$223Sale Price|26% Off
Two Walter Bosse Candleholders
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Two Walter Bosse candleholders Original condition We not selling the candle she is only decoration.
Brass
$176Sale Price|25% Off
Walter Bosse Scorpio Zodiac Sign Brass Figurine, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Scorpio zodiac sign brass figurine, 1950s Original condition.
Brass
Walter Bosse Cancer Zodiac Sign Brass Figurine, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse cancer zodiac sign brass figurine, 1950s Original condition.
Brass
$188Sale Price|27% Off
Rocking Horse by Walter Bosse
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Rocking horse by Walter Bosse Original condition.
Brass
Candle Holder, Vienna, Around 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Candle holder vienna around 1950s. Original condition.
Brass
$259Sale Price|31% Off
Walter Bosse Shoehorn, circa 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Shoehorn, circa 1950s polished and stove enamelled.
Brass
Candle Holder 'bird' by Walter Bosse, around 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Candle holder (bird) by Walter Bosse, around 1950s Original condition The candle is only for the photoshoot (not included).
Brass
Walter Bosse Candleholder 'Bear', circa 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse candleholder (bear), circa 1950s (The selling is without the candle it is only decoration for the photo shooting) Original condition.
Brass
Walter Bosse Bottle Opener, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse cat bottle opener, 1950s Original condition.
Metal, Brass, Nickel
$117Sale Price|44% Off
Walter Bosse candle holder around 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse candle holder around 1950s Original condition
Brass
$212Sale Price|25% Off
Candleholder by Walter Bosse
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Wien, AT
Candleholder by Walter Bosse. Excellent original condition.
Brass
$223Sale Price|26% Off
Walter Bosse Candleholder 'Bear'
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse candleholder (bear) (The selling is without the candle it is only decoration for the photo shooting) Original condition.
Brass
$223Sale Price|26% Off
Walter Bosse Candle Holder 'Bear'
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse candle holder (bear) (The selling is without the candle it is only decoration for the photo shooting) Original condition.
Brass
Brass Chandelier Composed of Multiple Clear and Textured Glass Ball Elements
Located in New York, NY
Brass chandelier composed of multiple clear and textured glass ball elements. 6 standard.
Brass
Josef Hoffmann & Josef Frank & Wiener Werkstaette Ball Table Lamp, Re-Edition
By Josef Hoffmann, Josef Frank, Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
1920 designed Josef Hoffmann chased brass lamp base, different finishes available. Hand sewn Lamp Shade with a Josef Frank fabric, different patterns available. Sample book of the Wi...
Brass
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Walter Bosse Cat Ring Holder for Hertha Baller Blackened Brass, 1950's
By Walter Bosse
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Walter Bosse cat ring holder circa 1950's nicely patinated, some brass left from the original finish some scratches and painting it's off as shown.
Metal
Lovely Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp or Sconce by Rupert Nikoll, Austria, 1960s
By Rupert Nikoll
Located in Munich, DE
Shade adjustable in various position due to the joint ball. Manufactured by Rupert Nikoll, Austria, 1960s.
Aluminum, Brass
Walter Bosse Midcentury Baby Cow Brass Figurine, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Herta Baller, Austria. In very good condition with marginal patina.
Brass
Walter Bosse Elephant Brass Key Hanger by Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller, Austria, in the 1950s. Also suitable as a towel holder or for dish towels in the kitchen.
Brass
Walter Bosse Midcentury Brass Horse Figurine, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely horse foal sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller. In good condition with charming patina. We offer more Walter Bosse br...
Brass
Walter Bosse Toothpick Holder Donkey Set, Black Brass Glass, Hertha Baller, 1950
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A toothpick holder set in the form of a donkey designed by Walter Bosse and manufactured by Hertha Baller, Austria, Vienna, in midcentury in 1950s.
Brass
Walter Bosse Salt Pepper Donkey Set, Black Brass Teak Wood, Hertha Baller, 1950
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A salt and pepper shaker donkey set designed by Walter Bosse and manufactured by Hertha Baller, Austria, Vienna, in midcentury in 1950s.
Brass
Walter Bosse Cow Candleholder, Hertha Baller, Blackened Brass, 1960
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A candleholder in the form of a cow by Walter Bosse and manufactured by Hertha Baller, Austria, Vienna, in midcentury, circa 1960 (late 1950s or early 1960s).
Brass
Austrian Midcentury Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass coat, hat hooks, elegant shape and perfect quality by Hertha Baller from the 1950s.
Brass
$110 / item
Coat Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass hooks manufactured by Hertha Baller in Austria in the 1950s. 2 available.
Aluminum
$110 / item
Coat Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Aluminum hooks manufactured by Hertha Baller in Austria in the 1950s. up to 4 available, more pieces on request.
Aluminum
$146 / item
Brass Coat Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Two beautiful Austrian brass hooks by manufactured by Hertha Baller in Austria in the 1950s.
Brass
Ebonized Brass Asymmetric Coat Wall Double Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful Austrian brass hooks manufactured by Hertha Baller in Austria in the 1950s.
Brass
Flower Wall Vase Guitar Brass Bronze Mid-Century Modern Wall Decoration, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian baller style wall mount vase. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection of Austrian bronze items.
Bronze
Set of Three Figural Bottle Stopper Cork on Stand Mid-Century Modern Bar-Ware
By Herta Baller
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian baller bottle stoppers with a nice holder.
Bronze
Unavailable|$70 / item
3 Solid Wall Hooks Hertha Baller, Austria, 1959
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
3 wall hooks, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950 Solid brass.
Brass
Elegant Patinated Brass Jewelry Rest or Ashtray by Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Marked at the bottom with "Baller Austria".
Brass
Unavailable|$259 / set
Wall hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s, 4 pieces
Located in Vienna, AT
Wall hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s, 4 pieces used original condition, with minor signs of wear
Metal
WALTER BOSSE COW PENHOLDER for Hertha Baller Austria in real brass
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in LA Arnhem, NL
WALTER BOSSE COW PENHOLDER. Walter Bosse a Cow as a penholder, "boehh", The cow can stand on your desk and hold a pen in his body. This cow has a nice patine. Its lovely eyes are ama...
Bronze
Unavailable|$329
Black Pony, Brass, in Style of Herta Baller, Austria
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A small black pony in the style of Walter Bosse/Herta Baller made of brass.
Brass
Unavailable|$105
Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s, 6 Pieces
Located in Vienna, AT
Six wall hooks, designed by Hertha Baller, Model "Tivoli", Vienna, Austria, good original condition.
Brass
Unavailable|$105
Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s, 4 Pieces
Located in Vienna, AT
Four wall hooks, designed by Hertha Baller, Model "Tivoli", Vienna, Austria, good original condition.
Aluminum
Unavailable|$471
Austrian Midcentury Brass Ashtray by Herta Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Stamped on the bottom with 'BALLER AUSTRIA'
Brass
Unavailable|$2,060 / set
Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of Six, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of six modernist Austrian brass wall hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$824 / set
Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of Six, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of six modernist Austrian brass wall hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,589 / set
Large Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of five, Austria 1950s
By Herta Baller, Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of five large Austrian wall mounted brass hooks, made of solid brass, matte polished, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$942 / set
Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of Six, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of six beautiful Austrian brass wall hooks, made of solid black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$706 / set
Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of Four, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of four modernist Austrian brass wall hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,059 / set
Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of Six, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of six modernist Austrian brass wall hooks, made of black-finished brass, partly polished, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,177 / set
Petite Austrian Brass Wall Coat Hooks by Hertha Baller Set of 10, Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of 10 petite minimalist Austrian brass wall hooks, made of solid brass, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Brass Kitten Cat Walter Bosse Blackened Brass with Hertha Baller, Vienna
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in LA Arnhem, NL
There is a stamp underneath. Baller Austria. Probably made for extinguish fire of a cigarette.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,059 / set
Austrian Modernist Brass Wall Coat Hooks Set of Nine, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A set of nine modernist Austrian brass wall hooks, wall mounted, made of patinated matt brass, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$141 / item
Hertha Baller Brass Wall Hooks Model 'Wieden' 15 Pieces Available
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Hertha Baller Brass Wall Hooks Model 'Wieden'. Austrian modernist brass wall hooks, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$412
Giraffe, Brass of Walter Bosse Vienna, Austria
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A small brass giraffe of Walter Bosse for Herta Baller Austria.
Brass
Unavailable|$789
Walter Bosse Schlüsselleiste Dackel
Located in Vienna, AT
Dachshund key holder Viennese dog figure made of brass key rack by Walter Bosse for Baller Austria, 1950s
Brass
Unavailable|$141 / item
Austrian Brass Hooks Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, Austria
These elegant wall hooks were manufactured by Hertha Baller in Austria in the 1950s. - The hooks are made of brass
Brass
Unavailable|$129 / item
8 Pcs., Wall Hooks, Brass, Hertha Baller Vienna, Austria
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Eight wall hooks designed by Hertha Baller.
Brass
Unavailable|$129 / item
5 Pcs., Wall Hooks, Brass Blackened, Hertha Baller Vienna, Austria
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Five wall hooks designed by Hertha Baller.
Brass
Unavailable|$423 / set
Hertha Baller Brass Wall Hooks Model 'Josefstadt' Set of 3, Austria 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Hertha Baller brass wall hooks model 'Josefstadt' Set of 3, Austria 1950s.
Brass
Unavailable|$129 / item
5 Pcs, Wall Hooks, Brass Blackened, Hertha Baller Vienna, Austria
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Five wall hooks designed by Hertha Baller.
Brass
Unavailable|$141 / item
Hertha Baller Vintage Wall Hooks Model 'Triest I', Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Hertha Baller vintage wall hooks model 'Triest I', Austria, 1950s.
Aluminum
Unavailable|$12,000
Austrian Large Flower Ball Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large brass flower ball with glass flower and faceted beads. Austrian, Circa 1960's Two (2) Available.
Brass
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.