Franco Albini For Poggi

Tl2 Albini

Italian Rationalism

Franco Albini Luisa Chair

Mid Century Bookcase Floor To Ceiling

Lancia Emilio

Repertorio Del Design Italiano

Materials

Wood

Franco Albini Italian Midcentury Wood Velvet Sofa for Poggi 1960s

Located in Reggio Emilia, IT

Italian midcentury modern design two seat sofa model DV33, designed by Franco Albini and produced by Poggi Pavia in 1966 with solid wood structure and supports and light green velvet...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Bar cart Cr20 by Franco Albini and Franca Helg

$5,218

Bar cart Cr20 by Franco Albini and Franca Helg

By Franco Albini and Franca Helg

Located in Piacenza, Italy

The wooden bar cart, model Cr20, was designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Poggi Pavia. Published.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Wood

Italian Cabinet or Small Chest of Drawers by Franco Albini ca' 1950s

$1,950

Italian Cabinet or Small Chest of Drawers by Franco Albini ca' 1950s

By Franca Helg, Antonio Piva and Franco Albini

Located in St.Petersburg, FL

Model # C24 designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg for Poggi ca' 1958.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Materials

H 27.96 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in

Iconic Franco Albini Table

By Franco Albini

Located in Piacenza, Italy

Iconic table TL2 designed by Franco Albini for Poggi Pavia in 1955. Rare edition in palisander.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tables

Materials

Materials

Brass

$5,798 / set

H 27.56 in W 25.6 in D 23.63 in

Art Deco Lounge Chairs in Green Olive Velvet Upholstery

Located in Antwerp, BE

The soft and sensuous green olive velvet upholstery is in absolutely outstanding original condition. Rippled waterfall style pleated tailoring is punctuated by the spherical art deco...

Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires

$16,468 / item

$9,278

H 23.23 in Dm 31.5 in

Swedish Modern coffee table / side table, 1940s

By Carl-Erik Johansson

Located in Stockholm, SE

This exquisite Swedish coffee table from the 1940s is a true masterpiece of mid-century design, combining elegance with innovative craftsmanship. The table features a raw glass top, ...

Category

Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Metal

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Franco Albini For Poggi For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal franco albini for poggi for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and fabric, every franco albini for poggi was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the franco albini for poggi you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right franco albini for poggi, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Poggi, Franco Albini and Franco Albini and Franca Helg each produced at least one beautiful franco albini for poggi that is worth considering.

How Much is a Franco Albini For Poggi?

Prices for a franco albini for poggi start at $2,216 and top out at $36,717 with the average selling for $9,795.

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.