A midcentury sideboard credenza, Richard Hornby (pair available)
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in Sherborne, GB
PAIR AVAILABLE Early 1960’s Fyne Ladye afrormosia double chest of drawers by Richard Hornby Designed circa 1960 the modular Afrormosia Bedroom Group was high end furniture made usi...
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Large Richard Hornby Credenza in Tola
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: England Designer: Richard Hornby Manufacturer: Fyn Layde Furniture Era: 1960s Materials: Tola, Afromosia Measurements: 75″ wide x 19″ deep x 32.5″ tall
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Robert Heritage Secretary / Bookcase In Tola
By Robert Heritage, Fyne Ladye
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: England Designer: Robert Heritage Manufacturer: Fyn Layde Furniture Era: 1966 Materials: Tola Measurements: 36.25" wide x 16.75" deep x 72" tall, Desk: 34.5" wide x 15" deep ...
Teak
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H 16.93 in W 42.13 in D 18.12 in
Vintage Teak Coffee Table by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, 1960s
By Richard Hornby
Located in Berlin, DE
His elegantly crafted furniture was manufactured by Fyne Ladye Furniture of Bath.
Teak
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H 29.5 in W 77.75 in D 31 in
Vintage Midcentury Teak Dining Table Attributed to Richard Hornby & Fyne Ladye
By Richard Hornby
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a beautiful british Mid-Century Modern solid African teak dining table attributed to designer Richard Hornby and manufacturer Fyne Ladye, UK, 1960s. This long table, recentl...
Teak
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H 33.86 in W 18.9 in D 18.9 in
Afromosia Ladderback Dining Chairs, Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, Teak 1960s
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in London, GB
A set of four British mid century afromosia ladderback dining chairs by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, retailed through Heals. Produced in the 1960s in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Teak
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H 49 in W 153 in L 49 in
Midcentury Afrormosia Sideboard Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye Furniture England
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
This delightful sideboard was designed by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye Furniture during the 1960s. The piece provides ample storage space with its two spacious cupboards, which open...
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1960s Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality Midcentury chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer ...
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1960s Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality midcentury chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer ...
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1960s Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality midcentury chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer f...
Teak
1960s Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality Midcentury chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer f...
Teak
1960s Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby For Fyne Ladye
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality Midcentury chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer f...
Teak
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H 48.04 in W 31.89 in D 16.15 in
1960s Teak Drinks Cocktail Cabinet Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye Furniture UK
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Fyne Ladye Furniture was rarely labeled.
Laminate, Teak
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H 28.15 in W 48.43 in D 20.08 in
Midcentury Afrormosia Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, 1960s
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality midcentury chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawe...
Teak
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H 27.96 in W 48.43 in D 20.08 in
Midcentury Afrormosia Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, 1960s
By Richard Hornby
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality mid-century chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer...
Teak
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H 40.16 in W 36.23 in D 23.63 in
Vintage Mid-Century Desk In Rosewood by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, 1960s
By Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This rare 1960s Mid-Century desk by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye is a stunning example of timeless craftsmanship.
Rosewood
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H 34.06 in W 60.04 in D 19.3 in
Mid Century Richard Hornby For Heals, Fyne Ladye Sideboard Credenza In Afromosia
By Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
An exquisite and rare vintage credenza / sideboard by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye. The sideboard's rigid and square front is broken up by stylish ribbed drawers in the central colu...
Teak
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H 42.33 in W 24.81 in D 20.08 in
Mid-Century Afrormosia Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, 1960s
By Richard Hornby
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A very good quality mid-century chest of drawers, designed by Richard Hornby and produced by Fyne Ladye of Banbury UK in the 1960s. Made from Afrormosia with solid Afrormosia drawer...
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Vintage Teak Nest of Tables by Richard Hornby
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
A lovely vintage teak nest of tables by Richard Hornby. They were made by Fyne Ladye furniture in the 1960’s and originally retailed in Heal’s.
Teak
1960s Pair of Vintage Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
They were made in England, and were designed by Richard Hornby for Heals as part of the Fyne Ladye range. The quality is exceptional and they are beautifully designed, with a sleek ...
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1960's Vintage Sideboard by Richard Hornby
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This was designed by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye furniture, it dates from the 1960’s and was originally retailed in Heal’s.
Wood
1960's Vintage Afromosia Sideboard by Richard Hornby
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This was designed by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye furniture, it dates from the 1960’s and was originally retailed in Heal’s.
Wood
1950's Vintage Writing Desk by Richard Hornby
By Fyne Ladye, Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This was designed by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, it was made in England around the 1950-60’s.
Leather, Wood
Richard Hornby Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
The sideboard is beautifully made with superb joinery detail by Fyne Ladye Furniture, Oxford, England and by British designer Richard Hornby.
1960's Vintage Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby
By Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This was made in England, it was designed by Richard Hornby for Heals as part of the Fyne Ladye range. The quality is exceptional and this is beautifully designed, with a sleek and ...
Wood
1960's Vintage Chest of Drawers by Richard Hornby
By Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This was made in England, it was designed by Richard Hornby for Heals as part of the Fyne Ladye range. The quality is exceptional and this is beautifully designed, with a sleek and ...
Wood
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H 42.13 in W 31.89 in D 16.74 in
Mid-Century Modern Drop Leaf Desk by Richard Hornby for Fyne Layd Furniture
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Mid-Century Modern drop leaf desk. Design by Richard Hornby for Fyne Layde Furniture. Striking English design from the 1960s. Solid teak and teak veneer base with three o...
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1960's Vintage Dressing Table by Richard Hornby
By Richard Hornby
Located in London, GB
This was made in England, it was designed by Richard Hornby for Heals as part of the Fyne Ladye range. Designed as a bedroom piece, this could equally be used as a home office desk ...
Wood
A pair of Fyne Ladye Hardwood Luggage Stands
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
It was made by Fyne Ladye of Banbury, England. It is made of solid hardwood, possibly afromosia (African teak) as Fyne Ladye were one of the few quality British makers to use solid w...
Hardwood
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H 31.89 in W 75.01 in D 19.1 in
Mid Century Solid Teak Sideboard by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, England 1970s
By Richard Hornby
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Midcentury Afromosia teak sideboard by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, England, 1970s Midcentury Afromosia teak sideboard by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye.
Teak
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H 34.26 in W 60.24 in L 34.26 in
British Afromosia Teak Sideboard by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye, Midcentury
By Richard Hornby, Fyne Ladye
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
About this item A British midcentury Afromosia teak sideboard by Richard Hornby for Fyne Ladye in the 1960s and retailed through Heals.
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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.