Mid Century Modern Wall Unit With Desk

Floating Mid Century Wall Cabinet

Mid Century Drop Down Desk

Bedroom Storage Wall Unit

Midcentury Modern Drop Down Cabinet

Mid Century Drawers And Shelves

Midcentury Danish Modern Wall Unit

Materials

Brass

$1,825

Italian Mid-Century Modern Wood, Brass & Painted Metal Wall Unit Bookshelf

Located in Varese, Lombardia

This bookcase was produced in Italy around the 1960s. It consists of a wall panel with 2 adjustable containers and 1 desk The panel is equipped with side racks that allow the cont...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Metal, Brass

Multicolored Wall Unit by Tjerk Rijenga for Pilastro, the Netherlands 1960's

$3,031

Multicolored Wall Unit by Tjerk Rijenga for Pilastro, the Netherlands 1960's

By Pilastro, Tjerk Reijenga

Located in Steenwijk, NL

This is a great composition of different elements in a Pilastro wall unit. A diverse collection of different parts selected to make a complete unit of the famous design by Tjerk Reij...

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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Pilastro Two Section Wall Shelving Unit w/ Desk and Cabinet with Desk & Drawers

$2,250

$8,800Sale Price|20% Off

Vintage Danish Imported Mid Century Standalone bookcase shelf with Writing Desk

Located in Seattle, WA

The statement piece that will define your space yet also help to contain, organize and curate your stuff use the drop-down surface on either side as a workstation or a bar plentifu...

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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Teak

Exotic Burled Multi Purpose Wall Unit

$3,120Sale Price|36% Off

Exotic Burled Multi Purpose Wall Unit

Located in Pasadena, TX

A mid century modern wall unit executed in an exotic burled veneer.

Category

Vintage 1960s Bookcases

Materials

Wood

Poul Cadovius Royal System Danish Teak Wall Unit Bookcase, 1940s

$5,129

Poul Cadovius Royal System Danish Teak Wall Unit Bookcase, 1940s

By Poul Cadovius

Located in LYON, FR

Created in the late 1940s by Poul Cadovius, the Royal System bookcase is now considered one of the most iconic creations of 20th-century Scandinavian design. A visionary in his appro...

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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Teak

$1,917

Vintage Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Office Chair Model 31 by Kai Kristiansen

By Kai Kristiansen, Schou Andersen Møbelfabrik

Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie

The icon of Danish Mid-Century Modern design: the original Model 31 executive chair.

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Materials

Iron

Unavailable

H 14 in W 57.5 in D 54 in

Modular 5600 Series Desk / Bookcase by Andre Cordemeijer for Gispen

By A.R. Cordemeijer

Located in New York, NY

Modular bookcase / desk wall unit in painted steel from the 5600 series designed Andre Cordemeijer for Gispen in 1962, as an update on the earlier 663 system by Wim Rietveld. This un...

Materials

Brass

Wall System or Unit by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro, Dutch Design 1955

Unavailable

H 68.9 in W 96.46 in D 17.72 in

Wall System or Unit by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro, Dutch Design 1955

Located in Lijnden, Noord-Holland

Wall system by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro, Dutch design 1955. Beautiful Industrial Dutch wall system from the 1950s by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro. Pilastro Furniture was star...

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Wall Unit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Teak 3 Section Wall Unit with Bookshelves, Glass Curio Cabinet, 2 Storage Cabinets and Built in Desk.

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Shelves

Materials

Teak, Glass

Midentury Rosewood Wall-Unit Including Table, Desk, Curio Cabinet and Light

Sold

H 84 in W 96 in L 84 in

Midentury Rosewood Wall-Unit Including Table, Desk, Curio Cabinet and Light

Located in Stamford, CT

A Mid-Century Modern wall unit with lighted bar as well as an over head light and 42 inches wide by 32 inches deep dining table using two leaves that converts to desk when the leaves...

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Modern Vintage Freestanding Wall Unit Desk in Walnut, circa 1960s

Sold

H 72 in W 36 in D 21.5 in

Mid Century Modern Vintage Freestanding Wall Unit Desk in Walnut, circa 1960s

Located in Troy, MI

Vintage Mid Century Modern Freestanding Wall Unit Desk Great modernist secretary wall unit circa 1960s Freestanding with adjustable upper drop front cabinet and floating desk Walnu...

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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Secretaires

Materials

Walnut

Teak Desk Royal System Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius for Cado, Denmark, 1960s

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H 55.12 in W 31.5 in D 14.97 in

Teak Desk Royal System Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius for Cado, Denmark, 1960s

By Cado, Poul Cadovius

Located in Kirchlengern, DE

Article: wall unit teak wood Cado system. Designer: Poul Cadovius Producer: Cado, Denmark Description: Original Danish wall unit designed by Poul Cadov...

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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Wood, Teak

Vintage Wall Unit System Teak Cado Regal Poul Cadovius Danish Modern

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H 29.93 in W 94.49 in D 14.97 in

Vintage Wall Unit System Teak Cado Regal Poul Cadovius Danish Modern

By Cado, Poul Cadovius

Located in Kirchlengern, DE

Modular wall unit in teak designed by Poul Cadovius produced by Cado, Denmark, 1960s. This shelving system was designed by Poul Cadovius during the 1950s. This particular...

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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Materials

Metal

H 34 in W 30.25 in D 44 in

Craft Associates Modern Lounge Chair, 2002, the Parallax

By Craft Associates

Located in Oak Harbor, OH

Designer: Laura Trenchard Manufacturer: Craft Associates Modern Furniture Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern Specs: Walnut, Mohair Yardage: 6 yards, 5.5 meters condition Craft Asso...

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2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Mohair, Walnut

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Mid Century Modern Wall Unit With Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the mid century modern wall unit with desk you’re looking for. Each mid century modern wall unit with desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and hardwood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect mid century modern wall unit with desk — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A mid century modern wall unit with desk is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are sought with frequency. Pilastro, Tjerk Reijenga and Nils Nisse Strinning each produced at least one beautiful mid century modern wall unit with desk that is worth considering.

How Much is a Mid Century Modern Wall Unit With Desk?

A mid century modern wall unit with desk can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,750, while the lowest priced sells for $720 and the highest can go for as much as $21,500.

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

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.

Finding the Right Case Pieces And Storage Cabinets for You

Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.

In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.

Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.

Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.

In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.

A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.

Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.

The Ultimate Guide to Types of Tables for the Home

Whether you’re just moving in or ready to give your home a makeover, our guide will give you pointers on tables that are fitting for every room, nook and hallway.