommerso or “organic form” work from the 1960s–1980s, often...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Art Glass Beige & Gold Flecks Catchall, Bowl Inspired by Alfredo Barbini
By Murano 5, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Miami, FL
Hand blown heart shaped beige & caramel colored Murano art glass ashtray, decorative catchall or bowl made in Italy and inspired by Alfredo Barbini. Beige filled glass decorated ...
Gold Leaf
Light Pink Murano Glass Ashtray by Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Stamford, CT
Large midcentury Murano glass ashtray by Barbini. Light pink with all-over bullicante (controlled bubbles) and gold flecks.
Blown Glass
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.
Every time you move into a house or an apartment — or endeavor to refresh the home you’ve lived in for years — life for that space begins anew. The right home accent, be it the simple placement of a decorative bowl on a shelf or a ceramic vase for fresh flowers, can transform an area from drab to spectacular. But with so many materials and items to choose from, it’s easy to get lost in the process. The key to styling with antique and vintage decorative objects is to work toward making a happy home that best reflects your personal style.
Ceramics are a versatile addition to any home. If you’ve amassed an assortment of functional pottery over the years, think of your mugs and salad bowls as decorative objects, ideal for displaying in a glass cabinet. Vintage ceramic serveware can pop along white open shelving in your dining area, while large stoneware pitchers paired with woven baskets or quilts in an open cupboard can introduce a rustic farmhouse-style element to your den.
Translucent decorative boxes or bowls made of an acrylic plastic called Lucite — a game changer in furniture that’s easy to clean and lasts long — are modern accents that are neutral enough to dress up a coffee table or desktop without cluttering it. If you’re showcasing pieces from the past, a vintage jewelry box for displaying your treasures can spark conversation: Where is the jewelry box from? Is there a story behind it?
Abstract sculptures or an antique vessel for your home library can draw attention to your book collection and add narrative charm to the most appropriate of corners. There’s more than one way to style your bookcases, and decorative objects add a provocative dynamic. “I love magnifying glasses,” says Alex Assouline, global vice president of luxury publisher Assouline, of adding one’s cherished objects to a home library. “They are both useful and decorative. Objects really elevate libraries and can also make them more personal.”
To help with personalizing your space and truly making it your own, find an extraordinary collection of decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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