Mid-Century Atomic Style Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 1960s table lamp features the original fiberglass shade that is tiered. The lamp is black iron with an atomic "star" that sits under the shade. This is a fun addition to your de...
Iron
Mid Century Atomic Style Pair of Taper Brass Candle Holders
By Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Lustrous and evocative of atomic mid century design, these pieces are not only candleholders but unique sculptural pieces of design.
Brass
Mid Century Atomic Style Brass Candle Holders In The Style of Jens Quistgaard
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard, Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Lustrous and evocative of atomic mid century design, these pieces are not only candleholders but unique sculptural pieces of design.
Brass
1970s Orange Rocket Floor Lamp
Located in Henley-On-Thames, GB
Fun Mid-century atomic style floor lamp on teak legs.
Resin, Teak
Mid-Century Modern Atomic Styled Steel Coat Rack C1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and quite space age atomic styled steel coat rack. Rocket perched legs with enough racks for your hat and coats. Please see all pics and video as that the description.
Chrome, Steel
Set of 4 American Mid Century Atomic Age Style Cast Iron Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
SET of 4 American MCM Atomic Age cast iron open back dining chairs with varying tweed upholstered seat cushions (Style of: FREDERIC WEINBERG) (PRICED AS SET) 3 chairs are in a brown...
Iron
$472Sale Price|27% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Metal Atomic Style Lamps, 1960's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Geometric Metal Table Lamps. Very versatile pair of MCM lamps that are intertwined using two metals chrome and brass, exemplifying the mid-century time per...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Mid Century Modern Atomic Style Wrought Iron Outdoor Dining Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Delray Beach, FL
The Mid-Century Atomic Wrought Iron Outdoor Chairs fuse bold, retro design with outdoor durability to elevate stylish al-fresco living. Wear to the paint and discretion to the cu...
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern Robert Sonneman Style Chrome Sputnik Atomic Flush Mount
By Robert Sonneman
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Perfect period piece for the mid century atomic space. Striking contrast with simple chrome base and 4 massive white globe bulbs. Lighting to pack a punch.
Chrome
$950Sale Price|60% Off
Lightolier Mid-century Atomic Sputnik Pendant Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Miami, FL
Lightolier Mid-century Atomic Sputnik Pendant Chandelier Offered for sale is a 6 arm Mid-century Modern atomic sputnik style pendant chandelier.
Metal, Chrome, Wire
Mid Century Red Wing Pink Atomic Pitcher
By Red Wing Pottery 1
Located in Red Lion, PA
Mid-Century Modern Red Wing Ceramic Atomic-Style Pitcher – Pink Speckled Glaze This striking Mid-Century Modern Red Wing ceramic pitcher embodies the bold, futuristic aesthetic of t...
Ceramic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Table Lamps in Chrome Atomic Style - A Pair
Located in Saddle River, NJ
Atomic Era Aesthetic: Featuring the sleek, spherical motifs and geometric precision synonymous with the Atomic Age, these lamps serve as striking sculptural elements that capture the...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Lightolier Atomic Chrome and Glass Sputnik Style Chandelier
By Lightolier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage sixteen light chrome and white glass shade chandelier by Lightolier. Fixture features a chrome frame with trumpet form arms, round glass shades and great Sputnik form. Chande...
Chrome
$1,125Sale Price|25% Off
Gio Ponti Style Murano Glass Canne Pitcher Vase Carafe Atomic Mid-Century Modern
By Gio Ponti, Venini
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This striking Murano glass canne pitcher carafe or vase, attributed to the legendary Gio Ponti, is a masterclass in Mid-Century Modern design and Italian craftsmanship. Created in th...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Samuel Marx Style Large Atomic 15-Arm Brass Chandelier
By Samuel Marx
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Stunning and glamorous to the max 1950s Mid-Century Modern Atomic Chandelier in the style of Samuel Marx restored from top to bottom by the nationally renowned restoration experts at...
Brass
$1,200Sale Price|33% Off
Machine Age Mid Century Brass Atomic Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An American Brass Machine Age / Mid Century chandelier. Machine age Mid Century chandelier with Atomic styling by Globe Lighting Fixture Mfg.
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Salterini Style Outdoor Metal Curved Ba
By Salterini
Located in Wilmington, DE
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Salterini Style Outdoor Metal Curved Back Springer Chairs Offered is a pair of Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic orange Outdoor Metal Curved...
Metal
Large 8'+ Atomic Age Mid-Century Modern Style Unique Space Atom Wall Sculpture
By Kenny Scharf, Curtis Jeré
Located in St. Louis, MO
One of a kind Atomic Age large Mid-Century Modern style wall sculpture made of round black painted bent iron rod, in zig-zag form or atom rings with assorted metallic colored orbs (a...
Steel, Iron
Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Style Art Rug, Green, Blue Atomic Age Pattern
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
A 4x12 rug from the Mid-Century Modern Collection by Rug & Kilim—a bold reimagining of 1950s styes unseen in luxury hand-knotted rugs before.
Wool, Silk
Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Style Art Rug, Green, Blue Atomic Age Pattern
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
A 4x12 rug from the Mid-Century Modern Collection by Rug & Kilim—a bold reimagining of 1950s styes unseen in luxury hand-knotted rugs before.
Wool, Silk
Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Style Art Rug, Green, Blue Atomic Age Pattern
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
A 4x12 rug from the Mid-Century Modern Collection by Rug & Kilim—a bold reimagining of 1950s styes unseen in luxury hand-knotted rugs before.
Wool, Silk
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Turkish Room Size Rug in the Style of Atomic Art
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Very much in the style of mid-century modern with its elongated whimsical oval pattern belonging to th...
Wool
$232Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mid Century Post Atomic Age Table Lamp in the style of Gerald Thurston
By Gerald Thurston
Located in San Diego, CA
East Coast, Hollywood Regency, Industrial, Old World, Glam, Mid-Century, Minimalist, Brutalist, Boho, Modernist, Coastal, Modern, Scandinavian, Eclectic.
Metal
Mid-Century Modern. Atomic Era spotlights by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s
By Pierre Jeanneret, Oscar Torlasco, Stilnovo, Erik Tidstrand, Paavo Tynell
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Mid-Century Modern and Atomic Era style spotlights by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s, set of six.
Aluminum, Brass
Modernist 18K Yellow Gold Necklace and Earrings, Atomic Style
Located in Toledo, OH
Modernist 18K gold earrings and matching necklace, atomic style. Both have round beads that are 7.5mm diameter, detailing on each bead. The necklace is 16" long with 7.5mm balls, tes...
Gold
1962 Atomic Style Elegette Walnut Credenza Hutch
By George Nelson, Dux of Sweden
Located in Bensalem, PA
Two piece hutch by Ellegette in original condition please look at pictures and video for overall detail. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Formica, Walnut
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Outdoor Metal Curved Back Chairs Set B
By Salterini
Located in Wilmington, DE
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Salterini Style Outdoor Metal Curved Back Chairs Set B Offered is a pair of Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic orange Outdoor Metal Curved Ba...
Metal
Four Vintage Old Fashioned Glasses in the Atomic Style
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 4 Atomic period old fashioned glasses with split black, orange and gold ellipses among a background of gold dashes on clear glass.
Glass
Round Black Metal Atomic Style Wall Mirror, 1970s, France
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Round Black Metal Atomic Style Wall Mirror, 1980s, France It is very ideal and suitable for all living areas. No damage, no crack. Wear consistent with age and use. Measurements: ...
Metal
Viko Baumritter Style Atomic Ranch White Swivel Armchair 1959
By Viko Baumritter
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, 1950s Fabulous White Swivel Chair after Viko Baumritter Stamped MODEL19 May 1959 Memphis Tenn Dimensions, 27.5 h x 27.5 w x 25.25 d seat15.25 h arm rest 23 h...
Metal
$5,625Sale Price|50% Off
Exceptional Huge Atomic or Sputnik Chandelier Style of Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Berlin, BE
Exceptional huge Murano glass, metal and brass chandelier in the style of Stilnovo, ca. 1980s. The chandelier has a very impressing size and is real eyecatcher in every room. The cha...
Brass
$881Sale Price|25% Off
Italian Midcentury Chandelier in the Atomic Style from the 1950s
Located in bari, IT
Midcentury Italian chandelier in Atomic 50s style in green opaline glass and copper details.
Copper
Vintage Space Age Sputnik Atomic-Style Brass Metal Table Lamp
By Mutual Sunset Lamp Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Newly lacquered in a brilliant white hi-gloss, enameled finish, with a tapered neck base. Newly plated and polished brass details. Brass base, atomic symbol center, end caps, neck st...
Metal, Brass
Pair of Atomic Bar stools in the style of Frederic Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Atomic Bar stools in the style of Frederic Weinberg . Lightweight and space age in design these beauties spin as well.
Metal, Iron
$220Sale Price|20% Off
1950s Modernist Atomic Fruit Bowl in the style of Ferris Shacknove
By Andree Ferris and Reta Shacknove
Located in San Diego, CA
Ferris Shacknove minimal modernist metal serving display basket/bowl. 1950s. Atomic Mid Century style vintage piece.
Iron
Rug & Kilim's Midcentury Style Rug in Gray/Multi-Color Atomic Age Pattern
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in a unique blend of New Zealand wool, all-natural silk, and exotic yarns, this 8x10 rug hails from the latest prized additions to their acclaimed Mid-Century Modern rug...
Wool, Silk, Yarn
$1,598Sale Price|20% Off
Pietro Chiesa and Stilnovo style. Atomic Era glass flush mount, Italy, 1950s
By Arredoluce, Stilnovo
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Atomic Era glass flush mount in the style of Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s. Composed of a thin curved glass difuser with a hand-painted pattern and a laminated finish to preserve the painti...
Metal, Brass, Chrome
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Large Atomic Jack / Jax Bookend or Doorstop in the Style of Bill Curry
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage atomic era, mid-century modern large iron jack / jax in the style of Bill Curry, circa 1970s.
Iron
Brass Italian Stilnovo Style Atomic Space Age Ceiling Light Sconces, Italy, 1970
By Gio Ponti, Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceiling light Producer: Origin Italy in the manner of Stilnovo, Gio Ponti Age: 1970s This modernist light was produced in Italy in the 1970s....
Metal, Brass
Brass Stilnovo Style Atomic Space Age Tube Ceiling Light Sconces, Italy, 1970
By Stilnovo, Gio Ponti
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceiling light Producer: Origin Italy in the manner of Stilnovo, Gio Ponti Age: 1970s This modernist light was produced in Italy in the 1970s. Minimalist space a...
Metal, Brass
Brass Italian Stilnovo Style Atomic Space Age Ceiling Light Sconces, Italy, 1970
By Gio Ponti, Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: ceiling light Producer: Origin Italy in the manner of Stilnovo, Gio Ponti Age: 1970s This modernist light was produced in Italy in the 1970s. Minimalist space a...
Metal, Brass
$3,701Sale Price|20% Off
An Unusual Atomic Ebonised Standard Lamp
Located in London, GB
A mid-twentieth century atomic style standard lamp with a crystal ball mounted at the top, on a flared base.
Metal
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Lightolier Midcentury Atomic Pendant Light
By Lightolier
Located in San Diego, CA
Lightolier midcentury, vintage atomic style pendant. The frame is metal (shiny chrome) with clear bulbs (Light Bulbs included). Style and design in this space age inspired pendant. L...
Chrome
Italian Brass Geometric Table Lamp Style of Gio Ponti, Circa 1960s MCM Atomic
By Gio Ponti, Arredoluce
Located in Peoria, AZ
FABULOUS! WOOD, PERSPEX & BRASS GEOMETRIC TABLE LAMP IN THE STYLE OF GIO PONTI, CIRCA 1960s Dimensions: Approximately 28" tall by 16" deep and 16" wide This extremely rare It...
Metal
Chrome Table Lamp Style of Karl Springer, Circa 1960s MCM Atomic Studio Decor
By Karl Springer
Located in Peoria, AZ
FABULOUS! CHROME TABLE LAMP PERSPEX DIFFUSER AND LINEN SHADE IN THE STYLE OF KARL SPRINGER, CIRCA 1960s Dimensions: Approximately 25" tall by 18" deep and 18" wide This extremely...
Metal
$1,372Sale Price|20% Off
Oscar Torlasco and Paavo Tynell style. Atomic Era gilt table lamp, Italy, 1950s
By Oscar Torlasco
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Sculptural table lamp in solid gilded brass from the 50s, reminiscent of Oscar Torlasco's designs for Lumen Milano, and Paavo Tynel. Typical design of that time, with an inverted con...
Metal, Brass
$3,948Sale Price|20% Off
Hollywood Regency. Atomic Era chandelier by Stilnovo, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo, Rupert Nikoll, Fog & Mørup
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Rockabilly, Mid-Century Modern, Atomic and Hollywood Regency style, with a certain Art Deco and Brutalist air.
Brass, Metal
Mid Century Modern Cone Brass Candle Holders, Two Sets Available
By Jens Quistgaard
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
There are a total of four which are available in two sets. Classic atomic mid century style!
Brass
Mid-Century Chrome Sputnik 1960s Chandelier with Unusual Angled Stem
Located in New York City, NY
Unique Mid-Century Modern, atomic style chrome Sputnik chandelier.
Chrome
Unavailable|$3,800
Mid-Century Italian Brass Atomic Styled Mirror
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Great substantial 1950s Italian brass mirror accented with ball designs on both sides of the frame and three stick and ball design finial on top. Modernist shape that tapers from wid...
Unavailable|$1,985
"Atomic" Style with Harlequin Pattern Brass Gentlemen's Valet
Located in Houston, TX
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern "atomic" style brass gentlemen's valet with harlequin pattern.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,400
Sonneman Style Adjustable Atomic Eyeball Floor Lamp
By Robert Sonneman
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
This floor lamp may have landed from outer space, but it is well adapted to use by humans, with an articulating eyeball and platinum finish. A few important notes about all items av...
Atomic Style Majestic Floor Lamp with Original Fibreglass and Wood Slat Shades
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
This killer Atomic era style Mid-Century Modern floor lamp dates from the 1950s and was made by the Majestic Lamp Company.
Brass
Stiffel Saucer Shade Enameled Metal and Brass Three-Light Floor Lamp, 1950s
By Paavo Tynell, Stiffel
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very striking and uncommon 1950s Stiffel mid-century modern atomic-style floor lamp with large saucer shade and three shaded uplights on brass rods and black metal base.
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Italian Midcentury Atomic Style Side Table in Brass Glass and Wood
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this atomic style side table dates from the late 1950s. Three slender tapered brass legs with wood and more brass mixed with wood in triangulated forms comprise the s...
Brass
Sold|$1,800
Atomic Style Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
A mid century Atomic style mirror with a marbelized mirror frame.
Vintage Dyball Rooster Cocktail Shaker in Brown and Orange Enamel
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Atomic style glass cocktail shaker with gold-toned lid decorated with three large roosters in orange and brown enamel and marked Dyball.
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.