La Permanente Cantu

Mobili Art Deco Fine Furniture

Italian Maple Bedroom Furniture

Italian Art Deco Night Stands

Cantu Chair

Midcentury La

Carlo Ponti

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Maple, Lacquer

$41,757 / set

Ilmari Tapiovaara Set of Twelve Dining Chairs by Permanente Mobili Cantù 1950s

By La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Ilmari Tapiovaara

Located in Cascina, Pisa

Set of 12 dining chairs designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara and produced by La Permanente Mobili Cantù in the 1950s. An exceptional and rare large set that perfectly embodies the balance b...

Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

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Italian Entry Wardrobe by La Permanente

Unavailable

H 71.66 in W 59.06 in D 13 in

Italian Entry Wardrobe by La Permanente

By La Permanente Mobili Cantù

Located in Barcelona, ES

Nice entry wardrobe by La Permanente (Consorzio Esposizione Mobili Cantù), Italy, 1950s.

Sold

H 43.31 in W 50.79 in D 20.08 in

Luigi Scremin For La Permanente Mobili Cantu Bar Counter With Stools 1960's

By Luigi Scremin, La Permanente Mobili Cantù

Located in Shibuya-ku, 13

This striking bar counter and stool set was designed by renowned Italian designer Luigi Scremin. The set includes a beautifully crafted bar counter paired with two matching stools, f...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

Materials

Materials

Brass

Limestone Sink Basin

$3,298 / item

H 4.73 in W 23.63 in D 14.18 in

Limestone Sink Basin

Located in Cranbrook, Kent

This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Crema Luna Limestone a very soft tactile stone and ideal option with these style of sinks; these ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Stone Sinks

Materials

Limestone

Pair of Park Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Yaniv Chen for Lemon

$5,753 / set

H 24.01 in W 18.12 in D 14.18 in

Pair of Park Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Yaniv Chen for Lemon

By Lemon

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Structure: Made from Iroko veneer with solid oak edging, the Park Nightstand is finished with matching veneer on both the exterior and interior. The inside includes an adjustable she...

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2010s South African Minimalist Pedestals

Materials

Wood

Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase

$7,485 / item

H 87 in W 59 in D 18 in

Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase

Located in Westwood, NJ

Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...

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21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Wood

Fine French Art Deco Walnut Armchair by Jules Leleu

On Hold|~~$5,800~~

$65,000

H 36 in Dm 18 in

A Pendant by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy

By Paavo Tynell, Taito Oy

Located in Long Island City, NY

Custom commissioned lighting pendant designed by Paavo Tynell for Taito, Oy. Finland circa 1940th/50th. Polished perforated brass with brass leafs decoration. (2) E 27 sockets. Rewi...

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Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Bar Cabinet inlaid Wood in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s

$5,678Sale Price|20% Off

H 51.58 in W 44.89 in D 18.51 in

Mid-Century Bar Cabinet inlaid Wood in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1950s

By Paolo Buffa

Located in Kampen, NL

Bar cabinet, Italy, 1950s. Designed in the refined style of Paolo Buffa, this exquisite piece exemplifies the Italian mid-century neoclassical aesthetic. Meticulously crafted with ex...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Art Nouveau Dry Bars

Materials

Brass

$11,500 / set

H 32.25 in W 26.5 in D 25.25 in

Pair of French 1920s Art Deco Club Chairs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Incredible pair of Art Deco club chairs from France, 1920s. Beautiful curved wood frame with scroll details on arms. Newly upholstered in a lovely pale yellow linen. Original wood fi...

Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Club Chairs

Materials

Linen, Wood

Italian 1940s Single Stool in Wood and White Linen

$1,507

H 16.93 in W 20.48 in D 14.18 in

Italian 1940s Single Stool in Wood and White Linen

By Paolo Buffa

Located in Milan, IT

Italian 1940s Single Stool in Wood and White Linen

Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Linen, Wood

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La Permanente Cantu For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the la permanente cantu you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A la permanente cantu — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer la permanente cantu, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right la permanente cantu, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made la permanente cantu over the years, but those crafted by La Permanente Mobili Cantù, Ilmari Tapiovaara and Gianfranco Frattini are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a La Permanente Cantu?

Prices for a la permanente cantu can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,351 and can go as high as $24,700, while the average can fetch as much as $4,577.

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.