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Bitossi Fritte Bowl, Italy 1960's
Bitossi Fritte Bowl, Italy 1960's

Bitossi Fritte Bowl, Italy 1960's

By Bitossi

Located in New York, NY

Exceptionally large and thick-walled Bitossi “fritte” bowl, the bottom filled with gem-like fused glass.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Glass

Bitossi “Fritte” Ceramic Box, Italy 1960's
Bitossi “Fritte” Ceramic Box, Italy 1960's

Bitossi “Fritte” Ceramic Box, Italy 1960's

By Bitossi

Located in New York, NY

Rare Bitossi box with a Mondrian pattern made of fused colored glass.

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

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Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fritte Chamotte Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fritte Chamotte Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s

Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fritte Chamotte Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy, 1960s

By Bitossi, Aldo Londi

Located in Valencia, VC

Rare Mid-Century Modern table lamp from the Fritte series by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, produced in Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy, during the 1960s.

Category

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1950's Aldo Londi Bitossi - Italy for Raymor Tall Blue Fritte Fused Glass Vase
1950's Aldo Londi Bitossi - Italy for Raymor Tall Blue Fritte Fused Glass Vase

1950's Aldo Londi Bitossi - Italy for Raymor Tall Blue Fritte Fused Glass Vase

By Raymor, Aldo Londi, Bitossi

Located in St. Louis, MO

Impressive Aldo Londi (Italian, 1911-2003) Fritte Vase for Raymor, mid-20th century, Bitossi blue glazed textured ceramic body with fused glass center.

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TIC for Raymor Majolica Textured Fritte Glaze Bowl, Italy 1960s
TIC for Raymor Majolica Textured Fritte Glaze Bowl, Italy 1960s

TIC for Raymor Majolica Textured Fritte Glaze Bowl, Italy 1960s

By Bitossi, Raymor

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

Unusual majolica bowl or catchall features wavy, gently manipulated rim, juxtaposed with complex textured Fritte glaze on the bottom of the bowl. The contrast between glossy, organi...

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Fritte series lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1964 Limited series N.31/35

Fritte series lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, 1964 Limited series N.31/35

By Aldo Londi

Located in Arezzo, Italy

Fritte Ceramic lamp holder by Aldo Londi for Ceramiche Bitossi Montelupo, 1964 .

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Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery and Fused Glass Fritte Series Vase

Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery and Fused Glass Fritte Series Vase

By Aldo Londi, Bitossi

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Here's a very desirable and hard-to-find vase by Aldo Lodi for Bitossi. From the Fritte series, this example features a wonderful multi-colored mosaic fused glass pattern.

Category

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Gambone Style Ceramic Crackled Glass Fritte Turquoise, Green Brown Bowl Vintage

Gambone Style Ceramic Crackled Glass Fritte Turquoise, Green Brown Bowl Vintage

By Guido Gambone, Bitossi

Located in North Miami, FL

It is very much in the style of Guido Gambone meets Bitossi. The outside ceramic rim is the color of elephant brown with a dark green cast hue with a crackled ceramic glaze on the in...

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Materials

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Aldo Londi Bitossi-Style Green Fused Glass "Fritte" Ceramic and Wood Box
Aldo Londi Bitossi-Style Green Fused Glass "Fritte" Ceramic and Wood Box

Aldo Londi Bitossi-Style Green Fused Glass "Fritte" Ceramic and Wood Box

By Aldo Londi

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This is a very attractive wood box with a ceramic lid. We are unsure of the maker or designer, but from all its characteristics, we believe it to be of Italian origin and definitely ...

Category

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Large Bitossi Fritte Vase Italian Mod century modern ceramics Yellow Green
Large Bitossi Fritte Vase Italian Mod century modern ceramics Yellow Green

Large Bitossi Fritte Vase Italian Mod century modern ceramics Yellow Green

By Bitossi

Located in Virginia Beach, VA

A 1950s large Bitossi fritte vase. Melted green and fused glass sits crackeled inside a dimpled yellow glazed stone form.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

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Mid Century Modern Bitossi Fritte Fused Glass Mosaic Ceramic Vase Italy 1960s
Mid Century Modern Bitossi Fritte Fused Glass Mosaic Ceramic Vase Italy 1960s

Mid Century Modern Bitossi Fritte Fused Glass Mosaic Ceramic Vase Italy 1960s

By Bitossi, Aldo Londi

Located in Troy, MI

Rare Fritte rectangular vase by Aldo Londi for Bitossi circa 1960s Colorful modernist mosaic of fused glass inlaid into an aqua blue glazed ceramic slab formed vase Signed to under...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

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Italian Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fritte Ceramic Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern
Italian Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fritte Ceramic Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern

Italian Aldo Londi for Bitossi Fritte Ceramic Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern

By Bitossi, Aldo Londi

Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg

Italian rustic ceramic table lamp from the Fritte series designed by Aldo Londi for Bitossi from the mid-century period.

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Ceramic with Glass Mosaic 'Fritte' Vase for Bitossi, Italy 1960s
Ceramic with Glass Mosaic 'Fritte' Vase for Bitossi, Italy 1960s

Ceramic with Glass Mosaic 'Fritte' Vase for Bitossi, Italy 1960s

By Bitossi

Located in Steenwijk, NL

This beautiful and not often seen rectangle shaped 'Fritte' vase is a true eyecatcher with a front of blue ceramic with glass mosaic. Behind the mosaic there is a beautiful and surpr...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

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Bitossi Italy Raymor Ceramic Bowl Ashtray Fritte Fused Glass Mosaic MCM Colors
Bitossi Italy Raymor Ceramic Bowl Ashtray Fritte Fused Glass Mosaic MCM Colors

Bitossi Italy Raymor Ceramic Bowl Ashtray Fritte Fused Glass Mosaic MCM Colors

By Bitossi, Raymor, Aldo Londi

Located in Atlanta, GA

Lovely 1960s Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic bowl or ashtray. Imported and distributed in the United States by Raymor of New York.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

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Italian Fritte Tray or Vide Poche by Aldo Londi for Bitossi
Italian Fritte Tray or Vide Poche by Aldo Londi for Bitossi

Italian Fritte Tray or Vide Poche by Aldo Londi for Bitossi

By Aldo Londi

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This is a tray or vide poche by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. The ceramic tray has a fused glass glaze (a process called fritte) in a checkered pattern in shades of green and neutrals.

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Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery and Fused Glass Fritte Series Tray or Vide Poche
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery and Fused Glass Fritte Series Tray or Vide Poche

Aldo Londi for Bitossi Pottery and Fused Glass Fritte Series Tray or Vide Poche

By Aldo Londi

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Here's a very desirable and hard-to-find tray or vide poche by Aldo Lodi for Bitossi. From the Fritte series, this example features a wonderful multi-colored mosaic fused glass patte...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

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Unique and Rare to See Italian Fritte Cigar Tray by Bitossi
Unique and Rare to See Italian Fritte Cigar Tray by Bitossi

Unique and Rare to See Italian Fritte Cigar Tray by Bitossi

By Bitossi

Located in Marietta, GA

Unique and rare to see Italian Fritte cigar tray by Bitossi. Amazing example of Italian quality is shown in this cigar tray by Bitossi.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

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"Fritte Colorate" by Bitossi
"Fritte Colorate" by Bitossi

"Fritte Colorate" by Bitossi

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H 12 in Dm 4.5 in

"Fritte Colorate" by Bitossi

By Bitossi

Located in Princeton, NJ

Beautiful set of three coordinating pottery pieces with mosaic inlay. From the Fritte Colorate series manufactured under Aldo Londi at Bitossi circa 1957-1959.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pottery

Materials

Pottery

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Bitossi Fritte For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic bitossi fritte available at 1stDibs. Each bitossi fritte for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, glass and art glass. There are many kinds of the bitossi fritte you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A bitossi fritte, designed in the mid-century modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made bitossi fritte over the years, but those crafted by Bitossi, Aldo Londi and Raymor are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

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ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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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.