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Lucite Four Poster Beds

Great Lucite, Four Poster Bed Attributed to Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Montreal, QC
Queen size lucite four poster bed attributed to Charles Hollis Jones, the head and foot boards are
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Great Lucite, Four Poster Bed Attributed to Charles Hollis Jones
Great Lucite, Four Poster Bed Attributed to Charles Hollis Jones
$7,750 Sale Price
69% Off
H 90 in W 77 in D 89 in
Vintage Contemporary Lucite Poster King Bed After Charles Hollis Jones
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fantastic vintage Contemporary King bed frame. Stunning lucite four poster bed with heavy brass
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Lucite Bed
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking and sculptural, this vintage Lucite four-poster bed is a glamorous centerpiece in the
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Lucite

Mid-Century Modern Lucite Bed
Mid-Century Modern Lucite Bed
$3,300
H 67 in W 68.5 in D 84.75 in
Lucite & Brass Four Poster Queen Size Bed after Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Lucite and Brass Queen size bed designed and manufactured in the United States in the
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Vintage Charles Hollis Jones Four Poster/King Size Bed in Brass & Lucite
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and rare king-size, four-poster bed/canopy bed in Lucite and brass by Charles Hollis Jones
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

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Vintage Four-Poster Lucite Queen-Bed
Located in North York, ON
This beautiful four-poster bed is comprised of a Lucite frame and metal laminate accents. The style
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Laminate, Lucite

Spectacular Lucite Poster Bed With Mirror Canopy
Located in Danville, CA
Lucite Four Poster Queen Bed with Mirror Ceiling. This beautifully detailed piece has notched and
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Lucite

Rare Four Poster, Lucite Bed.
Located in Miami, FL
Exceptional Queen size lucite and chrome 4 poster bed.
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Vintage 1970s American Daybeds

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Chrome

Rare Four Poster, Lucite Bed.
Rare Four Poster, Lucite Bed.
H 91 in W 67.5 in D 83 in
1970's Four Poster Bed
Located in Miami, FL
King Size Custom Four Poster Bed with solid 6"diameter Lucite posts featuring brass inlaid bands
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

1970's  Four Poster Bed
1970's  Four Poster Bed
H 80 in W 72 in D 84 in
Milo Baughman Style Polished Chrome and Lucite Queen Size Four-Poster Bed
By Milo Baughman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish queen-size four-poster bed is very much in the style of pieces created by Milo
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Chrome

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Chippendale Mahogany Four-Post Bed
Located in Westwood, NJ
Chippendale style four-post bed US King, finest mahogany flame veneers and satinwood crossbanding on the head and footboard, high turned and reeded posts on square carved fretwork le...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chippendale Beds and Bed Frames

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Mahogany

Chippendale Mahogany Four-Post Bed
Chippendale Mahogany Four-Post Bed
$14,150 / item
H 92.5 in W 82.75 in D 91.25 in
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
$2,800 / set
H 17.5 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Leather Meander Wall Sconce
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Our updated Meander Reader light with leather wrapped flexible arm and a larger cone shade and new upward angle feature. Bulb can be fully recessed. Comes with suggested LED bulb. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass

Leather Meander Wall Sconce
Leather Meander Wall Sconce
$875 / item
H 16 in W 5 in D 12 in
Tulip Contemporary Wall Sconce, Wall Light in White Plaster, Hannah Woodhouse
By Hannah Woodhouse
Located in London, GB
Handmade Tulip organic modern wall light/ wall sconce, in silky smooth white plaster, created by artist Hannah Woodhouse in her London studio. Contemporary organic modern design insp...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Wall Lights and Sco...

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Pink Bedroom Vanity with Velvet Pouff design by Ilaria Ferraro
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous pink bedroom vanity with matching rounded mirror by Ilaria Ferraro Model Vonnie Vanity. The vanity mirror has two semi-oval gilded feet to support the weight of the structur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Romantic Vanities

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Velvet, Mirror, Plastic, Wood

Pink Bedroom Vanity with Velvet Pouff design by Ilaria Ferraro
Pink Bedroom Vanity with Velvet Pouff design by Ilaria Ferraro
$8,527 Sale Price
20% Off
H 57.09 in W 63 in D 22.05 in
Tarnished Bronze Handmade Swedish Sculptural Pendant at 39”/ 95cm diameter
By Ovature Studios
Located in Torslanda, SE
The Bonnie range is designed around the stylized form of a Saffron flower, known around the world for its valuable beauty, fragrance and essence. Measures: 35”/ 90cm diameter"ø. Eac...
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2010s Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Brass, Bronze

Gio Ponti Bed - Euro King
By Gio Ponti
Located in Hanover, MA
BG GALLERIES SUMMER SALE Gio Ponti Euro King size bed from 1957 in incredibly figured olive ash burl wood veneer with "organized wall" headboard fitted with floating shelves above s...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Gio Ponti Bed - Euro King
Gio Ponti Bed - Euro King
$22,500 Sale Price
43% Off
H 39 in W 115 in D 81 in
French Art Deco "Feather" Chandelier
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco "feather" chandelier. Having eight clear frosted glass panels with ribbed geometric motif. Held by a silver nickeled multi-tiered skyscraper geometric design...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

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Glass

Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in verdigris p...
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Metal

Hans Weiss Custom Headboard for King Bed
By Hans Weiss
Located in Hanover, MA
BG GALLERIES SPRING INTO SUMMER SALE Custom L shaped headboard cabinet wall with floating nightstands and bookshelves designed by Hans Weiss in 1960 for the master bedroom of an Upp...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Hans Weiss Custom Headboard for King Bed
Hans Weiss Custom Headboard for King Bed
$4,840 Sale Price
44% Off
H 34 in W 207 in D 68 in
Luciano Frigerio italian vintage Brass bed, branded
By Luciano Frigerio
Located in Milano, IT
Step back in time to the glamorous 1970s with this exquisite Italian double bed designed by the talented Lucino Frigerio and proudly marked by the same illustrious manufacturer. Its ...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Luciano Frigerio italian vintage Brass bed, branded
Luciano Frigerio italian vintage Brass bed, branded
$1,705 Sale Price
20% Off
H 33.47 in W 72.45 in D 97.25 in
Sling Hanging Swing Chair Genuine Brown Leather 21st Century Modern
By Joanina and David Pastoll
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Stripped away from all excess, this hanging chair has a circular frame with a sheet of natural thick leather hanging loose within it, to create a sleek, sexy, and oh so comfortable e...
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2010s South African Modern Chairs

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Steel

Sling Hanging Swing Chair Genuine Brown Leather 21st Century Modern
Sling Hanging Swing Chair Genuine Brown Leather 21st Century Modern
$2,150 / item
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 13.39 in
Valentino Canopy Bed Made of Cherrywood, Morelato
By Morelato
Located in Salizzole, IT
Valentino, canopy bed made of cherrywood with upholstered headboard. Mattress size 160 x 200 170 x 195 180 x 200 King and California king sizes. Available in different finishes and u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Beds and Bed Frames

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Ash, Cherry

Valentino Canopy Bed Made of Cherrywood, Morelato
Valentino Canopy Bed Made of Cherrywood, Morelato
$7,645 / item
H 78.75 in W 75.99 in D 83.86 in
Marc Held for Prisunic Molded Fiberglass Bed, c. 1966
By Prisunic, Marc Held
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Be the envy of your friends with this rare and sought after piece of the Pop-Art movement history by Parisian designer Marc Held. In 1966 Held collaborated with Prisunic to design an...
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Fiberglass

Marc Held for Prisunic Molded Fiberglass Bed, c. 1966
Marc Held for Prisunic Molded Fiberglass Bed, c. 1966
$5,600 Sale Price / set
29% Off
H 15 in W 91 in D 82.5 in
2023 Sacha Lakic for Roche Bobois King Size Bubble Bed in Tissue Orsetto Flex
By Sacha Lakic, Roche Bobois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Bubble Bed, originally designed by Sacha Lakic in 2014. This particular example was produced by Roche Bobois in Italy in 2023. The bed is comprised of a wooden frame and is...
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2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Wood, Fabric, Foam

Pierre Cardin Queen Size Bedroom Ensemble
By Pierre Cardin, Dillingham Manufacturing Company
Located in Hanover, MA
Pierre Cardin queen size platform bed with double wardrobe units, spotlight bridge and headboard cabinet. Presented in white gloss laminate embellished with chrome banding and mirror...
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Vintage 1970s American Space Age Bedroom Sets

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Chrome

Pierre Cardin Queen Size Bedroom Ensemble
Pierre Cardin Queen Size Bedroom Ensemble
$9,300 / set
H 80.25 in W 116 in D 96 in
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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

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.

Finding the Right Beds-frames for You

We find relaxation and solace in our bedrooms, which are often the most cherished rooms of a home. Your antique, new or vintage bed and bed frame are integral to this oasis of personal comfort.

Beds and bed frames have long been an important part of the sanctuary that is the bedroom. For the upper class in countries such as England, the massive, costly beds of the 16th and 17th centuries were decorative and of the poster variety. Some were characterized by large painted wooden headboards, often made of oak, that featured ornate carvings and richly colored curtains affixed to each of the two or four posts — think of today’s sumptuous upholstered headboards as a distant cousin to these luxurious furnishings. The heavy fabric curtains were drawn across a fringed canopy to close out the sunlight that might’ve warmed your grandiose and opulent bedchambers. This feature could also offer privacy as desired, because, as we all know, a bedroom is for more than just sleeping

Coiled springs didn’t make their way into mattresses until the 1800s, which likely made for a far more comfortable night’s sleep for many. Bed frames of cast iron and brass were introduced during the mid- to late-19th century. Later, the 20th century brought with it marvelous innovations for slumberland, among them daybeds from the likes of George Nelson and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich as well as convertible sofa beds.

Today, you will find a range of beds geared toward your individual personality and preferred style of decor. When shopping for a bed and bed frame, keep in mind that you’ve got options. Sizes range from twin to California king. At 76 inches wide and 80 inches long, a king-size bed is roughly 16 inches wider than a queen-size mattress, and your bed frame will likely add two to five inches to each side. (The California king bed is 84 inches long.)

From dramatic bedroom designs to uncomplicated, minimalist approaches, the bedroom has evolved into the haven that it should be: a peaceful place of respite, where we begin and end every day. Take the time to create your very own oasis — you deserve it. Rest easy with an expansive collection of antique, new and vintage beds and bed frames available on 1stDibs.

Questions About Lucite Four Poster Beds
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    References show that in the 14th and 15th centuries, “four-post” was the correct terminology. However, today it is considered correct to say “four-poster”. You can find a range of vintage and antique four-poster beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Today, the point of a four-poster bed is largely stylistic. People place them in bedrooms due to their elegant decorative appearance. Historically, four-poster beds featured heavy curtains that blocked light, preserved privacy and provided warmth in the winter. You'll find a selection of four-poster beds on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The tester on a four poster bed is the canopy over the bed. It was usually made of wood and could be covered with cloth. It provided privacy and helped enclose the bed, making it easier to heat the bed area. On 1stDibs, find an array of vintage and contemporary four-poster beds.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A four poster bed features four posts, one at each corner. A canopy bed also has four posts, one at each corner, but a canopy bed is covered with a cloth of some sort. They can look similar except for the canopy on top. However, canopy posts are often built differently than four poster beds so they can accommodate the fabric. Shop a collection of four poster and canopy beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Across the top of older four-poster beds was a wooden rail that was called the tester. The tester often held a rail where curtains were attached that could be pulled closed. Shop a collection of four-poster beds from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    You can make a four-poster bed modern in a number of ways. Try refinishing it with matte spray paint or covering the headboard with fabric or wallpaper. You can also hang fabric in contemporary prints from the frame as a canopy. You'll find a collection of four-poster beds on 1stDibs.