Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Marble
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Plastic, Wood, Oak, Plywood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Oak, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Plastic, Wood, Oak, Plywood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Elm
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Birch
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Ash, Elm, Maple
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Aluminum, Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Lucite, Wood, Glass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Steel
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak, Pine
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Formica, Paint, Lacquer, Walnut, Wood
1960s American Campaign Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Midcentury Modern Chest of Drawers
Teak
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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.
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.
Finding the Right storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the antique and vintage case pieces and storage cabinets that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of storage case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard made of colored glass and metals, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.