Founders Walnut

Jack Cartwright For Founders Dresser

Walnut Bedroom Furniture 1960

Jacks Coffee Table

Century Furniture Company Armoire

Founders Mid Century Modern Dresser

Founders Furniture Milo Baughman

Materials

Walnut

Founders Furniture Scandinavian Style End Table

Located in Pasadena, TX

Founders Furniture Scandinavian style end Table 26x20x16

Category

Late 20th Century Side Tables

Materials

Glass, Wood, Walnut

Carter Sofa Sectional - The Founder's Edit

$18,950

Carter Sofa Sectional - The Founder's Edit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The Carter Sectional: Founder's Edit —where understated luxury meets a refined, moody allure.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Sectional Sofas

Materials

Walnut

Jack Cartwright Walnut and Steel Coffee Table for Founders Furniture C. 1965

$2,480Sale Price|27% Off

Jack Cartwright Walnut and Steel Coffee Table for Founders Furniture C. 1965

By Arne Vodder

Located in Camden, ME

A Founder's Furniture midcentury coffee table with book matched walnut veneer on teak and brushed steel base designed by Jack Cartwright from the mid 1960s.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Vintage MCM Founders Fluted Ebony King Headboard

$1,650

Vintage MCM Founders Fluted Ebony King Headboard

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This impressive King-size headboard captures the architectural sophistication and dramatic contrasts emblematic of premier Mid-Century Modern design. The expansive structure features...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Minimalist Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Sold

H 29.25 in W 32 in D 18 in

Midcentury Walnut Chests by Founders

By Founders Furniture Company

Located in Cincinnati, OH

A pair of well grained small walnut three drawer chests with brass toned pulls, very well constructed manufactured by the Founders Furniture Company .

H 45 in W 38 in D 18 in

Walnut Mid-Century Modern Sculptural 5 Drawer High Chest Dresser Mint!

By Lane Furniture

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Walnut Mid-Century Modern sculptural 5 drawer high chest dresser mint!

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

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$7,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 25 in W 33 in D 13 in

Mid-Century Folding Bar Cabinet, Italy circa 1950s

Located in New York, NY

An Italian modernist folding bar cabinet. Bar folds open in the middle and is finished on all sides to be free standing. Mahogany, teak, patinated brass details.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Mahogany

H 24.25 in W 25 in D 16.5 in

Mid-Century Modern Nightstands

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mid-Century Modern walnut nightstands with sculpted wood handles. Two drawers with brass trim handles. Please confirm location NY of NJ.

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Three Drawer Bachelors Chest att. to Baughman for Directional

$1,400

H 30 in W 36 in D 18 in

Mid Century Three Drawer Bachelors Chest att. to Baughman for Directional

By Milo Baughman, Directional

Located in New York, NY

Rare Mid Century bachelors chest, design attributed to Milo Baughman for Directional Furniture, circa 1950/60's. The three drawer chest features a walnut case with recessed ebonized...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

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Founders Walnut For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of founders walnut for your home. An item from our selection of founders walnut — often made from wood, walnut and metal — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of founders walnut you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each object in our assortment of founders walnut bearing Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. Founders Furniture Company, Jack Cartwright and Milo Baughman each produced at least one beautiful option in this array of founders walnut that is worth considering.

How Much is a Founders Walnut?

A piece of founders walnut can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,400, while the lowest priced sells for $800 and the highest can go for as much as $13,500.

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.