Italian Murano Glass Globe Table Lamp with Carved Giltwood Base
Located in Buchanan, NY
This Italian Murano table lamp combines a ribbed globe of luminous gold glass with a finely carved giltwood stem and base, creating a beautiful balance of texture, warmth, and sculpt...
Murano Glass, Giltwood, Glass
Industrial Rustic Wood Console Table with Metal X-Frame Base
Located in Miami, FL
Industrial-style console table featuring a solid wood top with a warm natural finish and a striking black metal base. The design combines rustic and modern elements, with angular X-f...
Metal
1960s Atomic Lime Green Wood Table Lamp Tripod Iron Base
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Atomic Lime Green Wood Table Lamp Tripod Iron Base California atomic design. No label. After Arthur Umanoff. 6.5 diameter x 10 h Original vintage condition unrestored. Origina...
Iron
Ward Bennett Desk or Table Base for Lehigh Leopold / Dunbar
By Ward Bennett, Lehigh Leopold
Located in Chicago, IL
Ward Bennett Desk or Table Base. Listing is for the base only complete with Black steel plate mounts (not shown in photos). The base will require a simple top to be made for it. The...
Aluminum
Accolay Black and Yellow Ceramic Base Table Lamp 1950 Lighting Design
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Accolay Pottery Unique handmade ceramic table lamp 20th mid century design circa 1950 Original perfect condition Black and yellow ceramic glazes colors Signed under th...
Ceramic
1940s Restored Brass Table Lamp with Wooden Base and Glass Shade
Located in Praha, CZ
- Newly rewired - 2x E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible (US plug adapter includes) - New wooden holder for glass shade - The glass shade is laying on the wooden holder without...
Brass
Massive Large Square Walnut Top Chrome Base Coffee Table
By Knoll, Artifort
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Unusual splay leg Mid Century Modern style walnut top square coffee table. Measures: 32 x 32".
Aluminum
Roche Bobois Glass Coffee Table with Stone & Chrome Base, 1970s
By Roche Bobois
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glass coffee table with a slate grey stone base with chrome accented corners by Roche Bobois, circa 1970's. The stone has a beautiful light grey/white veining as well as a faint tran...
Stone, Slate, Chrome
1970's Large table lamp with a steel and mirrored wood base
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2863 Large table lamp with a steel and mirrored wood base and a fabric shade. Italian manufacture, circa 1970.
Mirror
Italian Architectural Base Modernist Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful architectural steel brass plated base with 3/4'' inch thick polished glass top coffee table, made and designed in Italy in 2016 with minor wear and patina there is a tiny c...
Brass, Steel
Petrol Green Table Lamp with Chromed Steel Base, Cosack Leuchten
By Gebrüder Cosack, Cosack Leuchten
Located in Mortsel, BE
This is an elegant table lamp in stunning condition, featuring a petrol green shade made of lacquered metal that is fully adjustable around its axis. The shade is complemented by a c...
Metal, Chrome
Occasional 3/4" Thick Round Glass Top Brass Faux Bamboo Base Side End Lamp Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid Century Modern Occasional 3/4" Thick Round Glass Top Brass Faux Bamboo Base Side End Lamp Table MINT!
Brass
$560Sale Price / item|20% Off
1959 Remkraft White Orb Table Lamp with Adjustable Swivel Base, USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and iconic 1959 table lamp by Remkraft, featuring a spherical white enameled metal shade mounted on a pivoting armature over a rounded weighted base.
Metal
Original Large Sommerso Murano Glass Vetri Table Light Base, Italy, 1960s
By Cenedese, Flavio Poli
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: table light desk top light Origina: Murano, Italy Age: 1960s Description: This fantastic vintage table light base was designed and produced ...
Metal
Organic Modern Sculptural Driftwood Table Lamp with Handrubbed Walnut Base
Located in New York, NY
With its striking silhouette and beautiful natural materials, this piece would be a winning addition to any style of interior from classic Mid Century Modern to contemporary. The lam...
Walnut, Driftwood
$1,143Sale Price|20% Off
Original Hollywood Regency Stilnovo Style Sputnik Table Light Base, Italy, 1950s
By Stilnovo
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: modernist table light in style of Stilnovo design Origin: Italy Decade: 1950s This original vintage light was designed and produced in the 1950...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Dutch Illuminated World Globe Table Lamp, Two-Tone Wood Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage illuminated world globe mounted on a rounded two-tone wood base with a warm amber finish. The cartographic globe features cream oceans, multicolor land masses, and illustrate...
Metal
Vintage Murano Table Lamp with Sculptural Wooden Base, 1960's
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A very peculiar and never before seen table lamp made out of a large murano glass shade with a sculptural wooden base. Possibly italian but the origin is unsure. A very decorative pi...
Murano Glass, Wood
Lawson-Fenning Ojai Dining Table, Solid Oak Trestle Base And Top, Modern Style
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ojai dining table by Lawson-Fenning features a trestle base made of solid wood and the option of a stone or solid wood top. The Lawson-Fenning Collection is designed and handma...
Oak
Midcentury Stone Floating Console Tesseled Stone Base
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant curved lines tesseled stone base. All around the rectangular glass top, round hedges. This base could fit with a round glass top as well for an entrance table. or dining ...
Stone
24" Round Terrazzo Brass Strip Cross Inlay Top Urn Shape Tripod Base Side Table
By Edward Wormley, Harvey Probber, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
MINT 24" Round Terrazzo Brass Strip Cross Inlay Top Urn Shape Tripod Base Side Table
Brass
Colorful Murano Glass Table Lamps with Black Metal Base, Italy
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of lamps from Murano island in Venice, Italy. The lamps feature an array of colorful geometric Murano glass components sitting on a square black metal base. They have been newly...
Murano Glass
Pottery and Walnut Onion Shape Base Table Lamp, c. 1960's
By Design Technics
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern onion shape base pottery and walnut table lampe.
Pottery, Walnut
Restored Rattan Biomorphic Coffee Table w/ Stacked Rattan Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Large 53" wide restored amoeba-shaped biomorphic coffee table crafted with a Formica top showcasing a rattan border along the edge and vertically stacked rattan base.
Rattan
$5,080 / item
Walnut and Maple Slab Base Glass Top X Dining Table
By Chris Earl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Natural edge intersected wood slab dining table base. Fine metal Dutchman joint. Polished glass top. Handmade in Los Angeles, California. Here shown in walnut and maple with a bra...
Aluminum, Copper, Brass
Chrome Brass U Shape Base Glass Top Long Rectangle Console Sofa Table MINT!
By Maison Baguès, Milo Baughman, Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Chrome Brass U Shape Base Glass Top Long Rectangle Console Sofa Table MINT!
Brass, Chrome
Vintage MCM Paul Evans Cityscape Dining Table – Gunmetal Base, Smoke Glass Top
By Paul Evans
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Beautiful vintage Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans “Cityscape” dining table in a polished gunmetal finish.
Chrome
Very Thick Bamboo Base Rectangle 29x25" Glass Top Side End Lamp Table Stand MINT
By McGuire, Ficks Reed
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very Thick Bamboo Base Rectangle 29x25" Glass Top Side End Lamp Table Stand MINT
Bamboo, Glass
1952 Table Lamp with Brass Tripod Base Attributed to Stilnovo
By Stilnovo
Located in Echt, NL
Stilnovo table lamp in excellent condition. Elegant brass tripod base. Semi-transparent mother-of-pearl like shade which gives a beautiful effect when lit. The angle of the ...
Brass
Pair Solid Cherry Dark Espresso Clover Base 21x21 Square Top Side End Lamp Table
By Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair Solid Cherry Dark Espresso Clover Base 21x21 Square Top Side End Lamp Tables MINT
Cherry
Elegant White Modernist Trumpet Base Table Lamp Gerald Thurston, Lightolier
By Laurel Lamp Company, Lightolier, Gerald Thurston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Elegant white modernist trumpet base table lamp attributed to Gerald Thurston for Lightolier. Lacquered metal trumpet shape base with amazing oversized finial. Retains original white...
Metal
$489Sale Price|30% Off
Vintage cholla wood Table Lamp on Maple Base with Original Shade
Located in Lomita, CA
The midcentury look of this lamp in cholla wood and maple creates a statement lighting moment. The feel is somewhat rustic, as the lamp resembles a tree trunk. From the base to the o...
Driftwood, Wood
7ft Round Bookmatched Burl Dining or Conference Table With Chrome Base
By Florence Knoll
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning book matched 84 inch round burl table Top comes in two pieces very solid, heavy chrome base in the manner of Florence Knoll
Chrome
84 inch Oval Oak Dining Table custom design on Knoll Pedestal base
By Knoll, Aaron Saxton
Located in South Charleston, WV
46.5" x 83.75" and 29" inch tall. Original pedestal cast iron base from the period 1955-1965 from Knoll reconditioned and like new. These original knoll bases are wider and heavier t...
Iron
Black and Brass Midcentury Italian "Stilnovo" Table Lamp on Marble Base
Located in Kastrup, DK
Brass and black lacquered metal "Stilnovo" table lamp on marble base. Vertical arm is adjustable. Italian design, circa 1955. With newer cord and socket. EU wired and plug. ...
Marble, Brass
Original 1960s Modernist Table Light with Granite Base Made in Italy
By Stilnovo, Arredoluce
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Table light. Origin: Italy 1960s. Original 1960s high quality table light made in Italy. This wonderful modernist 1960s table light comes with a huge Japanese hut formed me...
Marble, Metal
MCM Set 4 Krueger Chairs & Tulip Style Base Game or Dining Table Faux Wood Top
By KI Krueger International
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern set of 4 Krueger chairs of molded fiberglass shell bodies with seats & backs of mottled creamy beige Naugahyde upholstery, and black painted sled...
Metal
Midcentury Italian White Pottery Table Lamp on Lucite Base, USA Wired
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Midcentury Italian white pottery table lamp with textured body and carved gilt wood base on round lucite. Emanating an aura of refined sophistication, this Italian Midcentury white...
Brass
Large French Crystal Table Lamp with Sculptural Base and Silk Shade, 1960s
Located in GORINCHEM, NL
Attributed to Art Vannes Le Châtel, France, this elegant crystal table lamp is distinguished by its sculptural organic base, expertly formed from heavy clear crystal. Rising from a s...
Crystal
Round Travertine Coffee Table With Oak Veneer Base, Italy 1970
By Up & Up, Le Lampade, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Round Travertine Coffee Table with Oak Base Italy, 1970 Mid‑Century Modern Bringing together the warm patina of natural stone and the timeless appeal of wood, this 1970s Italian r...
Travertine
Single Travertine Rectangle Base Chrome Stretchers Glass Top Dining Table Italy
By Harvey Probber, Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Single Travertine rectangle base chrome stretchers glass top dining table made in Italy. Beveled glass top.
Travertine, Chrome
Eames Herman Miller MCM Aluminum Group Tables Contract Base Black & White
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Topeka, KS
Vintage Eames Herman Miller MCM Aluminum Group 4 Prong Contract Base White Laminate Top Table Handsome vintage Eames for Herman Miller mid-century modern Aluminum Group 4 prong chro...
Aluminum, Steel
Square Oiled Walnut Mirror Tile Top Occasional Side End Table Stand Figural Base
By Adrian Pearsall, Wendell Castle
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Square oiled walnut mirror tile top occasional side end table stand figural base. Kagan Pearsall decor match. Smoked mirror top.
Mirror, Smoked Glass, Walnut
$1,810Sale Price|20% Off
Large Lava Ceramic Table Lamp from 1960 with Illuminated Base
Located in Vienna, Austria
Large and dramatic table lamp made from ceramic with a lava glaze. The lamp shade is oval in form and in burnt orange linen. The base also has a light bull inside. When illuminated...
Ceramic, Textile
1970s Organic Burl Wood Live Edge Coffee Table with Sculptural Root Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Its bold texture, glossy finish, and one-of-a-kind shape make it an excellent statement piece for a modern, organic, rustic, lodge, or mid-century inspired interior. A distinctive na...
Wood
Green and Black Stoneware Ceramic Base Table Lamp Midcentury Light Signed
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Green and black stoneware ceramic table lamp. Elegant form with electric system at the top and inside. Shinny green and black ceramic glazes colors. Signed under the base, ...
Ceramic
$460Sale Price|20% Off
Glazed Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Lamp on Walnut Base by Moorcroft
By Moorcroft Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
A glazed ceramic studio pottery table lamp with floral motif on walnut base by Moorcroft Pottery, circa 1970s. The lamp measures 5.75"D x 24"H (to top of finial; 17"h to the top of l...
Metal
$2,710Sale Price|30% Off
La Murrina Murano glass table lamp with authentic 1970s stamp
By La Murrina
Located in Palermo, IT
Immerse yourself in the sophisticated beauty of Venetian craftsmanship with this stunning table lamp by La Murrina. Featuring an iconic design, the opalescent blown glass base catche...
Brass
Oval Dining Table 36x60, Midcentury Modern Pedestal Base, Handmade In Walnut
Located in Bloomington, IN
With mid century modern good looks and solid hardwood construction this dining table adds timeless beauty that you'll love and your guests will admire.
Wood, Hardwood, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Oval Dining Table 36x48, Midcentury Modern Pedestal Base, Handmade In Walnut
Located in Bloomington, IN
With mid century modern good looks and solid hardwood construction this dining table adds timeless beauty that you'll love and your guests will admire.
Wood, Hardwood, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Oval Dining Table 42x72, Midcentury Modern Pedestal Base, Handmade In Walnut
Located in Bloomington, IN
With mid century modern good looks and solid hardwood construction this dining table adds timeless beauty that you'll love and your guests will admire.
Wood, Hardwood, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
$12,720Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Philippe Jean “ Leda “Coffee Table Abstract Green Base
By Philippe Jean, Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
One of a Kind Signed by Artist Philippe Jean . Abstract base topped with an oval shaped Glass which is securely screwed into the base. This coffee table is from an edition of approxi...
Brass
Gino Sarafatti 1950's Table Lamp for Arteluce on Black Marble Base
By Gino Sarfatti, Arluce
Located in London, GB
A rare and elegant table lamp manufactured by Gino Sarafatti 1950's for Arteluce on black marble base, Italy 1950's.
Metal, Brass
Heavy Massive Lucite Base Round Bronze Smoked Glass Top Dining Conference Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern high quality heavy and massive Lucite base dining table.
Lucite
$460Sale Price|20% Off
Bright Yellow Glazed Ceramic Studio Pottery Table Lamp on Walnut Base
Located in San Diego, CA
A bright yellow glazed ceramic studio pottery table lamp with walnut base, circa 1960s. The lamp measures 11.5"D x 26"H (to top of finial; 18"h to the top of light socket). This lamp...
Metal
Vintage Octogonal Italian Travertine Table Lamp Base by Fratelli Mannelli, 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Perfect for adding a vintage Italian flair to any modern, rustic, or mid-century interior. Fratelli Mannelli was an Italian designer and manufacturer known for their exceptional wor...
Travertine, Brass
Muller Frères Art Deco Table Lamp with Gilt Bronze Base, 1935
By Muller Frères
Located in NANTES, FR
Large Art Deco lamp, circa 1935. Paste de verre shade signed Muller Frères. Gilt bronze base. Electrified, B22 socket. In perfect condition. Height: 51.5 cm Shade diameter: 35 cm We...
Bronze
Art Deco Table Lamp, Turned Walnut Base with Brass Collars, 1950s
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Art Deco Turned Walnut and Brass Table Lamp The lamp has a beautifully turned walnut base with brass collars, it comes with its original pigskin fringed lampshade The wiring is n...
Walnut
Pair of Italian Black Marble Base Metal Glass Top Side Tables or Night Stands
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and refined Italian pair of bed side tables or night stands with beautiful black marble base, three metal structrure lines holding the circular glass top. Those side tab...
Marble, Metal
Unique 1960s brass table lamp by Vereinigte Werkstätten with an illuminate base
By Vereinigte Werkstätten Für Kunst Im Handwerk
Located in München, DE
A unique, large, and heavy brass table lamp from the 1960s by Vereinigte Werkstätten. The lamp is made entirely of brass, including the sockets. It has an elaborate, high-quality des...
Brass
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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