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Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

Horn Speakers by Altec Lansing Corp
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A multicellular galvanized outdoor horn speaker.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Steel

Vintage Horn Speakers by Altec Lansing Corp
Horn Speakers by Altec Lansing Corp
$11,500 / item
H 24 in W 34 in D 23.5 in
Rare Pair of Pearl & Oakley Acoustics Ceramic Chinese Urn Stereo Speakers
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in St. Louis, MO
Very Unique 1980s Asian Modern Pearl & Oakley Acoustics custom home audio speakers in the form of
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Ceramic, Wood

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Altec Lansing Mid Century 838A The Carmel Speakers, a Pair
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Altec Lansing mid century 838A The Carmel Speakers - A pair Each speaker: 35 wide x 18 deep x
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Wood

Altec 831A Capistrano Speaker System Mid-Century Modern Walnut Console Case
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Altec 831A Capistrano speaker system Mid-Century Modern walnut console case. Item features solid
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Walnut

Altec 831A Capistrano Speaker System Mid-Century Modern Walnut Console Case
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Altec 831A Capistrano speaker system Mid-Century Modern walnut console case. Item features solid
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Walnut

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12 Antique English Dessert Plates, Cobalt Blue and Hand-Painted Florals Tiffany
By Cauldon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic pattern by Cauldon of England which was custom ordered through Tiffany's in many different color ways. We have had the pleasure of offering this beautiful pattern in cobalt...
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1920s Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Porcelain

Stunning Design, Original Bauhaus Art Deco Alabaster Ceiling Light/ Fixture 1920
Located in Lisse, NL
Early twentieth century work-of-art light fixture. With early 20th century lighting in general (and alabaster fixtures in particular) as one of our specialities, we were again amaze...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Alabaster, Wire, Chrome, Brass

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Renaissance-style round sterling silver entree dish. The bottom of the entree dish is smooth, while a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf motifs has been welded...
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1990s Italian Renaissance Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
$3,754 Sale Price
32% Off
H 5.91 in Dm 10.63 in
Louis Zwicki Danish Teak Pianette Circa 1960's
Located in Norwalk, CT
Step back in time with this masterfully-crafted Danish Mid-Century Teak Pianette by the renowned Louis Zwicki. From the heart of the 1960's, a period when design and craftsmanship me...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Teak

Louis Zwicki Danish Teak Pianette Circa 1960's
Louis Zwicki Danish Teak Pianette Circa 1960's
$6,400
H 35.5 in W 50 in D 21.75 in
Set of 12 English Porcelain Botanical Plates, Spode, circa 1900
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English porcelain botanical plates, Spode, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

30:30 Landscape Architecture Book
Located in New York, NY
30 internationally renowned landscape architects showcase their own work as well as that of 30 of the best of a new generation of forward looking and innovative designers. This up-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Paper

30:30 Landscape Architecture Book
30:30 Landscape Architecture Book
$75 / item
H 11.38 in W 9.88 in D 2 in
Black Green Marble Pedestal Bowl XL
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Introducing our stunning Black Marble Pedestal Bowl, a captivating fusion of style and utility. Crafted from premium black marble with deep green color nuances, this bowl boasts a un...
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2010s Dutch Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Marble

Black Green Marble Pedestal Bowl XL
Black Green Marble Pedestal Bowl XL
$391 / item
H 9.85 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Celina Decorações, Coffee Table, Wood, Marble, Brazil, 1960s
By Celina Decoracoes
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and marble coffee table produced by Celina Decorações, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c. 1960s. Dimensions: 12” H x 60” W x 32” D All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.
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1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Marble

Art Deco Strohmenger Baby Grand Piano Figured Walnut Square Legs and Lyre
Located in Leeds, GB
Art Deco style, 1945, Strohmenger baby grand piano with a polished, book-matched, figured walnut case and brass fittings. The high arched piano cheek ends with an angular square cut....
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Brass

Mid-18th Century Louis XV Period Chest Of Drawers Commode Stamped LARDIN
By Andre Antoine Lardin
Located in Forney, TX
An extraordinary Louis XV period (1715-1774) French ormolu mounted tulipwood and kingwood marquetry bombé sauteuse commode by master Parisian ébéniste André-Antoine Lardin. circa lat...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Breccia Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Chromatic Double Harp, Pleyel, Lyon & Cie, Paris, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Large double harp with gold-patinated head and neck and carved paw feet on the base. The harp is marked on the neck "Pleyel, Lyion & Cie (Paris). Harp, sysle. Gve Lyon. Brevete. No. ...
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Early 1900s French Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Mahogany

Gio Ponti, pair flamed wood Headboard, fitted bedside tables, Hotel Royal, 1955
By Giordano Chiesa, Gio Ponti
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of headboards by Gio Ponti from the furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples, 1955. Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa by Dassi. flamed walnut, finish mahogany and metal two tiere...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Metal

Strongbox Safe Chest Iron Painted Armada 12 bolt lock Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration on later sledge feet This is a rare, small, e...
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Early 1600s German Renaissance Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Iron

Pair of English Polished Steel Ship Lanterns ( Meteorite Firm )
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English polished steel ship lanterns. Signed by maker , Meteorite and stamped Port and Starboard. Dealers please call for trade price.
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20th Century British Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

'Gran Visir' Modular Sofa by Luciano Frigerio Italy 1971 Choose Your Own Fabric
By Luciano Frigerio, Luciano Frigerio di Desio
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Incredible and important 'Gran Visir' modular sofa by Luciano Frigerio Italy 1971 with the unique opportunity to choose your own upholstery colour and type of fabric!! The modules c...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Cotton, Foam, Plywood

French Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Painted and Parcel-Gilt Canapé Settee
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A French Louis XVI period painted and parcel-gilt canapé settee from the late 18th century, with rectangular back, out-scrolled arms, fluted legs and deep cantaloupe colored upholste...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Altec Speaker Vintage Speakers

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Upholstery, Wood

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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 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.