$795 / set
H 5.5 in Dm 3 in
Vintage MCM Libbey Frosted Golden Foliage Pattern 31 Piece Glassware Set & Bowl
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible vintage MCM or Mid-Century Modern to Hollywood Regency style Libby Glass “Frosted Golden
Gold
$295
H 1.75 in W 7.5 in D 7 in
Jewel-Tones Murano Glass Sommerso Dish/Bowl w/Gold Polveri, Seguso / Barbini
By Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
#italianglass #barbini #goldpolveri #Bowls #decorativebowls #Decor #mid-centurymodern #vide-poche #MCM
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Lenti Ashtray, Bullicante & Gold Polveri, Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
#controlledbubbles #bubbleglass #Italian #italianglass #Bowls #Decor #ashtrays #glassware #mid-centurymodern #MCM
Gold Leaf
Cera Glassware MCM Ice Bowl in the Daffodil Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern ice bowl by Cera Glassware decorated with daffodils in green, yellow and white
Glass
MCM Libbey Glassware Highball Glasses in the "Marine Life" Pattern
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Libbey glass highball glasses in the 'Marine Life' pattern having atomic design fish in 22k gold on a ground of raised translucent green 'waves'. Libbey discontinued this pa...
Glass
Four MCM Rocks Glasses by Culver Glassware "First Aid" with Red Cross
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of four rocks glasses decorated with raised red enamel on frosted ground, having the words "FIRST AID" above a central Red Cross and signed Culver, LTD.
Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Shell Bowl, Lilac & Pink with Gold Polveri
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
. #barbini #goldpolveri #MuranoGlass #Bowls #Decor #mid-centurymodern #MCM #glassware #vide-poche
Gold Leaf
CLEARANCE SALE Mid-Century Modern Crystal Art Glass Sculptural Vessel
Located in Warrenton, OR
#decorativevessel #sculpturalbowl #sculpturalvessel #vide-poche #sculpturalvidepoche #glassware #crystal #sculpture
Crystal
Sold
H 2.5 in W 5.75 in D 7 in
CLEARANCE SALE Mutli Colored Murano Glass Ashtray / Bowl with Silver Fleck AS IS
By Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)
Located in Warrenton, OR
#20thcenturyvessels #midcenturymoder #dinomartensstyle #Italian #italianglass #Bowls #Decor #ashtray #glassware #mcm
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Hand Blown Chartreuse Green Glass Chandelier, in stock
Located in Miami, FL
Murano hand blown studio glass chandelier, in stock All different shaped chartreuse green discs with white details, rigadin technique Brass plated structure with 24 exposed brass reg...
Brass
Black & Copper-Infused-Clear Murano Glass Bowl, A Lenti with Aventurine
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Black & Copper-Infused-Clear Murano Glass Bowl, A Lenti with Aventurine, suspected to be by Fratelli Toso. We are not certain about which artist created this piece, though we believe...
Copper
$34,889
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
Long Chandelier in Murano Glass by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Long chandelier in patinated brass with globes and plates in Murano glass. Creation by Studio Glustin.
Brass
$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957 Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$481
H 2.96 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Murano Decorative Bowl Vide-Poche in Acquamarine Frosted Sommerso Glass, '60s
By Mandruzzato
Located in Roma, IT
Splendid Murano decorative bowl or vide-poche in a stunning combination of "sommerso" frosted acuamrine and light green blown glass. This stunning piece was produced in Italy during ...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$290
H 3.25 in W 4 in D 3.5 in
Murano Glass Bowl/Ashtray, Seguso or Barovier & Toso, w/Gold Polveri, Italy
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Bowl/Ashtray, Seguso or Barovier & Toso, w/Gold Polveri, Italy. All of these maestros created triple-cased glass works of this type, so we cannot be sure which of th...
Gold Leaf
$1,551
H 2.76 in W 5.91 in D 5.12 in
Ercole Barovier Toso Murano Gold Flecks Bullicante Art Glass Ribbed Bowl
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing hand blown Cordonato D' Oro Bullicante soft green Murano glass ribbed bowl / ashtray. Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso. Italy, 1930s This striking decorative bowl is heavi...
Gold Leaf
English Gothic Revival Walnut Full Size Bed
Located in Queens, NY
English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) walnut full size bed with carved finial posts. (Includes: headboard, footboard, rails)
Walnut
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bullicante Bowl, Orange with Gold Polveri
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bullicante Bowl, Orange with Gold Polveri. This gorgeous piece is a mid-century modern classic. Colors: orange and white with gold polveri There's a sma...
Gold Leaf
$400
H 3 in W 5 in D 8 in
Murano Glass Bowl with Gold Polveri / Gold Leaf, by Barovier and Toso, Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Bowl with Gold Polveri / Gold Leaf, by Barovier and Toso, Italy. (See last photo also for a 1955 newspaper ad that depicts what appears to be this item.) This gorgeous ...
Gold Leaf
$2,646
H 2.49 in W 6.07 in D 6.23 in
Large Italian Alexandrite and Blue Sommerso Murano Glass Bowl, Dish or Ashtray
By Cenedese, Antonio da Ros
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Antonio da Ros (attributed) for Cenedese large & heavy vintage Italian Murano glass bowl, serving dish or ashtray circa 1965-1975. Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy ...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, Lattimo w/ Copper Aventurine
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, Lattimo w/ Copper Aventurine. This is a beautiful piece of vintage Murano glass with patterned aventurine (copper flecks). Very good vintage conditi...
Copper
$6,003
H 29.14 in W 23.23 in D 1.19 in
Hunting dogs and a deer, British oil painting Richard ANSDELL 19Th c
By Richard Ansdell
Located in Gavere, BE
Hunting dogs and a deer, British oil painting Richard ANSDELL 19Th c Description Title: End of the run Materials: oil on canvas Signature: not signed Provenance: private collection...
Canvas, Oil
$650 / set
H 5.5 in Dm 2.8 in
Culver Ltd Highball Barware Glasses 22K Gold Owls Hollywood Regency 1950s Signed
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Culver Ltd Highball Drinking Glasses with 22K Gold Owls, Set of 6 Circa 1950's. This set of 6 vintage Culver highball tall glasses is a true gems from the mid-century era, th...
Art Glass
Family Dinner, Oil Painting
By Keith Thomson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A family eats dinner and talks about their day. The glowing, soft-focus background and amber palette evoke warmth, love, and perhaps nostalgia, while the styliz...
Oil
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.
It's hard to resist the allure of a beautiful pool. So, go ahead and daydream about whiling away your summer in paradise.
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.