Vintage cattelan Italia Desk or dining table, 1980s
By Cattelan Italia
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage wooden desk or dining table with modular legs by Cattelan Italia.
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Vintage cattelan Italia Desk or dining table, 1980s
By Cattelan Italia
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage wooden desk or dining table with modular legs by Cattelan Italia.
Wood
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Catellan Italia extendable desk
By Cattelan Italia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table Dimensions: L 51 x D 31.5 x H 29.3 Extended Table: L 70 x x D 31.5 x H 29.3 Cattelan Italia was founded in 1979 in Vicenza, Italy, by Giorgio Cattelan and his wife Silvia.
Aluminum
Cattelan Italia Executive Office Desk
By Cattelan Italia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful contemporary modern executive desk features a large kidney shaped top made of frosted glass. A sleek design that has two drawers with unique metal pulls and the abilit...
Glass
Vega Desk by Giorgio Cattelan for Cattelan Italia
By Giorgio Cattelan, Cattelan Italia
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
(We can change the finish for an additional charge). By Giorgio Cattelan for Cattelan Italia. Dimensions are for the main desk only.
Stainless Steel
$5,330
H 78.35 in W 30.32 in D 36.62 in
Carlo Scarpa Dining Table for Bernini, Mid-Century Modern, 1970s
By Bernini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Sacile, PN
Carlo Scarpa Dining Table for Bernini, Italy, 70s This table is designed by Carlo Scarpa, a renowned Italian architect and designer. The table features a minimalist and elegant desi...
Wood
Valmanara Table by Carlo Scarpa for Simon International - Gavina
By Carlo Scarpa, Gavina, Simon Gavina Editions
Located in Argelato, BO
Carlo Scarpa, “Valmarana” table, 1971-72, in its original bleached Ash version. "Valmarana with its solid and essential design shows Scarpa’s passion for conceiving designs that add...
Wood, Oak
$2,970
H 28.5 in W 90.25 in D 45 in
Burlwood Dining Table by PACE Collection, Flip-Top Design, Circa 1970
By Pace Collection
Located in View Park, CA
A striking burl wood dining table by PACE Collection circa 1970. Square until a hinged flip-top unfurls a large rectangular table. There is signifiant wear, including scuffs, scratch...
Iron
Early Franco Albini for Knoll Model '80' Desk
By Knoll, Franco Albini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Franco Albini for Knoll, model 80, glass, lacquered wood, lacquered steel, Italy, 1949 Franco Albini’s model 80 desk combines glass, steel and wood which resulted in a minimalistic ...
Chrome
$3,700
H 28.75 in W 72.84 in D 33.47 in
Italian Modernist Dining Table Attributed to the Style of Tobia Scarpa, 1970s
By Tobia Scarpa
Located in Almelo, NL
Italian Modernist Dining Table Attributed to the Style of Tobia Scarpa, 1970s Elegant and architectural, this Italian dining table from the 1970s embodies the refined minimalism and...
Metal
$4,542Sale Price|39% Off
H 29.93 in W 101.58 in D 37.41 in
Large dining table or conference table in the style of Pierre Chapo, 1960 France
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Oirlo, LI
Large table made of light wood in perfect condition. The table has 2 heavy wooden legs. The table is in 1 piece and the top is fixed. This table could also serve very well in the off...
Wood
$17,900
H 29 in W 78.75 in D 39.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Extendable Dining Table by Vittorio Introini, Italy
By Saporiti, Vittorio Introini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian extendable geometric dining room table made of hand crafted polished Mahogany and Rosewood, designed by Vittorio Introini and produce...
Metal, Chrome
$5,150 / item
H 29.93 in W 43.31 in D 118.12 in
Minimalist Style, Dining Table in Natural Solid Wood Reinforced with Steel
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Our Evo collection is based in the harmonic fusion between geometrical forms in a modern interpretation of wood archetypes, combining a rational defined outcome with the warmth of or...
Metal
$4,571Sale Price|25% Off
H 27.56 in W 88.59 in D 33.47 in
Cassina - Le Corbusier - Dining table - LC6 dining table
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Budapest, HU
Le Corbusier 'LC6' Dining Table for Cassina – Oak Veneer Top, Black Metal Base – France, 1928 An iconic piece of 20th-century design, the LC6 dining table was conceived by legendary...
Metal
$1,241
H 30.71 in W 43.71 in D 43.71 in
Vintage 70s square table in chrome metal and glass Italian design
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Table with tubular chrome metal frame and square clear glass top, Italian design, 1970s. CONDITION: In good condition, shows signs of wear given by time. SIZING: Height 78 cm; wid...
Metal
$12,978Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 82.68 in D 36.62 in
Important Mid Century Executive Desk by Ico Parisi for MIM 1958
By Ico Parisi
Located in Rome, IT
This large Terni executive desk was designed by Ico Parisi in 1958 for MIM (Mobili Italiani Moderni) Rome, Italy, with a rectangular tabletop, The desk contains a three drawer block ...
Wood
$3,824
H 29.14 in W 51.19 in D 51.19 in
Table Model T69 O. Borsani and Gerli for Tecno Italia 65s Mid-Century Modern
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani, Eugenio Gerli
Located in Palermo, IT
Iconic round dining table Model T69, designed in the early 1960s by Osvaldo Borsani and Eugenio Gerli for the famous Italian company Tecno. The sculptural four-legged base is made of...
Stainless Steel
Table by Mario Bellini
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
The “La Basilica” table stands out for its sturdy, clean-lined design. It has six legs and is crafted from solid walnut. It was designed by Italian designer and architect Mario Belli...
Walnut
$4,055
H 29.14 in W 71.07 in D 29.73 in
Italian modern wooden dining table by Gigi Sabadin for Stilwood, 1970s
By Gigi Sabadin, Stilwood
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern wooden dining table by Gigi Sabadin for Stilwood, 1970s Wooden dining table with rectangular top. The legs are made up of two diagonal strips that meet under the top a...
Metal
Italian Midcentury Dining or Conference Table, 1950s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Hugh wooden table with beautiful and particular details in the style of Gianfranco Frattini. Excellent craftsmanship in very good original condition with small signs of wear, please ...
Plywood
$4,982
H 29.53 in W 92.13 in D 33.47 in
Italian modern rectangular wooden dining room table with two central beams 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern rectangular wooden dining room table with two central beams 1970s Dining table in wood. It has two legs joined by a beam at the top and one at the bottom, and ends wit...
Metal
Italian Desk from the 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in the 1960s the desk also features chrome tubular legs. Italian desk from the late 1960s characterize by the sleek and modern aesthetic. Second height 24.7 from the floor ...
Chrome
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.