Vintage Dressing Table by Loughborough
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made vintage dressing table by Loughborough. This was made in England, and it dates from the 1950’s. The quality is outstanding, this is beautifully designed...
Mirror, Wood
Mid-Century Teak Bedside Tables from Loughborough, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
A teak bedside table from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s - designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin There are unusual brass inlay details to the b...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
- Mid century modern wardrobe - Manufactured by Loughborough in the UK and retailed through Heals department store - Made from Teak & Teak Veneer - Featuring a hanging rail, drawers ...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
By Heal's
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak wardrobe from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Neville Ward and Fra...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak wardrobe from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Neville Ward and Fra...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak wardrobe from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Neville Ward and Fra...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak wardrobe from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Neville Ward and Fra...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
By Heal's
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak wardrobe from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Neville Ward and Fra...
Teak
Mid-Century Teak Pair Bedside Tables from Loughborough, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
Teak & mahogany bedside tables from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s - designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin There are unusual brass inlay details...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
By Heal's
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak wardrobe from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Neville Ward and Fra...
Teak
Mid-Century Teak Pair Bedside Tables from Loughborough, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
Teak & mahogany bedside tables from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s - designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin There are unusual brass inlay details...
Teak
Mid Century Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
A freestanding triple door teak wardrobe designed by Austin & Ward for Loughbourgh Furniture. These pieces were usually retailed through Heals department store. Made during the 1960...
Teak
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H 28.35 in W 48.43 in D 18.12 in
Mid Century Teak Dressing Table by Heals from Loughborough, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
A mid century teak & mahogany dressing table from Loughborough, circa 1960's - these pieces from Loughborough were usually retailed through Heals department store Complete with a tri...
Teak
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H 28.35 in W 48.43 in D 18.12 in
Mid Century Teak Dressing Table by Heals from Loughborough, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
- Mid Century dressing table. - Manufactured in the UK by Loughborough - Retailed through the department store Heals, during the 1960s - Made from Teak & Teak Veneer
Teak
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H 28.35 in W 48.43 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Teak Dressing Table by Heals from Loughborough, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
- Mid-century dressing table. - Manufactured in the UK by Loughborough - Retailed through the department store Heals, during the 1960s - Made from Teak & Teak Veneer
Teak
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H 28.35 in W 36.23 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Teak Chest of Drawers for Loughborough, Heals, 1950s
By Heal's
Located in South Shields, GB
A mid century teak and mahogany chest of drawers from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s - designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin.
Teak
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H 57.09 in W 23.04 in D 17.33 in
Mid Century Teak & Mahogany Cheval Mirror From Loughborough Heals, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
A teak & mahogany dressing table from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s - designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin This piece stands on slim legs and...
Teak
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H 38.19 in W 34.65 in D 20.48 in
Mid-Century Teak Chest of Drawers by Heals from Loughborough, 1950s
By Heal's
Located in South Shields, GB
A teak & mahogany chest of drawers from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s With an ebonised trim Featuring four drawers The matching tallboy is liste...
Teak
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H 51.19 in W 46.07 in D 20.08 in
Mid-Century Modern Dressing Table by Loughborough Furniture for Heals, 1960
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Mid-Century Modern dressing table by Loughborough Furniture for Heals, 1960 Mid-Century Modern teak dressing table manufactured by high quality furniture manufacturer Loughborough...
Teak
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H 38.19 in W 34.65 in D 20.48 in
Mid-Century Teak Cupboard or Sideboard by Heals from Loughborough, 1950s
By Heal's
Located in South Shields, GB
A teak & mahogany compact sideboard or cupboard from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950s With an ebonised trim Featuring a drawer to the top and a cupboa...
Teak
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H 45.28 in W 33.08 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Chest of Drawers by Ward & Austin for Loughborough Furniture
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A mid-century chest of Sx drawers designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin for Loughborough Furniture, and retailed by Heal's of London.
Walnut
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H 33.08 in W 77.96 in D 35.83 in
Vintage Mid Century Pair Single Beds by Loughborough for Heals, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
A pair of Mahogany single bed frames, made by Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's They feature brass inlay to the footboards The internal dimensions a...
Wood
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H 45.28 in W 33.08 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Teak Tallboy Chest of Drawers by Heals from Loughborough, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
- Mid-century chest of drawers. - Manufactured in the UK by Loughborough
Teak
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H 51.38 in W 36.23 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Teak Tallboy Chest of Drawers by Heals from Loughborough, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak large tallboy chest of drawers from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed b...
Teak
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H 45.28 in W 33.08 in D 18.9 in
Mid-Century Teak Tallboy Chest of Drawers by Heals from Loughborough, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak tallboy chest of drawers from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Nevi...
Teak
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H 45.28 in W 33.08 in D 18.9 in
Mid-Century Teak Tallboy Chest of Drawers by Heals from Loughborough, 1950s
Located in South Shields, GB
A beautiful quality, mid century mahogany & teak tallboy chest of drawers from Loughborough Furniture - retailed through Heals during the 1950's - early 1960's - and designed by Nevi...
Teak
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H 28.35 in W 33.08 in D 18.12 in
Mid-Century Chest of Three Drawers by Ward & Austin for Loughborough Furniture
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A mid-century low chest of three drawers designed by Neville Ward and Frank Austin for Loughborough Furniture, and retailed by Heal's of London.
Walnut
Vintage Dressing Table by Loughborough
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made vintage dressing table by Loughborough. This was made in England, and it dates from the 1950’s. The quality is outstanding, this is beautifully designed...
Mirror, Wood
Midcentury Teak Wardrobe from Loughborough for Heals, 1960s
Located in South Shields, GB
- Mid-Century Modern wardrobe - Manufactured by Loughborough in the UK and retailed through Heals department store - Made from Teak & Teak Veneer - Featuring a hanging rail, drawe...
Teak
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.
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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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Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.