Important dining table Mod 781 by Vico Magistretti for Cassina
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
The Model 781 dining table, designed by Vico Magistretti for Cassina in the 1960s-1970s, is a
Wood
Vico Magistretti Edison Dining Table for Cassina, Glass & Steel
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vico Magistretti Edison Table For Cassina An elegant system of cross-shaped connectors used in
Glass
$5,905Sale Price|44% Off
Square Walnut Table Model 781 by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 60s , 70s
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Padova, IT
Square walnut table model 781 by Vico Magistretti for Cassina 60s , 70s. Superb table in solid
Walnut
$23,173Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
$24,605Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
$15,121Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
$20,489Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
$20,489Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
$17,715Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Wood
$15,121Sale Price / item|25% Off
Sculptural Sengu Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). LIGHT-HEARTED
Concrete
$10,647Sale Price / item|25% Off
Trampoline Beige Marble Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Trampoline Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy
Concrete
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Green Stained Oak Dining Chairs with Matching Table
By Vico Magistretti, Hank Loewenstein, Cassina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This dining set consists of four Vico Magistretti, 'Carimate' green stained oak dining chairs and a
Rush, Oak
$14,226Sale Price / item|25% Off
Trampoline Red Clay Color Dining Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Trampoline Red Dining Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy
Concrete
$4,294Sale Price / item|20% Off
Asian Inspired Sengu Dining Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Dining Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Dining Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
Asian Inspired Sengu Low Coffee Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Coffee Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). AN ASIAN
Wood
$9,305Sale Price / set|25% Off
Set of Two Sengu Low Tables by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two Sengu Low Tables designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). DESIGN
Wood
Sengu Low Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina, Marble & Wood, Italy
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Low Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). DESIGN LOW TABLES
Wood
Sengu Low Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina, Marble & Wood, Italy
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Low Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). DESIGN LOW TABLES
Wood
Sengu Low Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina, Marble & Wood, Italy
By Patricia Urquiola, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Low Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). DESIGN LOW TABLES
Wood
$9,305Sale Price / set|25% Off
Set of Two Sengu Low Tables by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two Sengu Low Tables designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). DESIGN
Wood
Sengu Low Table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina, Marble & Wood, Italy
By Cassina, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sengu Low Table designed by Patricia Urquiola. Manufactured by Cassina (Italy). DESIGN LOW TABLES
Wood
$13,107Sale Price / item|25% Off
Rodolfo Dordoni Longplane Dining Table for Cassina, Walnut, Italy
By Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Longplane Table For Cassina Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni, a dining table with
Walnut
XL 1975 Italian Chrome 12-Seat Conference / Dining Table for Anonima Castelli
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Vico Magistretti, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Anonima Castelli, Cassina
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Bologna, Italy. This version is the extra-long 12-seat conference table or dining table. Measuring 110 in
Chrome
Dalu Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in London, GB
This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during
Plastic
$889Sale Price|25% Off
Mid-century Vintage Red Dalù Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1960s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This rare table lamp was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacture Artemide during
Plastic
$4,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of ca 1980 White Aluminum Vico Magistretti for Oluce Atollo 233 Table Lamps
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Mexico City, MX
A pair of Italian Atollo 233 white aluminum ca. 1979 lamps by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. The lamps
Aluminum
$1,045Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 2 Vintage Modern Black Dalù Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of two table lamps was designed by Vico Magistretti for the Italian manufacturer Artemide
Plastic
Italian Metal Vintage ATOLLO Table Lamps / Vico Magistretti / OLUCE srl (Italy)
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
ATOLLO 233 Table Lamps (Matched Set of 2) Vico Magistretti (Italian) OLUCE srl (Italy) / Vintage
Metal
$20,489Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina A design dining room table inspired by the ritual
Walnut
$24,605Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina A design dining room table inspired by the ritual
Walnut
$20,489Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina A design dining room table inspired by the ritual
Walnut
$15,550Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina A design dining room table inspired by the ritual
Walnut
$25,150Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina A design dining room table inspired by the ritual
Walnut
$15,121Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Sengu Table For Cassina A design dining room table inspired by the ritual
Walnut
$13,895Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Trampoline Table for Cassina: Marble & Aluminium
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Trampoline Table For Cassina With the Trampoline Dining Table, Patricia Urquiola
Marble
$14,118Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Rondos Chest of Drawers For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Rondos Chest of Drawers For Cassina Designed by Patricia Urquiola, Rondos is a
Marble
$16,686Sale Price / item|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Rondos Chest of Drawers For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Rondos Chest of Drawers For Cassina Designed by Patricia Urquiola, Rondos is a
Marble
$13,215Sale Price / item|25% Off
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out 477 Large Dining Table
By Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out 477 Table For Cassina Sophisticated style is the hallmark feature of the
Terrazzo
$30,805Sale Price / set|25% Off
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Rondos Chest of Drawers For Cassina
By Patricia Urquiola
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Set of Two Rondos Chest of Drawers For Cassina Designed by Patricia Urquiola
Marble
$1,622Sale Price / item|20% Off
Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chair by Cassina
By Cassina, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chair designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine Out
Fabric, Rope, Wood
$1,622Sale Price / item|20% Off
Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chair by Cassina
By Cassina, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chair designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine
Fabric, Rope, Wood
$12,928Sale Price / item|25% Off
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out 477 Table
By Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out 477 Table For Cassina Sophisticated style is the hallmark feature of the
Terrazzo
$3,006 / item
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out Chair For Cassina
By Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out Chair For Cassina The Dine Out family of furnishings by Rodolfo Dordoni
Teak
$3,006 / item
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out Chair For Cassina
By Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out Chair For Cassina The Dine Out family of furnishings by Rodolfo Dordoni
Teak
Set of Six Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chairs by Cassina
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine Out
Fabric, Rope, Wood
$6,480Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Four Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chairs by Cassina
By Cassina, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine
Fabric, Rope, Wood
Set of Four Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chairs by Cassina
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine
Fabric, Rope, Wood
$6,480Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Four Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chairs, by Cassina
By Cassina, Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine Out
Fabric, Rope, Wood
$3,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Two Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chairs by Cassina
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine Out
Fabric, Rope, Wood
$3,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Two Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out' Outside Chairs, by Cassina
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoor chairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Dine Out
Fabric, Rope, Wood
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.
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.
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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.