Jerome & Evelyn Ackerman Jenev Abstract Ceramic Bird California
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Stunning ceramic bird designed by Jerry Ackerman for Jenev Designs circa 1960's.
Clay
Evelyn Ackerman Modernist 'Flower' Wall Hanging 1960's
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries modernist 'Flower' wall hanging.
Wool, Wood
Sold|$3,500
"Antico" Door Pulls by Jerry Ackerman
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These gorgeous bronze door pulls were designed by ceramist Jerry Ackerman, and cast in Italy in 1967. Jerry and Evelyn Ackerman, about whom an excellent book has recently been publis...
Bronze
Evelyn Ackerman "Birds in the Sun" Mosaic 1958 California
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Super rare and absolutely beautiful mosaic designed by Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries, titled "Birds in the Sun". This piece is featured on the Ackerman website.
Sold|$2,800
Evelyn Ackerman ERA Mosaic Wall Hanging
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries mosaic wall hanging, circa 1950s. Signed.
Wood, Glass
Jerome & Evelyn Ackerman Ceramic Bowl California
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Beautiful and whimsical ceramic bowl with birds perched, designed by Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman. This piece has rarely been seen. Signed
Clay
Evelyn Ackerman Silk Wall Tapestry Ring Pull 1950's
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare, gold and blue silk tapestry depicting 5 female based scenes under the sun. Stunning detail. Original ring and tassel. Signed.
Silk, Cotton
Pair of Inlaid Brass "Horse" Door Pulls by Evelyn Ackerman
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Evelyn Ackerman and her husband Jerry were important exponents of the post-war Southern California design scene. Evelyn's work was largely figurative (though highly stylized), while ...
Agate, Brass
Sold|$1,395
Feather Tapestry by Evelyn Ackerman
By Era Industries, Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Original tapestry by Evelyn Ackerman. Handhooked wool, beautiful color and subject, this stunning piece has amazing color in the feathers and a great border on the bottom third of th...
Wool
Jerome & Evelyn Ackerman Stoneware Vase 1970's
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare stoneware vase designed by Jerome Ackerman. Amazing texture and glaze. Signed.
Clay
Evelyn Ackerman "The Wedding" Handhooked Tapestry
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Wedding" is an Evelyn Ackerman design from 1961. This tapestry has an original cloth backing and unusual plush trees crafted from intricate and tightly woven piles. The long and...
Wool, Wood
Evelyn Ackerman "Tree of Life" Redwood Wall Panel
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Beautiful "tree of life" wood carving designed by Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries.
Wood
Evelyn Ackerman Carved Wood Bas-Relief Panel, 1959
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in San Diego, CA
St. George and the Dragon carved wood bas-relief wall panel by Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman. Evelyn designed and Jerry produced the panels. This is from the first group of carved wood ...
Wood
Large 1960s California Modernist Mosaic in the Style of Evelyn Ackerman, ERA
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century wall mosaic is very much in the style of Evelyn Ackerman. Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman were Los Angeles based designers who created art for over 50 years. They were in...
Evelyn Ackerman Brass and Ceramic Door Hardware
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Designed by Evelyn Ackerman, these solid hand cast brass and enamel hardware pieces were made in Italy specifically for Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman's ERA Industries. 100% Handmade wit...
Brass
Evelyn Ackerman Brass and Enamel Door Hardware
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Designed by Evelyn Ackerman, these solid hand cast brass and enamel hardware pieces were made in Italy specifically for Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman's ERA Industries. 100% Handmade wi...
Brass, Enamel
Evelyn Ackerman ERA Industries Redwood Door, 1960s
By Era Industries, Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Amazing redwood door designed by Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries, circa 1960s, California. All original massive door with ERA bronze hardware. Door pull measures: 14.75" x 3" ...
Bronze
Evelyn Ackerman Hooked Wool Tapestry Titled 'Equestrian' circa 1959
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Evelyn Ackerman hooked wool tapestry titled 'Equestrian' circa 1959 depicts a Queen on a horse, this beautiful piece is in good vintage condition with original label on reverse. Only...
Wool
Evelyn Ackerman Wood Panelcarve Title 'Tree of Life', circa 1965
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Evelyn Ackerman wood panelcarve title 'Tree of Life', circa 1965 Original, excellent condition with makers mark on reverse. Measures: 36" H x 7" W x 1" D, with hardware for ha...
Bentwood
Danish Style Modernist Birds Tapestry
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Framingham, MA
Lovely hand-woven wool tapestry thought to be either Danish or Swedish based upon the estate it came from. Excellent colors and birds and flowers. 54" x 34" Shipping cost is for a ...
Wool
Orange, Brown, Black Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Brian Ackerman
Located in Pasadena, CA
This acrylic painting by Brian Ackerman beckons viewers into a kaleidoscopic realm where the elements of fire dance and weave in an abstract tapestry. Brian Ackerman signed in the ba...
Paint
Sold|$1,750
Sherrill Broudy for Panelcarve Wall Hangings
By Evelyn Ackerman, Sherrill Broudy
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Sherrill Broudy for Ackerman Panelcarve redwood panel wall hangings. Model 807, Broudy worked with Evelyn and Jerry Ackerman carving some of the most important pieces of the era. ...
Wood
Sherrill Broudy for Panelcarve Redwood Panel Wall Hanging
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman, Sherrill Broudy
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Sherrill Broudy for Ackerman Panelcarve redwood panel wall hanging. Model 807, Broudy worked with Evelyn and Jerry Ackerman carving some of the most important pieces of the era. ...
Bog Wood
Sold|$1,600 / set
Set of 12 Vintage Brass and Enamel Cabinet Hardware, circa 1965
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman, Pepe Mendoza
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Set of 12 vintage brass and enamel cabinet hardware, circa 1965. Beautiful brass with enameled interior. Measures: 4.25" L and mounting holes are 3.5" on center. Original screws ...
Brass
Evelyn Ackerman Mid-Century Modern Cityscape Tapestry
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in New York, NY
A highly collectible handmade wool cityscape tapestry by renowned designer, Evelyn Ackerman, known for her California Mid-Century Modern designs.
Wool
Sold|$3,000
Evelyn Ackerman Mid-Century Mosaic
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Evelyn Ackerman. Untitled portrait of a lion, circa 1955, glass mosaic. ERA Industries Label en verso, framed. Everything original, excellent condition. Evelyn Ackerman was ...
Sold|$2,300
"Angel in Flight" by Evelyn Ackerman
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Together they produced a wide variety of exquisitely designed and crafted objects which represent the best of modern California design. This hand-printed image of a flying angel w...
Paper
Sold|$1,250
Large Evelyn Ackerman Hanging Wall Sculpture
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a one of a kind signed Evelyn Ackerman relief wall sculpture. This wooden piece is beautifully detailed and depicts a beautiful parade of horses. It's measu...
Evelyn Ackerman ERA Wood Carving 1960's
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Beautiful little wood carving depicting a bird, designed by Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries. Signed.
Wood
Evelyn Ackerman "ERA" Brass & Mosaic Drawer Pulls
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare and wonderful brass and mosaic drawer pulls designed by Evelyn Ackerman for ERA Industries. More available, please inquire. All are signed.
Brass
Evelyn Ackerman Colorful Cityscape Rug, circa 1960s
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Denver, CO
Beautiful hooked rug by Evelyn Ackerman, circa 1960s. Signed EA. Ackerman created some extraordinary rugs and tapestries.
Yarn
Sold|$2,450
Kites by Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, 1958
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in San Diego, CA
"Kites", 1958. Silkscreened wall hanging by Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman.
Sold|$2,250
Set of Evelyn Ackerman Brass Door Hardware
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Made for ERA Industries in Italy, each piece is stamped on the reverse with Made in Italy and ERA Ind. mark. The Ackermans commissioned these pieces to be made in Italy in the 60'...
Brass, Enamel
Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman Flower wall rug tapestry
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in Maastricht, NL
A hand-hooked wall hanging by Evelyn Ackerman. This is one of several textile designs produced by her under the ERA Industries label. Signed EA lower right corner.
Wool, Wood
Pair of Large Scale Evelyn Ackerman Wood Panels, 'Flower', circa 1960
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Pair of large-scale Evelyn Ackerman wood panels, 'Flower', circa 1960 Heavy, large-scale panels that can be used as building or architectural elements or wall hangings. Solid redw...
Wood
Sold|$2,395
Evelyn Ackerman Girl with Flowers Tapestry
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Original Evelyn Ackerman for Era Industries model 785 girl with flowers tapestry. Lovely colors, tapestry still retains original label on reverse. As seen on page 124 of the hand-...
Wool
Kites Wall Hanging by Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, 1958
By Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman
Located in San Diego, CA
Kites by Evelyn Ackerman was the first wall hanging textile she designed. It was featured on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Home magazine in 1958. Silkscreen on linen, with dowel...
Linen
Rare Evelyn Ackerman Hand Hooked Bird Tapestry
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Rare pattern, this beautiful original Evelyn Ackerman hand hooked wool tapestry still retains the original ERA Industries label. A beautiful example of Ackerman’s designs, these beau...
Wool
Evelyn Ackerman Wool Tapestry Titled ‘Buildings, ’ circa 1967
By Evelyn Ackerman, Era Industries
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage original Evelyn Ackerman woven tapestry titled ‘Buildings’ circa 1967. Beautiful orange, yellow, tan and red colors in this fabulous piece. Pre-stretched on a dowel and ready...
Wool
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 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.
Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
With its grid-like doors and wavy trim, the 1940s design feels as fresh as ever.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Prehistoric motifs give the mid-century Italian fireplace an elemental feel.
Their charming solid-oak pieces offer homes utility and comfort.
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You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.