Soholm Lamp with New Silk Custom Made Lampshade René Houben, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
Ceramic table lamp by Soholm, Denmark, 1960s. This high-end sculptural piece is handmade ceramic in blue tones, with a combination of dry and glazed finishes. With a new custom made ...
Metal
1 of the 2 Soholm Lamps with New Silk Custom Made Lampshade René Houben, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
Ceramic table lamps by Soholm, Denmark, 1960s. This high-end sculptural piece is handmade ceramic in blue tones. With a new custom made blue silk lamp shade with warm bronze inner-sh...
Metal
Glazed Blue Soholm Lamp with New Silk Custom Made Lampshade René Houben, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
Ceramic table lamp by Soholm, Denmark, 1960s. This high-end sculptural piece is handmade ceramic in blue and brown tones, with a combination of dry and glazed finishes. With a new cu...
Metal
Pair of Soholm Lamps with Custom Brique Lampshades René Houben, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
Ceramic table lamps by Soholm, Denmark, 1960s. This high-end sculptural piece is handmade ceramic in beige, brown and orange tones. With a new custom made brique octagonal silk lamps...
Ceramic, Silk
Green Ceramic Curved Lamp, Custom Made Green Orange White Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This base with...
Ceramic
Bitossi Gold Ceramic Lamp, Custom Ochre Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Bitossi, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence...
Ceramic
Louis Christiaan Kalff NB100 desk lamp Philips The Netherlands 1957
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Louis Christiaan Kalff model NB100 desk lamp produced by Philips, The Netherlands, 1957. A beautifully balanced and iconic mid-century modern design, combining elegant sculptural lin...
Metal
1 of the 2 Kaiser Green Curved Ceramic Lamp, Custom Lampshades by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
Gold Colored Lamp Round Stone Bitossi, Custom White Gold Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large Bitossi ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. ...
Ceramic
Large Lilac Ceramic Lamp, Custom Made Beige Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. This l...
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Lamp Swirl, Custom Dusty Pink Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. This l...
Ceramic
Speckled Multicolor Ceramic Lamp, Custom Deep Teal Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. This m...
Ceramic
Large Celestial Ceramic Lamp Hole, Custom Pink Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This lam...
Ceramic
Green Ceramic Curved Lamp, Custom Made Shimmering Green Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This base with...
Ceramic
Large Bitossi Lamp for Bergboms, with Custom Made Shade by René Houben
By Bitossi, Bergboms
Located in Rijssen, NL
Large table lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in a brown glaze at the top and bottom and a gold bowl in the middle. Bitossi for Bergboms, Italy, circa 1960s. With an ...
Metal, Brass
Ceramic Textured Lamp by Soholm, Custom Dusty Pink Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. This l...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Trille Jørgensen Ceramic Lamps, Custom Made Lampshades by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Trille Jørgensen, Denmark 1970s. This ceramic lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful fat lava ...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Ceramic Lamps by Trille Jørgense, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Trille Jørgensen, Denmark 1970s. This ceramic lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful fat lava ...
Ceramic
Large Celestial Ceramic Lamp with Hole, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This lam...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Inge Lise Koefoed Lamps, Custom Made White Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Heavy quality large table floor/table lamps by Inge Lise Koefoed. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique p...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Large Soholm Lamp with New Blue Silk Custom Made Lampshade Houben, 19
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Ceramic large table lamps by Soholm, Denmark, 1960s. This high-end sculptural piece is handmade ceramic in blue or grey tones, with a combination of dry and glazed finishe...
Metal
1 of the 2 Large Inge Lise Koefoed Lamps, Custom Made Neutral Lampshade R. Hoube
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Heavy quality large table floor/table lamps by Inge Lise Koefoed. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique p...
Ceramic
Large Celestial Ceramic Lamp Hole, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This lam...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Silver Gold Brown Bitossi Ceramic Lamps, Lampshades by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamps by Bitossi, 1970s. These lamps brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence...
Ceramic
XL Multicolor Squat Bulbous Ceramic Lamp, Green Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality one of I kind large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This very large ceramic lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it of...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Sculptural Ceramic Lamp by Rorstrand Ateljé, Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 heavy quality ceramic table floor/table lamps, 1970s. By Inger Persson for Rorstrand Ateljé, Sweden 1960s. This ceramic lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interio...
Ceramic
Decora Z Lamp By Louis Kalff For Phillips Circa 1950s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Decora Z Lamp By Louis Kalff For Phillips Circa 1950s - Steel shade - Brass base and stem - Original Black paint - Designed by Louis Kalff - Produced by Phillips - Comes with 1x gol...
Brass, Steel
1 of the 2 Bitossi Lamps for Bergboms, with Custom Made Shades by Rene Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Bitossi "Birch" lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze in the middle and bands of shiny metallic gold glaze at the top and bottom. The tex...
Metal, Brass
Margrit Linck-Daepp White Totem Lamp, Custom Tapered Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful ceramic table lamp by Margrit Linck-Daepp. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique pres...
Ceramic
P. Schneider Valentine Geode Lamp, Custom Made Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful Large ceramic floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique prese...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Fish Motif Ceramic Floor Lamps with Rattan Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
One of the two heavy quality ceramic table lamps. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presenc...
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Nightstand, End Table, West Michigan Furniture Co Frank Metz
By West Michigan Furniture Co.
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid Century Modern Nightstand, End Table, West Michigan Furniture Co.
Wood
XL Ceramic Greige Terracotta Floor Lamp, Neutral Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality Large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a uniqu...
Ceramic
White Blue Splashed Ceramic Lamp, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
Large Amber Glass Lamp, Custom Made Yellow Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large amber glass table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presence. Th...
Glass
Green Cylindrical Ceramic Lamp, Custom Multicolor Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
Large Green Brown Ceramic Curved Lamp, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Ceramic Lamps by Royal Copenhagen, Custom Made Lampshade by R. Houben
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality ceramic table lamp, 1970s. By Ellen Malmer for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark 1960s. This ceramic lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. Its form and patterne...
Ceramic
Large Gray Tree Zamac Floor Lamp, Custom Gray Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s made of Zamac. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique prese...
Ceramic
Ceramic Sand and Walnut Wood Lamp, Neutral Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
XL Multicolor Squat Bulbous Ceramic Lamp, Neutral Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality one of A kind large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique pres...
Ceramic
Bitossi Silver Ceramic Lamp, Custom Beige Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Bitossi, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presen...
Ceramic
Cobalt Blue Glazed Sculptural Ceramic Lamp, Custom Made Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This ceramic lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. ...
Ceramic
Bitossi Style Green Ceramic Lamp, Custom Green Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp in the style of Bitossi, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a ...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Bitossi Gold Ceramic Lamps, Custom White Gold Lampshades by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
One of the two heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamps by Bitossi, 1970s. These lamp bases bring rich visual appeal to any interior. With the beautiful shapes and detail...
Ceramic
Chrome Colored Lamp with Relief, Custom Gray Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This chr...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Bitossi Gold Ceramic Lamps, Rattan Double Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Bitossi, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence...
Ceramic
Pair of Bitossi Lamps, with Custom Made Shades by Rene Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
This Bitossi "Birch" lamp features a ceramic base with a rough surface in an off-white glaze in the middle and bands of shiny metallic gold glaze at the top and bottom. The textured ...
Metal, Brass
1 of the 2 Green Ceramic Lamps, Custom Multicolor Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
XL Ceramic Floor Lamp Glass Pebble Bands, Gray Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality extra Large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a...
Ceramic
Gold Colored Lamp Bitossi, Custom Beige Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large Bitossi ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. ...
Ceramic
Bitossi Brown Gold Silver Ceramic Lamp, Custom Natural Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Bitossi, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful details, it offers a unique presen...
Ceramic
Bitossi Round Stone Gold Lamp, Custom Rattan Double Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large Bitossi ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. ...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Tiered Spherical Chrome Floor Lamps, Custom Made Shade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality ceramic table floor lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. ...
Chrome
1 of 2 Green Ceramic Lamps, Custom Green Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
1 of the Several Green Ceramic Lamps, Custom Beige Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
B. Rooke Ceramic Lamp with New Custom Made Lampshade by René Houben, 1960s
By Bernard Rooke
Located in Rijssen, NL
A rare ceramic table lamp by Bernard Rooke, England, 1960s. Sculptural piece, made of handmade ceramic elements in natural tones of terracotta and stone. With an exceptional custom m...
Metal, Brass
1 of the 2 Soholm Lamp with New Silk Blue Lampshade René Houben, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 2 Ceramic table lamps by Soholm, Denmark, 1960s. This high-end sculptural piece is handmade ceramic in blue or grey tones, with a combination of dry and glazed finishes. Wit...
Metal
1 of the 2 Kaiser Green Curved Ceramic Lamp, Custom Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence. This bas...
Ceramic
1 of the 2 Bitossi Gold Glazed Ceramic Lamps, Custom Lampshade by R. Houben
By Bitossi
Located in Rijssen, NL
Heavy quality large ceramic table floor/table lamp by Bitossi, 1970s. This lamp base brings rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a unique presence...
Ceramic
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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Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
With its grid-like doors and wavy trim, the 1940s design feels as fresh as ever.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Prehistoric motifs give the mid-century Italian fireplace an elemental feel.
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You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.