$800Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1.13 in W 2.38 in D 1.75 in
2 Mid Century Modern Brutalist Cabinet Vanity Desk Drawer Knob Door Pull Handle
By Paul Evans
Located in Wayne, NJ
Pair of Mid Century Modern Paul Evans style Brutalist Cabinet Vanity Desk Drawer Knobs Door Pulls
Metal
Wrought Iron Vanity Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique wrought iron vanity stool in the style of Les Atelier Courbet. Heavy and sturdy with iron
Wrought Iron
David Marshall Brutal Style Brass and Aluminum Vanity Mirror
By David Marshall
Located in North Miami, FL
This mixed metal style framed vanity mirror in a brutal design by David Marshall.
Aluminum, Brass
One of a Kind Brutalist Sculpture opening as Vanity Mirror
Located in North Miami, FL
Unique, hand made brutalist standing sculpture with swinging round door revealing a high polished
Steel
Large Blackened Steel Vanity Mirror, USA 1970's
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Large wrought iron vanity mirror on a curved stand in Bertoia style.
Iron
1979 Henredon Oak Octagon Shaped Traditional Vanity Dresser Wall Mirror
By Henredon
Located in Dayton, OH
1979 Henredon folio 12 octagon shaped mirror. Made from oak with traditional styling. Measures: 48".
Mirror, Oak
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H 50.4 in W 35.44 in D 17.72 in
Mid Century Dressing Table in Solid Oak, Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker, 1950s
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Odense, DK
, ca 1950s. Two drawers and a adjustable mirror. This brutalist piece is in a great vintage condition
Brass
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H 40.5 in W 1.5 in D 17.5 in
Vintage Brutalist Rectangular Wall Hanging Vanity Entry Mirror Modernist MCM
Located in Dayton, OH
Brutalist inspired wall mirror. Features a black and gold distressed finish. Measures: 41”.
Mirror
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H 30.25 in W 36 in D 23 in
Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Studio Made Copper Console Table, Vanity or Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sculptural desk made of textured verdigris copper and smooth copper. Beautiful warm patina throughout. Comes with matching accessory oval mirror. Artist made circa 1960's and one o...
Copper
Vanity Mirror with Stand by James Anthony Bearden
By James Bearden
Located in New York, NY
Original sculpture "Vanity Mirror" by James Anthony Bearden. On of a kind piece. Handmade in the
Steel
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H 18.71 in W 19.69 in D 13 in
Vintage Round 1980s Red Vanity Mirror - Adjustable Dressing Table Mirror
Located in Dorchester, GB
Dutch 1980s vanity mirror. Vivid bright red is a playful pop of colour to your dressing table and
Wood
Solana Wall Sconces
By Blueprint Lighting
Located in Westport, CT
The "Solana" wall mount sconce or reading light is strongly influenced by Scandinavian, Danish, French, and Italian Mid-Century Modernism. The walnut back plate (available in natural...
Enamel, Brass
Modern Counter Stools in Walnut, Cicely Collection
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
These walnut counter height cicely stools are beautifully constructed from solid walnut in Ohio, USA. This stool was style-spotted at the Spring 2022 High Point Market. These stools ...
Walnut
LU Swing Sconce
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful brass LU swing sconce made by Lumfardo Luminaires in patinated brass. Wired with an E26 medium based socket. Light bulb provided as well as all mounting hardware. Priced in...
Brass
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$2,800 / set
H 14.75 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Glass Demi Lune Wall Sconces, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style Murano glass demi lune wall sconces, in stock One LED E26 base socket. Black glass sphere and brass fittings. Textured Murano glass, Wired to the American sta...
Brass
$701 / item
H 4.73 in W 10.63 in D 11.82 in
Pair of Beige Modern Italian Wall Lights "Maxina" Vintage Design Moderne
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pair of modern Italian sconces "Maxina" in beige half moon shape made by our Italian craftsman in the style of Stilnovo's work. Wall plate and arm in solid brass, lampshade adjustabl...
Brass, Metal
$4,731
H 49.02 in W 20.48 in D 94.49 in
Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi Sideboard Cabinet with Pink Mirrors, 1960s
By Salvati & Tresoldi
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
This sideboard cabinet, crafted in the 1960s by Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi, is a prime example of how neoclassical design principles were incorporated into midcentury Furn...
Glass, Cherry, Teak
Mid Century Ice cube Table Lighter Glass Style 1970's
Located in Wayne, NJ
Mid Century Modern Glass Ice cube Table Lighter. In the style of Antonio Imperatore glass . Believe the glass may be from Italy. The metal is marked Japan, so may have been replace...
Glass
Modern Architectural Sideboard
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern Architectural sideboard, big, bold and inspired by classic Brutalism Architecture. Constructed from reclaimed wood and highlighted in a two-tone finish, the attention to detai...
Wood
$2,692Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 9.85 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
Acerbis LOKUM S Coffee Table in smoked grey by Sabine Marcelis
By Acerbis, Sabine Marcelis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matter, light and colour come together in an intense interaction of materials. This collection embodies the elegance of pure forms, elevated through the use of hand-blown glass. Sabi...
Glass, Art Glass
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 38.13 in W 45.25 in D 4.5 in
C. Curtis Jere World Trade Center Wall Sculpture Metal Art Twin Towers Citiscape
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Wayne, NJ
C. Curtis Jere Mid-Century Modern World Trade Center Wall Mount Sculpture / Sculptural Metal Art Twin Towers . Believed to be from 2001 . The Signature and date is difficult to see a...
Metal
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal
By Müller Möbelfabrikation
Located in Tilburg, NL
Müller Bar Cabinet in Metal. Germany. Design 1998, current production. Available in every RAL-color. A highlight for your office or your home: The cleverly designed bar cabinet KB 3...
Metal
$4,396Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 71.69 in D 39.69 in
Adrian Pearsall Craft Associates Brutalist Gold Resin & Glass Top Dining Table
By Paul Evans, Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This listing is for the table alone. Dining chairs pictured are sold separately. A striking 1970s Brutalist dining table by Craft Associates, featuring a sculptural resin trestle ba...
Glass, Resin, Hardwood
$2,990 / item
H 5.75 in W 5.75 in D 1.8 in
Paul Evans Style MCM Brutalist Bronze Door Handle Pull Pair, 2 Sets Available
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Evans-style bronze cast door pull set with a distinct late 1960s Mid-century/Brutalist pattern across the front. This Pull set is made from solid bronze pieces, each made from a...
Bronze
$2,632 / set
H 5.91 in W 6.3 in D 3.15 in
Brutalist Pair of Bronze Square Push Pull Door Handles with Flower Relief
Located in London, GB
Pair of push and pull bronze door handles with organic expressionist flower relief for double doors or a single door on both sides. They are works of art for your doors. These door h...
Bronze
Chandelier No. 8 - Vrksa Series
By Raka Studio
Located in Cape Girardeau, MO
This Lighting Piece is a bent wood chandelier with four lighting pods that illuminate the room. The signature style of Raka Studio for coving the lighting module is used in this piec...
Wood, Bentwood
The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave.
ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN
BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.
Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.
Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.
Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.
Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
The mid-20th-century design style is defined by its angular shapes and use of raw materials.
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Learn how to work with this rugged style in your decor.