$8,180
H 24.81 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Paolo Tilche Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Ratan Armchairs Model “Silvia”
By Arform, Paolo Tilche
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rattan Pair of Italian 20th century ratan armchairs Model “Silvia” Measurements 100 cm x 100 cm x 63
Rattan
Vintage Ratan Peacock Chair
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
An exquisite 1960s Italian rattan peacock chair, featuring a woven fan-shaped back and curved solid
Wicker, Rattan
Mid Century Twelve-Drawer Ratan Sideboard with Brass Knob Handles
Located in Washington, DC
An Exceptional mid century twelve-drawer rattan sideboard with brass knob handles. It would be great in a dining room or pantry to store utensils, or as server.
Bamboo, Rattan
Italian Ratan Cabinet
Located in Boom, Vlaams Gewest
Italian Ratan cabinet from the 70ties with great Patina.
Rattan
Italian Midcentury Modern Design Ratan and Ivory Fabric Lampshade 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Large lamp shade, modern antique vintage, with spherical rattan wicker base and ivory fabric shade, 1950s Italy production. Note that the lamp is original to the period and shows th...
Fabric, Rattan
Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency Bamboo Ratan Dining Table
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Antwerp, BE
Lacquered chalk Italian dining table created for the famous Cassetti jewellery store in Florence
Bamboo, Lacquer
Sold
H 30.71 in Dm 54.73 in
Tropical Green Mid-century modern hollywood regency Bamboo ratan Dining Table
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Antwerp, BE
Lacquered chalk Italian dining table created for the famous Cassetti jewellery store in Florence
Bamboo, Lacquer
Sold
H 41.74 in W 41.74 in D 1.58 in
20th Century Italian Octagonal Brass & Ratan Mirror By Gabriella Crespi c.1970
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
embracing a modern or classic aesthetic. We offer complimentary shipping to all our customers in Great
Brass
Sold
H 39.38 in W 33.86 in D 40.16 in
Franco Albini Midcentury Italian Ratan Armchair Model "Gala" Vittorio Bonacina
By Franco Albini, Vittorio Bonacina
Located in Barcelona, ES
Italy, 1951 Rattan Measurements 86 cm x 102 cm x 100 H cm. 34 in x 40 in x 39.5 H in. Literature: 1950
Rattan
$6,500 / item
H 14 in W 36 in D 20 in
Modern Oval Coffee Table in Oak Wood Cylinder Base and Glass by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Palazzo oval coffee table with green and ivory glass sits on 2 Rift White Oak Wood pedestals by Ercole Home. This new bespoke coffee table design by Ercole Home is available today fo...
Art Glass, Walnut, Cut Glass
$8,350 / set
H 16 in W 58 in D 32 in
"Organic 3" Modern Nesting Coffee Tables by Last Workshop, Walnut
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
"Organic 3" Organic shaped nesting coffee tables by Last Workshop, 2023 Solid walnut, natural finish Table one "XL": 68" x 50" x 15"H Table two "L": 56" x 33" x 12.5"H If not in s...
Hardwood, Walnut
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$1,696Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
$29,000 / set
H 30.5 in W 24 in D 32 in
Gajanan Upadhyay, Slipper Chairs, Rattan, Teak, Velvet, NID, India, c. 1964
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of rare and possibly unique slipper chairs / lounge chairs. Produced for the Ford Foundation, New Dehli, India. Design is attributed to Gajanan Upadhyay (1934-2021) , known as...
Velvet, Rattan, Teak
$1,912
H 21.26 in W 26.38 in D 16.15 in
Large Rattan and Wicker Elephant Side Table by Vivai del Sud, Italy 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury elephant-shaped side table with removable tray fully made in hand-woven wicker. This gorgeous object was designed by Vivai del Sud in Italy during the 1970s. In...
Bamboo, Rattan, Cane, Wicker
Pair of wicker armchairs with curved backrests, 1980s.
Located in Roma, RM
Pair of wicker armchairs with an organic shape and curved backrest and bamboo cane base Product details Dimensions 64 W x 103 H x 97 D cm
Bamboo, Wicker
$6,376 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$3,360 / set
H 35.44 in W 45.67 in D 24.41 in
Midcentury Rattan and Bamboo Sofa, Armchairs and Italian Coffee Table, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Iconic Italian set attributable produced in Italy during 1960s. This midcentury set is made of a double seat sofa, two armchairs and a coffee table in rattan and bamboo. The st...
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
CAB Chair by Mario Bellini for Cassina
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
The CAB chair was designed by Mario Bellini in 1977 for Cassina, Italy. Mario Bellini (1935) is an Italian designer and architect. The chair has a skeleton in tubular steel and the ...
Steel
Mid Century Curved Sofa Milo Baughman Jack Lenor Larsen Style
By Milo Baughman
Located in Baltimore, MD
Stunning mid-century modern five-piece sectional curved sofa Milo Baughman style, in original Jack Lenor Larsen style upholstery. An exceptional sofa both for its form and quality, i...
Upholstery
$2,165 / set
H 38.19 in W 22.45 in D 30.32 in
Pair of 60s Italian Bent Bamboo Rattan Bohemian French Riviera Lounge Armchairs
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern pair of armchairs in rattan wicker bamboo with great design and tall high back. This charming lounge chairs are in the typical style of Fra...
Bamboo
"Maria" dining table in natural wood, rounded edge
By Alessandra Delgado
Located in Alto da Lapa, SP
The table "Maria" is Alessandra's tribute to her mother. Its timeless base receives a wooden top in the shape of an inverted pyramid, giving the impression of floating.
Oak, Walnut, Wood
$12,400
H 27.56 in W 110.63 in D 60.63 in
IPE Cavalli Italian Sectional Sofa in Colorful Striped Fabric
By Ipe Cavalli
Located in Waalwijk, NL
IPE Cavalli, sectional sofa, fabric, steel, Italy, 1970s This exceptional sectional sofa by IPE Cavalli, crafted in Italy during the 1970s, is a true masterpiece of design and comfo...
Steel
$2,894 / item
H 30 in W 50 in D 20 in
USM Haller Custom Desk Unit 'A' by Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer
By Fritz Haller, Usm Haller
Located in New York, NY
Quick ship desk unit (A) is designed with a work surface and one storage compartment with a drop down door. Available in 14 standard surface colors. Our fully customizable desk units...
Steel, Chrome
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.
Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
With its grid-like doors and wavy trim, the 1940s design feels as fresh as ever.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Prehistoric motifs give the mid-century Italian fireplace an elemental feel.
Their charming solid-oak pieces offer homes utility and comfort.
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You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Designer Susan Yeley turned to 1stDibs to outfit an Indiana home with standout pieces that complement its modernist style.