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Michel Dumas Plexi

Coffee Table by Michel Dumas, Plexiglass and Smoked Glass, 1970s
By Michel Dumas
Located in Saint Rémy de Provence, FR
Modular coffee table in plexigass and smoked glass by Michel Dumas 1970 Godd condition.
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Smoked Glass, Plexiglass

Michel Dumas Chairs, Plexiglass, 1970s
By Alexandre Dumas
Located in Brussels , BE
Michel Dumas chairs, plexiglass, 1970s.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Plexiglass

Michel Dumas Chairs, Plexiglass, 1970s
Michel Dumas Chairs, Plexiglass, 1970s
H 32.29 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Michel Dumas Coffee Table
By Michel Dumas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Michel Dumas coffee table. Located in NY.
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Vintage 1970s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Plexiglass

Michel Dumas Coffee Table
Michel Dumas Coffee Table
H 14.5 in Dm 32 in
Michel Dumas coffee table in plexiglass and smoked glass - France - 70s - 1970
By Michel Dumas
Located in Paris, FR
Delightful, minimalist and large coffee table by designer Michel Dumas dating from the 1970s
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Vintage 1970s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Set 2 Chairs Michel Dumas
By Michel Dumas
Located in Perpignan, FR
Rare set de 2 chaises sculpture de Michel Dumas - années 70 Plexiglass En bon état général / pas
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Chairs

Materials

Altuglas, Plexiglass

Set 2 Chairs Michel Dumas
Set 2 Chairs Michel Dumas
H 33.47 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Plexiglass magazine rack by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois. France 1960 - 1970
By Michel Dumas
Located in CADALSO, ES
Great condition
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

Materials

Plexiglass

Table lamp by Michel Dumas, 1970
By Michel Dumas
Located in JASSANS-RIOTTIER, FR
This table lamp has been made in the seventies by Michel Dumas Structure in Plexiglas with
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Late 20th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Plexiglass

Table lamp by Michel Dumas, 1970
Table lamp by Michel Dumas, 1970
H 15.75 in W 7.88 in D 3.75 in
Michel Dumas Large Chrome, Clear Plexiglass Shelf Unite by Roche Bobois
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Haderslev, DK
Rare shelf system by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France early 1970s. High quality built
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Shelves

Materials

Chrome

Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois Smoked Plexi Planter with inset Aluminum Dish
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michel Drumas for Roche Bobois, 11970's, smoked plexiglass planter with purple tint and inset
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Aluminum

Michel Dumas Smoked Acrylic Magazine Rack Lucite Chrome 1970s Roche Bobois
By Michel Dumas
Located in London, GB
French designer Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois. Dumas worked almost exclusively in plexiglas, and here
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Magazine Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Smoked lucite side table by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France, 1970
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful plexiglass side table, designed by Michel Dumas in the 1970 for Roche Bobois, in France
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lucite, Plexiglass

Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois Industrial Chrome and Lucite Picture Frame, 1960s
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois designed this stunning French Machine Age metal and Lucite picture
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Vintage 1960s French Industrial Picture Frames

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois Smoked Gray Lucite and Chrome Lidded Box, 1970s
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Dumas Creations designed this sophisticated modernist Lucite and chrome box for Roche Bobois
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

Lucite Side Table Cart Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France, 1970s
By Roche Bobois
Located in Rome, IT
Side table cart in smoked Lucite designed by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois. Made in France in the
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass

Roche Bobois Rare Bar Cart, France
By Michel Dumas, Roche Bobois
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful rare bar cart designed by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, circa 1970. Featuring a smoked
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Rattan, Plexiglass

Roche Bobois Rare Bar Cart, France
Roche Bobois Rare Bar Cart, France
H 21.26 in W 27.56 in D 16.93 in

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Plexiglass Coffee Table by Michel Dumas, 1970
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Side table in smoked plexiglas in the style of Michel Dumas, France, 1970s
By Michel Dumas
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the style of Michel Dumas, made in France in the 1970s. Good condition overall, some scratches on top
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Side Tables

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1970 Rare Sculptural Chair Michel Dumas
By Atelier Michel Dumas, Michel Dumas
Located in Perpignan, FR
Very rare sculptural chair by Michel Dumas from 1970s. Brow plexiglass. In very good conditions.
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Plexiglass

1970 Rare Sculptural Chair Michel Dumas
1970 Rare Sculptural Chair Michel Dumas
H 33.47 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Smoked Plexiglass Side Table Attributed Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, 1970s
By Michel Dumas, Roche Bobois
Located in Chicago, IL
A smoked plexiglass side table attributed to French painter and designer Michel Dumas for Roche
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Plexiglass

Plexiglass Side Table on Wheels by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, 1970s
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful plexiglass side table from Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, made in the 1970s. Perfect as
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Vintage 1970s French Side Tables

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Metal

Set of 4 plexiglass cubes by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France, 1970s
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Shelves

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Vintage 1970s French End Tables

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Desk in Smoked Plexiglass and Orange Leather, France, 1975
By Michel Dumas
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Stylish desk by an unknown designer (in style of Michel Dumas) made in the mid-1970s in France
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Vintage 1970s French Space Age Desks and Writing Tables

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Pair of 70s coffee tables, steel, glass and plexiglass - France
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Located in Paris, FR
spirit of the creations of Michel Dumas : an emblematic designer of the 70s, Michel Dumas is a French
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Vintage 1970s European Minimalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Large Smoked Plexi Wall Shelf from the 1970s
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
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to Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, made in France in the 1970s. Thick plexiglass, really sturdy
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Large Smoked Plexi Wall Shelf from the 1970s
Large Smoked Plexi Wall Shelf from the 1970s
H 7.88 in W 55.12 in D 9.06 in
Plexiglass side table on wheels by Roche Bobois, France, 1970
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Lyon, FR
Cute plexiglass beside table or side table on wheels, made in the 1970s by Michel Dumas for Roche
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Set of Three 1980s Design Skyscrapers Table Lamps
By Atelier Michel Dumas
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
turned and Chiseled plexiglass in a building shape on a quadrangular base in blackened metal
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Pair of Space Age Lounge Chairs in Lucite and Leather, 1960s
By Jacques Charpentier, Michel Dumas
Located in Berlin, DE
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Roche Bobois 1970s Gray Lucite Magazine Rack Stand
By Roche Bobois
Located in Atlanta, GA
high-quality thick plexiglass construction is reminiscent of work by designer Michel Ducaroy or Michel
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Michel Dumas Magazine Holder, 1970s, France
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Den Haag, NL
Smoked plexiglass magazine holder. Design Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, 1970s, France.
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Michel Dumas Magazine Holder, 1970s, France
Michel Dumas Magazine Holder, 1970s, France
H 11.03 in W 15.36 in D 13 in
Magazine rack design by Michel Dumas made by Roche Bobois 1960
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Magazine rack design by Michel Dumas made by Roche Bobois 1960 Beautiful French magazine rack to
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Plexiglass

Magazine rack design by Michel Dumas made by Roche Bobois 1960
Magazine rack design by Michel Dumas made by Roche Bobois 1960
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H 11.42 in W 16.15 in D 13 in
Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois 1970s Tortoise Lucite Paper Waste Basket
By Roche Bobois, Michel Dumas
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Elegant desk accessory, this Lucite paper wastebasket was designed for Roche Bobois by Michel Dumas
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Iconic Piece Designed by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois in the 1970s
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created by Michel Dumas and produced by Roche Bobois in the 1970s. Trash in excellent condition, no
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Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois 1970s Smoked Lucite and Chrome Paper Waste Basket
By Michel Dumas, Roche Bobois
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Lucite paper waste basket designed for Roche Bobois by Michel Dumas Creations in 1970s
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Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois 1970's Lucite Bar Cart, France
By Michel Dumas, Roche Bobois
Located in Antwerp, BE
Michel Dumas lucite three-level Bar Cart manufactured by Roche Bobois 1970s. Modulated translucent
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

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Desk in Smoked Plexiglass and Orange Leather, France, 1975
By Michel Dumas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stylish desk by an unknown designer (in style of Michel Dumas) made in the mid-1970s in France
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French Vintage Coffee Table, Glass Plexiglas and Chrome, circa 1970
By Michel Dumas
Located in Labrit, Landes
Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois French Mid-Century modern coffee table with glass top and plexiglas
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Mid-Century Modern Side Table by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France 1970s
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Space Age side table by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France 1970s. These Space Age French
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1970's Plexiglass Bookcase on Wheels by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois
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Roche Bobois 1970s Smoked Lucite Chrome Magazine Rack Stand
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Michel Dumas Coffee Table Plexiglass Securit Glass and Metal, 1950
By Michel Dumas
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Desk Michel Dumas France Perspex Plexiglas Acrylic Glass
By Michel Dumas
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Michel Dumas Coffee Table
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Located in Porto, PT
Thermoformed plexiglas, smoked glass and chromed metal coffee table.
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Chrome

Michel Dumas Coffee Table
Michel Dumas Coffee Table
H 30 in W 130 in D 71 in
Stunning Space Age Coffee Table by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois, France, 1972
By Michel Dumas, Roche Bobois
Located in Enschede, NL
Beautiful and rare coffee table or side table designed by Michel Dumas for Roche Bobois in 1970s
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Chrome

Smoked Lucite Side Table 1970s France
By Michel Dumas
Located in Debrecen-Pallag, HU
Smoked plexiglass in style of Michel Dumas. In coffee table, side table or TV stand, this vintage
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Smoked Lucite Side Table 1970s France
Smoked Lucite Side Table 1970s France
H 23.23 in W 27.56 in D 17.33 in
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Michel Dumas Plexi For Sale on 1stDibs

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