Medium 'Pinecone' Table Lamp in Transparent Glass & Chrome for Fontana Arte
By Paola Navone, Fontana Arte
Located in Glendale, CA
Medium 'Pinecone' table lamp in transparent glass & chrome for Fontana Arte. Designed by Paola Navone, the diffuser is expertly handcrafted using the ancient caged-blown glass tech...
Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century German Space Age Bulb Table Lamp by Ingo Maurer, 1970s
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Hamburg, DE
Very rare mid-century table lamp by Ingo Maurer from the 70s.
Metal
Large 'Pinecone' Table Lamp in Opaline Glass & Chrome for Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte, Paola Navone
Located in Glendale, CA
Large 'Pinecone' table lamp in opaline glass & chrome for Fontana Arte. Designed by Paola Navone, the diffuser is expertly handcrafted using the ancient caged-blown glass technique...
Chrome, Metal
Charles Hollis Jones Mirror Chrome and Lucite
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in New York, NY
Two sided mirror on bright chrome easel, mounted on Lucite and chrome base. This mirror was designed by CHJ in the 1970s, the mirror itself is 12"- H x 10" W.
Chrome
Mid-Century Space Age Minimalist German Table Lamp from Hustadt Leuchten, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid century table lamp from Hustadt Leuchten. A minimalist design in shape and color.
Metal
$4,250Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of Chromed Metal and Resin Side Tables attributed to Pierre Giraudon.
By Pierre Giraudon
Located in London, GB
Pair of side tables with chromed metal base and rose colored resin top. Attributed to Pierre Giraudon. These unusual tables would work equally well as side tables or bedside tables. ...
Resin
Mid-Century Danish Model PH 5 Table Lamp by Poul Henningsen, 1960s
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Hamburg, DE
The chrome of the lid is repeated in the base of the lamp.
Metal
Murano Glass & Chrome Table Lamp by Toni Zuccheri for Vearte 1960s
By Toni Zuccheri
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
This luxury 1970s Italian table lamp features a bold chrome base and sculptural clear glass diffuser.
Chrome
Alain Richard A4 Table Lamp with Marble Base, Ed Disderot, France, 1958
By Disderot, Alain Richard
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Table lamp by French designer Alain Richard. Edited by Disderot in 1958. Model A4. Chromed and lacquered metal, brushed steel and marble. Fully original and complete. Great avant-gar...
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Minimalist Space Age Coffee Table Wiener Werkstätte 1960s
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Hamburg, DE
Minimalist coffee table from the renowned manufacturer Wiener Werkstätte from the 1960s. A special feature of this design is the large diameter of the tabletop, which measures 110 c...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Italian "Cidonio" Stainless Steel and Glass Table by Cidue
By Antonia Astori, Cidue
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian "Cidonio" glass and steel table by Antonia Astori for Cidue. 1960s Chromed steel base and glass top with beveled profile.
Stainless Steel
Round Iron, Brass and Chrome Plated Steel Coffee Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual and one of a kind coffee table. A round iron, brass and chrome plated steel base with old red paint. We are not sure what this base was originally used for, but makes for...
Brass, Steel, Iron
Mid Century Modern Vintage Metal Glass Coffee Table, Italy, 1970´s Two Tables
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid century Modern vintage brassed and chromed metal side tables designed and executed in Italy circa 1970.
Metal
Frosted Iceglass and Chrome Table Lamps by Doria Leuchten, 1970s, Set
By Doria Leuchten Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A beautiful pair of table lamps by Doria made in Germany in the 1970s. They have a brass base and the glass shades are made of frosted ice glass. They are in very good vintage condit...
Chrome
1960s Lacquer & Chrome Cocktail Table by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Dallas, TX
Ditch the classic square or rectangular coffee table and give your living room a fresh new look with this captivating modernist drum-style table designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer ...
Chrome
Large Ignazio Gardella 'Arenzano' Table Lamp in Chrome and Glass for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Ignazio Gardella
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Ignazio Gardella 'Arenzano' Table Lamp in Chrome and Glass for Tato Italia. Ignazio Gardella was one of the leading figures in Italian twentieth-century architecture. A gradua...
Iron, Chrome
Ignazio Gardella 'Arenzano Bassa' Table Lamp in Chrome and Glass for Tato Italia
By Tato Italia, Ignazio Gardella
Located in Glendale, CA
Ignazio Gardella 'Arenzano Bassa' Table Lamp in Chrome and Glass for Tato Italia. Ignazio Gardella was one of the leading figures in Italian twentieth-century architecture. A gradua...
Iron, Chrome
Bill Curry Stemlite Table Lamp Black Chrome for GUBI
By Bill Curry, Gubi
Located in New York, NY
The Stemlite (1962) was the first ‘total look’ lamp, a pioneering new typology conceived by American Designer Bill Curry, which replaced the traditional base-plus-shade form with a s...
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-Century German Space Age Minimalist Table Lamp from Kaiser Idell, 1960s
By Kaiser Idell, Kaiser Leuchten
Located in Hamburg, DE
A very rare table lamp from Kaiser Leuchten. Special here is the classic simple form of a table lamp with base and shade.
Metal
Side Coffee Table in Wood, Chrome and Smoked Glass, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing side or coffee table with curved chrome legs and the base of the table is made of wooden beams on which the smoked glass surface rests. The chrome and the wood have some sign...
Chrome
Rare Glass and Chrome 752 Table Lamp by Martinelli Luce, Italy
By Martinelli Luce
Located in Echt, NL
Beautiful model 752 globe table lamp in excellent condition. Made by Martinelli Luce, Italy 1970s The lamp is composed of an oversized globe shade in white handblown glass which i...
Metal, Chrome
Art Deco Styled Chrome and Swirled Glass Smoker's Stand or Accent Table
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the mid-20th century, and done in an Art Deco style, this chrome and swirled alabaster colored glass smoker's stand is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the Uni...
Metal
Italian Space Age Chrome Pillar Lamps, a Set of 3
By Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of 3 space age chrome pillar lamps with staggered heights. Shown with varying size chrome dipped lightbulbs. Sourced in Italy. Listed measurements are from base to neck of tall...
Chrome
Black, Chrome, and Glass Table Lamp by Putzler, 1970s, Made in Germany
By Peill & Putzler
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A Peill and Putzler table lamp. Similar in design to Poul Henningsen. Featuring a black base, chrome hardware and a thick white frosted glass shade. Lamp is well made and heavy. Ha...
Chrome
Early Mid Century "B27" Round Dining Table by Marcel Breuer for Thonet, 1930s
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare and early mid century wooden "B27" round dining table in black stained wood with chromed tubular metal base by Marcel Breuer produced by Thonet Germany, 1930s.
Metal
Tato Italia 'Vox' Table Lamp in White Carrara Marble, Chrome, and Glossy Black
By Lorenza Bozzoli, Tato Italia
Located in Glendale, CA
Tato Italia 'Vox' Table Lamp in White Carrara Marble, Chrome, and Glossy Black. Lorenza Bozzoli was born in Milan, where she studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. In 1985 ...
Carrara Marble, Aluminum, Chrome
Green Rectangle Marble Top Cylinder Crome Stretcher Base Dining Table Desk MINT!
By Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Green Rectangle Marble Top Cylinder Crome Stretcher Base Dining Table Desk MINT!
Granite, Chrome
Round Glass Top Crome Interlocking Half Circle Shape Figures Base Coffee Table
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Roundglass top crome interlocking half circle shape figures resembling Chanel logo coffee table. Bauhaus Mid-Century Modern decor match.
Chrome
French Marble Chrome & Glass Table Alfa Lamp Sergio Mazza for Artemide c 1960
By Sergio Mazza
Located in Labrit, Landes
The Alfa table lamp by Artemide is a classic from the 1950s, designed in 1959 by the famous Sergio Mazza. Its distinctive nickel-plated metal structure supports a precious crystal gl...
Marble, Chrome
Art Deco Chrome & Alabaster Swivel Top Smokers Table with Stylized Figural Horse
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the mid-20th century, and done in an Art Deco style, this chrome and alabaster smoking Stand or accent table features a stylized figural chrome horse head which constitut...
Alabaster, Metal
Chrome and Smoked Glass Round Italian Coffee Table, Giotto Stoppino Style, 1970s
By Giotto Stoppino
Located in Roma, IT
A minimal coffee table perfect for a mid-century modern living room.
Metal, Chrome
Marie-Claude de Fouquieres Yellow Fractal Resin and Chrome Table Lamp circa 1970
By Marie-Claude de Fouquieres, Ombre et Lumiere
Located in Atlanta, GA
French designer Marie-Claude de Fouquières designed this extraordinary fractal resin table lamp for the Parisian lighting company Ombre et Lumière in the 1970s. The rare piece boasts...
Metal, Chrome
$1,769Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Midcentury Chrome-Plated Fabric Lampashade Table Lamp, Italy 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury modern design lampshade table lamp with chrome-plated metal base and fabric diffuser with chrome-plated edges, made in Italy in the 1970s Please note that the lam...
Metal
Franco Albini Franca Helg for Sirrah AM/AS Glass and Chrome Table Lamp
By Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Sirrah, Antonio Piva
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern table lamp AM/AS series designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg in collaboration with Antonio Piva, manufactured by Sirrah in 1969.
Chrome, Metal
Joe Colombo Mini Coupé Table Lamp by Oluce, Mid-Century Modern
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table Lamp model Mini Coupe designed by Joe Colombo. Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
Metal
Coffee Table Chrome Brass Marble & Glass Romeo Rega Style, Italy, 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular coffee table featuring a marble base with chrome and brass legs and a glass surface in the style of the Italian designer Romeo Rega. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Marble, Metal, Brass, Chrome
Joe Colombo Mini Coupé Table Lamp by Oluce, Mid-Century Modern
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table Lamp model Mini Coupe designed by Joe Colombo. Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
Metal
Joe Colombo Mini Coupé Table Lamp by Oluce, Mid-Century Modern
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table Lamp model Mini Coupe designed by Joe Colombo. Table lamp giving direct light, lacquered metal base, chromium-plated stem, adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminium. Manufact...
Metal
Domo Table Lamps by Joe Colombo: Mid-Century Modern Italian Design
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Domo Table Lamp by Joe Colombo The Domo lamp was originally designed by Italian designer Joe Colombo in 1965. Back then he designed three lamps based on the same core shape. Known f...
Steel
$539Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist Mid-Century Round Bakelite Side Table by Mahbro, 1940s
Located in London, GB
British bakelite topped side table with chrome steel base. Produced in the 1940s, this modernist design was manufactured by Mahbro
Aluminum
Rectangular 4 Pieces Nesting Solid Stainless Chrome Legs Coffee Table
By Established Lines, Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Box shaped set of 4 coffee tables by Established Lines. Mirror polished solid stainless steel rod frame bases coffee table with three 18 x 18 x 15 cube shape nesting tables. The ele...
Stainless Steel, Chrome
"V" Shape Marble Base Thick Glass Top Modern Custom Design Console Table
By Artedi, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Sharp looking modern design studio made V shape black Italian marble and chrome base with 3/4" rounded corners glass top console sofa table.
Marble, Stainless Steel
Chrome and Brass Open Frame Coffee Table in the Manner of Romeo Rega
By Romeo Rega
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Coffee table, of chrome and brass, having a rectangular top of glass, on base with square-section, open-frame design. Stock ID: D8674
Brass, Chrome
Art Deco Table Lamp - Chrome, Glass and Raffia - Jacques Adnet Style 1940s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Art Deco Table Lamp - Chrome and Glass - Jacques Adnet Style 1940s Elegant Art Deco lamp made of glass large cubes and chrome smaller cubes. The transparency creates a beautiful i...
Metal, Chrome
$2,263Sale Price / set|34% Off
Pair of Large Mid-Century Italian Murano Table Lamps by Reggiani, 1970s
By Gioffredo Reggiani
Located in Badajoz, Badajoz
Unique, gorgeous and marvellous Italian mid-century Murano table lamps by Reggiani. These pieces were made during the 1970s in Italy by Reggiani.
Metal
Panton 'Panthella 250' Portable Table Lamp in Chrome Blue Grey for Louis Poulsen
By Verner Panton, Louis Poulsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Panton 'Panthella 250' Portable Table Lamp in Chrome Blue Grey for Louis Poulsen The 'Panthella' table lamp, originally designed in 1971, reflects Panton's fascination with organic ...
Aluminum, Chrome
Space Age Table Lamp Serpente by Goffredo Reggiani, Chrome, Italy 1970s
By Reggiani, Goffredo Reggiani
Located in Lisboa, PT
This is a rare Italian mid-century chrome table lamp, named after "serpente“ meaning snake in Italian.
Metal, Chrome
1950s Mauri Almari Chrome and Opaline Green Glass Table Lamp for Idman Oy
By Idman Oy, Mauri Almari
Located in Glendale, CA
1950s Mauri Almari Chrome and Opaline Green Glass Table Lamp for Idman Oy A rare and elegant lamp executed in chromed metal and blown green opaline glass. A contemporary of Paavo Ty...
Metal, Chrome
Rosewood & Chrome Lotus Dining / Center Table by Dyrlund, Denmark 1970s
By Arne Wahl Iversen, Dyrlund
Located in Uxbridge, GB
We have for sale a stunning example of the Lotus table attributed to Arne Wahl Iversen and made by Dyrlund, Denmark c1970. There are several variations of this model. This model wa...
Steel
Flower Murano Glass Table Lamps in Chrome and Leather by Mazzega, Italy, 1970s
By Mazzega
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful flower-shaped table lamps made in Murano blown glass, chrome, and leather.
Chrome
Italian Table Lamp by Selenova in Chromed Metal and Glass, 1970s
By Selenova
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The lamp features a large spherical diffuser in satin white glass, resting on a cylindrical base in chromed metal. When lit, the globe radiates a soft, atmospheric glow, transforming...
Chrome
Joe Colombo 'Mini Spider' Table Lamp by Oluce, Red Metal, Mid-Century
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Mini Spider' designed by Joe Colombo. Design Joe Colombo, 2025 Lacquered metal base, chromed vertical stem and illuminating body that reproduces the ancient ‘hammer head...
Metal
Joe Colombo 'Mini Spider' Table Lamp by Oluce, Black Metal, Mid-Century
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Mini Spider' designed by Joe Colombo. Design Joe Colombo, 2025 Lacquered metal base, chromed vertical stem and illuminating body that reproduces the ancient ‘hammer head...
Metal
Joe Colombo 'Mini Spider' Table Lamp by Oluce, Blue Metal, Mid-Century
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp 'Mini Spider' designed by Joe Colombo. Design Joe Colombo, 2025 Lacquered metal base, chromed vertical stem and illuminating body that reproduces the ancient ‘hammer head...
Metal
Mid Century "B27" Round Dining Table by Marcel Breuer Produced by Thonet, 1930s
By Thonet, Marcel Breuer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare and early "B27" mid century round dining table in black stained wood with chromed tubular steel base by Marcel Breuer produced by Thonet, 1930s.
Steel
Mid-Century Modern “Spaghetti Lamp” Table Lamp with Spun Acrylic Shades, America
By Modeline Lamp Co.
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vibrant mid-century modern spaghetti lamp table lamp, American 1960s, featuring three spun acrylic globes in yellow, green, and blue rising like a playful posy of flowers.
Brass
Extraordinary Italian Mixed Marble & Bronze Steel Dining Table w/ Knoll Base
By Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
I sourced this piece of marble years ago, tucked away in a basement, without a base. Since then, I've held onto it, waiting for the right base to come along. When I found an authenti...
Marble, Enamel, Steel
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.
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