1950s Early American Furniture
Frank Mann Modernist Vase, Early American Studio Pottery 1950s-1960s
By Frank Mann
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
signed on the bottom by the artist in writing (MANN), suggesting that it's the earlier example of this
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Important Edward Wormley For Dunbar Drop-Leaf Desk in Tawi Walnut & Steel 1950s
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Before this desk was built in the early 1950s, top-class American furniture design was typically
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Brass, Steel
$20,000
H 29 in W 72 in D 30 in
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Vintage Navajo Rug, Crystal Trading Post, circa 1930s-1950s, Brown, Camel, Ivory
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage antique Navajo rug from the crystal trading post, crystal, New Mexico, circa 1930s-1950s
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
1950's Rare Early Architectural Pottery Cylinder Planter Orange & Bisque
By Architectural Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful matte orange glaze on this rare early production cylinder planter, circa 1950's with a
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Pottery
Large Scale Hand Crafted American Folk Art Cabin Cruiser Boat, Nautical, 1950's
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very cool wooden Cabin Cruiser folk art sculpture. Nautical. Handmade. Great size at 36 inches x 12 inches.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Softwood
H 12 in W 36 in D 12 in
Early Ceramic Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri, 1950s
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Early and special ceramic bell by Paolo Soleri. Many craftspeople helped with producing work at
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Scul...
Materials
Bronze
Early Ceramic Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri, 1950s
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Early and special ceramic bell by Paolo Soleri. Many craftspeople helped with producing work at
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Scul...
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early Eames DCM Dining Chairs by Herman Miller in Black, 1950s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Brescia, Brescia
comfort in a way that has defined modern furniture for decades.
One of the chairs features the original
Category
Vintage 1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plywood
H 29.53 in W 19.69 in D 21.66 in
Allen Ditson One-Off Walnut & Iron 'Heart' Table, 1950s
By Allen Ditson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
One off iron, steel and walnut dining table by Allen Ditson from 1957. This extraordinary example was acquired from the family that originally commissioned the work. The base is wove...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Iron
1950s William Fetner Early American Style Solid Pine Writing Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
A William Fetner Early American Style Solid Pine Writing Desk with one large drawer. Features 3
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Pine
Early Ceramic Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri, 1950s
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Early and special ceramic bell by Paolo Soleri. Many craftspeople helped with producing work at
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Scul...
Materials
Ceramic
Early Ceramic Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri, 1950s
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Early and special ceramic bell by Paolo Soleri. Many craftspeople helped with producing work at
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Scul...
Materials
Bronze
Early Ceramic Cosanti Bell by Paolo Soleri, 1950s
By Paolo Soleri
Located in San Diego, CA
Early and special ceramic bell by Paolo Soleri. Many craftspeople helped with producing work at
Category
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Scul...
Materials
Bronze
Glass Water Bottle Five Gallon Blue 1950s Demijohn Midcentury
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
1950s in Oklahoma. This piece would be great to add height to a coffee table, or credenza. Would also be
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Bottles
Materials
Glass, Paper
1950s Mid Century Modern Heywood Wakefield Highboy Dresser
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Hollywood, FL
Splendid Heywood Wakefield blonde birch wood five drawer tall dresser. Features Heywood Wakefield classic curved sculptured pulls with rare double pulls on each drawer. Rounded corne...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Wood
Harrison Begay (Haashké yah Níyá) “The Weavers”, Serigraph, Early 1950s
By Harrison Begay
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderfully evocative and well-executed early 1950s serigraph depicting Navajo weavers by
Category
Vintage 1950s American Navajo Native American Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
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"Jorge" Bar Cart Modernist Style in Color Painted Steel and wood natural
By Alessandra Delgado
Located in Alto da Lapa, SP
True to her enthusiasm for the Modernist Movement Alessandra Delgado was inspired by Jorge Zalszupin timeless architectonic view to create the bar cart "Jorge". Elegant and versatil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel
$1,885 / item
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 18.51 in
glazed ceramic "Vase à Oreille" Roger Capron Vallauris 1960.
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Glazed ceramic " vase à oreille".
Stylized polychrom figure of a bull on one side.
Perfect thick glaze
'"Oreille" or ear shaped vases are typical of Capron's creations and have bee...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber Two-Piece Sectional Sofa, Labeled
By Harvey Probber
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large Mid-Century Modern 1950s Harvey Probber two-piece sectional sofa with mahogany tapered legs. Sofa has original fabric, it needs to be reupholstered and foam replaced. There is ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
$7,500
H 28.5 in W 143 in D 87 in
Mid-Century French Ceramic Vase Robert Picault Vallauris
By Robert Picault
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century French Ceramic vase signed Robert Picault Vallauris.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Classic Midcentury Walnut and Chrome Florence Knoll Desk Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic midcentury walnut and chrome Florence Knoll desk features richly grained walnut top chromed steel frame, pencil drawer and file drawer. Retains early Knoll label.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Dunbar Sofa by Edward Wormley on Brass Legs
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Fully restored in beautiful fog grey mohair over polished brass legs. Sofa designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, circa 1950s.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Coffee Table "Soleil" by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1960s
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
" Soleil" Coffee table by Roger Capron (1922-2006)
Glazed ceramic top and black iron base.
Model created around 1965
France, Vallauris
Bibliography : Roger Capron Céramiste, P....
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
$18,684
H 15.36 in W 16.15 in D 47.64 in
Lightolier, Floor Lamp
By Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gerald Thurston floor lamp by Lightolier. Features a brass and walnut base and a perforated brass shade. Measures: 17" diameter x 64.5" height.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid century Roger Capron ceramic vide poche with pyjama decoration
By Roger Capron
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Fine teardrop shaped Roger Capron ceramic vide poche
with pyjama decoration.
Produced at his workshops in Vallauris in the 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
$603
H 1.58 in W 10.44 in D 2.96 in
Trumpet Torchiere, 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Solid brass up-light made in America, circa 1930s. Solid brass up-light made in USA. Art Deco era Trumpet Torchiere in the classic style. New wiring and New porcelain Mogul base for ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Thomas Moser floor lamp by Lightolier
By Gerald Thurston
Located in Highland, IN
This great floor lamp is architectural with a restrained playfulness, it employs innovative materials (perforated steel) and reflected light for a nice mix of direct and indirect ill...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Konekt A. Cepa Wall Mirror 40"D in Polished Bronze
By Konekt
Located in New York, NY
The sculptural A.Cepa Mirror in Polished Bronze is cast in bronze at a fine art foundry in Pennsylvania, and skillfully polished by hand. Undulating and irregular in form, the A. Cep...
Category
2010s American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Menorah Jewish Judaica Candelabra
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
A seven-branch menorah Brutalist style menorah made of brass.
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Candelabras
Materials
Brass
Ward Bennett Style Chrome and Leather X-Base Stool
By Ward Bennett
Located in Highland, IN
This delightful stool in the manner of Ward Bennett has a strong, simple X-form base in chrome-plated tubular steel and is topped with a seat cushion of black patent faux-snakeskin l...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Architectural Walnut and Black Laminate Console by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in North Miami, FL
Architectural table No. 5403 in walnut with black laminate top and shelves designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut, Laminate
Ceramic Vase by Roger Capron, France, 1960s
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic vase by Roger Capron, France, 1960s.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024To identify early American furniture, you can evaluate your piece on your own or seek the opinion of a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. Although many pieces from the Colonial era are unmarked, double-checking your furniture for signatures, stamps and labels is still a good first step. Using trusted online resources, you can research any markings to determine if the maker was active in America during the 16th and early 17th centuries. When identifying unmarked furniture, it's generally necessary to consider the style and details of the piece. Due to its handcrafted origins, early American furniture tends to have visible tool marks and irregularities in its carvings. Early American furnishings tended to be simple in style but often had one or two refined details, such as cabriole legs. Looking at images of authentic early American furniture can be helpful when making an identification. On 1stDibs, find a collection of 18th-century American furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024The early American furniture style is often called the Colonial style. During the 17th century, American craftsmen drew inspiration from medieval and Renaissance furniture. By the 18th century, the William and Mary style that had emerged in England began to heavily influence the American Colonial style. Characteristics of Colonial-style furniture include turned legs, ornamental carvings and richly finished cherry, walnut and mahogany wood. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Colonial-style furniture.