Dillingham Mid Century

Merton Brown

Dillingham Burl Wood

Century Furniture Company Buffet

Pecky Cypress

Dillingham Nightstands

Arthur Umanoff For Dillingham

Materials

Walnut

$2,695

Merton Gershun for Dillingham Esprit Walnut 5-Drawer Highboy Dresser.

Located in Seattle, WA

Mid-Century Modern five-drawer tallboy dresser from the highly collectible Esprit line, designed by Merton Gershun for Dillingham Furniture circa 1960.

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Walnut

Pierre Cardin Long Dresser / Cabinet

By Dillingham Manufacturing Company, Pierre Cardin

Located in Highland, IN

A sleek and sophisticated 1970s design by Pierre Cardin, this long, low white cabinet has linear graphic elements and recessed pulls in chrome. The piece references art deco design, ...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Materials

Chrome

Dining Table by Dillingham

Unavailable

H 29 in W 66 in D 41 in

Dining Table by Dillingham

Located in Los Angeles, CA

W66 W106 D41 H29 KC26.5 LEAF W20 (2) Minimal walnut dining table by Dillingham. Item feautres a clean minimal deisgn, contrasting grain, inlaid black laminate detail, and two large ...

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut

H 46 in W 38 in D 19 in

Mid-Century Modern Five-Drawer Walnut Tall Chest by Dillingham Esprit Collection

By Dillingham Manufacturing Company

Located in Toledo, OH

Great Mid-Century Modern five-drawer walnut chest by Dillingham.

Mid Century Modern Merton Gershun for Dillingham Walnut Sideboard Credenza

Sold

H 31 in W 52 in D 17 in

Mid Century Modern Merton Gershun for Dillingham Walnut Sideboard Credenza

By Dillingham Manufacturing Company, Merton Gershun

Located in Chicago, IL

Mid Century Modern Merton Gershun for Dillingham Walnut Sideboard Credenza Buffet Hutch Mid century modern walnut sideboard/credenza designed by Merton Gershun for Dillingham.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

Materials

Laminate, Walnut

Mid Century Danish Teak Armoire Highboy Dresser

$990

H 45 in W 48 in D 18.25 in

Mid Century Danish Teak Armoire Highboy Dresser

Located in Esperance, NY

For sale is a vintage chest of drawers, crafted in Denmark, as indicated by the stamp on the back. This dresser combines functionality with timeless design, making it a perfect addit...

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Walnut Headboard

$525

H 38 in W 59 in D 2 in

Mid-Century Walnut Headboard

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Vintage modern queen-size headboard with cut-out sides and slight arch. (Please confirm item location NY or NJ with dealer).

Category

Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

United Furniture Mid Century Walnut King Headboard

$1,495

H 36 in W 80 in D 3 in

United Furniture Mid Century Walnut King Headboard

By United Furniture Corporation

Located in Franklin Park, IL

United Furniture Mid Century walnut king headboard Headboard measures: 80 wide x 3 deep x 36 high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage condition. That...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Wood, Walnut

$465Sale Price|41% Off

H 33 in W 78.5 in D 2.5 in

Mid-Century Walnut Headboard With Cane Front- King

Located in Trenton, NJ

This King Size Cane Front Headboard is a regal statement piece that exudes elegance and charm. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this headboard adds a touch of vintage sop...

Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Cane, Walnut

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Pair of Merton Gershun for Cavalier Mid-Century Modern Walnut Brass Nightstands

$3,000 / set

H 24 in W 21 in D 16 in

Pair of Merton Gershun for Cavalier Mid-Century Modern Walnut Brass Nightstands

By Cavalier, Merton Gershun

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Designed by Merton Gershun in the late 1960s for Cavalier, these nightstands or end tables feature a super refined design and great construction quality. Well built, they are constru...

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Brass

Kai Kristiansen Upholstered Bench in Fumed Oak and Mohair

$3,464 / item

H 16.93 in W 46.46 in D 14.18 in

Kai Kristiansen Upholstered Bench in Fumed Oak and Mohair

By Kai Kristiansen

Located in London, England

Kai Kristiansen, a key figure in the Danish Modern movement, designed the Entre Series in 1956 as a modular collection of bedside cabinets, benches, and chests. Combining Danish desi...

Category

2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Benches

Materials

Velvet, Oak

$3,484 / set

H 26.78 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in

Pair of Modern Murano Artistic Glass Pearly Pink and Brass Sconces

Located in Puglia, Puglia

Each single leaf is handcrafted with high quality Murano blown glass; that's why each leaf is slightly different from the other. Exciting color, pearly pink. They are illuminated by ...

Category

1990s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

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Dillingham Mid Century For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the dillingham mid century you’re looking for. Each dillingham mid century for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, walnut and fabric. Your living room may not be complete without a dillingham mid century — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A dillingham mid century made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. Dillingham Manufacturing Company, Merton Gershun and Milo Baughman each produced at least one beautiful dillingham mid century that is worth considering.

How Much is a Dillingham Mid Century?

Prices for a dillingham mid century start at $495 and top out at $39,500 with the average selling for $2,400.

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.