Midcentury Paul McCobb Three-Drawer Dresser Credenza #1508 Blonde Maple T Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Vintage midcentury Paul McCobb three-drawer dresser credenza Planner Group #1508. Beautiful dresser by Paul McCobb circa 1950s Planner Group, 3 drawer, solid maple, black T pulls. Bl...
Steel, Iron
Midcentury Paul McCobb 6-Drawer Dresser Credenza #1509 Blonde Maple T Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Vintage midcentury Paul McCobb six-drawer dresser credenza Planner Group #1509. Beautiful dresser by Paul McCobb circa 1950s Planner Group, 6-drawer, solid maple, black T pulls. Blac...
Steel, Iron
Burled Blonde Mahogany Midcentury 6 Drawer Ring Pull Dresser Red Lion Furniture
Located in Hudson, NY
All original 1950s dresser by Red Lion Firniture. Stunning burled mahogany drawer fronts with elegant brass ring pulls. Solid wood with mahogany case. Sculpted feet complete the look...
Brass
Midcentury Paul McCobb 6-Drawer Dresser Credenza #1509 Walnut Maple T Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Vintage midcentury Paul McCobb six-drawer dresser credenza Planner Group #1509. Beautiful dresser by Paul McCobb circa 1950s Planner Group, 6-drawer, solid maple, black T pulls. Blac...
Steel, Iron
Walnut 2 pc. Pull Down Desk w/ Bookcase Chest made in Belgium
By Arne Vodder
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A two piece dark walnut pull down desk with upper bookcase having two adjustable shelves and four drawers to the base for storage . The front when down has a birch wood contrasting w...
Laminate, Birch, Walnut
Sculpted-Front Chest of Drawers by Tommi Parzinger, Oatmeal with Brass Pulls
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Large sculptural design lacquered wood dresser cabinet on legs with six drawers, original finish in oatmeal with exquisite etched brass drop pulls. Price Includes shipping costs in t...
Brass
Vintage Hollywood Regency Walnut Sideboard with Large Ring Pulls, USA, 1960s
By Stanley Furniture
Located in Hastings, GB
This flamboyant Hollywood Regency walnut sideboard is by Stanley Furniture, USA, 1960s. The oversized brass ring door pulls are a great feature. Quite a neat, useable size, this one....
Brass
Midcentury Paul McCobb #1567 four drawer Desk Blonde Maple Finish brass Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb Planner Group #1567 four drawer desk blonde maple finish brass pulls solid maple. Desk is in original vintage condition. Very beautiful designed desk on straigh...
Brass
Midcentury Paul McCobb 8-Drawer Dresser Credenza #1507 Blonde Maple T Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
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, solid maple, black T pulls with bl...
Steel, Iron
Midcentury Paul McCobb 6 Drawer Dresser Credenza #1509 Walnut finish Brass pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Vintage midcentury Paul McCobb six-drawer dresser credenza Planner Group #1509. Beautiful dresser by Paul McCobb circa 1950s Planner Group, 6 drawer, solid maple wood Walnut finish, ...
Brass
Vintage Baroque Style Leather Wrapped Studded Partner Desk with Lion Pulls
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Baroque Style Leather Wrapped Studded Partner Desk with Lion Pulls This beautiful, well-made desk has seven drawers on one side and faux drawers on the other. The desk comes...
Metal
Midcentury Paul McCobb #1567 Four Drawer Desk Blonde Maple Finish Brass Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb Planner Group #1567 four drawer desk blonde maple finish brass pulls solid maple. Desk is in original vintage condition. Very beautiful designed desk on straigh...
Brass
Pair of Three-Drawer Dressers by Kittinger, Expertly Restored, Greek Key Pulls
By Kittinger Furniture Company
Located in Kansas City, MO
Two three-drawer cabinets by Kittinger from the Mandarin series. Classic Greek Key designed pulls. These have been expertly restored and re-lacquered with painstaking attention to de...
Wood
Harvey Probber Low Chest of Drawers with Inset Rosewood Pulls, 1950s
By Harvey Probber
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Low chest of drawers in bleached mahogany with inset hand carved rosewood pulls by Harvey Probber, American 1950s (signed in drawer, “Furniture designed by Harvey Probber”). This is ...
Mahogany, Rosewood
Pull-Out Desk Top Borge Mogensen Danish Teak Bookcase Tambour Door Secretary
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Borge Mogensen early Mid-Century Modern Danish teak desk. The stately piece has a deep red-orange patina from over half a century of age.
Teak
G Plan Teak Gentleman's Chest with Aluminum Pulls
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Berkeley, CA
This modern mid century teak gentleman's chest was manufactured by G Plan and offers four nicely sized drawers. Each drawer front features two aluminum pulls. The case is supported b...
Teak
Classic 1950s Paul McCobb Planner Group Maple Double Dresser Aluminum Ring Pulls
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For you 1950s USA: Paul McCobb double dresser Classic Mid-Century Modern lacquered solid maple wood with his iconic aluminum ring pulls Paul McCobb for the Planner Group Design ...
Aluminum
Tommi Parzinger 3-Door Credenza with Iconic Brass Pulls 1950s (Signed)
By Tommi Parzinger, Parzinger Originals
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Beautifully tailored and finished 3-door credenza in high gloss black lacquer with engraved brass pulls by Tommi Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, American 1950's (signed “Parzinger...
Brass
1960's Danish Teak Highboy Chest Dresser With Carved Oval Recessed Pulls
By Børge Mogensen, Kai Kristiansen, Poul Volther
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Just look at the matched pattern grain drawer fronts on this early Danish highboy. The fiery cathedrals cover all 7-drawers and showcase the use of the natural elements to compliment...
Teak, Pine
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Zebrawood Highboy Dresser
By American of Martinsville
Located in Los Angeles, CA
😁 Materials: Walnut-Stain Zebra Wood, Metal Cone Pulls This Mid-Century Modern highboy dresser by American of Martinsville showcases a striking zebrawood grain that reads beautifu...
Metal
Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Double Dresser With 24K Gold-Plated Drawer Pulls
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
An extremely rare and exceptional Mid-Century Modern sculpted walnut saber leg double dresser designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Furniture of Grand Rapids, circa 1955. ...
Gold
Modern Kipp Stewart for Drexel Ten-Drawer Walnut Dresser with Brass Pulls
By Kipp Stewart & Stewart MacDougall, Drexel
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful walnut ten-drawer dresser by Kipp Stewart and Stewart McDougall for Drexel's Declaration line. Beautiful walnut wood grain with brass and faux wood pulls. Featuring four sm...
Brass
Paul Frankl Cork Dresser with 9-Drawers with Solid Brass Pulls Johnson Furniture
By Johnson Furniture Company, Paul Frankl
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare & amazing waterfall nine drawer dresser designed by Paul Frankl. Dresser has a beautiful cork top & sides, black lacquer drawer fronts with inlaid cork and brass pulls and sits ...
Mahogany, Cork
1950s Style of Paul Frankl Black Skyscraper Dresser Tall Highboy X Pulls
By Paul Frankl
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Tall highboy skyscraper dresser with five (5) pull out drawers. Made in the USA early 1950s No label present. Attributed to Paul Frankl. Iconic X Pull handles in nickel plated fini...
Nickel
Paul Frankl Johnson Furniture Long 8 Drawers Dresser Credenza Buckle Brass Pulls
By Paul Frankl, John Stuart Inc.
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Paul Frankl Johnson furniture long 8 drawers dresser credenza buckle brass pulls MINT!.
Brass
Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Mahogany Ten-Drawer Dresser with X Pulls
By Johnson Furniture Co., John Stuart, Paul Frankl
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful all original dresser with brass X-pulls.
Brass
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern “Declaration” Highboy Dresser
By Kipp Stewart, Drexel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage desi...
Porcelain, Walnut
Midcentury Paul McCobb #1561 5 Drawer Desk Blonde Maple Finish Brass Pulls
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb Planner Group #1561 double pedestal 5 drawer desk blonde maple finish Brass knobs solid maple. Desk is in original vintage condition. Very beautiful designed de...
Brass
Midcentury Paul Mccobb Maple 20-Drawer Dresser #1510 Black Lacquer T Pulls Rare
By Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Midcentury American designer Paul Mccobb 20-drawer dresser or credenza - Planner Group line #1510 rare - all black lacquer finish steel T pull knobs. Newly professionally sprayed lac...
Steel
Pair of Lorin Jackson Chests for Grosfeld House White Lacquer Nickel Pulls
By Lorin Jackson
Located in Westport, CT
Pair of Lorin Jackson white lacquered chests Grosfeld House, white lacquer finish with nickel silver pulls. Elegant graceful design. Grosfeld House founded by Albert Grosfeld and ...
Nickel
Midcentury Paul McCobb Small Jewelry Chest 4 Drawers Maple T Pulls Blonde
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Nice Paul McCobb 3' small jewelry box in solid maple construction with Blonde finish. Very high quality construction with Black T pulls. Made for top of dresser or bookcase. 8 - T pu...
Steel
Vintage Maitland Smith Coconut Shell Chest of Drawers with Bronze Elephant Pulls
By Maitland Smith
Located in Winnetka, IL
A striking vintage Maitland Smith original! This 3 drawer chest of drawers is made of polished coconut shells and bronze figural elephant head drawer pulls. Ending in four beaded met...
Bronze
Midcentury Post Modern Oak 6 Drawer Dresser Credenza Brass Pulls Style Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury postmodern low oak 6 drawer dresser or credenza with half ring brass pulls. Light oak dresser with 6 drawer’s great design circa 1970. Made in USA. Style of Dunbar. Locate...
Brass
Rare Midcentury Paul McCobb #1562 Drop Lid Desk W/Organizer Maple T Pulls
By Paul McCobb, Planner Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful Paul McCobb planner group #1562 drop lid desk with Rare organizer inside and adjustable glass shelf blonde maple finish T-pulls all solid maple. This desk is in original vi...
Steel
Handsome Ebonized Buffet or Credenza with Aluminum Pulls by George Nelson, 1950
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in New York, NY
Handsome ebonized buffet or credenza with aluminum pulls by George Nelson for Herman Miller, 1950. Fully restored and in excellent condition. Could also function as a dresser. See...
Aluminum
Early Florence Knoll for Knoll NY Wall Hung Credenza or Bar, Leather Pulls
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early Florence Knoll for Knoll NY wall hung credenza or bar, walnut finish, white lacquer drop down doors, original leather pulls, featuring two oak shelves and two glass shelves. Ha...
Leather, Walnut, Wood
Randers Danish Teak Secretary with Pull-Out Desk Top & Drop-Down Vanity Mirror
By Randers Møbelfabrik
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Premium Mid-Century Modern Danish teak secretary by Randers. This is one of the finest teak secretary's that we've come across in all our years in business. The design is unmatched b...
Teak
Dark Walnut Credenza with Tambour Pull Up Door in the Style of Stow Davis
By Stow Davis
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted dark grained walnut credenza with double sliding doors and a dark anodized metal pull up tambour door with three drawers. Inside the sliding doors Revel two adjus...
Mid Century Walnut Dresser Chest in the Style of Drexel
By Drexel
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A walnut nine drawer Mid-Century Modern dresser with wooden pulls in the manner of Danish furniture. Each drawer has a dark line to the center making a nice detail with conical legs ...
Wood, Walnut
Newly Refinished - Mid-Century Modern Two-Tone Lacquered Highboy Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Expertly Refinished With over 15 years of experience, our workshop has followed a careful process of restoration, showcasing our passion and creativity for vintage design...
Brass
Dorothy Draper Style 3-Drawer Dressers in Soft Pink with Nickel Pulls, Pair
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Wilton, CT
The renown American decorator Dorothy Draper was a maximalist in a time where Minimalism became mainstream in the Mid-Century design world. Her interiors boomed with color and deligh...
Nickel
Low double chest of drawers with X pulls by Paul Frankl *Saturday Sale*
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Highland, IN
This classic 10 drawer chest by Paul Frankl features the signature X shaped brass pulls and refined design. It has just been refinished in a rich brown-black and is marked inside the...
Brass
Low-Boy Dresser With Nickel X-Shaped Pulls By Paul Frankl For Johnson Furniture
By Paul Frankl, John Stuart Inc., Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage gem is designed by the iconic and prolific Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Co. retailed by John Stuart in the heart of New York City, circa 1950s. This double wide, lo...
Nickel
Sold|$6,200
Dunbar End Pull Chest by Edward J. Wormley
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dunbar End Pull Chest by Edward J. Wormley. Constructed of walnut, features sculptures pull handles at the end of the drawers.
Walnut
Sold|$1,600
Mid-Century Commode Chest or Nightstand
By John Widdicomb
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century commode chest with brass pulls. The top two drawers have three removable wooden slide dividers.
Dunbar Desk from the Arizona Biltmore with Frank Lloyd Wright Drawer pull Motifs
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Very rare Dunbar desk for the Arizona Biltmore, circa mid-1960s. There were only a handful of these desks ever made. It has two-toned beautifully grained ashwood and tapered drawer f...
Resin, Ash
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Walnut Dresser or Chest with Silver Plate Pulls, 1940
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Hamburg, PA
A walnut dresser or chest with six drawers and silver plate detail on pulls by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings. Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–1976) was a British-born architect and f...
Silver Plate
Paul Frankl High Boy Dresser with Brass X-Pulls for Johnson Furniture circa 1950
By Johnson Furniture Company, Paul Frankl
Located in Peabody, MA
High boy midcentury seven drawer dresser with solid brass "x" pulls, designed by Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture (and sold through Paine Furniture in New England).
Wood
Jens Risom "Y Pulls" Two Drawer Dresser in Walnut Wood with Brass by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jens Risom "Y Pulls" two drawer dresser in walnut with brass tipped legs.
Walnut
Ten-Drawer Dresser with Brass X Pulls by Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Co.
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Hamburg, PA
Ten-drawer dresser with brass X-pulls and white high gloss Italian finish by Paul Frankl. Newly refinished by Alternative Furnishings Inc. Matching nightstands available separately. ...
Brass
Inlaid Mahogany Bow Front Tall Chest of Drawers with Oval Brass Shell Pulls
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful one-piece Federal style mahogany bow front tall chest of drawers in a two over six configuration, conforming top, crotched veneer drawer fronts with cockbeading and inlai...
Brass
Harvey Probber Chest of Drawers with Brass Pulls
By Harvey Probber
Located in Berlin, DE
Harvey Probber mahogany chest, with drawers that feature brass flat bar appointments. Signed!
Brass
Italian Walnut Bombe Two-Drawer Commode with Brass Pulls
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rococo style bombe chest of drawers with brass pulls. Walnut with lattice design inlay, standing on cabriole legs, Italian, circa 1950.
Walnut
Midcentury Modern Oil Walnut High Chest Dresser with Brass Pulls
By Paul McCobb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice mid-century modern high chest in style of Paul McCobb. Nice oil walnut finish.
Sold|$1,950
Vintage Keller Walnut China Cabinet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century walnut cabinet with recessed pulls, open shelves, and storage/drawers below.
Walnut
Danish Rosewood Single-Drawer Hallway Chest with Aluminium Pulls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This diminutive rosewood chest features a single continuous dove-tailed drawer divided by a removable spacer. Spectacular grain and texture. Given its size, this piece is ideally use...
Aluminum
French Louis XIV/XV Carved Walnut Commode, Original Bronze Pulls
Located in Atlanta, GA
French early to mid-18th century carved walnut commode with beautiful bronze hardware.
Walnut
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.