1960s Desk, Günter Renkel
By Günter Renkel
Located in Neuss, NW
Minimalistic freestanding desk from the 1960s by Günter Renkel for Rego Möbel. Corpus in teak
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Easy Lounge chair design Gunter Renkel for Twen Rego 1950ies
By Günter Renkel
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
beautifull easy lounge chair in plywood, designed by Gunter Renkel in 1959 for Twen Rego
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Mid-Century Modern 1950s Gunter Renkel Lounge Chair with Matching Ottoman
$3,282
H 29.14 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in
Mid-Century Modern 1950s Gunter Renkel Lounge Chair with Matching Ottoman
By Günter Renkel
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant 1950s lounge chair by Gunter Renkel, accompanied by its original matching ottoman. The
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Mid-Century Wardrobe Highboy Dresser Danish Teak, G. Renkel for Rego
$2,900
H 63 in W 37.41 in D 16.54 in
Mid-Century Wardrobe Highboy Dresser Danish Teak, G. Renkel for Rego
By Günter Renkel
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Mid-Century Wardrobe Danish Teak. Günther Renkel for Rego Moebel, Göttingen Germany, 1960s
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires
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Mid-Century Wood and Metal Armchair
By Günter Renkel
Located in Weesp, NL
Rare 1950s plywood armchair by Gu¨nter Renkel for Rego, Germany. The dark blue original upholstery
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Günter Renkel Rego Lounge Chairs, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Amazing pair of plywood lounge chairs designed by Günter Renkel and manufactured by Rego, Germany
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Metal
Günter Renkel Rego Lounge Chairs, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning pair of teak plywood lounge chairs designed by Günter Renkel and manufactured by Rego
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Günter Renkel for Rego Bentwood Lounge Chairs, Germany, 1959
By Rego, Günter Renkel
Located in Southampton, NJ
Günter Renkel for Rego bentwood lounge chairs, Germany, 1959 Teak bent plywood seats over solid
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Vintage 1950s German Bauhaus Lounge Chairs
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Brass, Iron
Wall Unit Van Rego Mobile Design by Gunter Renkel, 1960
By Günter Renkel
Located in Oirlo, LI
a wall unit from the 60s by the Designer Gúnter Renkel, made by Rego Mobile from teak, the
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Furniture
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Gunter Renkel Plywood Lounge Chairs for Rego, Germany, 1959
By Rego, Günter Renkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Amazing pair of lounge chairs designed by Gunter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1959. These chairs are
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Mid-Century Modernist German Sideboards
Located in London, GB
A pair of modernist midcentury low cupboards by Rego Mobile, likely designed by Gunter Renkel
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Materials
Teak
Teak Cabinets by Gunther Renkel for Rego, 1960s
By Rego, Günter Renkel
Located in Echt, NL
Teak Rego cabinets by Gunther Renkel in good condition. Colored sliding doors. One shelf
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
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Teak
Günter Renkel Lounge Chairs for Rego, Germany, 1959
By Rego, Günter Renkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Amazing pair of lounge chairs designed by Günter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1959. These chairs are
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Large Minimalist Wardrobe, Cabinet designed by Gunther Renkel, for Rego, 1960s
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H 68.12 in W 37.41 in D 23.63 in
Large Minimalist Wardrobe, Cabinet designed by Gunther Renkel, for Rego, 1960s
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wardrobe designed in the 60s by the German designer Günther Renkel attention with very good
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Teak
Set of Four Teak Wall Shelves by Gunther Renkel for Rego, 1960s
By Rego, Günter Renkel
Located in Echt, NL
Set of four wall shelves by Gunther Renkel in good condition Produced by Rego, Germany in the
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Shelves
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Metal
Cabinet by Gunter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1960s
By Günter Renkel
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Cabinet designed by Günter Renkel and produced by Rego in Germany around 1960. This minimalist
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Vintage 1960s German Minimalist Cabinets
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Steel
Cabinet by Gunter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1960s
By Günter Renkel
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Cabinet designed by Günter Renkel and produced by Rego in Germany around 1960. This cabinet
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
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Gunter Renkel For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the gunter renkel you’re looking for. A gunter renkel — often made from wood, hardwood and teak — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer gunter renkel, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A gunter renkel, designed in the Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Gunter Renkel?
Prices for a gunter renkel can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,021 and can go as high as $6,436, while the average can fetch as much as $3,523.
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
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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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