1950s Philips Radio / Tv / Record Player in Teak
By Philips
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark Designer: Unknown Manufacturer: Philips Era: 1960s Materials: Teak Measurements: 40″ wide x 14″ deep x 33.5″ tall
Teak
Original Vintage Philips Stereosonic Record Player Poster 1960 by Elvinger
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This bold and stylish original vintage poster was created in the 1970s to promote the Philips Stereosonic, a high-fidelity sound system produced by the iconic Dutch electronics brand...
Lithograph
Philips Patrice Dupont-Designed Space Age UFO Record Player
Located in Antwerp, BE
This in very good condition Philips record player works great. The cover of the pick-up is translucent blue in the cover placed a speaker.
Playbox Record Player stereo by Philips and Medea, 1974
By Philips, Medea
Located in bruxelles, BE
Stereo that can be closed to cube shape and opened by moving the baffles apart. It includes a radio, record player and 8-track cassette player. It is also possible to connect the tel...
Metal
Playbox Record Player by Philips and Medea, 1974
By Philips, Medea
Located in bruxelles, BE
A record player that can be closed into a cube and opened by moving the baffles apart. Can be used to listen to vinyl and cassette. Dimensions when closed: H: 55,5 cm W: 60,5 cm D: 6...
Metal
Playbox Record Player by Philips and Medea, 1974
By Medea, Philips
Located in bruxelles, BE
Record player that can be closed into a cube and opened by moving the baffles apart. Vinyl and cassette playback possible. It is also possible to connect the telephone via Bluethoot....
Metal
Playbox Record Player stereo by Philips and Medea, 1974
By Philips, Medea
Located in bruxelles, BE
Stereo that can be closed to cube shape and opened by moving the baffles apart. It includes a record player and 8-track cassette player. It is also possible to connect the telephone ...
Metal
Midcentury Record Player Console by Phillips
By Philips
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 by Philips. We offer this incredible de luxe turntable console that works with bulbs and made in fantastic root wood. The turntable work at perfection but the radio doesn'...
Wood
Sold
H 43.3 in W 24.5 in D 24.5 in
Grundig Luxus Rosita Music Stand Record Player & Radio Philips Hifi System 1970s
By Rosita
Located in Auerbach, Saxony
There is a original built-in Grundig automatic record player. Covered by a Dual plastic lid. The cartridge is new.
1954 Ford, Herbert Leupin Original Vintage Poster
By Herbert Leupin
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful poster printed in lithography with artwork from Swiss graphic designer & artist Herbert Leupin created for Ford. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and co...
Paper
Vintage Wood Geloso Television GT1014, 1950s, Italy
Located in Rome, IT
This GTV1014 was one of the first 21-inch b / w televisions produced by Geloso. It uses the intercarrier system as an audio-video medium frequency. The chassis is mounted inside th...
Glass, Plastic, Wood
$875
H 9 in W 30 in D 15 in
Mid-Century Modern Panasonic Stereo Console Record Player in Walnut Cabinet
By Panasonic
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A sleek and sophisticated Mid-Century Modern Panasonic stereo console showcasing clean architectural lines, warm walnut cabinetry, and classic 1960s–1970s hi-fi styling. Designed wit...
Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Magnavox Stereo Media Console. Circa 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Magnavox Stereophonic Media Console High Fidelity Radio Record Player. Circa 1960s Features a Magnavox Stereophonic High Fidelity Radio Record Player in a...
Metal
$8,888
H 25.99 in W 14.18 in D 48.04 in
Vintage Radiophonograph Turntable by Achille & Piegiacomo Castiglioni- 1960s
By Achille Castiglioni
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Radiophonograph Turntable mod. RR126 by Achille & Piegiacomo Castiglioni, realized fro Bionvega. First edition 1964. Plate Garrard 60 Mk II
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Petite Disc Cabinet by Michael van Beuren
By Michael van Beuren
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970, we offer this Mid-Century Modern petite disc cabinet by Michael Van Beuren, made in mahogany plywood and brass details, includes VB original label. About Michael Van B...
Mahogany
$2,543Sale Price|20% Off
H 40.56 in W 25.6 in D 15.75 in
60s, vintage Danish cabinet-TV, gramophone, radio, Eltra Bella Vista, teak wood
Located in Tarm, 82
Vintage Danish cabinet-TV, Eltra Bella Vista, 60s, teak wood. Almost perfect condition. It works. Gramophone and radio working. Perfect condition, collectible. The same model is in t...
Metal
$11,634
H 31.5 in W 101.97 in D 19.89 in
Mid-Century Studio Hifi Phono Credenza in Walnut by Vincent Labadessa USA 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
This cabinet is made in one piece and the quality is extraordinary. The left and right wooden slats part is to hide speakers. You can fill the center parts with records and Hifi. An ...
Walnut
Musikschrank Grundig 7050
By Grundig
Located in Moutier, CH
Ce remarquable Musikschrank Grundig, en très bon état de marche, incarne toute l’élégance et le savoir-faire des meubles-radio haut de gamme du milieu du XXe siècle. Fondée par Max G...
Walnut
$2,920Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 52 in D 18 in
Vintage Mid Century Credenza or Buffet with Caning and Dovetailed Drawers
By Jack Cartwright
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage mid century credenza or buffet with caning and dovetailed drawers. Designed by Jack Cartwright for Founders.
Cane, Walnut
$3,480 / item
H 30 in W 20 in D 61.75 in
"Douglas" Turned Leg Stereo HiFi Cabinet / Credenza - Mid-Century Modern WALNUT
By Pete Deeble
Located in Long Beach, CA
The Turned Leg Douglas Stereo Cabinet is functionally the same as the original Douglas cabinet but with a classic turned leg. It's been meticulously designed to be the perfect home f...
Walnut
Teak Sideboard or Highboard from G-Plan, 1960s
By G Plan Furniture
Located in South Shields, GB
A teak highboard from the G Plan Fresco range, dating to the late 1960s / early 1970s. Standing on tapered legs, the piece features clean lines and integrated handles. The upper ...
Teak
1930s Rare Original Condition Walnut Zenith Art Deco Radio Console
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Bring home the beauty of a true classic with the Zenith 8A244 Chairside Radio, a rare collectible that blends vintage charm with updated functionality. Known for its iconic robot dia...
Metal
Mid Century Radio And Record Player Console Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A period Mid Century Stereo Cabinet with an interesting contrast door pattern with Oval grid inserts. Three sliding doors, one on the front track with the remaining two doors sitting...
Other
$1,480
H 22 in W 29 in D 29 in
Mid-Century Modern Magnavox Entertainment Center /Accent Table. circa 1960s.
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magnavox Entertainment Center /Accent Table, circa 1960s. Features a midcentury Hollywood Regency Walnut Cabinet / Accent Table with doors and a pullout r...
Stone
$632Sale Price|44% Off
H 29.25 in W 25 in D 16 in
Mid Century Modern Magnavox Stereo Cabinet with Media Storage
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century modern media storage cabinet Magnavox features hardwood construction, beautiful mahogany veneer with original finish, Bakelite turntable and stereo with original kno...
Upholstery, Bakelite, Mahogany
$2,397 / item
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 18.51 in
"Jorge" Bar Cart Modernist Style in Color Painted Steel and wood natural
By Alessandra Delgado
Located in Alto da Lapa, SP
True to her enthusiasm for the Modernist Movement Alessandra Delgado was inspired by Jorge Zalszupin timeless architectonic view to create the bar cart "Jorge". Elegant and versatil...
Steel
$750 / item
H 11.8 in W 16.2 in D 4 in
Walt Disney Film Archives, the Animated Movies 1921-1968, Collector's Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 620 pages, 41.1 x 30 cm (16.2 x 11.8 in.) in clamshell box. With portfolio of 5 cel setups, 37.6 x 30 cm (14.8 x 11.8 in.) and 30 x 36.3 cm (11.8 x 14.3 in.), and 64-page ...
Other
Contemporary U Concrete Pendant Lamp by Bentu Design
By Bentu Design
Located in Paris, IDF
Concrete ceiling lamp designed by Cantonese studio Bentu Design. (Sold individually) 18 cm High; 9,6 cm Diameter Wire: 2Meters Black, Red, Yellow or Blue (adjustable) Lamp Type: E2...
Concrete
$27,470 / set
H 29.53 in W 63.78 in D 63.78 in
Art Deco Dining Room Set by Mercier Freres, France, 1920s
By Mercier Freres
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and stunning Art Deco dining-room set by Mercier Freres, dating from the 1920s, comprising a large, square, extendable table, eight chairs, a sideboard with top display cabinet,...
19th Century Chinese Canopy Wedding Bed
Located in Marbella, ES
This is a wonderful example of a canopy bed from Shanghai Province, China. Made of Chinese Northern Elm, this bed features hoofed feet and multiple floral carvings. The exterior ...
Gold Leaf
Italian Rocking Chair Model 572 By Cassina
By Cassina
Located in London, GB
An incredible and very rare rocking chair (has been attributed to Gio Ponti in the past and shows a strong and striking resemblance to his designs) in walnut, rubber and fabric for C...
Steel
Mastercraft Brass Vitrine
By Mastercraft
Located in Hanover, MA
Mastercraft model 326 vintage 1970s Palladian style brass, glass and antiqued smoked mirror vitrine display curio cabinet, designed circa 1970 by William Doezema. Measures: 84 in. ...
Brass
Pair of Armchairs in the Style of Gio Ponti, 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pair of armchairs in the style of Gio Ponti. Freshly upholstery.
Velvet
"Luce Nello Spazio" Wall Light by Poliarte
By Poliarte
Located in Albany, NY
Wall light/sculpture in cast aluminum and raw crystal with six internal light bulbs. Follow Frank on Instagram. Frank.rogin photos dedicated to Poliarte.
Aluminum
$150,678Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.64 in W 84.65 in D 20.08 in
Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble
Located in London, GB
A charming and imposing Louis XV style antique Rococo chimneypiece in Fleur de Pecher Marble with exceptional ormolu mounts by Francois Linke (1855-1946). The serpentine shelf rests ...
Marble, Ormolu
Walter Bosse Cat Figurine with Thermometer, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Wien, Au
Walter Bosse cat figurine with thermometer, 1950s Austrian desk thermometer, cat figurine and a lantern-shaped thermometer. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Aust...
Brass
$19,690 / item
H 24.4 in W 110.2 in D 55.1 in
"Nebula Nine" Cotton Linen Leather and Velvet Covered Sofa by Moroso & Diesel
By Moroso, Diesel Creative Team 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nebula Nine" is a sofa, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring elements in stress-resistant polyurethane foam in varied densities and polyester fiber...
Leather, Cotton, Linen, Velvet, Foam, Wood, Ash
1920s Small Beige Vellum Steamer Trunk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This beautiful hat trunk features a very warm cream color vellum and golden brass locks. Its interior is in beige canvas. Clean and fresh original interior . It could be a wonderful ...
Leather
LU Brass Sputnik Chandelier by Lumfardo Luminaires
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Inglewood, CA
Stunning LU brass Sputnik chandelier in the spirit of Mid-Century Modern design. Solid brass fabrication. Measures: Fixture height 26” Diameter 32” Current drop 36”.
Brass
1930 Wooden Carnival Game by French Game & Novelty, Milwaukee, WI
Located in Surrey, BC
Unusual Folk Art wooden carnival game in working condition and with original paint. Players bet on which city the spring-released airplane will land on. Made by French Game & Novelty...
Wood
Enormous Antique Old Witches Broom Burl Mounted Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A huge witches broom burl from a very old conifer tree w/ beautiful color and age expected natural surface wear distressing cracks to wood. Mounted on a circular iron base. See all p...
Iron
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.
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