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Vintage Display Bowl, German, Art Glass, Fruit Serving Dish, Kitchen, Vase, 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A German, art glass petal-form fruit dish, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Striking German art glass bowl with sculptural, organic form Shaped in a petal motif, with fl...
Art Glass
ZPS Zlín Czechoslovakian Art Glass Bowl with Green and Clear Glass
Located in Milano, IT
ZPS Zlín Czechoslovakian Art Glass Bowl with Green and Clear Glass A refined art glass bowl by ZPS Zlín, Czechoslovakia, dating from the period before the 1968 invasion of Czechoslov...
Glass, Blown Glass
$3,824 / item
Jan de Jong praying benches Pauluskerk Uden 1966
By Jan de Jong
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Praying benches designed by Jan de Jong for Pauluskerk (Uden), The Netherlands, 1966. These elegant and architectural praying benches are made of pine wood with a semi-transparent ol...
Iron
Los Castillo Taxco Silver Plate Tripod Catchall with Lapis & Azurite Stone Inlay
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Its combination of polished metal and saturated stone makes it particularly effective in both restrained contemporary spaces and layered Mid-Century Modern interiors. The underside ...
Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Silver Plate, Brass
Feldman Brass Lotus Flower Candle Holder
By Feldman Lighting Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful brass candle stick by Feldman - the leaves from the base up reveal a lotus pattern. We have left the piece patinated, but could be polished to a high sheen. A handsome ...
Brass
Paolo Venini Latticino Zanfirico Glass Bowl Plate Yellow White Uranium Murano
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This elegant Murano glass bowl designed by Paolo Venini for Venini, is a masterful example of Mid-Century Modern Italian glass design, dating to circa 1950.
Uranium Glass, Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Multi Color Murrine XL Art Glass Vase in the Style of Cenedese, 1970s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural hand-blown Italian art Murano multicolor glass vase with applied colorful big glass drops in the style of Cenedese. Italy, 1970s. Large size This exquisite large vase, wit...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Murano Glass Centerpiece by Giovanni Dalla Fina, Italy, 1980
By Giovanni Dalla Fina
Located in Villaverla, IT
The Description An exceptionally rare and monumental Murano glass centerpiece by the esteemed Italian Maestro, Giovanni Dalla Fina, created circa 1980. This spectacular piece transc...
Gold, Silver, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Aldo Londi Bitossi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Rectangular Ashtray Bowl Videpoche
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lovely to be used as bowl, vide-poche or ashtray or placed it with other Bitossi pieces as a collection on a low table or on a console as shown. Signed Italy underneath.
Pottery, Terracotta, Ceramic
1.7x3.4 Ft Vintage Turkish Accent Rug, Hand-Knotted Door Mat, Wool Seat Cover
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A handmade vintage Turkish area rug, finely hand-knotted with an even medium wool pile on a durable cotton foundation. This authentic vintage rug features a softly faded central meda...
Wool, Cotton
1.7x3.2 Ft Handmade Wool Rug, Vintage Seat Cover & Doormat. Kitchen Throw Rug
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A handmade vintage Turkish area rug, finely hand-knotted with an even medium wool pile on a durable cotton foundation. This authentic vintage rug features a softly faded central meda...
Wool, Cotton
1.7x3 Ft Vintage Accent Rug in Muted Colors, Hand-Knotted Door Mat, Seat Cover
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A handmade vintage Turkish area rug, finely hand-knotted with an even medium wool pile on a durable cotton foundation. This authentic vintage Turkish rug features a softly faded cent...
Wool, Cotton
Rough patinated Swedish bench from the 1950s.
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Swedish bench from the 1950s, quietly striking in its simplicity, embodies the essence of mid-century rural craftsmanship. Its low, elongated silhouette and honest construction ref...
Pine
1.7x3.3 Ft Vintage Turkish Accent Rug, Hand-Knotted Wool Door Mat, Seat Cover
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A handmade vintage Turkish area rug, finely hand-knotted with an even medium wool pile on a durable cotton foundation. This authentic vintage Turkish rug features a softly faded cent...
Wool, Cotton
Los Castillo Taxco Mexican Modernist Silver Plate Copper Sculptural Bowl
By Emilia Castillo, Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
It would work particularly well within Mexican Modernist, Mid-Century Modern, Brutalist, organic modern, contemporary or eclectic interiors.
Silver, Silver Plate, Copper
Danish Cabinetmaker Frederik Stærmose Sofa Bench in Teakwood & Cane, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
When the cushions are removed or rearranged, the bench transforms seamlessly into a side table or low console, revealing the smooth teak surface beneath—an intentional and highly fun...
Cane, Teak
Trio of Otto Brauer for Holmegaard Green and Blue Danish Glass Gulvvases
By Otto Brauer
Located in Chattanooga, TN
The “Gulvvase” (literally “floor vase”) remains one of Otto Brauer’s most iconic designs, celebrated for its purity of line and modern sculptural presence. These examples are ideal f...
Art Glass
Vintage Modernist Turquoise & Black Studio Pottery Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sophisticated decorative object in its own right, this sculptural vase is equally striking displayed on a console, cocktail table, bookshelf, or pedestal. Its bold graphic design c...
Pottery
1960s Vintage Art Deco Rug in Distressed Green Geometric pattern by Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
The shabby chic personality is born of a play of distress and low-sheared pile—a calling card of Müren’s style complementing this as one of his most distinguished, unique mid-century...
Wool
Antique Turkish Kilim Rug Red Multicolour Tribal Medallion Flatweave Carpet 1940
Located in Wembley, GB
This piece stands as an authentic mid-20th-century tribal textile, created using techniques and visual codes passed down through generations.
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
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.
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Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
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.
You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.