Sergio Rodrigues, Queen Bed, Rosewood & Cane, Brazil, 1950s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Sergio Rodrigues Queen Bed Rosewood & Cane Brazil, 1950s Offered by RAFA gallery
Cane, Rosewood
Rosewood Bedside Tables with Brass Tips, 1950s, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Pair of rosewood bedside tables, 1950s. Featuring pyramidal spiked legs with elegant brass tips. The sides are shaped and domed and extend to accommodate the body and top. The front ...
Metal
Rosewood Sideboard with Floating Bedside Tables, 1950s, Set of 2
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Enhance your space with the timeless allure of our Danish Rosewood Floating Shelf, a genuine piece of mid-century craftsmanship from the 1960s. Immerse yourself in the sleek minimali...
Rosewood
Rosewood Sideboard with Floating Bedside Tables, 1950s, Set of 2
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Enhance your space with the timeless allure of our Danish Rosewood Floating Shelf, a genuine piece of mid-century craftsmanship from the 1960s. Immerse yourself in the sleek minimali...
Rosewood
Rosewood Sideboard with Floating Bedside Tables, 1950s, Set of 2
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Enhance your space with the timeless allure of our Danish Rosewood Floating Shelf, a genuine piece of mid-century craftsmanship from the 1960s. Immerse yourself in the sleek minimali...
Rosewood
Set of Three Mirrors, Italy, circa 1950s
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of three mirrors made in rosewood and leather strap. Italy 1950´s.
Rosewood, Leather
Vittorio Dassi Set of 8 Midcentury Italian Side Chairs, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in bari, IT
Design by Vittorio Dassi (Milan, 1893-1973), circa 1950s. A matched set of 8 midcentury side chairs in lacquered rosewood, having shaped and open back rails over padded leatherette s...
Faux Leather, Rosewood
Paolo Buffa, Walnut Mid-Century Daybed, Italy 1940s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Paolo Buffa (1903-1970) Rare and very elegant wooden daybed Varnished walnut and fabric Model created circa 1940 H 58 × L 205 × W 95 cm Paolo Buffa was an Italian furniture des...
Velvet, Walnut
$2,699Sale Price|30% Off
H 37.01 in W 67.72 in D 78.75 in
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Italian Bed Frame Made by Eugenio Gerli for Tecno
By Eugenio Gerli
Located in Sofia, BG
Italian wooden hand carved bed frame with metal frame made in 1967 by Eugenio Gerli for Tecno. Very good authentic condition with no restorations made.
Wood
$4,950
H 40.5 in W 118.125 in D 95 in
Mid-Century Rosewood Bed Frame by Arne Hovmand-Olsen, Denmark, 1960s
By Arne Hovmand-Olsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by Arne Hovmand-Olsen in Denmark during the 1960s, this double platform bed is constructed with rosewood veneer throughout. The integrated headboard wall unit incorporates a...
Faux Leather, Rosewood, Plywood
$40,000
H 35 in W 134 in D 83 in
Carlo Hauner for Forma, Brazilian Rosewood Queen Bed with Integrated Nightstand
By Carlo Hauner
Located in New York, NY
Designed in the 1950s by Carlo Hauner for Forma, this exceptional Brazilian rosewood bed formed part of an ambitious and highly cohesive bedroom suite — a rare example of fully integ...
Hardwood, Cane
$3,098
H 34.26 in W 77.56 in D 86.23 in
Mid-Century Modern Bed in Wood and Leather, Vintage Italian Design
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Bed, Wood and Leather, Italy
Leather, Wood
$8,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.83 in W 55.52 in D 74.81 in
Rosewood Bed by Celina Decorações, 1960s, Double Size, Mid-Century Brazilian
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
In the 1960s in Brazil, furniture with modern design gained more space within the intimate areas of homes, especially bedrooms. The architecture and decoration magazines started to s...
Rosewood
$5,394
H 21.66 in W 89.38 in D 34.26 in
French Mid-Century Daybed with Integrated Shelf, Solid Oak, 1950s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
French Mid-Century Daybed with Integrated Shelf, Solid Oak, 1950s. Constructed from solid oak, this daybed pairs a low rectangular frame with an integrated cantilevered shelf at one...
Fabric, Oak
Rare Poul M. Volther Single Bed in Teak and Cane 1950s
By Poul Volther
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Poul M. Volther, single bed, teak, cane, Denmark, 1950s This rare bed design is a creation of Danish designer Poul M. Volther, conceived in the 1950s. The bed strikes a balance betw...
Cane, Teak
1960s Danish Teak Bed by Sigfred Omann for Ølholm Møbelfabrik
By Olholm Mobelfabrik, Sigfred Omann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Danish teak bed designed by Sigfred Omann for Ølholm Møbelfabrik, Denmark, 1960s. The frame pairs a simple curved headboard with a sculptural sleigh-like footboard; each ...
Fabric, Seagrass, Teak
$22,400
H 30.91 in W 54.34 in D 76.78 in
Midcentury Rosewood Bed by Unknown Designer, 1960s, Midcentury Brazilian
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
In the 1960s in Brazil, furniture with modern design gained more space within the intimate areas of homes, especially bedrooms. The architecture and decoration magazines started to s...
Rosewood, Cane
Danish Design Rosewood Bed, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Bed crafted from rosewood and made in the 1960s. The bed is an example of Danish furniture design from the period. — Period: 1960s — Material: Rosewood — Type: Bed — Design: Danish ...
Rosewood
Edward Wormley Free-Standing Queen Size Bed with Drawers
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, queen size bed with drawers, oak, leather, brass, United States, 1960s Rare queen-size bed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar designed in the 1960s. This except...
Brass
$14,300
H 9.45 in W 36.23 in D 79.53 in
Midcentury Brazilian Rosewood Luxor Daybed by Sergio Rodrigues, 1962
By Sergio Rodrigues, OCA Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Sergio Rodrigues (1927-2014) in 1962, Daybed Luxor was formerly part of Hotel Luxor's bedroom in São Paulo, which had its interior design signed by the designer. The furn...
Rosewood
Mid Century Brazilian Rosewood Luxor bed by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Sergio Rodrigues (1927-2014) in 1962, Luxor Bed was formerly part of Hotel Luxor's bedroom in São Paulo, which had its interior design signed by the designer. Sophisticat...
Rosewood
$8,033
H 39.77 in W 70.08 in D 80.32 in
Italian mid-century modern wood double bed by Franco Albini for Poggi, 1960s
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern wooden double bed by Franco Albini for Poggi, 1960s Double bed with a wooden structure. The headboard has a rounded profile, while the footboard is rectang...
Wood
Rosewood Midcentury Bed by Poggi, circa 1960
Located in London, GB
The bed is in fabulous condition having been faithfully restored. The original springs to this bed are available and in excellent condition. It is mattress ready!
Wood
Walnut Minimalist Handmade Platform Queen Bed Frame, Judd Style
By George Nakashima, Donald Judd, Figure Ground
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An ode to our friend Donald Judd, the bedframe design employs the tatami style of Japanese Rooms and the Hygge of Danish comfort. The reveal is celebrated in its shadow. Rest happens...
Plywood
$4,400Sale Price|50% Off
H 34 in W 207 in D 68 in
Hans Weiss King Bed Headboard with Nightstands, Walnut & Brass, 1960
By Hans Weiss
Located in Hanover, MA
BG SUMMER SALE Custom L shaped headboard cabinet wall with floating nightstands and bookshelves designed by Hans Weiss in 1960 for the master bedroom of an Upper West Side apartment...
Brass
$2,350
H 36 in W 81.5 in D 2 in
Mid-Century Modern Edward Wormley for Dunbar King Size Headboard in Cane
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A lovely modern design king size headboard by Edward Miller for Dunbar. It features a solid dark brown stained mahogany frame with beautiful caning. All original and in great shape.
Cane, Mahogany
$3,990 / item
H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in
Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...
Fabric, Beech, Velvet
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 33 in W 59 in D 75 in
Mid century Danish Modern Full teak Platform bed headboad with storage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning Mid century Danish Modern Teak Platform Full Size Bed. Beautiful Platform bed that sits on a platform base with footboard. It has (2) top teak sliding doors in the headboard...
Birch, Teak
$4,000
H 16 in W 81 in D 74 in
Vintage Minimalist Dutch old growth pine King floating bed Frame Rustic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Minimalist Dutch pine Custom Made European grand king bed bed Frame or Daybed by Ate Van Apeldoorn. Very cubic and brutalist with dovetail joinery. Bed sitting on two bases w...
Pine
Early Pierre Chapo 'Godot' Queen Bed in Solid Elm
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pierre Chapo, 'Godot' queen bed or daybed, elm, France, design ca. 1960, made 1970s This ‘Godot’ bed is one of the early editions designed by Pierre Chapo, known for his hallmark us...
Elm
Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Morna” Bed for Molteni, Italy, 1971
By Molteni & C, Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Morna” Bed for Molteni, wood and cognac leather, Italy, 1972 The “Morna” bed epitomizes the harmonious fusion of modernist rigor and artisanal warmth. Const...
Leather, Wood
$11,017Sale Price|26% Off
H 23.23 in W 126.78 in D 89.38 in
Afra & Tobia Scarpa cognac leather bed model Morna for Molteni Italy
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in IT
Afra & Tobia Scarpa - bed frame in cognac-colored leather - composed of headboard with integrated bedside tables and mattress base. Model "Morna" Molteni Italy 1972 Restored - wood ...
Leather
Floating Platform Bed in Walnut by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
The Floating Platform Bed is a mid-century masterpiece. When Mel designed the platform bed, he focused on the Japanese term Shibui, he understood it to mean magnificent simplicity, e...
Walnut
Cini Boeri for Arflex 'Tuttoletto' Queen Bed in Oak
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Arflex, 'Tuttoletto' queen bed, oak veneer, Italy, 1978 Exceptional piece of furniture designed by Cini Boeri for Arflex in 1978. This monumental bedroom unit present...
Oak
Bertu Bed Frame, Ithaca Rustic Platform Bed, White Oak
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
This Ithaca Platform Bed in Rustic White Oak is made in the heart of Ohio with locally sourced wood. Each is hand-made from solid rustic white oak (or the wood of your choice) and fi...
Oak
$42,000
H 10.83 in W 55.52 in D 74.81 in
Midcentury Brazilian Rosewood Bed by Geraldo de Barros, 1950s, Queen Size
By Geraldo de Barros
Located in New York, NY
This rosewood bed was designed by Geraldo de Barros in the 1950s and produced by Unilabor. The feet are made of iron with brass details on the tips. The system used was part of the i...
Iron, Brass
Godot bed by Pierre Chapo
By Pierre Chapo
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Lit double dit Godot ou L01
Elm
$58,200
H 82.68 in W 79.93 in D 16.93 in
Bookcase 'Adolpho' by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA, Brazil, 1960s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cabinet designed by Sergio Rodrigues and crafted by OCA in Brazil during the 1960s. This timeless piece embodies the essence of mid-century modern design with its rich jacaranda wood...
Leather, Wood
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
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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 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.
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