Murano Glass Table Lamp with Glass Base and Shade Attributed to Tagliapietra
By Effetre International Company, Lino Tagliapietra
Located in New York, NY
Stunning modernist Murano table lamp with glass base and shade, attributed to Lino Tagliapietra for Effetre International. Glass handkerchief form shade rests on elegant tapered glas...
Art Glass
$1,584Sale Price / item|20% Off
Bronze Glass & Red Oak Modular Base Coffee Table from Redline Design Furniture
Located in Toronto, CA
A modular exploration of volume and void, this piece transforms the coffee table into a functional architectural landscape. Four independent solid timber plinths support a heavy glas...
Smoked Glass, Hardwood
$1,715Sale Price|20% Off
Large 8kg Hollywood Regency Onyx Marble Light Base Table Light, Italy, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Impressive large onyx marble light base stand Origin: Italy Decade: 1960s This original vintage light base element is made of high quality onyx marble standing i...
Onyx, Marble, Metal
Italian La Murrina Table Lamp with Swirl Glass Globe and Chrome Base, 1960
By La Murrina
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural glass globe lamp with white swirls decoration and sculptural chrome base. In the style of La Murrina, Italy, 1960s. The base in chromed steel has an sculptural design and ...
Steel, Chrome
Vintage Live Edge Redwood Coffee Table with Burl Root Base, Nakashima Inspired
By George Nakashima
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Pictures simply don't convey the true magnificence of this piece. A sight to behold in person. This dazzling George Nakashima style redwood slab top is supported by a massive, marbl...
Burl
Tall Pair Richard Barr for Laurel Walnut & Black Enamel Base Table Lamps
By Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Walnut & Black "Studio Collection Exclusive Contemporary Sculpture Lamps" by Richard Barr for Laurel Lamp Co. 1960's. Substantial H-693 - 3'H. Small footprint. Featuring a h...
Metal, Brass
$1,505Sale Price|20% Off
Romeo Rega Midcentury Italian Table Lamp with Lucite Column and Brass Base 1970s
By Romeo Rega
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century Lucite and brass table lamp. This fantastic piece was designed by Romeo Rega in Italy during the 1970s.
Brass
Round Travertine Tile Brass Inlay Cylinder Base Dining Conference Table Mint!
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round travertine tile brass inlay cylinder base dining conference table mint!
Travertine, Brass
Polished Brass & Lucite Base Round Midcentury Coffee Table on Wheels Mint!
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Polished brass & lucite base round midcentury coffee table on wheels mint!
Brass
Vintage Hollywood Regency white Onyx Marble Light Base Table Light, Italy, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: onyx marble light base stand Origin: Italy Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage light base element is made of high quality onyx marb...
Onyx, Marble, Metal
Forged Metal Twisted Rope Effect Silver Gilt Base Rectangle Coffee Table
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Decorative gilt silver twisted rope style metal base coffee table on ball shape legs.
Metal
Solid Steel Bronze Table Base Mexico Revival Neoclassical Attributed Arturo Pani
By Arturo Pani
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, Custom Bronze Solid Steel dining table base attributed to Arturo Pani Mexico 1960s. Dramatic presentation of wood brass bronze and steel. Horseshoe base conne...
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Heavy Polished Brass x Base Thick Glass Square Coffee Table Nice!
By Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy polished brass x base 3/4" thick glass square coffee table nice! Paul Evans attributed decor match.
Brass
Diamond Shape Pedestal Travertine Base Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table Mint
By Artedi
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Diamond shape pedestal Travertine base glass top rectangle coffee table mint.
Marble, Travertine, Brass
Faux Bamboo Reed Cross X Shape Pedestal Base Glass Top Round Dining Table MINT!
By Ficks Reed, McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Faux Bamboo Reed Cross X Shape Pedestal Base Glass Top Round Dining Table MINT!
Glass, Hardwood
Trees & Birds Decorated Ceramic Asian Vase Shape Table Lamp on Brass Base MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fine Tessellated Stone Tile Mother of Pearl Rolled Edges 3 Drawers Console Table
Brass
1950's Italian Dining Table with Metal Base, Glass Top and Brass Details
By Ignazio Gardella, Ico Parisi
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Italian dining table from the 1950’s. The table has a black lacquered metal base with in height adjustable brass feet. The table top has a wood edge with a glass top and a stone prin...
Metal, Brass
Restored Rattan Table Lamps W/ Tri-Shape Loop Pattern & Mahogany Base, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pair of restored rattan table lamps featuring tri-shape decorative pattern rattan fixed to a Mahogany base with a mahogany top cap. 1950, United States We only purchase and sell on...
Rattan
Round Top Bronze Base Cocktail Table with Concentric Design Black Tiles
Located in Ferndale, MI
Black ceramic tiles set in a concentric design set in an inch and a quarter wide bronze band. All supported on three. 75" solid bronze legs. Bronze shows fine patina , tiles are in e...
Bronze
Space Age Fontana Arte "Tris" Glass Table Lamp with Chrome Base Italy, ca 2000
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This table lamp Fontana Arte, with its delicate design will work perfect for any sophisticated home. The lamp is created with a white bowl form shade with a white glass ring below a...
Chrome
$9,500Sale Price|51% Off
Charles Hollis Jones Vintage CHJ Lucite and Brass Metric Dining Table Base Rare
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Amazing vintage Hollywood Palm Beach Regency, 1970s Lucite and brass Charles Holis Jones CHJ "Metric" dining table, dinette, kitchen, game table base or desk. Glass top not included....
Brass
Thick 3/4" Beveled Glass Top 60" Diameter Lucite Pedestal Base Dining Table MINT
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Thick 3/4" Beveled Glass Top 60" Diameter Lucite Pedestal Base Dining Table MINT glass thickness: 3/4"
Brass
Round 38" Diameter Black Marble Top Coffee Table w/ Heavily Carved Base MINT!
By John Dickinson
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round 38" Diameter Black Marble Top Coffee Table w/ Heavily Carved Base MINT!
Belgian Black Marble
Large Oval Glass Top Brushed Stainless & Brass Base Coffee Table Nice
By Romeo Rega, Paul Evans
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large oval 3/4" thick glass top brushed stainless & brass base coffee table nice.
Brass, Chrome
Solid Cherry Tilt Top Tripod Base Lamp Table Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid cherry tilt top tripod base lamp table mint!
Cherry
Italian Game Table with 18th C. Trompe-l'œil Scagliola TableTop and 19th C. Base
Located in Greven, DE
Scagliola games table with trompe-l'œil decoration Italy Scagliola, Cherry Table Top Early 18th Century, Table Base Mid 19th Century Dimensions: H x W x D: 79 x 113 x 67 cm Descri...
Scagliola, Cherry
Roger Capron Ceramic Sconce Table Lamp on Metal Base, Vallauris, France 1960’s
By Roger Capron
Located in New York, NY
A rare "Pajama" decor tube light by French ceramist Roger Capron, together with its metal mount it can be used as a sconce or a table lamp. Rewired.
Ceramic
Flip Top 40" Square Crome Base Smoked Glass Top Dining Table 84" Extended Clean!
By Milo Baughman, Design Institute America
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Flip Top 40" Square Crome Base Smoked Glass Top Dining Table 84" Extended Clean!
Chrome
Gerald McCabe 'H' Coffee Table, Green Glass Top, Chrome Base, 1965 USA
By Eon Furniture, Gerald McCabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The "H" Coffee Table by Gerald McCabe for Eon Furniture, c.1965, USA is a minimalist design that stands the test of time. This piece features a thick rectangular green glass table to...
Steel, Chrome
Antique Limoges Bisque Porcelain Table Lamp Decorated Gold Base in Gilded Bronze
By Limoges
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1930s French table lamp with Limoges white bisque porcelain decorated gold; rings and base in gilded bronze Overhauled electrical system Measures Limoges cm: H 55 diameter 20. Total ...
Bronze
Sheath of "Wheat" Style Round Base for Round Glass Dining Conference Table
By Ficks Reed, McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Sheath of "Wheat" Style Round Base for Round Glass Dining Conference Table. Mid-Century Modern decorative table base atr. to McGuire.
Bamboo, Walnut, Reed
Midcentury Mosaic Coffee Table with Abstract Pattern and Chrome Base, 1970s
By Berthold Muller
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful rectangular shaped coffee table or side table with abstract mosaic and strong chrome base. Made in Germany in the 1970s. The mosaic is hold in different grey and black an...
Chrome
unique art deco IKORA Glass table light base by Karl Wiedmann WMF, Germany 1950s
By Karl Wiedmann, WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Glass table light base by Karl Wiedmann. Producer WMF, Germany, 1950s. This table lamp was designed by Karl Wiedmann in the 1930s and manufactured by WMF in the 1950s. The lamp ...
Metal
Italian MCM Travertine Hexagon Base Round Glass Top Dining Dinette Table Mint!
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern travertine hexagon base round glass top dining dinette table mint!
Travertine, Marble, Chrome
Alain Richard A4 Table Lamp with Marble Base, Ed Disderot, France, 1958
By Alain Richard, Disderot
Located in La Teste-de-Buch, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Table lamp by French designer Alain Richard. Edited by Disderot in 1958. Model A4. Chromed and lacquered metal, brushed steel and marble. Fully original and complete. Great avant-gar...
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Signed Berthold Muller Mosaic Coffee Table on Wood Base, Germany, 1958
By Berthold Muller
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare wood mosaic in brass frame coffee table by German Artist Berthold Muller. Very special colors and dated 1958.
Brass
Orthogonal Lines Solace 26: Solid Walnut Coffee Table with Elegant Base
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculptural Coffee Table Made of Solid Wood, Center Table Solace S26 by Joel Escalona The Solace table series, designed by Joel Escalona, is a furniture collection that exudes balan...
Hardwood
Artistic Geometry Solace 27: Elegant Solid Wood Coffee Table, Heavy Base
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculptural Coffee Table Made of Solid Wood, Center Table Solace S26 by Joel Escalona The Solace table series, designed by Joel Escalona, is a furniture collection that exudes balan...
Hardwood
Solace 18: Walnut Oval Coffee Table with Geometric Base, Elegant Design
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Oval Coffee Table Made of Solid Wood, Center Table Solace S18 by Joel Escalona The Solace table series, designed by Joel Escalona, is a furniture collection that exudes balance and...
Hardwood
Sophisticated Solace 12: Walnut Table with Straight Lines and Heavy Base
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculptural Coffee Table Made of Solid Wood, Center Table Solace S12 by NONO The Solace table series, designed by Joel Escalona, is a furniture collection that exudes balance and pr...
Hardwood
Angular Design Solace 14: Solid Walnut Coffee Table with Heavy Base
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Round Coffee Table Made of Solid Wood, Center Table Solace S14 by Joel Escalona The Solace table series, designed by Joel Escalona, is a furniture collection that exudes balance an...
Hardwood
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
Marbro Original Table Lamp! Milk Chocolate Brown Wood Base 1960s Art Deco Minty!
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Peoria, AZ
MARBRO ORIGINAL ART DECO AESTHETIC TABLE LAMP! DIMENSIONS: Lamp: 21" Tall Width 16" After the heyday of custom furniture decoration and architecture of the wealthy first half of...
Metal
French 1940s Pottery Rooster Table Lamp with Dark Brown Patina and Lucite Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two French pottery rooster table lamps from the mid 20th century, with dark patina and lucite bases, priced and sold individually $1,200 each. Created in France during the second qua...
Pottery, Lucite
Large Blue Molten & Bent Glass C-Shape Base Glass Top Coffee Table
By Daum, Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern cobalt blue molten and bent art glass C-shape base wide square coffee table.
Art Glass
Solid White Wash Finish Oak Top Scissor Wrought Iron Base Harvest Dining Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
2" thick solid oak white wash cerused top dining harvest table.
Oak
Brass Desk Table Lamp, Curved Brass Base with Red Metal Shade, Italy, C 1950
Located in New York, NY
Brass table lamp with a red metal shade. This lamp is from Italy, C 1950. The lamp has not been polished. The lamp is in original condition. The lamp will come with a small transform...
Brass
Rustic round coffee table with wrought iron base and glass top, France, 1930s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1930s / wrought iron and glass / rustic / mid-century / industrial Large rustic round French coffee table with wrought iron base and a round glass top with nice patina.
Wrought Iron
$1,168Sale Price|40% Off
Louis XV Style Coffee Table with Marble Top and Gilt Brass Base
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant mid-20th century coffee table embodies the refined craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics of the Louis XV style.
Marble, Brass
Restored Midcentury Six-Strand Rattan Table Lamp & Brass Base W/ Fancy Wrapping
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored midcentury rattan table lamp featuring six decorative rattan poles fixed to a round brass base with fancy wrappings, circa 1950. Measures: 7" diameter x 21" tall. Restored...
Rattan
$1,317Sale Price|56% Off
1960s Hollywood Regency Coffee Table with Gilt Iron Base and Glass Top
By Arthur Court
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Spectacular vintage Hollywood Regency coffee table with rippled glass top. Heavy, iron metal base gilded with gold and black fleck color paint. Elegant blossoming scroll form with he...
Metal, Iron
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Table Lamp in White and Black with Base for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' table lamp in white and black with base for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mi...
Aluminum
Large Swivel Vanity Mirror on Travertine Base
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a two-sided vanity table top mirror with travertine and chrome base. It swivels easily and is very heavy for extra stability.
Travertine, Chrome
1970s Vintage Coffee Table with Mirrored Top and Steel Base, England
Located in London, GB
A stylish and interesting vintage mirror top coffee table, made in England and dating from the 1970’s. This has a mirrored top with coloured geometric patterns, and a steel base wit...
Steel
Coffee Table with Aluminum Base Designed by Ward Bennett for Lehigh
By Ward Bennett, Lehigh Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Coffee table with aluminum base designed by Ward Bennett for Lehigh. Bennett used variations on this aluminum base on other tables and seating if you are looking to coordinate furnis...
Aluminum
Sculpted Steel Zigzag Coffee Table Base by Paul Evans for Directional
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sculpted steel "zigzag" coffee table base by American Designer and studio craftsman Paul Evans (American, 1927-1993) circa 1960s for Directional. The table, Model PE-11, takes a ge...
Steel
Brass Modern Leaf Motif Base and Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table
By Mastercraft, Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice rectangle figural brass base coffee table with glass top.
Brass
Pair of Kalmar Table Lamps with Tulip Base, Polished Nickel, Beige Shade, 1970
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of polished nickel table lights with tulip stands by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, manufactured in Austria in midcentury, circa 1970, (late 1960s or early 1970s). The light is document...
Brass, Iron, Nickel
Round Coffee Table with Wood Top, Brass and Black Metal Base, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Beautiful Mid-Century Modernist brass, black lacquer and wood round end table / cocktails table.
Brass, Iron
Joe Colombo 'Topo' Table Lamp in Green and Black with Base for Stilnovo
By Joe Colombo, Stilnovo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo 'Topo' table lamp in green and black with base for Stilnovo Founded in 1946 in Milan, Stilnovo was one of the most innovative lighting companies in Italy during the Mi...
Aluminum
Pair of Kalmar Table Lamps with Tulip Base, Polished Nickel, Red Shades, 1970s
By J.T. Kalmar, Kalmar Lighting
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A pair of polished nickel table lights with tulip stands by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, manufactured in Austria in midcentury, circa 1970, (late 1960s or early 1970s). The light is document...
Brass, Iron, Nickel
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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