1970s Midcentury Modern
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Steel, Chrome
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Iron
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Cane, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric, Upholstery, Teak
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Stools
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Carrara Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Chrome
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood, Laminate
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Lacquer, Leather
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plaster
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Aluminum
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Walnut, Cork
Vintage 1970s American Armchairs
Fabric
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail T...
Oak
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Silk, Murano Glass
Vintage 1970s North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Stoneware
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Smoked Glass, Oak
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Opaline Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Murano Glass
20th Century American Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Rosewood
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Copper
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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 mid-century modern American 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.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century 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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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