Sundial Table Lamp in Patinated Brass on Wooden Base
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage table lamp with a wooden base and centre in solid brass with a sundial. The shade which is original is also made of patinated brass. Has room for two standard E27 bulbs. Give...
Copper
Round Rosewood Coffee Table on Steel Base, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Nørre Aaby, DK
The minimalist design and clean proportions are strongly in line with the mid-century aesthetic. The table is in good vintage condition with some signs of use and light wear to the ...
Rosewood
Ico Parisi Dining Table, Beech Base, Oval Grey Top, Italy, 1950
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and highly unusual dining table attributed to visionary Italian designer Ico Parisi, the base in beech wood with dynamic angled legs supporting an oval laminate matte grey...
Laminate, Beech
Brass Swag Shape Base Lucite Mount Table Hall Lamp
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very decorative swag shape brass base double light candle style table hall lamp.
Brass
Rounded Edge Marble Top Single Brass Pedestal Base Dining Conference Table Mint!
By Pace Collection, Brueton
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rounded edge two tone marble top single brass pedestal base dining conference table mint!
Marble, Brass
Brutalist Table Lamp with Iron Base, Antique French Design, 1950s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Brutalist anchor table lamp - Circa 1950s Brutalist - Antique - Table lamp Measures : 32x32cm H:56cm Material: Iron base Origin: France Period: Circa 1950s New lampshade sold wit...
Iron
Vintage Hippie Table Lamp with Ashtray Brass Base & Wool Shade, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Flower power table light with ashtray base and equipped with a handmade textile shade with wool decoration. It was made in Denmark during the 1960s or early 70s by a Copenhagen Hippi...
Brass
Copy - Nicos Zographos Bronze Base End Table with Glass Top 1970's
By Nico Zoographos, Nicos Zographos
Located in Chicago, IL
Nicos Zographos Bronze Base End Table with Tinted Glass Top 1970s This striking end table, designed by Greek-born industrial designer Nicos Zographos, features a beautifully sculp...
Bronze
Breathtaking Trompe L'oiel Dining or Center Table Base by Betty Cobonpue
By Betty Cobonpue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A remarkable Tromp L'oiel style dining or center table by the visionary Betty Cobonpue, circa 1980. Steamed reed rattan with a stunning ribbon detail over solid mahogany construction...
Rattan, Mahogany
$1,470Sale Price|30% Off
20th Mariano Garcia Spanish Side Table with Siena Marble and Carved Base
By Mariano Garcia
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian Rococo style round side table with Siena marble over a richly carved base from the 20th century. This exquisite Spanish side table features a “giallo Siena” marble top (ye...
Marble
$2,030Sale Price|30% Off
Pace Style X Base Tubular Chrome Coffee Table
By Pace Collection
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pace style chrome coffee table Unusual version of an x base frame table with polished chrome tubular legs and a glass top. Top measures 24" x 24".
Chrome
French Pair of Carved Capital Base Side Tables with 20" Diameter Glass Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French capital bases, from the early to mid-20th century, with round glass tops. This pair of small-sized coffee tables have been fashioned from a pair of French capital ba...
Glass, Wood
Ingo Maurer Inspired Oversized Light Bulb Table Lamp, Chartreuse Base
By Stilux, Ingo Maurer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oversized light bulb table lamp featuring a ribbed, threaded enameled metal base in chartreuse yellow-green — scaled to replicate a standard Edison screw fitting in exaggerated form....
Metal, Enamel
Brass Coffee Table Base with Birds on Branches
By Willy Daro
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful organic tree form brass cocktail or coffee table with birds, nice overall bronzed patina finish. Intricately constructed with branches that are filled with scattered leaves...
Brass
Plastic Shade Tripod Base Pair of Table Lamps, 1960s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Plastic Shade Tripod Base Pair of Table Lamps, 1960s, Italy Minimal design Fully functional Original cable and plug. This lamp is suitable for EU plug socket. Switch on-off on the ...
Metal
Italian Modernist Fossilized Marble Cocktail Table, Walnut Base, 1950
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Italian modernist fossilized marble cocktail table. The large polished marble top containing embedded ammonite and orthoceras fossils dating back to the Pre-historic ...
Marble
Italian Marble Base and Brass Table Lamp, 1960s, Italy
By Stilnovo
Located in Hagenbach, DE
An Italian table lamp made in the 1960s. The lighting has an exceptional design which is similar to the table lamps made by Stilnovo. It is made of brass with a beautiful metal eleme...
Marble, Brass, Metal
Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral Porcelain Table Lamps on Carved Mahogany Base
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Chinese Off-White Floral Porcelain Table Lamps Mounted on Mahogany Base Measures: 5" in width, 5" in depth and 18" in height.
Porcelain
John Stuart Abonized Walnut Base Copper Top Rectangular Side End Table Stand
By John Stuart
Located in Rockaway, NJ
John Stuart ebonized mid century modern side table with copper top.
Copper
Keramos Sèvres Ceramic Table Lamp Base, White Crackle Glaze, 1950s
By Keramos Sèvres
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Art Deco table lamp from the 1950s, produced by Keramos. Ceramic base with a beige crackle glaze. Display lampshade sold upon request and quote. Very good vintage condition, with som...
Ceramic
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Lucite Table Base by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb midcentury Lucite table base by Charles Hollis Jones, circa 1970s. The base is finely crafted, very heavy and solid and measures 27.5" square. It can support a round, square o...
Lucite
Jean-Pierre Ryckaert, coffee table base, France 1960
By Jean-Pierre Ryckaert
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Jean-Pierre Ryckaert, wrought iron and leather coffee table base, France 1950. Tripod-shaped, this creation combines heavy-section wrought iron and fawn leather parts enhanced with l...
Iron
Raak Table Lamp from 1970's with Marble Base
By RAAK
Located in Barcelona, ES
Table lamp produced by dutch company Raak in 1970's, signed. Marble base, lacquered metal, steel and shade with new fabric.
Marble, Metal
Lawson-Fenning Ojai Dining Table, Travertine Top & Solid Oak Trestle Base
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ojai Dining Table features a trestle base made of solid wood and a stone top. Available in three standard sizes. The Lawson-Fenning collection is designed and handmade in Los ...
Travertine
Murano Glass Lamp Base Attributed to Barovier
By Barovier
Located in Rochester, NY
Murano blown glass lamp base. With unusual applied feet. Attributed to Barovier. Mid 20th century.
Glass, Murano Glass
Italo Valenti Sculptural Coffee Table with Gilt Metal Base, 1970s
By Italo Valenti
Located in Miami, FL
Valenti, renowned for their high-quality metalwork and decorative objects, created a number of fantastical and animal-inspired pieces in the mid-20th century, of which this table is ...
Bronze
Sculptural Blue Agate Table Lamp, Limestone Base, French Design, 1970s
By Maison Jansen, Maison Charles, Willy Daro
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A sculptural table lamp composed of a striking blue agate slice with beautifully defined natural banding. When illuminated, the stone reveals a warm, radiant glow, highlighting the d...
Agate, Limestone
White Carrara Marble Boat Shape Top Pedestal Base Console Table Italian Modern
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
White Carrara Marble Boat Shape Top Pedestal Base Console Table Italian Modern MINT!
Marble
Midcentury Table or Side Lamp, Turned Wood Base, Sweden, 1970s
By Uno & Östen Kristiansson
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful table or side lamp from the 1970s with a turned base made of dark wood and a refurbished lampshade with a lovely premium leaf pattern fabric. A very decorative light in t...
Fabric, Wood
Rustic Vintage Corner Demilune Pedestal Table with Delicately Carved Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
An unusual vintage corner demi-lune table from the mid 20th century with delicately carved base.
Wood
Eric O'Leary Japanese Ceramic Base Coffee Table
Located in Dallas, TX
From Tariki Ltd Website: Founded in 1972, Tariki Limited LLC is a ceramic art and design studio creating sculpture and integrative design installations for public, private, and corp...
Ceramic, Glass
Chrome Cross Shape Base with White Acrylic Shade Table Lamp
By Tommi Parzinger, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern chrome base machined quality bolted white acrylic shade table lamp.
Chrome
Glass Top Marble and Chrome Base Rectangular Dining Conference Table
By A Space
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern glass chrome marble Pace looking dining or conference table. The marble is pale pink almost beige in person.
Marble, Chrome
ELEGANT ViNTAGE BRASS AND ITALIAN MARBLE SIDE TABLE WITH ORNATELY CASTS BASE
By Maison Jansen
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this Stunning Maison Jansen style vintage circa 1970's brass side table with marble top Please note the del...
Marble, Brass
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
1950s French Hand-Cut Crystal Table Lamp with Brass Base
Located in Lomita, CA
A striking table lamp attributed to that reflects the quality of French crystal ateliers. This hand-cut table lamp was handcrafted in France from 1950-1970. It has an impressive bal...
Crystal
$6,080Sale Price|20% Off
Large Heavy Solid Brass Base Travertine Top Rectangle Dining Table
By Knoll, Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large heavy solid brass base 8' long Travertine top rectangle dining table. Studio made heavy solid brass base travertine top conference table.
Travertine, Brass
Unusual Trapezoid Travertine Terrazzo Top Oiled Walnut Base End Side Table MINT
By Adrian Pearsall, Harvey Probber
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual Trapezoid Travertine Terrazzo Top Oiled Walnut Base End Side Table MINT!
Travertine
Vase Shape Art Pottery Table Lamp on Walnut Base
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice pierced pottery table lamp.
Granite Top Heavy Silvered Wrought Iron Base Round Gueridon Cafe Center Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Granite Top Heavy Silvered Wrought Iron Base Round Gueridon Cafe Center Table
Granite, Metal
$2,362Sale Price|20% Off
Black Big Rectangular Table and Natural Wood Rhombus Base Laminate 1970 Maple
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Black rectangular table and natural wood rhombus base laminate 1970 maple. Very reminiscent of the style of Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto Series Artona.
Laminate, Ash
Spanish Majolica White Glazed Ceramic Large Table Lamp with Giltwood Base
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind white glazed Manises ceramic lamp with leaves design on a giltwood pedestal, Spain, 1960s. Manises (Valencia) had during centuries a long tradition producing ceramics, ...
Gold Leaf
Charles Hollis Jones Vanity or Table Mirror with a Satin Metal Base
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful oval mirror designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1960s. The mirror has a satin metal frame and base, the mirror has a beveled finished and is in excelle...
Metal
Giovanni Dalla Fina Murano Glass Side Table with Bubbles and Brass Base, 1980s
By Giovanni Dalla Fina
Located in Villaverla, IT
Giovanni Dalla Fina Murano glass side table featuring a bubble-infused twisted pedestal and octagonal glass top, handcrafted in Italy during the glamorous 1980s. This exceptional si...
Brass
Philippe Barbier Red Travertine Table Lamp, Steel Base, France, 1970
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1970 An unusual late twentieth century red travertine lamp with egg shaped body, joined with steel and supported on a square plinth base. Designed by Phillipe Barbier ...
Travertine, Steel
Jens Risom Rectangular Side Table with Walnut Base and White Laminate Top
By Jens Risom
Located in Chicago, IL
This rectangular side table by Jens Risom has a walnut base and a white laminate surface. The legs are cleverly inset, giving the top a floating quality and an overall jauntiness to ...
Laminate, Walnut
Paul Evans Brutalist Coffee Table with Slate Top and Metal Base
By Paul Evans
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century Brutalist-style slate-top coffee table with mixed metal patch work base.
Metal
Vintage French Wrought Iron & Oak Side Table Sewing Machine Base Console c 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French console or side table made circa 1960. This table was assembled circa 1960 from a wrought iron base of sewing machine and a massive oak top. The sewing machine foot was made ...
Wrought Iron
Carrara Marble Dining Table with Stainless Steel Base by Nicos Zographos
By Nicos Zographos
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Large custom made oval-shaped Carrara marble "Alpha" dining or conference table with polished stainless steel base designed by Nicos Zographos. Seats 6-8. Incredibly heavy and sturdy...
Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel
Glass Top X Shape Smoked Chrome Base rectangle Console Sofa Table MINT!
By Design Institute America
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Glass Top X Shape Smoked Chrome Base rectangle Console Sofa Table MINT! glass thickness: 0.5"
Chrome
1950s Carved Moroccan Octagonal Coffee Table with Star Base
Located in Marbella, ES
A stunning octagonal Moroccan coffee table crafted from solid wood and adorned with exquisite geometric carvings inspired by Islamic design. The tabletop features a finely carved cen...
Wood
Pair of Midcentury Kittinger Side Tables with Drawers on Faux Bamboo Base
By Kittinger Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Lovely pair of Hollywood Regency style end / side tables with a walnut case that has an incised dandelion pattern (in black) and a single drawer with a brass drawer pull. The case re...
Hardwood, Walnut
Midcentury Oak Coffee Table with Brass Architectural Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Midcentury wood coffee table with brass architectural base.
Brass
Tessellated Stone Rounded X-Shape Base Side Occasional Square Glass Top Table
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tessellated stone X-shape base side occasional table.
Stone
$850Sale Price|20% Off
Original Modernist Huge Table Light with Metal Base, Italy, 1960s
By Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Table light Origin: Italy Age: 1950s Original 1960s table light made in Italy. This wonderful modernist 1960s table light comes with a huge original ...
Metal
Faux Bamboo Bronzed Metal Base Square Coffee Table
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice tortoise finish with brass feet base coffee table with thick glass top.
Bronze
T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings Elegant X Base End Table for Widdicomb Refinished
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant X Base End Table, designed by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb, American, circa 1950s. This table is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of col...
Wood
Brass and Lucite Table Lamp Hexagonal Base, 1970s, Italy
Located in Rome, IT
Table lamp featuring a brass base in the shape of a hexagonal solid and a lampshade in Lucite. Two lights can be turn on. Italian piece, circa 1970.
Brass, Metal
Tubular Chrome Base Plate Glass top Cocktail Table
By John Mascheroni
Located in New York, NY
Plate glass top, tubular bright chrome base. Ca 1960/ 1970's attributed to John Mascheroni, "TUBO" series. Coffee, Cocktail table.
$7,920Sale Price|28% Off
Paul Evans Cityscape Dining Table, Burlwood Top, Brass Base, 1970
By Paul Evans
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage burlwood top Paul Evans dining table with brass base. Large table top with no scratches on it. Base has nice detail and top has beautiful grain. Great for dining tab...
Wood
Lacquered Parchment Tray Stainless Steel Base Coffee Table
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Super high studio quality metal work stainless steel base coffee table with tray shape lacquered white goat skin top. Fine pattern lines in the lacquered skin top. Unmarked.
Stainless Steel
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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