Bertil Brisborg, Nordiska Kompaniet, a pair of table lamps 32060, Sweden, 1940s
By Bertil Brisborg, Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in Forserum, SE
A beautiful pair of mid-century table lamps, model 32060, designed by Bertil Brisborg for the Swedish department store Nordiska Kompaniet in the 1940s.
Brass
Mid-Century “Black Lady” Table Lamp by Barsony, Australia, 1950s
By Barsony Ceramics 1
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid-Century “Black Lady” Table Lamp by Barsony, Australia, 1950s Dimensions: H 56 cm x W 23 cm x D 15 cm (H 22.05 in x W 9.06 in x D 5.91 in) Marked: Barsony on reverse A striking...
Brass
1940s Italian Chased Brass Column Table Lamp with Pink Art Glass Shade
Located in Nottingham, GB
A striking Italian mid-century table lamp dating to the 1940s, combining richly worked brass with a softly coloured hand-moulded glass shade.
Brass
Pair Sculptural brutalist Tiki Mid-Century Glaze Lamps in the Style Honi Chilo
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pair of Sculptural brutalist- Tiki- Mid-Century Drip Glaze Lamps- Honi Chilo Style A very striking pair of mid-century table lamps featuring sculptural ceramic bodies with vibr...
Ceramic
Italian Mid-Century Walnut, Brass and Black Glass Centre Table, 1960s
Located in Almelo, NL
Italian Mid-Century Walnut, Brass and Black Glass Centre Table, 1960s An elegant and sculptural Italian Mid-Century Modern centre table from the 1960s, executed in walnut with refin...
Brass
Brass Table Lamp by MAE, Möller Armatur Eskilstuna, Sweden, 1950s
By Möllers Armaturfabrik
Located in Karis, Nyland
A refined Swedish mid-century table lamp made in solid brass, defined by its clean vertical form and weighted circular base.
Brass
Sculptural Brass Table Lamp with Wood Slat Shade by Valinte, Finland, 1950s
By Valinte Oy
Located in Karis, Nyland
Elegant mid-century table lamp manufactured by Valinte in Finland during the 1950s.
Brass
$1,888Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Brass Wood Table Floor Lamp White After Gerald Thurston Lightolier
By Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
Located in Peoria, AZ
AFTER GERALD THURSTON MID CENTURY TABLE FLOOR LAMP CLASSIC DESIGN WHITE & GOLD FINISH!
Brass
Exquisite Pair of Large Belgian Brass Eagle Sculptured Table Lamps for DeKnudt
By Deknudt
Located in Voorburg, NL
Beautiful Pair of very Large and Solid Brass Mid Century Table Lamps from the ‘70s produced by DeKnudt in Belgium which craftsmanship is renowned for its quality and beauty.
Brass, Steel
Scandinavian Modern Table Lamp in Brass and Opaline Glass, 1950s
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
This mid-century table lamp, of unknown design and produced in Sweden, reflects the restrained elegance and material harmony characteristic of Scandinavian lighting from the 1950s an...
Brass
Pair of Leatherette & Brass Table Lamps by Lisa Johansson-Pape for Orno, 1960s
By Lisa Johansson-Pape, Orno Oy
Located in Karis, Nyland
A sculptural pair of Finnish mid-century table lamps designed by Lisa Johansson-Pape for Orno.
Brass
Bertil Brisborg, Nordiska Kompaniet, Scandinavian desk lamp 32535, Sweden, 1950s
By Bertil Brisborg, Nordiska Kompaniet
Located in Forserum, SE
A mid-century table lamp, model 32535, designed by Bertil Brisborg for the Swedish department store Nordiska Kompaniet in the 1950s.
Brass, Steel
Bertil Brisborg, Nordiska Kompaniet, Scandinavian desk lamp 32535, Sweden, 1950s
By Nordiska Kompaniet, Bertil Brisborg
Located in Forserum, SE
A mid-century table lamp, model 32535, designed by Bertil Brisborg for the Swedish department store Nordiska Kompaniet in the 1950s.
Brass, Steel
Pair Hollywood Regency Table Lamps, Bronze & Porcelain, ca. 1960
By Stiffel
Located in Alcoy, Alicante
A rare pair of Mid-Century table lamps where technical mastery meets the eternal laws of classical proportion.
Bronze
Tall Modernist Table by Lamp Svend Aage Holm Sorensen, Denmark, Iron & Glass
By Bent Karlby, Svend Aage Holm Sørensen, Jo Hammerborg, Werner Schou
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Tall Danish Mid-Century Table lamp. Design by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen, for Holm Sørensen, Denmark.
Metal, Iron
Vintage Faux Bamboo Lamps On Lucite Plinth - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exuding sophisticated Hollywood Regency charm, this pair of vintage Mid-Century table lamps features sculptural faux bamboo bodies set atop thick, clear Lucite bases.
Brass
Laurel Lamp! Marvelous MCM Danish Designer Lighting Barr 1960s Stylish Decor!
By Richard Barr, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Peoria, AZ
MAGNIFICENT Mid Century Table Lamp! Attributed to Richard Barr for Laurel Lamp Company!
Metal, Brass
$731Sale Price|25% Off
Aldo Tura Serving Bar Tray -- Red Goatskin & Brass -- Mid Century Italian
By Aldo Tura
Located in Minneapolis, MN
About Aldo Tura: Aldo Tura was an Italian furniture designer best known for his mid-century tables and lamps. Combining his interest in Art Deco and Art Nouveau with low-slung minima...
Brass
Carl Aubock Vintage Zebra Dinner Bell #3604, Paperweight, Vienna, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A captivating, partly patinated mid-century table or dinner bell from the 1950s.
Metal, Brass
$1,850 / set
Vintage Asian Carved Stone Couple
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This elegant pair of mid-century table lamps celebrates the enduring charm of Chinoiserie design, featuring a masterfully carved man and woman in traditional Asian attire.
Stone, Brass
$281Sale Price|25% Off
Aldo Tura Ice Bucket -- Red Goatskin & Brass -- Mid-Century Italian
By Aldo Tura
Located in Minneapolis, MN
About Aldo Tura: Aldo Tura was an Italian furniture designer best known for his mid-century tables, lamps, barware and decorative accessories.
Brass
$595Sale Price|30% Off
Aldo Tura Ice Bucket -- Red Goatskin & Brass Square -- Mid Century Italian
By Aldo Tura
Located in Minneapolis, MN
About Aldo Tura: Aldo Tura was an Italian furniture designer best known for his mid-century tables and lamps. Combining his interest in Art Deco and Art Nouveau with low-slung minima...
Brass
White PORCELAIN BALUSTER Form PAIR of Table Lamps
Located in Hawthorne, CA
This exquisite pair of Italian mid-century table lamps captures the perfect blend of classical elegance and mid-century modern design. Crafted circa 1950, these white porcelain balus...
Brass
Murano Sommerso Glass Lamp, Attributed to Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Flavio Poli c1960
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Flavio Poli
Located in Padova, IT
A substantial mid-century table lamp in hand-worked Murano glass, made in Italy circa 1960.
Brass
Scandinavian Modern Golden Table Mirror in Brass, 1950s
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
This rare mid-century table mirror, produced in Sweden during the 1950s, is a refined example of functional Scandinavian design, distinguished by its harmonious balance of material r...
Brass
Mid Century Brass Table Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a fine table lamp fashioned in the mid century style. The shade and the finial are original to the lamp.
Brass
$764Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century elegant brass table
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century elegant brass table Dated from the mid-20th Century, this tall and elegant example of a display table would fit in well in any stylish interior setting.
Brass
Mid-Century French Brass Flower Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Mid-20th Century French decorative brass flower coffee table.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Side Table
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Brass Side Table
Brass
Mid Century French Faux Bamboo Brass Side Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
French Faux Bamboo Brass Side Table with Glass Top. Table features a classic faux bamboo frame in patinated brass, embodying the Hollywood Regency aesthetic popular of in this era. T...
Brass
Mid-Century Brass Dining Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Round dining table with polished brass base. Wood veneer top complimented by long slender brass legs. Please confirm location.
Brass
$3,870 / item
Brass Mid Century Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted with a polished brass frame, its sleek structure exudes luxury, while the tempered clear glass top provides a refined contrast. Its delicate yet sturdy design makes it perfec...
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Coffee Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This ornate vintage coffee table features panels of dark glass combined with a frame of brass and ebonized components. Please confirm item location with seller (NY/NJ).
Brass
$245Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Hollywood Regency Brass Black Banded Enameled Table Lamp 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid to late 20th century mantel vase / trophy urn shaped brass table lamp with accents of black enameled bands.
Brass
Mid Century Modern Pair of Steel, Brass & Glass Tables
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century pair of steel, brass & glass tables.
Metal, Brass, Steel
Mid 19th Century Transition Style Table - Brass Gallery
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mid 19th Century Transition Style Table. Beautiful Brass Gallery.
Brass
Mid Century Modern Brass Knot Dining Center Table
By Carlo Bartoli
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid Century Modern twisted knot dining table with hexagon glass top.
Brass
Mid-Century Brass Coffee Table
Located in London, England
Brass framed French coffee table with magazine shelf below clear glass top. Circa 1950.
Brass
Spanish Alabaster & Brass Table Lamp, Mid 20th Century
Located in Warminster, GB
A neoclassical alabaster and brass table lamp. Spanish, mid 20C. Stock ref. #3151 Professionally rewired to UK standards. New tapered calico shade included. Height with shade: 4...
Alabaster, Brass
$350Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Colonial Premier Brass Torchiere Trophy Urn Uplight Table Lamp 25"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early to mid 20th century table lamp by the Colonial Premier Company of Chicago.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brass Console Table
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This striking vintage Mid-Century Modern console table was crafted in the United States circa 1970.
Brass
French Mid-Century White Marble & Brass Coffee Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French brass coffee table, with marble top, from the mid 20th century.
Marble, Brass
$950Sale Price / set|44% Off
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pink Travertine Brass Side Tables, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Modern Pink Travertine Brass Side Tables, with brass spindle undertier. 27" H x 20" W x 20" D. Provenance: From an East Village Estate.
Travertine, Brass
Mid 20th Century Fruit Wood Etched Brass Tray and Glass Top Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid 20th Century FruitWood Etched Brass Tray and Glass Top Side Table for sizable space or Coffee Table for smaller space.
Brass
Lamp Production Helo leuchten, Cristian Dell 1950s
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Milano, Lombardia
condition: Good - Signs of Time Materials: Metal, Brass Époque : 1950 Measurements: 46x37x33 cm
Metal, Brass
$766Sale Price|48% Off
Mid Century Walnut & Brass Coffee Side Table
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Norwich, England
A walnut and brass coffee table in the Carl Auböck style. Circa 1950s. Free UK delivery. The table has a solid crown shaped walnut top, terminating on brass tubular legs with teak ...
Brass
Mid-Century French Brass and Steel Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Mid-Century French brass and steel table of great proportions.
Brass, Steel
Umberto Mascagni Dining Table, Wood & Brass, Mid-Century Modern
By Umberto Mascagni
Located in Premariacco, IT
An elegant dining table by Umberto Mascagni, made in Italy in the 1950s, characterized by its unmistakable retro aesthetic and the use of materials and finishes typical of the Bologn...
Brass
Mid Century Brass & Marble Coffee Table
Located in Ongar, GB
A lovely quality mid century brass coffee table with original marble top.
Brass
Small Mid Century Porcelain and Brass Table
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this porcelain and brass side or accent table dates from the 1970s. The top is 24.25” square and consists of stone-like porcelain pieces set in a brass frame with a...
Brass
Mid Century Modern Jansen Chrome Brass Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Mid 20th Century chrome and brass coffee table with glass top.
Brass, Chrome
Side Table Made of Glass and Brass, Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Square side table featuring three tiers and a minimalist brass frame. The top two shelves are made of dark smoked glass, while the bottom shelf is crafted from black glass. This desi...
Brass
Mid-Century Faux Bamboo Brass & Glass Coffee Table, Attributed to Baker
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite Mid-Century Modern coffee table is a sophisticated example of faux bamboo design, attributed to the renowned Baker Furniture Company, whose work is celebrated for exce...
Glass, Faux Bamboo
Rembrandt Mid-Century Brass and Marble Table Lamp
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage French Porcelain and Brass Jar Floral Table Lamp in very good vintage condition. Measure 7" in width, 7" in depth and stand 32" height to the top of the finial and 26" to the...
Brass
Mid-Century Stiffel Brass Table Lamp
By Stiffel
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful tall mid-20th century Stiffel table lamp in brass with matte black enamel accents and foliate leaf detailing.
Brass
Mid-century brass table mirror / vanity, Italy 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century brass table mirror / vanity Italy 1960s brass, mirror H 47 cm x 47 × 27 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Mahogany & Brass Dining Table, Italian Design
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolo da pranzo vintage di manifattura italiana del XX secolo con struttura in legno, gambe e fascia con impiallacciatura in mogano con formelle decorative in ottone, piano con vetr...
Brass
Mid Century Modern Table Lamp, Brass
By Paavo Tynell
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Modern Brass Table Lamp, wood base and shade are painted black.
Brass
$995 / set
Rembrandt Mid Century Brass Table Lamp
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Rembrandt Mid Century Brass Table Lamp This lamp measures: 14.75 wide x 14.75 deep x 35.25 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show as much detail as ...
Brass
French Mid-Century Modern 1960's Brass Side Table
Located in Carmine, TX
French Mid-Century Modern 1960s Brass Side Table, featuring a refined rectangular form with two glass tiers, a warm brass frame, and elegant fluted legs.
Brass
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
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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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