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Giuseppe Pagano Armchairs Italian Rationalism
By Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
Located in bari, IT
Pair of early 1940s armchairs in pure Italian rationalism style Giuseppe Pagano. Giuseppe
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Giuseppe Pagano Armchairs Italian Rationalism
Giuseppe Pagano Armchairs Italian Rationalism
H 27.96 in W 24.02 in D 31.5 in
Set of two armchairs manufactured by Casa e Giardino designer Gio Ponti 1940 .
Located in bari, IT
Set of two armchairs manufactured by Casa e Giardino designer Gio Ponti 1940 . Gio Ponti designed
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Vintage 1940s Armchairs

Materials

Textile, Walnut

Marcel Gascoin, TC Office, France 1950
By Marcel Gascoin
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Rationalism and major player in French Reconstruction, Marcel Gascoin designs quality furniture with clean
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Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Marcel Gascoin, TC Office, France 1950
Marcel Gascoin, TC Office, France 1950
H 28.55 in W 35.44 in D 27.17 in
Pair Italian Mid-century Modern Rationalist Elm Wood Benches, Giuseppe Pagano
By Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
Located in New York, NY
significant in the emerging modern movement in Italy in 1930's. Rationalism was Italy's Midcentury Modernism
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Benches

Materials

Elm

Rare Gio Ponti Writing Desk in Walnut and Grissinato Mahogany
By Gio Ponti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
designs between the two World Wars. During the early years, Ponti's style positioned between rationalism
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Glass, Mahogany, Walnut

BBPR, rare set of 3 Italian Mid-century Modern Wooden and Velour Chairs, 1948
By Studio BBPR
Located in Milan, IT
shaping the architectural landscape of Italy and beyond. They embraced the principles of rationalism and
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Late 1940s Italian Coffee Table, Attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich
By Guglielmo Ulrich
Located in London, GB
Rationalism and Novocento styles in Italy to unleash imaginative and contemporary approaches to design which
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Glass

Ignazio Gardella Rationalist table lamp n painted metal and chrome, Italy, 1940s
By Ignazio Gardella
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
rigor of this style, all the ideals of Rationalism that defined the trends in industrial design in the
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Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Charlotte Perriand - 522 Tokyo Lounge Chair - Circa 2011 - Cassina 1st edition
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Hasselt, VLI
testament to exceptional design. Originally conceptualized in 1940, this piece was commercialized in 2011
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Bamboo

Pietro Lingeri Desk in Briar Root Veneer
By Pietro Lingeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
-1968) was an Italian architect and one of the protagonists of Italian rationalism. In this function he
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Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pietro Lingeri Desk in Briar Root Veneer
Pietro Lingeri Desk in Briar Root Veneer
H 31.3 in W 65.56 in D 26.58 in
Pietro Lingeri Pair of High Back Lounge Chairs in Velvet Upholstery
By Pietro Lingeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
-1968) was an Italian architect and one of the protagonists of Italian rationalism. In this function he
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Beech

Oscar Niemeyer Exceptional Sofa in Rosewood and Leather, Hotel SESC, Brazil 1990
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in New York, NY
Comércio, a social services organization established in the 1940’s by Carioca trade groups, for which
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1990s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

20th Century Eero Saarinen Knoll Table mod Tulip in Calacatta Marble, 70s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Turin, Turin
Yale in 1934. He met Charles Eames, with whom he collaborated and won the 1st prize in 1940 for
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

A Pair of Haagse School Art Deco Lounge Chairs, The Netherlands 1930s
Located in Utrecht, NL
between 1925 and 1940 and brought uniformity to the cityscape. In furniture design, the style is
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Vintage 1930s Dutch Art Deco Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Ernesto La Padula Pair of Italian Art Deco Side Chairs, Italy, circa 1930
By Ernesto Lapadula
Located in New York, NY
for Rational Architecture) from which Italian Rationalism began. His studio in Piazza del Popolo in
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise Longue designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1940. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Bamboo

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Limited Edition Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Dormeuse by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
kind of poetic tension between Rationalism and Nature that set her designs apart. Her 1940 Tokyo chaise
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Bamboo

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Franco Albini PL19 or Tre Pezzi Armchair in Red Fabric by Poggi 1970s
By Poggi, Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
rationalism and the rapprochement with the group of editors of “Casabella”. The new phase that that meeting
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Mid-Century Modern Nuage Shelving Unit by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise Longue designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1940. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Bamboo

Franco Albini PL19 or Tre Pezzi Armchair in White Wool by Poggi Pavia, 1950s
By Poggi, Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
rationalism and the rapprochement with the group of editors of “Casabella”. The new phase that that meeting
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Monumental Chandelier in Alabaster and silver plated bronze, Arts and Crafts
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
rationalism of the early twentieth century. Proposed group of artisans in guilds and workshops, following the
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Antique 1880s English Arts and Crafts Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Alabaster, Silver Plate, Bronze

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Franco Albini TL30 Round Table in Metal and Wood for Poggi Pavia 1950s Italy
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
rationalism and the rapprochement with the group of editors of “Casabella”. The new phase that that meeting
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Metal

Municipalidad Loberia from Salamone
By Esteban Pastorino Diaz
Located in Dallas, TX
work, developed between 1936 and 1940, in approximately twenty-five towns and cities of the province
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Green, Yellow Aluminium
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise Longue designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1940. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011. Manufactured
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues

Materials

Bamboo

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Franco Albini LB7 Bookcase in Teak Wood by Poggi Pavia 1950s Italy
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
meeting with Edoardo Persico that marked a clear turning point towards rationalism and the rapprochement
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Metal

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular shelves in Kyoto
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminum by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit from 1940. Drawing on her experience of seeing cloud-like wall-hung modular
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Aluminum

Franco Albini Rosewood Mid-Century Modern “LB7” Modular Bookcase for Poggi, 1957
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Vicenza, IT
rationalism and writers for “Casabella” magazine. Persico’s thoughtful and ironical comments on some of
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Brass, Iron

Matadero Salliquelo from Salamone
By Esteban Pastorino Diaz
Located in Dallas, TX
1936 and 1940, in approximately twenty-five towns and cities of the province, was compliant with the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cementerio de Saladungaray from Salamone
By Esteban Pastorino Diaz
Located in Dallas, TX
between 1936 and 1940, in approximately twenty-five towns and cities of the province, was compliant with
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Italian Design Coat Hanger Studio BBPR for Kartell
By Kartell, Studio BBPR
Located in bari, IT
four designers in their early work followed the themes of Italian Rationalism of the 1930s, although
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Iron

Planter in Cooper and Wood, England, Style Arts and Crafts, 1880, England
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
. One idea would be collected by the rationalism of the early twentieth century. Proposed group of
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Antique 1880s English Arts and Crafts Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Copper

Cementerio Balcarce, from Salamone
By Esteban Pastorino Diaz
Located in Dallas, TX
on Architect Francisco Salomone's buildings. His work, developed between 1936 and 1940, in
Category

1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Franco Albini Mahogany mid-centry Italian Table Model TL-22 produced by Poggi
By Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, ES
the meeting with Edoardo Persico that marked a clear turning point towards rationalism and the
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Armchairs by Renzo Zavanella
By Renzo Zavanella
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
rationalism, in collaboration with Lucio Fontana)’. Little of his architecture survives today though his Villa
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Vintage 1940s Italian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Pair of Armchairs by Renzo Zavanella
Pair of Armchairs by Renzo Zavanella
H 47.25 in W 32 in D 30 in
Un homme qui tombe - Gouache/Paper, Black, White, Modern, Social Criticism, 1964
By Frans Masereel
Located in Wien, AT
13, 1940 Masereel, his wife, the wife of Jean Richard Bloch, their daughter, and the daughter of Thea
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Un Crime Passionell - Gouache, Ink, Cool Tones, Dynamic, Social Criticism
By Frans Masereel
Located in Wien, AT
13, 1940 Masereel, his wife, the wife of Jean Richard Bloch, their daughter, and the daughter of Thea
Category

1960s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Gouache, Board

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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the 1940 rationalism you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and aluminum, every 1940 rationalism was constructed with great care. There are 29 variations of the antique or vintage 1940 rationalism you’re looking for, while we also have 19 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 1940 rationalism — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A 1940 rationalism is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern, modern and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. A well-made 1940 rationalism has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Cassina, Charlotte Perriand and Franco Albini are consistently popular.

How Much is a 1940 Rationalism?

The average selling price for a 1940 rationalism at 1stDibs is $12,043, while they’re typically $364 on the low end and $73,000 for the highest priced.

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