$3,147
H 45.28 in W 18.71 in D 24.81 in
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Beech Valet Chair Ico & Luisa Parisi Attributed
By Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid century modern vintage beech valet chair was designed by Ico & Luisa Parisi attributed, Italy
Brass
Fratelli Reguitti Valet Chair Style of Ico Parisi, 1950-1960
By Fratelli Reguitti, Ico Parisi
Located in Rochester, NY
Fratelli Reguitti valet chair in original glazed cerused pale oak w/ brass fittings. Two brass rods
Brass
1990s Foppapedretti Gentleman's Folding Valet Stand with Seat Italy
By Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1990s Italy Foppapedretti Gentleman's folding valet with chair. In the Style of Ico and Luisa
Wood, Fabric
Mid-Century Parisi Designed Valet Chair
By Ico Parisi, Fratelli Reguitti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century modern butler chair by Ico Parisi and Luisa Parisi for Fratelli Regguitti. Walnut
Rope, Walnut
Fratelli Reguitti Valet Chair in Oak, Ico Parisi, 1950s
By Fratelli Reguitti, Ico Parisi
Located in Brussels, BE
Fratelli Reguitti valet chair in oak, Ico Parisi, 1950s.
Brass
Ico & Luisa Parisi Designed Valet Chair
By Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fratelli Reguitti produced valet chair with woven rope seat and sculpted walnut frame. Designed by
1950's Italian Mid Century Iron & Brass Valet Chair
By Ico Parisi
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unusual and rare valet chair in solid enameled iron with solid brass balls accents , circa
Brass, Iron
Midcentury Stained Beech Valet Chair
By Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Berkeley, CA
This valet chair in stained beech was once a staple of the 1950s and can be added to any modern
Beech
Pair of 1960s Valet Chairs by Ico Parisi for Fratelli Reguitti
By Ico Parisi
Located in Dronten, NL
Practical folding Italian valet chairs with storage compartment under the seat. Competitive
Wood
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H 45.75 in W 18.5 in D 18.5 in
Handsome Wood Rope Valet Chair Manner of Ico Parisi Mid-Century Modern
By Ico Parisi
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Handsome wood and rope valet chair in the manner of Ico Parisi and Luisa Fratelli Ruggitti
Walnut
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H 45.5 in W 19 in D 23 in
Italian Valet Chair by Ico & Luisa Parisi Fratelli Reguitti Mid-century Modern
By Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gent's valet chair by Ico & Luisa Parisi executed by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy. This extraordinary
Rope
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H 45.5 in W 19 in D 25.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Italian Valet Chair by Ico and Luisa Fratelli Reguitti
By Ico Parisi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern valet features a rush seat that lifts up to unveil two small
Rush, Wood
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H 45.67 in W 19.3 in D 23.23 in
Italian Midcentury Beech Valet chair by Ico and Luisa Parisi for Frat. Reguitti
By Fratelli Reguitti, Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
This Handsome beechwood and rope valet chair has been designed by Ico and Luisa Parisi in thr 1950s
Rope, Beech
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H 45.5 in W 19 in D 25.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Wood and Rope Valet Manner of Ico and Fratelli Ruggitti
By Ico & Luisa Parisi
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid-Century Modern wood and rope valet, manner of Ico Parisi and Luisa Fratelli Ruggitti. Features
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H 45.47 in W 18.31 in D 20.87 in
Mid Century Modern Beechwood Valet Chair by Ico & Luisa Parisi, Italy 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
Gent's valet chair by Ico & Luisa Parisi executed by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy. This
Metal
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H 40 in W 15 in D 22 in
Fratelli Reguitti Mid-Century Clothing Valet Chair, Ico Parisi, Italy, 1950s
By Ico & Luisa Parisi, Fratelli Reguitti
Located in Vienna, AT
A sculptural Modernist gentleman’s and gentlewoman’s valet clothing stand and chair combination
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Teak Clothes Valet Chair, Fratelli Reguitti Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant clothes valet from Italy with lift lid seat for storage. Created from teak and
Brass
Ico Parisi Valet Chair
By Ico Parisi
Located in Hudson, NY
Here is a great valet chair by Ico Parisi. The wood is teak and the seat is a woven rush.
Rush, Teak
Italian Valet Chair by Ico Parisi for Fratelli Reguitti
By Ico Parisi, Fratelli Reguitti
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an Italian gentleman's valet chair designed by Ico Parisi for Fratelli Reguitti in the 1960
Brass
Italian Walnut Valet Chair
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual Italian "Valet" with chair and hidden compartment,in the style of Ico & Luisa Parisi
1960's Folding Italian Valet Chair
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
1960's Italian Gentleman Valet solid walnut folding Chair with natural cord seating material. All
Walnut, Rush
$4,431 / set
H 29.93 in W 18.12 in D 20.87 in
Set of Six Mahogany Chairs Mod.110 by Ico Parisi for Cassina - Italy - 1960s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful set of six chairs in elegant mahogany and comfortable hazelnut-colored velvet born from the pencil of Ico Parisi and made since the 1960s, by the prestigious Cassina compan...
Velvet, Wood
$2,400Sale Price|25% Off
H 27.5 in W 31 in D 17.5 in
Vintage Italian Brushed Nickel Bar Cart with Bottle Insert and Shelves
By Romeo Rega
Located in New York, NY
A stylish designer Italian brushed nickel cart with smoked glass shelves and bottle insert on easy rolling ball wheels possibly Romeo Rega.
$1,192 / item
H 8 in W 8 in D 8 in
Rare Whiskey Glass with Presenter, Includes Presenter and Four Set of Glasses
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by the pleasures of Fine whisky, the rare presenter, by gentner design, elevates the experience through the art of presentation. The suspended tray with a unique handle allo...
Brass
$2,724 / set
H 62.41 in W 45.48 in D 14.57 in
Art Deco Amsterdamse School Dressing Table or Vanity by J.J. Zijfers, 1920s
By J.J. Zijfers
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School dressing table or vanity. Design by J.J. Zijfers Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with original drawer...
Mirror, Macassar, Oak
Italian Art Deco 1940s Wardrobe
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1940s Art Deco wardrobe.
Wood
Contemporary Step Stool "Steps" in White Oak by Casey Lurie USA
By Casey Lurie
Located in Chicago, IL
Given their usefulness, it is surprising that the common step stool is such an overlooked piece of furniture. Steps is a simple rethinking of this established type and is proportione...
Ash, Cherry, Walnut, Oak
$1,206Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.78 in W 36.62 in D 18.51 in
Mid-Century Wooden Bar Cart by Cesare Lacca, Italy, 1950s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Catania, CT
Sophisticated Italian bar cart designed by Cesare Lacca, crafted in the 1950s. The structure is made of beautifully shaped wood, showcasing Lacca’s signature organic lines and elegan...
Glass, Wood
$1,480
H 70.87 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Decorative Coat Stand in Solid Pine, Danish Mid Century Modern, 1970s
By Rainer Daumiller
Located in Odense, DK
An intriguing sculptural coat stand with plenty of space for your jackets etc, all made in solid pine. Crafted by a Danish cabinetmaker in the 1970s. This simple and decorative des...
Pine
$5,900 / item
H 30 in Dm 52 in
ISLAND Dining Table - 52ӯ - Travertine Stone, Round, Stain Resistant, Modern
Located in St Petersburg, US
'Island' Round Dining Table in Beige Travertine Stone Island dining table showcases the refined simplicity and subtle elegance characteristic of Italian minimalist style. Constructed...
Stone, Travertine
English 19th Century Edwardian Folding Screen
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A massive antique English five-panel folding screen from the 19th century, this was probably used in a commercial or hospitality setting to divide a large space into more intimate pr...
Cotton, Mahogany
$1,997
H 13.39 in W 33.27 in D 33.27 in
Midcentury Steel and Smoked Glass Coffee Table Verner Panton Style, Italy 1970s
By Verner Panton
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing coffee table with a smoked glass surface and a steel base that reminds of a cage in the stylke of Verner Panton. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Metal, Steel, Chrome
$920Sale Price|20% Off
H 68.9 in W 45.28 in D 11.82 in
Italian Vintage Elegance – Brass and Teak Wall Clothes Hanger from the 1950
Located in Oirlo, LI
The Italian brass and teak wall clothes hanger, produced between the 1950s and 1960s, is a vintage masterpiece that embodies mid-century elegance. Combining warm teak wood with polis...
Metal, Brass
1950s Swedish Velvet Samspel Sofa by Carl Malmsten
By Carl Malmsten
Located in London, England
Carl Malmsten 'Samspel' Sofa, circa 1950s First designed in 1956 and produced by AB Record in Bollnas, Sweden, the 'Samspel' sofa is one of the finest pieces to be drawn by Sweden...
Wool, Cotton, Beech
Adjustable Brass Valet Coat Rack by Glo-Mar Art Works
By Glo-Mar Artworks
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Polish brass valet coat rack by Glo-mar Artworks NY. In beautiful condition. Newly hand polished(not lacquered). The jewelry, pants and shoes holders are adjustable. Meas...
Brass
Axel Einar Hjorth Swedish Grace Bookshelf, 1930
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet), Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Uccle, BE
"Funkis" Bookshelf made of Bonad birch with removable shelves. Metal plaque on back with the following information NK R 35389- C 25 1 32. Dimensions: H100.5 x W116 x D25cm H39" x W46...
Birch
19TH Century Entrance Coat-Rack Hanger with Mirror by Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Completely original entrance coat-rack hanger with mirror by Thonet, period 1800s. Measure cm: H 195, W 85, D 30.
Mirror, Beech
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.
With its grid-like doors and wavy trim, the 1940s design feels as fresh as ever.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Prehistoric motifs give the mid-century Italian fireplace an elemental feel.
Their charming solid-oak pieces offer homes utility and comfort.
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Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.
Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.