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Mid Century Modern Desk Clock with Massive Glass Frame, West Germany 1970s
By Wiesenthalhütte
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a gorgeous and extremally rare Mid Century Modern table clock, placed
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
Rare and Lovely Mid-Century Modern Bakelite Table or Wall Clock by PRIM 1950s
By PRIM Clocks
Located in Munich, DE
Rare and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern table or wall clock. Rotating body due to brass joint
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 7.49 in W 10.63 in D 3.94 in
Large Kienzle Mid-Century GMT Heavy Brass World Time Zone Table Clock & Manual
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
dates to approximately 1970 and done in a Mid Century Modern style. The clock case is composed of heavy
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Cut Steel
H 11.5 in W 10 in D 2.39 in
Rare Mid Century PRIM bakelite table or wall clock
By PRIM Clocks
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Extremely rare clock from Czech manufacturer PRIM. Manufactured in former Czechoslovakia in 1950's
Category
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Midcentury Table Clock by Kienzle
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass construction with a battery movement for one AAA-battery from the 1960s.
(pictures shows the original movement before changing to battery one).
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Cristalleries Schneider Mid-Century Modern Crystal Table Clock
By Schneider Glass
Located in Mexico City, MX
Stunning midcentury crystal table clock by Cristalleries Schneider. Biomorphic shape crystal, round
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid Century Modern Neoclassical Style Acrylic Clock
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Houston, TX
Mid Century Modern Acrylic Clock.
This beautiful mid century modern acrylic or lucite desk clock
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage Mid Century Modern Handmade Wooden Clock.
Located in Seattle, WA
Mid Century Modern Wooden Clock with Four Deferent Types Of Wood Grain. Operational Ability Unknown
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Brass Atlanta Zodiac Table Clock, 1960s, Germany
By Atlanta Clock Co.
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice attractive Zodiac desk clock mechanical wind up clock work.
Brass. Works perfect. Good
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Relide Mid-Century Modern Brass Desk Sized Quartz World Clock
By Relide Co
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mid-Century Modern desk clock.
A detailed world clock originally manufactured by Hampton
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Table Clock, Murano Glass, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Table Clock, Murano Glass, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Table Clock, Murano Glass, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Table Clock, Murano Glass, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Kundo German World Globe Desk or Table Clock
By Kundo
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
1970 and done in a Mid-Century Modern style. This World globe clock shows the various time zones on the
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s Kienzle Bentwood Desk Clock Germany restored
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Kienzle Bentwood Desk Clock Germany
brown & silver
fabulous patinated waterfall effect on
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
Vintage White Copal Model 222 Flip Clock
By Copal Clock 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Mid-Century Modern Copal Model 222 flip clock with off-white plastic case, black face, and clear
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Plastic
1950s Mid-Century Modern Italian Table Clock in the Style of Fontana Arte
By Fontana Arte
Located in Aci Castello, IT
table clock features a combination of glass and brass, reflecting the popular materials of Mid-Century
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Atlanta Midcentury Atomic Age Sunburst Brass Table Desk Clock, Western Germany
By Atlanta Clock Co.
Located in Vienna, AT
An amazing midcentury triangular design starburst table or desk clock from the 1950s. Executed by
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 10.5 in W 11.5 in D 2.75 in
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Modern Clock , France, circa 1950
By Jaeger-LeCoultre, Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Mid-century 8 day table clock by Jaeger-Lecoultre, France, ca.1950. The wrought iron frame
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Wrought Iron
Kienzle GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Midcentury, Germany, 1960s
By Wilhelm Kienzle, Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative Mid-Century Modernist solid brass Kienzle Chronoquartz desk or table
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Kienzle GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Midcentury, Germany, 1960s
By Wilhelm Kienzle, Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative Mid-Century Modernist solid brass Kienzle desk or table clock with a
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Exclusiv French Hour Lavigne Silvered Automatic Table Clock, 1960s, France
By Kienzle Clocks, Hour Lavigne
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Impressive table clock made by Hour Lavigne, France in 1960s. Heavy slim-line silver plated brass
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 8.6 in W 8.6 in D 2.3 in
Very Rare Mid-Century Modern Plexiglass XXL Table Clock by Boris Tabacoff
By Boris Tabacoff
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Huge clock designed by French designer Boris Tabacoff, who also created the famous Sphère Chair
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Plexiglass
H 20.87 in W 14.77 in D 8.27 in
Midcentury Kienzle Brass Table Clock, Heinrich Moeller Style, Germany, 1950s
By Friedrich Wilhelm Möller, Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant Mid-Century Modern desk or table clock with a mechanical 8-days movement from the 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Kirsch Hamilton, American Mid-Century Modern Prisma Aluminum Aurora Clock, 1970s
By Kirsch/Hamilton
Located in Stamford, CT
American Mid-Century Modern Prisma aluminum aurora clock, Kirsch Hamilton, 1970s.
A vintage 1970s
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
H 7.5 in W 7 in D 5.75 in
Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency Brass Glass Table Clock by Kienzle, Germany
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Kienzle, Germany
Age
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 7.09 in W 6.3 in D 1.97 in
Vintage Hollywood Regency Brass Glass Table Clock by Kienzle, Germany 1960s
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Kienzle, Germany
Age
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 5.52 in W 5.52 in D 1.97 in
Vintage Hollywood Regency Brass Glass Table Clock by Kienzle, Germany 1970s
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Kienzle, Germany
Age
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 4.93 in W 7.09 in D 1.97 in
Big Machined Brass Kienzle Modernist Table World Time Zone Clock 1960
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Big Machined Brass Kienzle Modernist Table World Timer Zone Clock 1960
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Junghans Mid-Century Table Clock in Metal and Brass, 1950s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Tilburg, NL
Junghans mid-century table clock in metal and brass. Germany, 1950s
Decorative and elegant mid
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency brass walnut Table Clock by Kienzle, Germany
By Kienzle Clocks
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Kienzle, Germany
Age
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 6.54 in W 5.52 in D 2.76 in
Unused Boxed Kienzle GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Desk Clock, Germany, 1960s
By Wilhelm Kienzle, Kienzle Clocks
Located in Vienna, AT
This is an amazing find. An unused and still in its original box packed Mid-Century Modernist solid
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 6 in W 5.5 in D 2 in
Innovative Mid Century Modern Chromed Steel Curved "La Posh" Clock 1970's
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Rare Mid Century Modern Chromed Steel Curved Desk Clock by Chris Gittins and Roy Salmon of
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
H 9.45 in W 14.97 in D 3.15 in
Limited Edition Mid-Century Orrery Clock by Devon Clocks
Located in Amersham, GB
.
This clock is a fun and intriguing timepiece that sits well on a table to be admired from all angles
Category
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Mid Century Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
A nice example of A Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos clock, Embassy, signed Jaeger Le Coultre, with red and
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Limited Edition Mid-Century Calendar Clock by Devon Clocks
Located in Amersham, GB
.
This clock is a fun and intriguing timepiece that sits well on a table to be admired from all angles
Category
Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Clock by Suzanne Bonnichon for Jacques Adnet, France
By Jacques Adnet, Bonnichon
Located in Merida, Yucatan
French mechanical clock, designed as a set of drums by Suzanne Bonnichon for Jacques Adnet, part of
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
H 23.63 in W 9.06 in D 5.52 in
Mid-Century LeCoultre Desk Clock Model 465
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Swiss LeCoultre Desk Clock, Model 465, signed "Le Coultre" to angled face with roman
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Arthur Umanoff Rosewood Square Desk Clock for Howard Miller
By Howard Miller, Arthur Umanoff
Located in Troy, MI
Arthur Umanoff model 645 alarm clock for Howard Miller circa late 1960s
Rosewood case with aluminum
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 3 in
Mid-Century Brass Zodiac Wall, Table or Mantel Clock, Germany, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful heavy Mid-Century Modern brass desk clock with a brass clocks face. Executed in the
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Clock Jaeger LeCoultre and G. Poillerat, France, circa 1950
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Merida, Yucatan
French 8 day clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre.
The wrought iron frame was designed by Gilbert Poillerat
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
H 9.06 in W 7.88 in D 2.76 in
Mid Century Jaeger Le Coultre Atmos Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
A nice example of A Jaeger Le Coultre Atmos clock, Embassy, signed Jaeger Le Coultre, , base with
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Mid century alarm clock PRIM, 1960’s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century alarm clock, made in Czechoslovakia by the Prim company in the 1960s. Made in the so
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
English 1930s Art Deco Blue Glass and Chrome Clock by Enfield
By Enfield Clock Company 1
Located in Devon, England
Stylish 1930s English blue glass clock with chrome accents by Enfield. Ideal size for modern use
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Italian Mid-Century Spherical Plastic Blue Table Clock Boule by Lorenz, 1960s
By Lorenz
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Spherical plastic blue table clock model Boule by Lorenz, 1960s
Boule model
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
H 7.88 in W 7.49 in D 7.49 in
Imhof Mid Century Gold Dice Motif Swiss Alarm Clock
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
, Switzerland - a brand renowned for making elegant desk and table clocks during the mid-20th century - the dice
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large mechanical 1950s brass world time clock by Heinrich Möller for Kienzle
By Kienzle Clocks, Heinrich Möller
Located in München, DE
Rare large, heavy Mid Century brass world time clock by Kienzle.
Design by Heinrich Johannes Möller
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Tiffany & Co Mid Century Zodiac Watch Swiss Gilt Metal 15 Jewel Desk Clock 7"
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century Tiffany & Company gilt metal battery operated desk clock featuring a rectangular form
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
H 7.25 in W 3 in D 6 in
Jaeger-LeCoultre Mid Century Blue Lucite and Brass Skeleton Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
A beautifully unusual light blue lucite and brass Jaeger LeCoultre Inline Skeleton Clock, with a
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Skeleton Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre inline skeleton clock, with a clean minimalistic design which would look
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Skeleton Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre inline skeleton clock, parading a clean minimalistic design suitable
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Kite Wall Clock by George Nelson, Howard Miller, Vitra Label
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern kite wall clock by George Nelson, Howard Miller, Vitra Label
George Nelson
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel
H 16.5 in W 21.5 in D 4.25 in
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid Century Green Leather Folding Eight Day Travel Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
. Although originally conceived as a travel or bedside table clock it would make a perfect desk clock for the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Nickel
Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Noguchi's first mass-produced design, completed circa 1932, predating his design for the "Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years. Produced by Stevenson Manufacturing...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
George Nelson Tripod Table Clock
By George Nelson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Scarce large tripod table clock, Model 4764, designed by George Nelson and Associates for Howard
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
20th Century Black French Industrial Table Lamp - Vintage Desk Metal Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, vintage Mid-Century Modern French industrial table lamp made of hand crafted metal
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Metal
No Reserve
H 21 in W 13 in D 5.5 in
Jaeger-LeCoultre Mid Century Brass and Lucite Inline Skeleton Clock No. 420
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
the 16 jewel Swiss movement working and watch the balance staff turn.
This delightful Mid Century
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Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 6 in W 5.25 in D 1.75 in
A Group of Tiffany and Cartier Desk Clocks 20th Century. Priced per clock.
By Cartier
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Group of Tiffany and Cartier Desk Clocks
20th Century Priced per clock
comprising six Tiffany
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Italian World Table Clock, Germany, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
World table clock in brass with lucite base. In great working condition with winding mechanism in
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Daum France, Table Clock "Topography", 1970s
By Daum
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful "Topography" Daum crystal table clock. French design from the 1970s.
In very good
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Crystal
Atmos Jaeger Lecoultre Rare Table Clock
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Atmos Jaeger lecoultre rare table clock
table clock with perpetual motion
invented by jean
Category
Vintage 1940s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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Mid Century Modern Table Clock For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic mid century modern table clock available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and glass, every mid century modern table clock was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a mid century modern table clock — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each mid century modern table clock bearing mid-century modern, modern or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Howard Miller, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Kienzle Clocks each produced at least one beautiful mid century modern table clock that is worth considering.
How Much is a Mid Century Modern Table Clock?
Prices for a mid century modern table clock can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $38 and can go as high as $8,243, while the average can fetch as much as $961.
A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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 legendary 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.
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.
Questions About Mid Century Modern Table Clock
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