1960's Pair of Folding Chairs by Salterini
By John Salterini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern outdoor patio pair of folding chairs designed by Salterini. The chairs are made of mesh and tubular steel.
Steel
1960's Rid-Jid Folding Patio Set (Table & 2 Chairs) by Salterini
By Salterini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Salterini stands at the forefront of innovative outdoor furniture, commanding the attention of mid-century design enthusiasts and collectors alike. Their folding pieces are essential...
Metal
1960's Rid-Jid Folding Patio Set (Table & 4 Chairs) by Salterini
By Salterini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Salterini stands at the forefront of innovative outdoor furniture, commanding the attention of mid-century design enthusiasts and collectors alike. Their folding pieces are essential...
Metal
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H 31 in W 15.25 in D 23 in
Mid-Century Modern Set of 8x Vintage Wrought Iron Folding Chairs Salterini Style
By Salterini
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This set of 8 vintage wrought iron folding chairs will add a touch of Classic elegance to your home. The sturdy iron frames feature intricate woven like work and a Classic design. Th...
Wrought Iron
Salterini Mid-Century Modern Steel Outdoor/Patio Dining Set with Four Chairs
By John Salterini
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This mid-century modern outdoor dining set by Salterini features four rounded-back, folding chairs and a circular dining table with a hole in the center for an umbrella.
Steel
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H 29 in W 47.5 in D 47.5 in
Woodard Midcentury Steel Outdoor/Patio Dining Table Set with Four Chairs
By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Mid-Century Modern outdoor dining set by Salterini features four rounded-back, folding chairs and a circular dining table with a hole in the center for an umbrella.
Steel
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H 31 in W 23 in D 21 in
Rid-Jid Midcentury Wrought Iron Salterini Style Folding Hoop Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rid-Jid midcentury wrought iron salterini style folding hoop chairs- Set of 4. Item features (4) folding frames, wrought iron construction, original label, very nice vintage set, qua...
Wrought Iron
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H 28.5 in W 30 in D 30 in
Salterini Mid-Century Modern Folding Metal Patio or Garden Table and Four Chairs
By John Salterini
Located in Sheffield, MA
The Mid-Century Modern metal patio or garden table and matching four chair dining set, painted silver, fold flat for storage purposes. The square table has a mesh surface, while the ...
Steel
Set of 4 Folding Chairs by Salterini for Rid-Jid
By Salterini, J. R. Clark RID - JID
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Mid-Century Modern outdoor patio folding chairs designed by Salterini and sold in the USA by Rid-Jid.
Metal
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H 31 in W 24 in D 16 in
Salterini Mid-Century Modern Steel Outdoor or Patio Dining Set with Four Chairs
By Salterini
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Mid-Century Modern outdoor dining set by Salterini features four rounded-back, folding chairs and a square dining table with a hole in the center for an umbrella.
Steel
Set of Four Salterini-Style Clam Shell Folding Chairs, circa 1960
By Maurizio Tempestini, John Salterini
Located in Portland, OR
Possibly the result of the Maurizio Tempestini and John Salterini design collaboration, these folding clam shell chairs are a more accessible rendition of the high-end outdoor furnis...
Set of Four Salterini Folding Clamshell Garden Chairs
By John Salterini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four Salterini patio chairs. Hoop back with square seat. Wire mesh and painted tubular steel. Unmarked.
Salterni Wrought iron 5-piece Patio Set
By Salterini, Mario Papperzini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mario Papperzini for Salterini, Neoclassical Wrought iron 5-piece Patio Set USA, Circa 1950s A rare find, a suite of mid-century outdoor elegance: Mario Papperzini for Salterini N...
Wrought Iron
Mid-century Modern Shovel Chairs by Lee Woodard
By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Combining wrought iron frames with sculpted wood seats and backs. Uncommon black finish go well with the sturdy black frames for a sleek modern look. Lee Woodard gives attention to d...
$1,880Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 30.5 in W 38.5 in D 22.5 in
Mid Century Modern Outdoor Furniture Set by Salterini, Metal, 3 Pieces
By Salterini
Located in Cordova, SC
This three piece outdoor furniture set is a timeless piece of furniture. Composed of durable metal that has been primed and painted and ready to be used on your porch or in your gard...
Iron
Vintage 5 pc Garden Patio Poolside Dinette Set att. to Salterini
By Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Nice vintage wrought iron and glass garden, patio, poolside dining set. The set consists of a diminutive dining table of wrought iron, with its original textured glass top. Also incl...
Wrought Iron
French Vintage Garden Table Set of Four Chairs and Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This vintage French garden table and four coordinating chairs will make an irresistible spot to linger al fresco in a garden or patio having recently been powder-coated a refreshing ...
Metal
1960s iron Salterini outdoor bistro dining set, table and two chairs
By Salterini, Maurizio Tempestini
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wrought iron patio Salterini “Radar” Collection bistro set with two hoop dining height chairs and a table. Designed by Maurizio Tempestini, 1960s. One chair leg has a slight bend as ...
Wrought Iron
Pair of Hans Coray Landi Chairs
By Hans Coray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Hans Coray Landi chairs.
Aluminum
Set of Three Stacking Garden Patio Poolside Tables
By Salterini, Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Set of four vintage garden, patio, poolside stacking tables, constructed of wrought iron, and metal mesh, circa 1950/70's. All four tables are in very good, original, clean and ready...
Metal
Set of 4 Patio Garden Dining Chairs Attributed to Salterini
By Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of 4 garden, patio dining chairs, attributed to Salterini. The chairs are structurally sound and sturdy, they are currently in later white paint finish, which shows signific...
Metal, Wrought Iron
$3,895
H 30 in W 25.75 in D 20 in
Mid-Century Modern 5pc Iron Hoop Chairs with Table by Maurizio Tempestini
By Maurizio Tempestini, John Salterini
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous 5 piece set which includes 4 iron hoop chairs and a iron table. Table is 36.25 in diameter x 29h. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, some surface rust which w...
Iron
$3,648Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 43 in D 43 in
Vintage Francois Carre Garden Patio Table and Chairs Set
By Francois Carre
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exceptional vintage French garden patio set attributed to renowned designer François Carré exemplifies the artistry and elegance that defined early 20th-century wrought iron fur...
Wrought Iron
$1,700 / set
H 29 in W 12 in D 41.75 in
Mid Century 5 Piece Outdoor Dining Set in the Style of Salterini
By Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Vintage outdoor patio dining set in the style of Salterini . Classic chairs have sculpted hoop wrought iron framework with wire mesh seats .The seats measure 24.5” in Diameter . Tabl...
Wrought Iron
$3,500 / set
H 29.75 in W 48 in D 32 in
Mid Century Garden Patio Poolside Dining Set Maurizio Tempestini for Salterini
By Maurizio Tempestini, Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 5 pc. garden, patio, poolside dining set designed by Maurizo Tempestini for Salterini. The set is in excellent, original, clean and ready to use condition, showing only l...
Wrought Iron
Mid Century Folding Rid Jid Patio Set by Salterini
By John Salterini
Located in New York, NY
This great looking set of four folding chairs and a folding table was designed by Salterini and sold in the USA by Rid Jid in the 1960s . It’s made of mesh tubular steel with rounded...
Steel
$1,271Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 33 in W 17.5 in D 21.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Salterini Pair Neva-Rust Patio Dining Chairs
By Salterini
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely pair of Mid-Century Modern Neva-Rust patio dining chairs by Salterini comprised of their original yellow linen looking textured vinyl or faux leather fabric and black painted ...
Wrought Iron
Pr. Lounge Dining Patio Garden Chairs att. to Salterini
By Woodard Furniture Co., Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic and stylish pair of wrought iron garden, patio, poolside lounge chairs attributed to Salterini. The chairs have wrought iron frames, with metal mesh seats and backs. Both are in...
Wrought Iron
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$3,000
H 91.5 in W 26.5 in D 13 in
1970s B&B Italia Olinto Lacquered Cabinet w/ Glass Shelving by Kazuhide Takahama
By B&B Italia, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a tall, lacquered wood Olinto cabinet with glass doors, designed in the 1970s by Japanese architect Kazuhide Takahama for B&B Italia. Takahama's collection featured a ser...
Steel, Aluminum
$1,620
H 34.45 in W 66.54 in D 13.78 in
1960s Woven Wicker Single Headboard Rattan Midcentury Rustic Provence
Located in London, GB
A single woven wicker headboard from Provence, with integrated circular bedside tables. French, c. 1960s. Between bedsides 100cm.
Wicker
$40,000
H 35 in W 134 in D 83 in
Carlo Hauner for Forma, Brazilian Rosewood Queen Bed with Integrated Nightstand
By Carlo Hauner
Located in New York, NY
Designed in the 1950s by Carlo Hauner for Forma, this exceptional Brazilian rosewood bed formed part of an ambitious and highly cohesive bedroom suite — a rare example of fully integ...
Hardwood, Cane
$1,999 / set
H 35 in W 30 in D 37 in
Pair of Vintage Mid Century Salterini-Style Wrought Iron Rocking Chairs
By Salterini
Located in Oxnard, CA
Here is a lovely pair of vintage Salterini style patio rockers. This pair has been freshly restored with satin black powder coat. We have a total of 8 chairs available, which can b...
Wrought Iron
$8,471 / set
H 24.01 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Poplar Burl wood by Master for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Envisioned by designer Yaniv Chen, the Constant nightstand exudes an air of refined luxury, celebrating the inherent splendor of Poplar burl wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccabl...
Burl, Poplar
$5,000 / set
H 28 in W 41 in D 25 in
4pc Suite Tempestini for Salterini Orange Slice Style Set Settee Chairs Table
By Maurizio Tempestini, Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic set of four vintage Salterini pieces, to include a settee, two lounge chairs and a small coffee table. Designed by Maurizio Tempestini, known as the Orange Slice pattern, circa ...
Wrought Iron
$3,880Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 26 in W 23 in D 24 in
Fantastic Set 4 Maurizio Tempestini for Salterini Clam Shell Iron Patio Chairs
By Maurizio Tempestini, John Salterini
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fantastic set of 4 wrought iron and metal mesh lounge designed by Maurizio Tempestini and manufactured by Salterini. Wrought iron frames with metal mesh seats and backs. All chairs a...
Iron
Continental Bistro Table And Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Continental Bistro Table And Chairs. This lovely bistro or patio set is comprised of an iron table with a painted wood top with a hole for an umbrella., 4 chairs with iron bases and ...
Iron
$3,200 / set
H 30 in W 16 in D 23 in
Mid Century Modern Outdoor Black Metal & Mesh Patio Folding Chairs by Rid-Jid
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Rid-Jid Mid Century Modern folding outdoor patio chairs with newly refinished black metal and mesh frames. Classic 1960s mid century silhouette with ergonomic simplicity that's both ...
Metal
$2,996Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 30.5 in Dm 42 in
1960’s MCM Black Outdoor Set of 4 Rid-Jid Hoop Chairs & Newer Dining Table
By Salterini
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome vintage MCM (mid-century modern) black painted outdoor dining set of 4 Rid-Jid Hoop chairs comprised of tubular steel folding chairs paired with a newer wrought iron round di...
Metal
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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