$244Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Pink And Green Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Raspberry Pink, Cream And Forest Green Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-3'x5' (90x150cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% c...
Cotton
$559Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 3x8 Blue And Green Check Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Sky Blue, Forest Green And Cream Swedish Checked Star Pattern Indian Dhurrie Runner-3'x8' (90x240cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven ...
Cotton
$349Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 2x8 Blue And Green Leaf Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Sky Blue And Green Leaf Pattern Indian Dhurrie Runner-2'x8' (60x240cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$629Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 3x12 Blue And Green Tile Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Sky Blue, Forest Green And Cream Swedish Tile Pattern Indian Dhurrie Runner-3'x12' (90x360cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15...
Cotton
$384Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And Blue Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green And Teal Blue Scalloped Striped Dhurrie Rug-5'x7' (Scallops runs on 5' sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% c...
Cotton
$349Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Blue And Green Geometric Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Sky Blue, Green, Pink and Indigo Blue Geometric Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$524Sale Price|25% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 3x9 Blue And Green Tile Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Blue, Forest Green And Cream Swedish Tile Patterned Indian Dhurrie Runner-3'x9' (90x270cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 pl...
Cotton
$629Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x8 Green And Grey Geometric Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed Green, Blue And Grey Geometric Indian Dhurrie Rug-6'x8' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$664Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x10 Blue And Green Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Sky Blue, Cream And Sage Green Indian Dhurrie Windowpane Checked Rug-8'x10' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$629Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Woolen Area Flat Weave Runner, 4x10 Blue And Green Tile Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
New Zealand Wool Natural Vegetable Dyed, Blue, Forest Green And Cream Swedish Tile Patterned Indian Dhurrie Runner-4'x10' (120x300cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-wove...
Wool
$209Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 2.5x4 Cream And Green Heart Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Cream, Yellow And Green Heart Pattern Indian Dhurrie Rug-2.5'x4' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$419Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 3x10 Blue And Green Tile Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Sky Blue, Forest Green And Cream Swedish Tile Pattern Indian Dhurrie Runner-3'x10' (90x300cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ...
Cotton
$437Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Woolen Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And Blue Scalloped Stripe Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
New Zealand Wool Dhurrie, Natural Vegetable Dyed, Forest Green, Cream And Blue Scalloped Striped Indian Rug - 5'x7' (Scallops runs on 5' sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are...
Wool
$367Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x7' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$402Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x8 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x8' (150x240cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$367Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x7' (150x210cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$139Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 2x3 Blue And Green Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Blue And Green Checked Indian Dhurrie Rug-24"x36" (60x90cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$139Sale Price / item|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 2x3 Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-24"x36" (60x90cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$104Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Jute Area Flat Weave Rug, 2x3 Jute Green Border Scallop Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Handmade Jute Scalloped Rug, Natural Jute Dhurrie with Green Border -2'x3' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Jute
$104Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Jute Area Flat Weave Rug, 2x3 Jute Green Border Scallop Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Handmade Jute Scalloped Rug, Natural Jute Dhurrie with Green Border -2'x3' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Jute
$244Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 2x6 Green And Black Tree Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Olive Green And Black Tree Patterned Indian Dhurrie Runner-2x6 feet (60x180cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton...
Cotton
$209Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Cream And Green Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Cream, Blue And Green Windowpane Checked Indian Dhurrie Rug-36"x60" (90x150cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$209Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-36"x60" (90x150cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$139Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 2x3 Pink And Green Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Pink And Green Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug - 2'x3' (60x90cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$244Sale Price / item|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Blue And Green Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Blue And Forest Green Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-3'x5' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$384Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And Blue Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Moss Green And Blue Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x7' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$419Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x8 Blue And Green Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Blue and Green Four Sided Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x8' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$349Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x8 Green And Mustard Stripe Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green and Mustard Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x8' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$559Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x10 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green, Blue, Coral And Cream Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-8'x10' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$559Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x9 Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green and White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-6'x9' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$279Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Green And White Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green and White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$279Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Green And Yellow Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green and Mustard Checked Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$279Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Green And Coral Scallop Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green and Coral Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$342Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Green Shooting Star Indian Dhurrie Rug
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green And White Shooting Star Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$279Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Pink And Green Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Raspberry Pink and Green Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$209Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Flat Weave Rug, 2x3 Sky Blue And Green Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Sky Blue And Forest Green Four Sided Scalloped Rug- 2'x3' (Scallops runs on all 4 Sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cott...
Cotton
$199Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 2.5'x4' Green Yellow Scallop Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Mustard Scalloped Indian Dhurrie Rug-2.5'x4' (Scallops runs on all four sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15...
Cotton
$199Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 2.5'x4' Green, Blue Scallop Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Olive Green, Cream And Blue Scalloped Indian Dhurrie Rug-2.5'x4' (Scallops runs on all four sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply...
Cotton
$384Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-5'x7' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$244Sale Price / item|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' (120x180cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$454Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x9 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-6'x9' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$209Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Green And Blue Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-3'x5' (90x150cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$279Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x6 Green And Blue Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Green, Cream And Blue Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-4'x6' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$244Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Pink And Green Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Pink And Green Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-3'x5' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$489Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x9 Blue And Green Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Blue, White And Forest Green Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-6'x9' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$799Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x10 Green And White Leaf Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Handmade Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed Rug, Forest Green And White Leaf Patterned Indian Dhurrie- 8'x10' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$879Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x10 Green And White Diamond Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Handmade Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed Rug, Forest Green And White Diamond Indian Dhurrie- 8'x10' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$692Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Woolen Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x10 Blue And Green Scallop Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Handmade New Zealand Wool Vegetable Dyed Sky Blue, Cream And Forest Green Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug- 8'x10' (240x300cm) Scallops runs on 8' sides These special flat-weav...
Wool
$392Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 2x10 Blue And Green Leaf Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Sky Blue And Green Leaf Pattern Indian Dhurrie Runner-2'x10' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn.
Cotton
$227Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 3x5 Green And Pink Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Raspberry Pink Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug-3'x5' (Scallops runs on 5' sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven ...
Cotton
$244Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Runner, 2x6 Green, Blue Zig Zag Striped Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Natural Vegetable Dyed, Green, Cream & Blue Zig Zag Striped Indian Runner Rug - 2'x6' (60x180cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn...
Cotton
$699Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x8 Green Indian Shooting Star Dhurrie Rug
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green Shooting Star Rug-8'x8' (240x240cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to the special manufacturin...
Cotton
$699Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 8x10 Green And White Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Reversible Green, Blue And White Checked Indian Rug Size - 8'x10' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to the sp...
Cotton
$581Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x9 Green And Blue Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Area Rug, Sky Blue, Cream And Green Checked Indian Rug-6'x9' (180x270cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to ...
Cotton
$639Sale Price|20% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 Green And Blue Checked Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Area Rug, Sky Blue, Cream And Green Checked Indian Rug-5'x7' (150x210cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to ...
Cotton
$559Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Woolen Area Flat Weave Rug, 4x7 White, Green Star Dash Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Handmade New Zealand Wool Natural Vegetable Dyed, White, Green, Black And Maroon Striped And Star Dash Area Rug-4'x7' (120x210cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven wi...
Wool
$489Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x8 Blue And Green Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Sky Blue & Forest Green Four Sided Scalloped Rug-5'x8' (Scallops runs on all 4 Sides) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton ...
Cotton
$699Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Woolen Area Flat Weave Rug, 5x7 White, Green Star Dash Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
New Zealand Wool Natural Vegetable Dyed, Natural White, Sky Blue And Dark Green Striped And Star Dash Area Rug-5'x7' (150x210cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven wit...
Wool
$699Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x9 Green And Blue Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green, Cream And Teal Blue 4 sided Scalloped Striped Indian Rug-6'x9' (180x270cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cott...
Cotton
$629Sale Price|30% Off
Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 6x9 Green Shooting Star Indian Dhurrie Rug
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Forest Green Shooting Star Rug-6'x9' (180x270cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to the special manufacturin...
Cotton
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.
Today, there are few elements of decor as consistently beautiful as vibrantly colored, intricately patterned antique rugs. The legacy of fine Indian rugs and carpets dates back to the Mughal Empire, with Jalal-ud-Din Akbar in the 16th century establishing workshops for carpet weaving based on Persian practices. Combined with the aesthetics of Indian art, a new rug tradition was born.
In India, these Persian-inspired rugs and carpets were often made with lush materials, including silk, velvet and pashmina, a type of cashmere. It could take laborers as long as 15 years to weave a single carpet. Many of these rugs and carpets were created for royalty and frequently used inside palaces and mosques, particularly on special occasions.
Though the carpet weaving stemmed from a Persian tradition, Indian rugs and carpets featured designs that predated Persian influences. These complex patterns included floral, geometric, and animal motifs.
Indian rugs remain among the most coveted decorative items today. Browse 1stDibs for a wide variety of vintage, new and antique Indian rugs and carpets to establish a lavish focal point in any room in your home. See our guide to caring for your antique and vintage rugs, and read about how to choose the right area rug for your space.