Burl Wood Armoire by Lane
By Roland Carter, Lane Furniture
Located in Dallas, TX
Designed by Roland Carter for Lane, this armoire/highboy dresser features straight lines and an elegant burl wood grain throughout.
Burl
1970s Roland Carter for Lane Olive Burl Wood Queen / Full Headboard
By Lane Furniture, Roland Carter
Located in Cordova, SC
Roland Carter for Lane olive burl wood headboard.
Burl
Sold
H 43 in W 61 in D 2 in
Gorgeous Roland Carter for Lane Olive Wood Queen Size Headboard Midcentury
By Milo Baughman, Roland Carter
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Roland Carter for Lane olivewood queen size headboard.
Burl
Sold
H 42 in W 61 in D 2 in
Gorgeous Roland Carter for Lane Olive Wood Queen Size Headboard Midcentury
By Lane Furniture
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Roland Carter for Lane olivewood queen size headboard.
Burl
Sold
H 42 in W 61 in D 2 in
Gorgeous Roland Carter for Lane Olive Wood Queen Size Headboard Midcentury
By Lane Acclaim, Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous Roland Carter for Lane olivewood queen size headboard.
Burl
Lane Furniture Milo Baughman Style Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Mirror
By Milo Baughman, Lane Furniture, Roland Carter
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally designed by Roland Carter for Lane Furniture, this "Alpha" series is often attributed to Milo Baughman and is highly coveted for its sleek minimal design and beautiful bur...
Burl
Sold
H 42 in W 61 in D 2 in
Lane Milo Baughman Style Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Headboard Full/Queen
By Milo Baughman, Lane Furniture, Roland Carter
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 1970s burl wood headboard, originally designed by Roland Carter for Lane Furniture, this "Alpha" series is often attributed to Milo Baughman and is highly coveted for its s...
Burl
$5,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 71 in W 54 in D 20 in
Rare Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Burl Chrome Armoire Wardrobe Mid-Century
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Rare Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin burl and chrome armoire/wardrobe. This piece is very rare and hard to find, this is the 1st time we have ever had one. It is in wonderful vintage...
Chrome
Vintage Burl Wood Armoire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stunning vintage armoire is a masterclass in organic texture and mid-century sophistication. The piece is defined by its dramatic book-matched burl wood veneers, which create a ...
Brass
Vintage Lane Altavista Burl Wood Armoire
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This monumental armoire from Lane Furniture’s prestigious Altavista, Virginia collection is a masterwork of 1970s design. The piece is defined by its breathtaking book-matched burl w...
Brass
Vintage Deco Burl Wood Stall Chest of Drawers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite Art Deco tallboy dresser is a masterclass in mid-century craftsmanship, featuring stunning book-matched burl wood veneers that create a mesmerizing, symmetrical grain ...
Brass
$2,400
H 62 in W 39 in D 19 in
American of Martinsville Mid Century Modern Ash Burl Armoire Tallboy Dresser 62"
By American of Martinsville
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage American of Martinsville MCM Ash Burl Armoire, circa 1960s. A fun blend of Mid Century and Art Deco styling. Features double doors over three dovetailed lower drawers. Ope...
Brass
Lane Mid Century Burlwood Armoire Highboy Dresser
By Lane Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Lane Mid Century Burlwood Armoire Highboy Dresser This armoire measures: 42.25 wide x 18 deep x 58 inches high Fair Vintage Condition - Piece has large piece taken out of the door....
Burl
Milo Baughman for Lane Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood Credenza
Located in Seattle, WA
This mid century modern credenza was designed by Milo Baughman for Lane furniture and showcases the clean, architectural lines w refined material contrasts associated with Baughman's...
Burl
1970s Modern Burl Wood Gentleman’s Armoire by John Stuart
By John Stuart
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 1970s modern burlwood gentleman’s armoire by John Stuart. It has exceptional storage with open space over drawers. It has dovetailed drawer construction. It is in very good...
Brass
Mid-Century Burl Wardrobe by Mt Airy
By Mount Airy Furniture Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tall mid-century modern cabinet by Mt Airy in burl walnut and brass. Two long doors hide a small wardrobe cabinet with removable shelf and two drawers. Bottom half has three wide dra...
Brass
$3,895
H 56.25 in W 32 in D 15.5 in
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Mid Century Birdseye Maple and Brass Armoire
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Mid Century Birdseye Maple and Brass Armoire Dresser This armoire measures: 32 wide x 15.5 deep x 56.25 inches high Good Vintage Condition - Armoire...
Brass
Vintage Burl Wood and Mirrored Armoire by Romweber
By Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Experience the timeless allure of this mid-century burl wood and mirrored armoire by Romweber Furniture, crafted in the USA during the 1970s. A striking example of American craftsman...
Burl, Mirror
Mid-Century Style Burl Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-century style burl dresser with four drawers each with polished brass turned knobs with a hand rubbed warm brown finish with subtle distressing and raised on square tapered legs ...
Brass
Small Midcentury Burl Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
Small midcentury Burl Cabinet with a warm 'rustic' hand-rubbed mappa burl veneer, a beveled frame, two doors with a polished brass central round handle, two internal shelves, and rai...
Brass
Mid-Century Burl Cabinet
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern cabinet with brilliant burl wood doors. Brown lacquer frame with polished chrome accents. Please confirm location.
Burl, Lacquer
$4,900
H 36 in W 23.25 in D 13.5 in
Mid Century Transitional Modern Italian Burl Tall Dresser, Vanity or Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning highly stylized & sculptural Italian burl cabinet. It features a beautiful burl finish with many drawers & pop up mirror. Very clean for it's age.
Burl
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 78.75 in W 36 in D 18 in
Burled Wood Tall Dresser Cabinet Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous burled wood and chocolate lacquered tall dresser. The sides have a shiny chocolate lacquer in very nice vintage condition. The lovely burled wood doors with brass recessed p...
Brass
$15,200
H 27.56 in W 94.49 in D 35.44 in
Gianfranco Frattini “Sesann” Sofa for Cassina, Cognac Leather, 1969
By Gianfranco Frattini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gianfranco Frattini “Sesann” Sofa for Cassina, cognac leather, Italy, 1969 Designed in 1969 by Gianfranco Frattini, the Sesann collection marked a turning point in upholstered furni...
Leather
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Mid Century Burlwood Coffee Table
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Mid Century Burlwood Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 48 wide x 48 deep x 10.25 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting stud...
Burl
Tito Agnoli for Cinova Daybed Sofa in Cognac Leather
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tito Agnoli for Cinova, sofa or daybed, model '711', leather, laminated wood, copper, Italy, 1968 A cubic sofa designed by Italian designer Tito Agnoli for Cinova, which can be tran...
Copper
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 165 in W 59 in D 3 in
George Nelson Thin Edge Floating Queen Headboard for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool nice floating headboard designed by Nelson for Herman Miller , easy to hang on the wall simple elegant design great original condition.
Rattan, Wood
Brueton Chrome and Glass Cylindrical Pedestal Dining Table, 1980
By Brueton
Located in Chicago, IL
Brueton Chrome and Glass Cylindrical Pedestal Dining Table, 1980’s. Polished chrome base. Measures glass 44” diameter 29” tall
Chrome
Art Deco Walnut Wardrobe
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco wardrobe with intricate satinwood and ebonised inlay. Figured walnut veneered with Macassar ebony base. Dimensions: H 190cm W 146cm D 51cm
Mother-of-Pearl, Satinwood, Walnut
$12,400
H 24.5 in W 172 in D 34 in
Milo Baughman Ivory Cream Semi-Circular Sectional Sofa for Thayer Coggin
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
There can hardly be a more emblematic Mid-Century Modern sofa than the Milo Baughman semi-circular sectional sofa circa 1970s made by Thayer Coggin. The most well known and admired o...
Upholstery
$2,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 66.5 in W 36 in D 18 in
Vintage Milo Baughman Thayer Coggin Rosewood Wardrobe
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pasadena, TX
Milo Baughman Thayer Coggin rosewood wardrobe armoire 1970 design Rosewood composition with gold brass trim (Two) regular drawers, (two) shelves, (six) pull out ebonized sh...
Rosewood
Bronze Mirrored Bar Cabinet by Ello
By Ello Furniture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A two-part mirrored cabinet on chest, perfect for a bar. Two mirrored doors above three mirrored drawers with modern inset brass campaign handles, on a brass base with brass sides. G...
Brass
BARBERA Fermat Cabinet Handle LARGE Solid Bronze
By Daniel Barbera
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The Fermat Cabinet Handle range provides a tactile and beautiful addition to interior spaces. Designed to be applied to cabinets and internal doors, these soft forms are a pleasur...
Bronze
$1,224
H 30.71 in W 43.71 in D 43.71 in
Vintage 70s square table in chrome metal and glass Italian design
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Table with tubular chrome metal frame and square clear glass top, Italian design, 1970s. CONDITION: In good condition, shows signs of wear given by time. SIZING: Height 78 cm; wid...
Metal
Bunny Williams Home Winchester Bed, Queen
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Our Winchester Bed features a gracefully curved headboard framed in oak with delicate carved detailing along the edges. Cane paneling on the headboard lends an air of lightness, bala...
Wood
$8,995 / set
H 26 in W 32 in D 18 in
1980s Modern Modular Storage System by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin 3 Pieces
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Topeka, KS
Impressive 1980’s Modern Less Is More II Collection modular casegood storage system by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin comprised of 3 off white lacquered cabinets including 1 lighted...
Brass
Polished Chrome Pool Table by Merit, 2026 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning custom polished chrome pool table, custom made by Merit Los Angeles. Offered in 7,8 and 9 foot tables. Table consists of three tiers of polished chrome. Rounded corners. Des...
Slate, Chrome
$7,198
H 28.35 in W 95.28 in D 34.26 in
Italian modern burgundy fabric sofa Maralunga Vico Magistretti Cassina 1970s
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern burgundy fabric sofa Maralunga by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1970s Three-seater sofa model Maralunga in burgundy-purple fabric. The couch features independent fold-...
Fabric
Vintage Burl Wood Parsons Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exceptional vintage Parsons coffee table is a stunning celebration of organic texture and minimalist form. Meticulously wrapped in high-quality olive ash burl wood, the table sh...
Burl, Wood
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.