Midcentury Modern Dinnerware Sets
Mid-20th Century Modernist Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Silver
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Plastic
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Earthenware, Pottery
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pitchers
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Barware
Blown Glass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery, Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Plastic
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Milk Glass
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Wood
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-...
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Majolica, Ceramic
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Metal, Enamel
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Stoneware
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Stoneware
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Naugahyde, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Upholstery, Fabric, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Ceramic
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Centerpieces
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Dinnerware and Flatware Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Clay, Glass
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Gold
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Gold
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
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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.
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