Sold|$2,200
Mid Century Credenza
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A walnut Mid Century credenza with aluminum pulls,five drawers and a door with storage and an adjustable shelve sitting on a chrome base.In the style of Florence Knoll.
Chrome, Aluminum
Midcentury Teak Credenza with Organically Carved Hand Pulls
By G-Plan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful midcentury teak credenza equipped with three stacked drawers a centre cabinet with built-in shelf and additional large drop down cabinet. Original condition with light refi...
Teak
Pair of Widdicomb Dressers with Brass Ring Pulls
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., C.G. Kimerly
Located in Hudson, NY
Freshly refinished pair of mahogany three-drawer dressers with brass ring pulls. This piece is part of The Widdicomb Modern Originals Flexi-Unit series (initially known as the Horizo...
Mahogany
Stunning Frank Kyle Credenza with Pepe Mendoza Pulls
By Pepe Mendoza, Frank Kyle
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
If you are searching for a piece that represents the most iconic and amazing Mexican Modernist era, we have for you this stunning and rare Frank Kyle Credenza, made in mahogany wood,...
Brass
Mexican Modernist Credenza with Pepe Mendoza Pulls, Frank Kyle
By Pepe Mendoza, Frank Kyle
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a credenza or cabinet made in Mexico circa 1960s, Mahogany wood with beautiful bronze pull with malachite. Cabinet is unsigned, no label present from the ...
Mahogany
Sold|$9,500
Elegant Desk in Teak with Brass Pulls, 1950s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Elegant desk in figured teak with brass pulls and bookshelf space on the back, Denmark, 1950s.
Brass
Midcentury Danish Teak Credenza with Circle Carved Drawer Pulls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large sized midcentury teak credenza. Three centre sliding drawers with organically carved round hand pulls. Lined flatware drawer, storage cabinets on either side. Right side pull-o...
Teak
Vintage Mahogany Dresser with Brass Pulls & Black Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite vintage mahogany dresser with classic brass pulls featuring lion heads is set apart by its stunning black marble top. Its fine craftsmanship and timeless design make i...
Mahogany
Albert Parvin Style Sculptural Diamond Pull Walnut Gentleman's Chest Dresser
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Mid-Century Modern American made walnut Gentlemans Dresser Highboy.
Walnut
1950s Unused Butterscotch Orange & Double Line Red Bakelite Drawer Pull Set of 6
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century by Carvanite, these unused Butterscotch Orange & Double Lined Red Bakelite Bridge Drawer Pulls nobs perfect for living up a mid-century kitchen or cabinet.
Bakelite
Danish Teak Credenza with Sliding Doors With Recessed Pulls
By Gangsø Møbler
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Danish teak credenza with sliding doors. Use this high-capacity storage solution as a TV Stand / media center or office credenza. The sliding doors allow easy access to the ample cab...
Teak
Sold|$7,600 / set
Midcentury Formica and Rattan Bedroom Set with Rattan Pulls
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s Formica and rattan bedroom set including a lowboy dresser, 2 nightstands and a writing desk. Each piece includes formic sides and countertops with a rattan border t...
Rattan
Gorgeous Credenza with Stunning Door Pulls by Cal Mode
By Cal Mode
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This beautiful credenza has three doors with aesthetically pleasing pulls. Two doors open to reveal an adjustable shelf, with the other door revealing three drawers. The wood is...
Walnut
Nine-Drawer Ebonized Walnut Dresser with Modernist Brass Pulls
Located in Danville, CA
Handsome nine-drawer dresser with angled legs and solid brass square bar pulls. The dresser has been painstakingly refinished in open-grain ebony lacquer.
Brass
Stunning Modernist Shadowbox Sideboard/Chest with Stylized Nickel Pulls
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized Mahogany with Stylized Nickel Pulls It features three drawers on the left and then Shadow box design two bi fold doors that open to reveal drawers.
An MCM petite sideboard with button pulls, circa 1960s
Located in Houston, TX
An MCM petite sideboard with button pulls, circa 1960s. Refined by its curve that gives it elegance and circular pulls that gives it a modern edge, this piece can go in any style hom...
Teak
1950's Florence Knoll Caned Walnut Credenza With Leather Pulls
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Southampton, NJ
Scarcely seen early 1950's Florence Knoll walnut credenza. So many marvelous features include four caned doors with leather pulls, two generously sized drawers, side bar with spaciou...
Leather, Cane, Walnut
Modernist Six-Drawer Dresser by Stanley, Spade Shaped Hand Pulls
By Stanley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid-Century Modern furniture by Stanley (distinctive furniture) featuring white front drawers accenting the deep walnut wood body. Spacious drawers with oversized brass spade shaped ...
Brass
Florence Knoll Two-Tone Lacquered Credenza with Leather Pulls
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Florence Knoll two-tone lacquered credenza with leather pulls.
Steel
Tommi Parzinger Chest of Drawers with Brass Pulls, 1940s
By Tommi Parzinger, Charak Furniture Company
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Chest of drawers TP-104 with 12 drawers in mahogany with brass ring pulls by Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern, American, 1940s (signed in drawer, “Charak Modern”) This is an elegant...
Brass
Credenza with Brass Pulls and Legs by Johnson Furniture Co.
By Johnson Furniture Co., Renzo Rutili
Located in Miami, FL
Platform base credenza or dresser by Renzo Rutili for the Johnson Furniture Company. Two cabinets on one platform. Left cabinet with two doors frontal decor consists of woven rattan ...
Brass
Black Lacquer Painted Decorated Three Doors Small Credenza Brass Pulls
By James Mont, Harvey Probber, John Stuart
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern three doors painted black and Perl lacquer petit credenza cabinet console hall entry table.
Brass
Danish Modern Poul Volther Drawer Chest with Tab Pulls
By Poul Volther
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Gorgeous mahogany Poul Volther chest of drawers.
Mahogany
Danish Modern Teak Pull Out Desk Secretary or Bachelor Chest Bookcase Bow Front
By Dux of Sweden
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Danish modern cabinet pull-out desk secretary.
Glass, Teak
Brazilian Credenza in Afromosia Teak, Sculptural Iron Base, Alabaster Pulls
Located in Kansas City, MO
One of a kind Afromosia teak credenza with impressive solid steel base and alabaster / quartz pulls. Every detail of this unique credenza is of the highest quality construction and m...
Alabaster, Steel
Danish Modern Teak Sliding Door Credenza with Recessed Coin Pulls
By Dansk
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This early Danish teak credenza (late 50's / early 60's) features graceful styling and craftsmanship throughout. The construction is exquisite, with virtually no warping or sagging a...
Teak
Midcentury Paul McCobb Maple 20-Drawer Dresser #1510 Blonde Ring Pulls
By Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury American Designer Paul McCobb Maple 20-drawer dresser #1510 Blonde Natural finish Ring Pulls. Original Patina/Finish in Vintage Condition - Has original aluminum Ring Pull...
Aluminum
2-Piece Danish Teak Sliding Door Credenza with Recessed Coin Pulls
By Dansk
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Early Danish teak Mid-Century Modern Danish tea credenza with china cabinet.
Teak, Glass
Vintage Danish Modern Walnut Tall Chest of Drawers Dresser Sculpted Pull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern walnut tall chest dresser with sculpted wood pulls. Item features sculpted wood drawer pulls, beautiful wood grain, serial number #1880-3 DR H-138, five do...
Walnut
Dunbar Sideboard by Edward Wormley with Brass and Rosewood Pulls
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Dunbar double chest by Edward Wormely. Fully restored espresso tone case with brass and rosewood pulls.
Brass
Dunbar Dresser by Edward Wormley with Brass and Rosewood Pulls
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Dunbar double chest of drawers sideboard by Edward Wormely. Fully restored espresso tone case with brass and rosewood pulls.
Brass
Midcentury Paul McCobb 8-Drawer Dresser Credenza #1507 Maple Ring Pulls
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Vintage midcentury Paul McCobb 8-drawer dresser credenza planner group #1507. Beautiful dresser by Paul McCobb, circa 1950s planner group, 8-drawer, all solid maple, original solid a...
Aluminum
Beautiful Paul Frankl Double Dresser in Bone Lacquer with Nickel Pulls, 1950s
By John Stuart, Johnson Furniture Co., Paul Frankl
Located in Southampton, NJ
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern ten-drawer dresser designed by Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Company, sold by John Stuart, NYC. Signed. Refinished in bone lacquer, accented by newly...
Nickel
Johannes Andersen Model-19 Teak Tambour Door Credenza with Sculpted Pulls
By Uldum Møbelfabrik, Johannes Andersen
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Flanked on both side by hinged cabinet doors that mimic the same stunning sculpted-lip pulls featured on the tambour.
Teak
Modernist Bleached Cerused Oak and Grass Cloth Sideboard, Polished Nickel Pulls
Located in New York, NY
It would be a winning addition to any style of interior from classic Mid Century Modern to contemporary. Excellent condition.
Nickel
Early Walnut Modern Knoll Sliding Door Sideboard with Vintage Leather Pulls
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful sliding door credenza or sideboard by Knoll. Walnut has beautiful graining. Leather tab pulls have the perfect patina. Sliding doors open to reveal two shelves. Clean lined...
Leather, Walnut
Ebonized Dresser by Paul McCobb Planner Group Winchendon Aluminium Ring Pulls
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern, double wide, ebonized maple dresser designed by Paul McCobb for Planner Group, Winchendon features signature cast aluminium ring pulls and eight drawers for ample...
Aluminum
Tommi Parzinger 3 Door Credenza with Exquisite Nickel Pulls, 1960s
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Beautifully crafted 3 door credenza in high gloss mahogany with exquisite etched nickel pulls by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1960s. This piece exudes refinement...
Metal, Nickel
George Nelson 5 Drawer Dresser with Sculptural Pulls by Herman Miller #4610
By George Nelson
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A dark brownish ebony finished five drawer dresser with brushed stainless sculptural pulls . The top and middle drawers contain dividers and plenty of storage with the inside having ...
Stainless Steel
Paul McCobb Pair of Dressers Lacquered Maple Silver Pulls Americana, 1950s
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration: Paul McCobb maple wood lacquered dressers by Planner Group Designs, USA, 1950s Winchendon Furniture. Single dressers made in solid maple wood with lacquer fi...
Aluminum
Paul McCobb Planner Group Six-Drawer Dresser, Original Brass Pulls, Excellent
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in Kansas City, MO
Virtually flawless Paul McCobb six-drawer dresser. Original conical brass pulls.
Danish Modern Occasional Chest of Drawers with Wave Style Pull
By Arne Vodder
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This Danish Modern original occasional drawer chest is made from beautiful old growth teak and hand finished in oil. An excellent accent piece for any room. Three drawers, locking to...
Teak
Floating Mexican Console With Stone Inset and Pepe Mendoza Drawer Pulls
By Frank Kyle
Located in Round Rock, TX
Stunning and whimsical floating Mexican console, c. 1960s. This five drawer floating cabinet features three top inset stone panels with malachite and brass decorative pulls by Pepe M...
Stone, Brass
Sold|$6,800
Chest of Drawers with Leather Pulls
Located in New York City, NY
Vintage wood chest of drawers with three drawers - leather handles have wooden dowels which slide into a leather sleeve.
Wood, Leather
Mexican Modernist Mahogany Credenza by Frank Kyle with Pepe Mendoza Pulls
By Pepe Mendoza, Frank Kyle
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration a beautiful credenza designed by Frank Kyle with Pepe Mendoza pulls. Mahogany wood (veneer in some sections) cabinet mounted in sculptural solid mahogany wo...
Malachite, Brass
Paul McCobb for Winchendon Twenty-Drawer Chest with Brass Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in Berlin, DE
Planner Group for Winchendon Furniture. Designed and produced in the mid-1950s. Symmetrical drawer structure with four over six in center and another five drawers behind each door. A...
Brass
Sold|$1,392
Rosewood Commode with Pull-Out Drawers
Located in Madrid, ES
Rosewood commode, chest of drawers or sewing table. Front with four drawers, brass details. Measures: H 62, B 70, D 40 cm.
Brass
American Modernist Walnut One Door Chest Drawers Dresser with Deco Brass Pulls
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice American Mid-Century Modern walnut dresser with deco pulls.
Brass
Original Frank Kyle two-drawer Credenza with Brass pulls by Pepe Mendoza
By Pepe Mendoza, Frank Kyle
Located in Mexico, DF
Original two large drawer credenza from the '60s. in natural red cedarwood made in Mexico by Frank Kyle. Kyle emigrated to Mexico in the 1950s, opening his own "Kyle de México S.A." ...
Brass
Ebonized marble top dresser having geometric brass drawer pulls C 1960.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ebonized marble top dresser having geometric brass drawer pulls C 1960.
Brass
Rare American Modernist Walnut/Iron Credenza, Hutch, Room Divider, Spade Pulls
By Distinctive Furniture By Stanley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early 1960s credenza/room divider/display cabinet hutch made by Stanley Furniture; according to our research on the internet it appears to belong to their Heritage" line, circa 1961....
Metal, Brass
Sold|$2,245
Cutlery Chest with Metal Finger Pulls
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A great entry way or hallway piece with ample storage. The combination of rich mahogany and brass make this piece look extra sharp. Professional, skilled furniture restoration is...
Mahogany
Louis XVI–Style Desk, Burgundy Leather Top, Brass Pulls, Circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Louis XVI–style desk, crafted circa 1900, featuring a burgundy leather writing surface and a light grey patina finish. The top shows gentle wear consistent with age, adding charact...
Wood
Midcentury Paul McCobb Maple 20-Drawer Dresser #1510 Tobacco Finish T Pulls
By Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury American Designer Paul McCobb Maple 20-drawer dresser #1510 Tobacco finish T Pulls. Original patina finish in vintage condition - Has original steel T Pulls - All solid ma...
Steel, Iron
Midcentury Modern Paul McCobb 3-Drawer Dresser #1508 Walnut Finish Pull Handles
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage midcentury Paul McCobb 3-drawer dresser Planner Group #1508. Beautiful dresser by Paul McCobb circa 1950s Planner Group, 3 drawer, solid maple, Walnut finish, Wood handle pul...
Maple
Nautical Themed Chest with Bronze Shell Pulls and Carved Shell Feet
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great nautical themed dresser with bronze or possibly brass shell pull and carved wood shell shaped feet it has been restored and re-lacquered. Nice form and unusual design. It app...
Wood
McGuire Faux Bamboo Black Lacquer Four-Drawer Dresser with Cast Brass Pulls
By McGuire, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern black lacquer brass pulls 4 drawers dresser bachelor chest hall credenza.
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
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.
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.