Easy Lounge chair design Gunter Renkel for Twen Rego 1950ies
By Günter Renkel
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
beautifull easy lounge chair in plywood, designed by Gunter Renkel in 1959 for Twen Rego
Steel
$2,900
H 63 in W 37.41 in D 16.54 in
Mid-Century Wardrobe Highboy Dresser Danish Teak, G. Renkel for Rego
By Günter Renkel
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Mid-Century Wardrobe Danish Teak. Günther Renkel for Rego Moebel, Göttingen Germany, 1960s
Teak
1960s Desk, Günter Renkel
By Günter Renkel
Located in Neuss, NW
Minimalistic freestanding desk from the 1960s by Günter Renkel for Rego Möbel. Corpus in teak
Teak
Mid-Century Wood and Metal Armchair
By Günter Renkel
Located in Weesp, NL
Rare 1950s plywood armchair by Gu¨nter Renkel for Rego, Germany. The dark blue original upholstery
Plywood
Günter Renkel Rego Lounge Chairs, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Amazing pair of plywood lounge chairs designed by Günter Renkel and manufactured by Rego, Germany
Metal
Günter Renkel Rego Lounge Chairs, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Stunning pair of teak plywood lounge chairs designed by Günter Renkel and manufactured by Rego
Metal
Teak Cabinets by Gunther Renkel for Rego, 1960s
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Echt, NL
Teak Rego cabinets by Gunther Renkel in good condition. Colored sliding doors. One shelf
Teak
Günter Renkel for Rego Bentwood Lounge Chairs, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Southampton, NJ
Günter Renkel for Rego bentwood lounge chairs, Germany, 1959 Teak bent plywood seats over solid
Brass, Iron
Gunter Renkel Plywood Lounge Chairs for Rego, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Amazing pair of lounge chairs designed by Gunter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1959. These chairs are
Metal
Wall Unit Van Rego Mobile Design by Gunter Renkel, 1960
By Günter Renkel
Located in Oirlo, LI
a wall unit from the 60s by the Designer Gúnter Renkel, made by Rego Mobile from teak, the
Teak
Günter Renkel Lounge Chairs for Rego, Germany, 1959
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Amazing pair of lounge chairs designed by Günter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1959. These chairs are
Metal
Sold
H 68.12 in W 37.41 in D 23.63 in
Large Minimalist Wardrobe, Cabinet designed by Gunther Renkel, for Rego, 1960s
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wardrobe designed in the 60s by the German designer Günther Renkel attention with very good
Teak
Set of Four Teak Wall Shelves by Gunther Renkel for Rego, 1960s
By Günter Renkel, Rego
Located in Echt, NL
Set of four wall shelves by Gunther Renkel in good condition Produced by Rego, Germany in the
Metal
Cabinet by Gunter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1960s
By Günter Renkel
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Cabinet designed by Günter Renkel and produced by Rego in Germany around 1960. This minimalist
Steel
Cabinet by Gunter Renkel for Rego, Germany, 1960s
By Günter Renkel
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Cabinet designed by Günter Renkel and produced by Rego in Germany around 1960. This cabinet
Steel
LUdown Cylinder Flush Mount
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The LUdown cylinder flush mount fixture by Lumfardo Luminaires is part of our contemporary collection. Available In patinated unlacquerd brass or aged silver and steel with (1) E26 m...
Steel, Brass, Gold, Silver
LU Swing Sconce
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful brass LU swing sconce made by Lumfardo Luminaires in patinated brass. Wired with an E26 medium based socket. Light bulb provided as well as all mounting hardware. Priced in...
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4330/1 Patinated Brass Hook
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4330/1 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Aubö...
Brass
$434 / item
H 3.54 in W 4.92 in D 5.51 in
Galupa Art Deco Wall Sconce, Optical Glass & Aluminum, Up/Down Lighting
Located in İstiklal, TR
GALUPA Art Deco Wall Sconce, a masterpiece of design that effortlessly combines elegance and functionality. This stunning wall sconce is crafted in the timeless Art Deco style, featu...
Aluminum
$9,251 / item
H 19.69 in W 70.87 in D 27.56 in
Custom Oak & Cream Bouclé Daybed by Fosfeen Handcrafted, Made to Order
Located in Plymouth, GB
A handcrafted oak and cream bouclé daybed from Fosfeen’s Sunday Collection. Made to order with full customisation available, including COM, finishes, and dimensions. The Sunday Dayb...
Bouclé, Oak, Fabric, Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood
$1,699 / item
H 31.49 in W 21.25 in D 0.98 in
Gio Ponti 'F.A. 33' Half Length Mirror in Black Brass for GUBI
By Gubi, Gio Ponti
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'F.A. 33' Half Length Mirror in Black Brass for GUBI The 'F.A. 33' Mirror was originally designed by Gio Ponti in 1933 for Fontana Arte, the period’s most prominent lamp, ...
Brass
$3,959
H 27.56 in W 39.38 in D 22.45 in
Mid-Century Green Wooden Desk by Derk Jan de Vries, The Netherlands 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century green wooden desk by Derk Jan de Vries - The Netherlands 1960s With desk chair.
Wool, Wood
Vintage Walnut Desk
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very practical vintage walnut desk, made in England and dating from the 1960’s. The quality is superb, this is beautifully designed with lovely round sculptural handle...
Walnut
Danish Mid-Century Modern Asymmetrical Teak Desk, 1950s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Asymmetrical Teak Desk, 1950s. Rare and early freestanding Scandinavian Modern boomerang teak writing desk made in Denmark in the early 1950s. Asymmetrical...
Oak, Teak
$3,200
H 26.5 in W 34.5 in D 16 in
Early George Nelson Desk / Return, Child's Desk, Modernist, Herman Miller
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early George Nelson desk / return, child's desk, Modernist, Herman Miller, Retains original Herman Miller foil label, 4 drawers, pencil dividers, steel frame, minor pitting (lower ri...
Aluminum, Steel
$709 / item
H 4.73 in W 10.63 in D 11.82 in
Pair of Beige Modern Italian Wall Lights "Maxina" Vintage Design Moderne
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pair of modern Italian sconces "Maxina" in beige half moon shape made by our Italian craftsman in the style of Stilnovo's work. Wall plate and arm in solid brass, lampshade adjustabl...
Brass, Metal
$2,200Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
By Miniforms, Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
Silvio Cavatorta Italian modernist cabinet
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Diest, BE
Cabinet features sculpted truss style legs and a panel back which support various cabinets. Featuring a reeded drop down bar, 6 sculpted handle drawers, 3 storage cabinets with reces...
Wood
$2,552Sale Price|28% Off
H 71.26 in W 47.25 in D 9.06 in
Giò Ponti in the Manner Italian Midcentury Coat Racks 50's
By Gio Ponti
Located in bari, IT
Walnut wood structure coat rack with brass table anchored to the structure, embellished with brass circles creating harmony in the wooden panel. Crystal hood with brass anchors. 1950...
Brass
Italian Desk from the 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in the 1960s the desk also features chrome tubular legs. Italian desk from the late 1960s characterize by the sleek and modern aesthetic. Second height 24.7 from the floor ...
Chrome
$5,200 / set
H 31.7 in W 18.9 in D 18.51 in
Silvio Coppola for Bernini Set of Four Dining Chairs in Brown Leather
By Silvio Coppola, Bernini
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Silvio Coppola for Bernini, set of four dining chairs model 330, leather, walnut, Italy, 1960s. This magnificent set of dining chairs by the renowned Italian designer Silvio Coppola...
Leather, Beech
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.