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MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

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 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.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Asian Modernist Flip-Top Dry Bar / Server, by George Zee & Co, After James Mont
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Asian Modernist flip top dry bar / server, by Zee & Co...after James Mont. Superior quality and construction, Beautiful decorative brass hard...
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1940s Hong Kong Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Vintage Paolo Buffa Design Bar Cabinet, 1940s
Located in Biella, IT
Paolo Buffa cabinet bar years ’40 the cabinet bar is in vintage good condition; exterior frontal part, superior and each side part only the exterior two legs have the little defect, you see in photo’s particular. Internal part are complete and have all the little mirror...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Pedestal Table/ Bar with Key
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Custom Dunbar table designed by Edward Wormley. Featuring a faceted front with locking door. Inside reveals an adjustable height shelf, and the door has a storage cubby, ideal for a ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Burl

Italian Dray Bar - Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian dry bar - vitrine base is wood and the side is inline fruit wood. The bar interior is surrounded by mosaic glass.  
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Art Glass, Wood

Brazilian Modern Bar in Rosewood and White Finish, by Forma, 1960s, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Mid-Century Modern Bar in Rosewood, Brass Keys and White finish made in Brazil during the sixties is absolutely magnificent! This gorgeous bar is made in nav...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Iron

Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dry Bar
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern walnut dry bar manufactured and designed in the United States, circa 1960s. This bar has a conservative design that ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Borraz Dry Bar in Solid Oak and Oak Veneer - France
By Borraz
Located in Girona, ES
Borraz dry bar on wheels, solid oak and oak veneer, open pore finish. Pivoting door with an ivory stained space with glass and mirror shelves. Removable tray on top, two small ashtra...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Oak

Clean Lined Italian Bar Cart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean lined Italian bar cart, Italy, circa 1950s. Retain original removable serving tray.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Metal, Brass

Heywood Wakefield Wheat Finish Bookcase Media Cabinet Dry Bar on Hairpin Legs
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Our shop elevated (literally) this Incredibly versatile Heywood Wakefield display hutch bar with a sleek set of 12" metal hairpin legs. Instead of using only screws, we opted to inst...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Stainless Steel

Arthur Umanoff Midcentury Walnut Bar Cart
Located in Countryside, IL
Arthur Umanoff midcentury Walnut Bar Cart This bar cart measures: 20.75 wide x 30 deep x 28.75 inches high Extended the depth measures 38.75 inche...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Walnut

Space Age Dry Bar Cart Stainless Steel and Glass, Italy, 1970s
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Dry bar cart cabinet in stainless steel, metal chrome, smoke glass. interior black lacquered, the bar is mounted on wheels. Famous design like Mario Sabo...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Stainless Steel, Metal, Chrome

Original Vintage Aldo Tura Goatskin Book Shaped Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in East Hampton, NY
A glamorous 1950s Italian goatskin book shaped dry bar cabinet designed by Aldo Tura. The bar is constructed of wood covered with lacquered goatskin with a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Bar Cabinet with Footrest by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, c. 1955, Forma S.A
Located in New York, NY
This Bar cart is a rare and elegant piece designed by Martin Eisler (1913-1977) in the 1950s and produced by Forma S.A. Móveis e Objetos de Arte. It presents a chrome structure an...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Modern Bar or Vitrine with 2 Sliding Doors
Located in Weiningen, CH
Mid-Century Modern bar or vitrine with 2 sliding doors.
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Birch, Art Glass

Italian Mid Century Modern Brass and Glass Tray Bart Cart Table by MB, 1970s
Located in Meda, MB
This unique tray table was produced in Italy in the 1970s. It is composed by a gilt brass structure and a gilt brass bottle holder, with two glass shelv...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Italian Art Deco Style Credenza
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a graceful Italian rosewood credenza with a thick glass super structure above a rosewood top over a long cabinet with two central doors opening to reveal two banks of shelvin...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Wood

Midcentury Dry Bar/ Cabinet, Poland, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dry bar, Bytom furniture factory, Poland, 1960s Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: walnut Dimensions: Height 79 cm width 80 cm depth 42 cm.
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1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Walnut

Cesare Lacca Italian Midcentury Bar Display Cabinet
Located in bari, IT
Bar display cabinet made in Italy from the 1950s, designer Cesare Lacca.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Vintage Teak Home Bar and Stools by Sika Møbler, Denmark, 1960s
Located in London, GB
A rare and stylish 1960s home bar by Sika Møbler made in Denmark. With a solid teak slatted bar, and matching stools in a sunburst pattern, this set is a ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Steel

1950s Midcentury Regency Italian Wood, Brass and Mirror Dry Bar Cabinet Cart
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern dry bar cabinet cart characterized by its original Asian themed painted front wood pull-out tilt door with interior part in mirror glass, standing on its antique brass wheels...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

MidCentury Cream Color Glass and Brass DryBar, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
A unique sideboard of its kind for originality and for the choice of materials. Simple but refined design, the inside is completely covered with small mirrors, a real miniature mosaic. Note the rich design of the doors, with smooth colored glass surrounded by a black lacquered frame. The sideboard has a wooden structure, which has been covered with cream colored glass. Frontally, the sideboard has a black frame that has been placed all around the two doors; these can be opened using two special brass pendant handles. The body of the sideboard rests on four legs in black lacquered wood. The design of the legs is very elongated and narrow in the final part that touches the ground. Internally the sideboard is covered with a micro mosaic mirror...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Danish Viking Bar Cabinet
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A very unusual, hand painted bar cabinet, as a Danish Viking, made in Italy. Striking naive/modern style, humorous and direct. The back is finished and ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Wood

Brown Saltman American Mid-Century Walnut Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century walnut dry bar cabinet with a rectangular profile and two doors and a top that all slide outward to reveal an interior comp...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Guido Faleschini for Mariani Leather and Suede Wrapped Marble Topped Cabinets
Located in Culver City, CA
This pair of cabinet / drybar pair are absolutely stunning! Designed by Guido Faleschini for Mariani in the late 60's, the front of these cabinets is wrapped in a chocolate leather, with chrome drawer and door pulls, with shiny chrome accents; while the sides and the finished backs of the cabinets are wrapped in a slightly lighter chocolate suede (actual leather and suede). The icing on the cake are the marble tops, almost onyx looking, a cream and yellow, heavily veined marble with bullnose finish. These cabinets absolutely ooze Italian mid century modern luxury down to every detail. These cabinets can be placed together to create a wonderful dry bar area that feature an abundance of storage for your every need. These cabinets can be seen in our Fall Palm Springs Modernism booth alongside a Vladimir Kagan cloud sofa, a pair of Pierre Paulin Groovy chairs...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Marble, Chrome

Elegant Italian Midcentury Bar Cabinet Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian sideboard bar cabinet with six drawers and brass handles and sabots, centered by a bar cabinet with two doors. Very good vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Wood

Milo Baughman Style Burl Cabinet or Dry Bar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Milo Baughman style two door cabinet or dry bar featuring burl olive wood doors supported by a cast aluminum floating base and a stained walnut case. Fitted interior consists of a si...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Aluminum

Mid-Century Modern Erik Buch Danish Rosewood Dry Bar
Located in Monrovia, CA
Mid Century Danish Modern Original Dry bar by Erik Buch 1965. Excellent Mid-Century Modern Original Danish Rosewood Dry Bar Designed by Erik Buch. This Danish Modern Dry Bar Is O...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Leather, Glass, Wood

Norel Olson for Kopenhavn Mid Century Bar Desk Cabinet
Located in Countryside, IL
Norel Olson for Kopenhavn mid century bar desk cabinet The cabinet measures: 32 wide x 16 deep x 17 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Tulipwood

Motley Handcrafted Bar Cabinet Made with Reclaimed Wood
Located in London, GB
Ariane Thakore Ginwala's Motley bar cabinet is an exclusive piece with intricate woodwork and design detailing. A mid-century modern work of art, this cabinet features a hand-inlaid ...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Reclaimed Wood

Edward Wormley Party Server for Dunbar
Located in Chicago, IL
The Edward Wormley bar cart is a timeless piece of furniture that embodies both style and function. It is a versatile piece that is perfect for entertaining guests or simply enjoying...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Walnut, Pine

Italian Bar in Birch Burl, circa 1970
Located in Brussels , BE
Italian bar in birch burl circa 1970.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Burl

Wicker & Chrome Bar, 1970s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
- Measures : 60"w, 23"d, 43"h - Wicker bar with three tiers and chrome detailing circa 1970s - Condition: Excellent.
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1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Chrome

Rolling Bar / Server Cabinet in the Style of Dunbar, Sprunger
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very versatile dark mahogany rolling bar serving cabinet with laminate top having three functions. The first and second are flip up lids that reveal serving wear storage the second has a storage compartment, the third has a pull out mixing platform. Below flip up chrome handles to the doors open and a wine rack, bottle and glass storage with locking...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Mahogany

Laquered Dry Bar Cabinet Attributed to Saporiti
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant lacquered wood dry bar attributed to Saporiti. Two doors that make a nice bar with iron swivel tray, Bottles and glasses holder inside the doors. Excellent condition.
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Fold-Out Bar Cabinet
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Mid-Century fold out bar cabinet that opens with two doors in the front and two-fold out pieces on the top. Made in walnut with an off-white formica.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Walnut

Boho Chic 2 Tier Bent Bamboo & Cane handwoven Top Kitchen Dry Bar Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Bohemian Chic two Tier rectangular bamboo Console with a handwoven Cane Top and bend Bamboo corners. Useful as Dry or Kitchen Bar, Serving Table or Storage Shelf....
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Bamboo, Cane, Wood

1950's Drinks Cabinet
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
A 1950's drinks cabinet with original internal glass, stands, mirror and drawers. Renovated to the highest standard with a new exterior finish. Width: 83cm / 32.6" Depth: 35cm 13...
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Marble

Italian Bar by Cantú Italy
Located in New York, NY
Rare high-style Italian drybar cabinet made by La Permanente Mobili Cantu in the 1950s. The drybar is made of Macassar wood veneer and features a modern...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Italian Bar or Cart in Walnut, Venice Print and Light, Italy, 1950s Signed Sarti
Located in Roma, IT
Italian bar trolley or 1950s dry bar in lacquered walnut, bright white inside. Attributable to Cesare Lacca Outside there is a Venice press. The bar automatically switches on when...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Campaign Style Mahogany Flip Top Dry Bar Cabinet Server or Chest
Located in Plainview, NY
A stylish mid-century campaign style rolling dry bar cabinet server or chest. The functional and mobile dry bar or cabinet server has two unfolding extensions, converting to a serving bar with a painted black top and standing on wheels so it can be easily moved in your space. Made of high quality Mahogany wood, the dry bar serving cabinet is solid and embellished with fine wood grain and burls as well as original brass shell hardware...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Mahogany

Midcentury Bamboo and Rattan Service Bar Table with Bottle Holder, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing service bar table with eight bottle holder in bamboo and rattan. Made in Italy in the 1960s. What a stylish way to serve up the drinks to your guests in 1960s French R...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan

Mirrored Bar Cabinet by Bar Tugas
Located in New York, NY
Mirrored Bar cabinet by Bar Tugas. Eglomise glass doors , central revolving bar shelving compartment is flanked by two side cabinets. Resting on an e...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Gorgeous Midcentury Cabinet with Exquisite Marquetry Attributed to Renzo Rutili
Located in Culver City, CA
This incredible midcentury Classic is a true work of art the marquetry is exquisite the Chinese inspired brass lock and details are gorgeous and every aspect of this piece of furnitu...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Paul McCobb Connoisseur Collection Mahogany Lift Top Bar Cabinet, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional Mid-Century Modern lift top bar cabinet By Paul McCobb for H. Sacks & Sons, "Connoisseur Collection" USA, 1950s Ma...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Aluminum

Midcentury Iron Wine Rack
Located in San Diego, CA
Great vintage midcentury wine rack that would work with any style of interior design, decor. Wine rack holds 39 bottles and is in excellent cond...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Metal

Jamaica Portable Bar Design Eugenio Gerli for Tecno 1965 Style Bar Cart
Located in taranto, IT
Wonderful and rare bar and card play openable cart , in all equal to the "jamaica" eugenio gerli one, perhaps more beautuful, if this is possible. Make in wood on wheels, it has bot...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Willy Rizzo Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. Willy Rizzo probably produced this incredible piece of barware in Italy during the 1970s. The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak. A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room. Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer. Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments. Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects. In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue. Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later. In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions. Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Steel, Metal, Chrome

Carved Pear Wood + Mirrored Glass Bar Cabinet by Osvaldo Borsani, Italy, 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 1930s Italian bar cabinet designed by Osvaldo Borsani. This piece was constructed from bleached pear wood and stands on four rectangular legs with intricate hand carved fish...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Luigi Bardini Mid Century Illuminating Lucite Bar and Barstools
Located in Countryside, IL
Luigi Bardini mid century illuminating Lucite bar and barstools Bar stools each measure: 17 wide x 19 deep x 40.5 high, with a seat height o...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Chrome

Midcentury Danish Rosewood Bar Cabinet by Niels Erik Glasdam Jensen
Located in Oakland, CA
Niels Erik Glasdam Jensen expanding midcentury rosewood bar cabinet with two sections that slide out to reveal a stylish interior with...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Rosewood

Unique J.C. Mahey Black Lacquered Brass Bar Cabinet Counter 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
A unique bar for a standout look. This rare piece was designed by Jean-Claude Mahey in the 1970s for Maison Romeo Paris, and displays all the trademark glam of the French seventies period. Brass and black lacquer are used in large, chunky blocks for a powerful impact, with nice curves on each side. From a distance, the piece seems to sparkle. There are 3 large storage spaces in the back, with enough room for a small fridge, ice machine...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

Portable Round POOL Bar in Solid Brass Midcentury Italian Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Portable round pool bar in solid brass midcentury Italian design.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Bamboo

Vintage Patchwork Fliptop Bar Cabinet by Paul Evans for Directional
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning vintage patchwork fliptop bar cabinet designed by iconic designer Paul Evans for Directional in the United States, circa 1970s. This elegant piece looks more like a graceful sculpture due to its Minimalist design and superior metal craftsmanship. The cabinet has been crafted by hand and features a rectangular structure inlaid with patinated bronze, copper, brass, and pewter pieces, which have been delicately placed and arranged in a mosaic-like style. On the front face, it has two thick doors...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Copper, Pewter

Handcrafted Zig-Zag Bar Cabinet made with Reclaimed Wood
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted with the utmost precision, the Zig-Zag bar cabinet is ideal for those looking for a space-saving sideboard that caters to those at-home get-togethers. Using a carefully i...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

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Reclaimed Wood

1950s Mid-Century Italian Mirrored Bar Cabinet Credenza with Asian Motif
Located in Detroit, MI
This truly exceptional vintage Mid-Century Modern Gio Ponti or Paolo Buffa style credenza or sideboard bar cabinet with mirrored wall panel was made in Italy circa 1950. This handcrafted cabinet is incredibly well-constructed and consists of a mahogany center cabinet supported above and below by 3/4” thick glass panel shelves and resting on heavy tubular steel legs, all attached to a monumental floor-to-ceiling mirrored...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Steel

Umberto Mascagni for Harrods London Midcentury Italian Bar Cabinet, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Rare and highly collectible bar credenza designed in Italy by Umberto Mascagni from Bologna. Early 1950s three doors cabinet created with reverse painted glass door fronts, two doors...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Aluminum

FS Flores Collection Midcentury Style Tropical Woven Reed Bar
Located in Palm Beach, FL
One of a kind midcentury inspired tropical bar handcrafted with a sturdy frame wrapped in reed with plenty of storage space, from the 2023 FS Flores Colle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Wicker, Reed

Willy Rizzo Dry Bar Set, Italy, 1970s
Located in Brussels, BE
Bar with two pouf by Willy Rizzo. It had been made during the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Chrome

Mid-century Modern dry bars for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern dry bars for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage dry bars created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern dry bars made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dry bars, popular names associated with this style include Arthur Umanoff, Aldo Tura, Vittorio Dassi, and Osvaldo Borsani. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for dry bars differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $360 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $4,481.

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