Mexican MCM Veracruz Woman Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Mexico City, MX
Magnificent Mexican MCM watercolor on paper depicting a Veracruz woman donning the traditional
Paper
$1,300
H 6.11 in Dm 7.09 in
Miguel Pineda Mexican MCM Enameled Silverplate Vase with Prehispanic Scene
By Miguel Pineda
Located in Mexico City, MX
A fine 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern silver plate with enamel vase by Mexican designer Miguel
Silver Plate, Enamel
1960s MCM Abstract Artwork Oil Painting Mexico City
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a 1960s mid-century modern abstract painting Mexico City. Signed in lower
Gold Leaf
1950s MCM Pepe Mendoza Ashtray Brass Malachite Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Pepe Mendoza Ashtray Mid Century Modern Mexico (#2) Stamp by maker present .75 thick x 4.38 w
Malachite, Brass
MCM Office Desk Paper Organizer Tray
By Industrias Ruiz Galindo SA (IRGSA)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Mid-Century Modern desk office tray, clean design in two levels made by IRGSA, circa 1970.
Wood
MCM Shell Veneered Box with Wood Interior Marked Taxco
By Taxco
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Abalone shell veneered box of rectangular form with domed top and lined with rosewood. Marked Taxco on the bottom.
Metal
Pair of MCM Brass and Iron Sculptural Andirons, circa 1960
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A pair of mid-century modern andirons, rare for two reasons: they are different from each other, and their design is artistic and sculptural. In the last photo, you can see how we fo...
Bronze, Iron
$1,364
H 2 in W 5.5 in D 4.5 in
Sigi Pineda MCM Hinged Box Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with
Silver, Brass
$1,500
H 2.25 in W 6.45 in D 4.5 in
Vintage Brass, Rosewood and Abalone Hinged Turtle Box Restored, Hallmarked MCM
By Los Castillo
Located in North Miami, FL
, abalone, and rosewood. It is from Mexico from the 50;s and hallmarked on the back Hecho en Mexico. it is
Brass
$220Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 2.5 in W 4 in D 2 in
Pair of MCM Cocobolo Wood Minimalist Salt & Pepper Shakers by Don Shoemaker
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in San Diego, CA
A goegeous pair of MCM cocobolo wood minimalist interlocking salt & pepper hakers by Don Shoemaker
Cocobolo
$375
H 1.25 in W 4.25 in D 3.5 in
MCM Abalone Shell and Brass Lidded Trinket Box in the Style of Los Castillios
By Los Castillos
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM abalone shell and brass lidded trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in
Brass
$575 / item
H 8.75 in Dm 6.5 in
MCM Multi-Colored Stone on Brass Ewer or Pitcher in the Style of Pepe Mendoza
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in San Diego, CA
A very unique MCM multi-colored stone on brass ewer or pitcher in the Style of Pepe Mendoza, circa
Stone, Brass
Felipe Zamora Mexican MCM Carved Tropical Wood Log Armchair
Located in Mexico City, MX
Unique Mexican MCM armchair. Carved from a single piece of tropical wood log by Mexican artist
Wood
Mario López Torres Mexican MCM Chuspata Fiber and Metal Chandelier
By Mario Lopez Torres
Located in Mexico City, MX
Beautiful Mexican MCM chandelier shaped like a monkey on a palmtree, made with woven chuspata fiber
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 70.48 in W 32.29 in D 26.38 in
Mario López Torres Mexican MCM Chuspata Fiber and Metal Flamingo Floor Lamp
By Mario Lopez Torres
Located in Mexico City, MX
Beautiful Mexican MCM floor lamp shaped like a flamingo with a screen on top, made with woven
Metal, Copper
Don S. Shoemaker Mexican MCM Parquetry Hardwood Rectangular Tray
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
A classic 1970's Mexican hardwood parquetry serving tray by American designer Don S. Shoemaker. The
Hardwood
Mexican MCM Los Castillo Abalone Shell and Brass Fish
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mexican Mid-Century Modern abalone shell and brass articulated fish by Los Castillo. Taxco, México.
Brass
Frank Kyle Mexican MCM Parchment and Mahogany End Table
By Frank Kyle
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1950s Mexican mid-century modern mahogany end table by American-born designer and sculptor Frank
Mahogany, Parchment Paper
Don S. Shoemaker Mexican MCM Large Hardwood Marquetry Backgammon Set
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, MX
Beautiful Mexican Mid-Century Modern tropical wood backgammon set with marquetry by Don S
Hardwood
Sold
H 2.76 in Dm 15.75 in
Los Castillo Mexican MCM Silverplate, Chrysocolla and Metales Casados Plate
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, MX
Beautiful Mexican Mid-Century Modern silver plate, chrysocolla and metales casados plate by Los
Silver Plate, Brass, Copper
Mexican MCM Brass Brutalist Necklace in the Style of Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Brutalist necklace in the style of Pal Kepenyes. The geometric central
Brass
Sold
H 3.67 in W 1.58 in D 0.2 in
Mexican MCM Los Castillo Sterling Silver and Black Onyx Pendant Cross
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, MX
An important Mexican Mid-Century Modern sterling silver, black onyx, brass and chrysocolla pendant
Onyx, Sterling Silver, Brass
Mexican MCM Copper with Sterling Silver Overlay Plate by Victoria, Taxco
By Victoria of Taxco
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mexican Mid-Century Modern copper plate with silver overlay by Ana María Núñez Brillanti "Victoria
Sterling Silver, Copper
Sold
H 27.37 in W 23.04 in D 22.05 in
Frank Kyle Mexican MCM Pair of Mahogany and Brown Leather Armchairs
By Frank Kyle
Located in Mexico City, MX
Pair of 1960s mahogany and brown leather armchairs by Frank Kyle. The low back design shows the trademark designer's legs.
Leather, Mahogany
Arturo Pani Mexican MCM Gilded Iron Dining Table with Black Marble Top
By Arturo Pani
Located in Mexico City, MX
Elegant Mid-Century Modern gilded iron dining table with round black marble top by Mexican designer
Iron
Sold
H 10.44 in W 7.88 in D 7.68 in
Mexican MCM Los Castillo Owl Shaped Silver Plate and Abalone Shell Pitcher
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, MX
Rare 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern owl-shaped silver plate, mother of pearl and abalone shell
Silver Plate
MCM Dining Set Chairs
Located in Chula Vista, CA
The chairs are part of the set listed below
Brass
Custom-Made MCM Coffee Table
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a custom-made coffee table. Mahogany wood with brass accents lines. Clean modern lines. Firm and sturdy. No label from the maker or designer.
Brass
MCM, Brutalist, 3 Arm Pendant
By Aerin
Located in Berkeley, CA
MCM home.
Brass, Steel
MCM Office Desk Paper Organizer Tray by IRGSA
By Industrias Ruiz Galindo SA (IRGSA)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Mid-Century Modern desk office tray, clean design in two levels made by IRGSA, circa 1970.
Wood
1960s Anna Morelli Silver Cross Multi Gemstone Brooch Taxco
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents MCM Taxco Mexican Sterling Silver Cross Brooch Multi Gemstone Pin inlaid stones
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
Felipe Zamora Mexican MCM Carved Tropical Wood Log Armchair
Located in Mexico City, MX
Unique Mexican MCM armchair. Carved from a single piece of tropical wood log by Mexican artist
Wood
Los Castillo Mexican MCM "Metales Casados" Tray
By Los Castillo
Located in Mexico City, MX
A Mexican 1950's "metales casados" tray by Los Castillo, Taxco, Mexico. The "married metals
Silver Plate, Brass, Copper
MCM Diego Rivera Art Watercolor Drawing Mexico
By Diego Rivera
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Diego Rivera Art Watercolor Drawing warm brown signed Diego Rivera signature lower right no COA available Beautiful wood frame non reflective glass. Frame 22.75 h x 26.75 w x 2.75 d ...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage MCM Taxco Mexican Donkey Cast Bronze, Walter Bosse Style
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Taxco Mexican Cast Bronze Donkey, Walter Bosse Style Gorgeous vintage Mid-Century Modern
Metal
Sold
H 3.94 in W 6 in D 4.5 in
1970s Mexican Emilia Castillo Parrot Sugar Spice Bowl Flower Spoon Vintage MCM
By Emilia Castillo
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Intricate and masterful silverplated bowl with lid and spoon, with stone inlays and animal figures. A striking work for the table. Silver plating has some areas of dark tarnish.
Silver
Sold
H 11.25 in W 11 in D 5.5 in
Pair of Modernist MCM Black Barro Negro Vases by Doña Rosa of Oaxaca, Mexico
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool pair of modernist MCM black barro negro pottery vases by Doña Rosa of Oaxaca, Mexico
Pottery
Vintage MCM Brass "Nugget" Cigarette / Trinket Box
By Taxco
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage MCM brass "Nugget" cigarette / trinket lidded box in the style of Taxco of Mexico, circa
Brass
MCM Office Desk Paper Organizer Tray by IRGSA
By Industrias Ruiz Galindo SA (IRGSA)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Mid-Century Modern desk office tray, clean design in two levels made by IRGSA, circa 1970.
Wood
MCM Office Desk Paper Organizer Tray by IRGSA
By Industrias Ruiz Galindo SA (IRGSA)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Mid-Century Modern desk office tray, clean design in two levels made by IRGSA, circa 1970.
Wood
Sold
H 4.75 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Pair of MCM Modernist Sterling Silver Candleholders by Juvento Lopez Reyes
By Juvento Lopez Reyes
Located in San Diego, CA
Spectacular pair of MCM modernist sterling silver candleholders by Juvento Lopez Reyes, circa 1960s
Sterling Silver
MCM Emilia Costillo Ceramic and Silver Drinks Coasters and Caddy
By Emilia Castillo
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Six mid-century modern Mexican silver drinks coasters. Each coaster of a silver plate base and rim
Silver, Silver Plate
MCM Small Brass Mosaic Lidded Box in the Style of Los Castillo
By Los Castillos
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM small brass mosaic lidded box in the style of Los Castillo, circa 1960s. This
Brass
Sold
H 1 in W 7.25 in D 3.88 in
MCM Abalone Shell and Brass Humidor / Box in the Style of Los Castillo
By Los Castillos
Located in San Diego, CA
made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillios, circa 1960s. The piece is stamped on the underside “Made
Brass
$1,600
H 16 in W 22.88 in
Untitled (One Cent Life) /// Joan Mitchell Female Artist Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Untitled" (Page 92-93) Portfolio: One Cent Life *Unsigned edition Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph on wove paper Limited edi...
Lithograph
$5,006 / item
H 56.11 in W 25.6 in D 19.1 in
Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum
By Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Il settimanale Arcate fa parte di una collezione esclusiva che include comodini e comò, ideata dal rinomato studio milanese Accardi Buccheri per il brand MEDULUM. La scocca, realizza...
Walnut
Patricia Jean Burg Color Lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Color Lithograph by Patricia Jean Burg. Canadian artist and printmaker, active in the United States, born 1934. Very decorative work of art bursting with eye-catching color...
Chrome
Sculptural Scandinavian Modern Chair in Wood Denmark - 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Sculptural Scandinavian Modern Chair in Wood, Denmark - 1960s.
Wood
$3,200
H 23.5 in W 33 in D 2 in
Rare Konrad Galaaen Colorful Mid-Century Ceramic Tile Abstract Wall Sculpture
By Konrad Galaaen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made by Konrad Galaaen, this series of sculptures was made in Norway. Made of many squares of varying sizes, they form an abstract shape with no definable pattern. Like ...
Ceramic, Wood
Midcentury Brutalist Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Houston, TX
A vintage mixed metal Brutalist wall sculpture.
Metal
Tete de Femme, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Tete de Femme". The original painting was completed in 1958. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...
Lithograph
Ceramic Abstract Wall Sculpture Perignem, Belgium
By Paul Vermeire, Perignem
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful colorful ceramic wall sculpture in organic nature details with abstract mushrooms and mosses designed by Paul Vermeire for Perignem,Belgium, 1960s. Paul Vermeire was a Bel...
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Holger Jacobsen - 1973
By Holger Jacobsen
Located in Ventura, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Holger Jacobsen - 1973 Holger Jacobsen is a Danish painter who was born in 1918. Holger Jacobsen's work has been offered at auction multiple t...
Canvas
HANSEN, Børge Herman Abstract Oilpainting 1960s
Located in Handewitt, DE
Danish artist Børge Herman Hansen. Abstract oilpainting 1960s. Title: "Tema, Bornholm". Original frame. In front and back signed. Oil on plate. Framed 61 cm c 73,.5 cm / painting: 48...
Wood
$529
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
The Still Life - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Still Life is a painting realized by Claude Decamps in the 1970s Oil painting on cardboard canvas. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. The artwork is represented throu...
Oil
Brutalist Ceramic Wall Sculpture
By David Cressey
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Brutalist ceramic wall sculpture framed in wood and signed THK
Ceramic
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
H 31 in W 35 in D 2 in
Antique American School Nicely Framed Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early American abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Housed in a wonderful period wide modernist frame.
Canvas, Oil
$3,883
H 35.44 in W 44.49 in D 0.79 in
Lithograph by Van Velde Bram, Signed and Numbered 50/100, 20th century
By Bram Van Velde
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Original Lithograph by Van Velde Bram, Signed and Numbered 50/100, XXth Century. H: 61cm and W: 84cm with frame: H: 90cm, W: 113cm, D: 2cm.
Paper
$800
H 19 in W 16 in
1950s "Yellow Cubist Figure" Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Yellow Cubist FIgure c. 1940-1950's Gouache 15" x 18", silver wood frame 16"x19" Unsigned This striking gouache painting featur...
Gouache
$776Sale Price|40% Off
H 16.93 in W 21.07 in D 0.79 in
Contemporary Abstract Georges Mathieu Style Painting
By Georges Mathieu
Located in Roma, IT
Very interesting French painting in the style of the important artist Georges Mathieu Oli on panel Signed at lower left This painting, never before on the market, comes from a privat...
Metal
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.