Wood and glass cabinet by German architect and designer Felix Kayser, c.1930s. Faceted frame with paneled doors, adjustable shelving, and a glazed display section. Sourced in France....

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Vintage 1930s German Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Glass, Wood

Mid-Century Standing Jewelry Chest by Kipp Stewart for Glenn of California

$2,300

$2,320Sale Price|20% Off

H 29.5 in W 77.25 in D 19 in

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dyrlund Rosewood Credenza

By Dyrlund

Located in Pasadena, TX

This is a beautiful 77" rosewood credenza manufactured by Dyrlund of Denmark. The detailing of Dyrlund can also be seen in the doors and handles. A stunning piece suitable for home o...

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Vintage 1960s Danish Credenzas

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Rosewood

Baker Furniture Campaign-Style Low Chest

$2,300

H 21.75 in W 38 in D 19 in

Baker Furniture Campaign-Style Low Chest

By Baker Furniture Company

Located in Norwalk, CT

Handsome, smaller size campaign-style chest by Baker Furniture Company. Lovely grain and color. Solid Brass pulls. Characteristic Baker quality. This piece has been fully restored wi...

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Vintage 1970s American Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Vintage Drexel Campaign Dresser

$3,450

H 29.5 in W 68 in D 19 in

Vintage Drexel Campaign Dresser

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This exceptional triple dresser by Drexel Heritage is a masterclass in the Campaign style, perfectly blending functional military roots with high-end mid-century sophistication. Craf...

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Mid-20th Century American Campaign Dressers

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Wood

Mogens Koch Cabinet for Rud. Rasmussen

$3,346

H 31.89 in W 29.93 in D 14.18 in

Mogens Koch Cabinet for Rud. Rasmussen

By Mogens Koch, Rud Rasmussen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

Mogens Koch cabinet in Oregon Pine. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen Reverse with paper label ‘RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/KØBENHAVN/DANMARK.

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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets

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Pine

Mid Century Modern Walnut End Side Table or Nightstand

$1,600

H 22 in W 22 in D 15 in

Mid Century Modern Walnut End Side Table or Nightstand

By Jens Risom, Knoll

Located in Rockaway, NJ

Nice Mid-Century Modern walnut cabinet in style of Risom.

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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

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Walnut

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$1,900

H 48 in W 20 in D 48 in

Mid-Century Modern Walnut Bedroom Dresser

Located in Pasadena, TX

This unique American walnut dresser features stunning vintage craftsmanship, evident in it's simple yet elegant details. From rounded corner tapered legs to sculpted cabinet front, t...

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

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Walnut

$1,280Sale Price|20% Off

H 18 in W 28 in D 36 in

Founders Mid Century 4 Drawer Chest by Jack Cartwright

By Jack Cartwright

Located in Pasadena, TX

Founders Mid Century 4 Drawer Chest by Jack Cartwright 36x28x18

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Late 20th Century Dressers

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Wood

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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.