What is Danish modern furniture?

Danish modern furniture is the term for a style of furniture that emerged during the 1930s through the innovation of designers from Denmark. It is a subset of Scandinavian modern furniture, the warmest and most organic iteration of modernist design. The work of the designers associated with vintage Scandinavian modern furniture was founded on centuries-old beliefs in both quality craftsmanship and the ideal that beauty should enhance even the humblest accessories of daily life. Some notable Danish modern designers include Hans J. Wegner, Kaare Klint, Arne Jacobsen, Finn Juhl, Arne Vodder and Verner Panton. Shop a range of Danish modern furniture on 1stDibs.

What type of wood is used in Danish modern furniture?

The material typically used in Danish modern furniture is teak.

Danish Modern Noho

Mid-Century Modern Teak Table Lamps by ESA

$1,499 / set

$5,299 / set

H 28.75 in W 28.75 in D 31 in

Danish Modern Walnut Lounge Chairs

By Ib Kofod-Larsen

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Fabric, Walnut

$3,750

H 29.75 in W 52.75 in D 34.75 in

Danish Modern Expanding Teak Dining Table

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

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Oak, Teak

Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by G.V. Møbler

$4,200

H 28 in W 59 in D 29.5 in

Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by G.V. Møbler

By G.V. Møbler

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Danish Modern Teak Sofa and Chairs

$8,500 / set

H 29.5 in W 26.25 in D 29.5 in

Danish Modern Teak Sofa and Chairs

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Brass

Danish Modern Teak Executive Desk by Ib Kofod Larsen

$7,800

H 28.75 in W 65 in D 33.5 in

Danish Modern Teak Executive Desk by Ib Kofod Larsen

By Faarup Møbelfabrik, Ib Kofod-Larsen

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Teak

$7,500

H 48 in W 42.25 in D 2 in

California Modern Mosaic Wall Sculpture by Max E. Neufeldt

By Max Neufeldt

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

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Aluminum

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Teak and aluminum bar, Denmark

Unavailable

H 42.5 in W 42 in D 42 in

Teak and aluminum bar, Denmark

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Clean Danish design will still work well with contemporary and modern interiors.

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Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dry Bars

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Aluminum

Danish Modern Teak Desk Model #130 by Børge Mogensen for Søborg Møbler

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H 29.25 in W 71 in D 35.25 in

Danish Modern Teak Desk Model #130 by Børge Mogensen for Søborg Møbler

By Børge Mogensen

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Danish Modern Teak "Wing" Sofa

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H 29.5 in W 98 in D 27.5 in

Danish Modern Teak "Wing" Sofa

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sofas

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Fabric, Teak

Danish Modern Teak Credenza Model #7738 by Skovby Møbelfabrik

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H 31.5 in W 86.5 in D 18.5 in

Danish Modern Teak Credenza Model #7738 by Skovby Møbelfabrik

By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1, Arne Vodder

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Teak

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H 32 in W 59 in D 18.5 in

Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Brass Credenza by R-Way

By R-Way Furniture Company

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Brass

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H 29.75 in W 28 in D 34 in

Vintage Leather and Aluminum Lounge Chairs

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Aluminum

Vintage Sculptural Tessellated Stone Coffee Table by Maitland Smith

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H 16.5 in W 60 in D 36 in

Vintage Sculptural Tessellated Stone Coffee Table by Maitland Smith

By Maitland Smith

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1980s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Stone

H 32.75 in W 72.75 in D 22 in

Monumental Italian Travertine Console Table, 2 Available

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

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Travertine

Monumental Ebony and Chrome Executive Desk

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H 29.25 in W 82 in D 43.75 in

Monumental Ebony and Chrome Executive Desk

Located in North Hollywood, CA

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Materials

Burl, Poplar

Mid-Century Modern Style Teak Wood Media Credenza by House of Jaipur

$4,280 / item

H 26 in W 60 in D 18 in

Mid-Century Modern Style Teak Wood Media Credenza by House of Jaipur

Located in New York, NY

Elevate your living space with this handcrafted solid teak wood media console, blending mid-century aesthetics with modern functionality. Featuring smooth rounded edges, tapered legs...

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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Wood, Teak

H 27.5 in W 71.5 in D 17.5 in

1950s Mid Century Walnut Credenza by Florence Knoll

By Knoll, Florence Knoll

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Mid-century walnut credenza designed by Florence Knoll and manufactured by Knoll Associates Inc. circa 1950s. This exceptional piece showcases a gorgeous walnut frame supported by fo...

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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Chrome

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Danish Modern Noho For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the Danish modern noho you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A Danish modern noho — often made from wood, metal and walnut — can elevate any home. There are 1568 variations of the antique or vintage Danish modern noho you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a Danish modern noho — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A Danish modern noho, designed in the mid-century modern, Scandinavian Modern or Hollywood Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made Danish modern noho has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Milo Baughman, Glenn of California and Thayer Coggin are consistently popular.

How Much is a Danish Modern Noho?

The average selling price for a Danish modern noho at 1stDibs is $4,889, while they’re typically $350 on the low end and $45,000 for the highest priced.

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

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

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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