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
Vintage Italian Polished Brass Base Glass Top Coffee Table Rounded Scallop
By Mastercraft
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage Italian polished brass bass rectangular glass top coffee table with rounded scallop shape corners.
Brass
$540Sale Price|70% Off
Pair Vtg French Style Cut Crystal Glass Bulbous Table Lamps Brass Greek Key Base
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Pair Vintage French style single cut crystal glass bulbous table lamps brass Greek key base. Lamps feature a leafy design bulbous crystal body, brass finish greek key base.
Crystal, Brass
Blond Cerused Oak Glass Top X-Base Rectangular Coffee Table Storage Drawers
By John Stuart, Paul Laszlo
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern circa 1950 glass top X-base coffee table with shelf and two-drawer storage compartments.
Oak
Pair of Chrome Black Base Table Lamps with a Total of Nine Globes Each
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A pair of chrome black base table lamps, each with nine globes of light.
Chrome
Copper Pipe and Fitting Sculpture Base Round Glass Top Coffee Table
By Roger Sprunger
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very creative copper pipe base artwork coffee table with round glass top. Architectural.
Copper
Round Brass Coffee Table with x Base and Italian Marble Top
By Mastercraft, John Widdicomb
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA and Italy, 1970s Round brass coffee table with X base and Italian marble top. In the style of Mastercraft or John Widdicomb. Excellent quality and very nicely done Vintaged bras...
Marble, Brass
Ceramic Table Lamp with Crackle Glaze Base and Woven Wool Shade in Plum Tones
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
A sculptural ceramic table lamp featuring an organic, teardrop-form base with a richly textured crackle glaze, paired with a bold handwoven wool shade in saturated jewel tones. The ...
Ceramic
Iron "Infinity" Base Coffee Table with Brass Detail and Pointed Glass Top
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Iron "Infinity" base coffee table with brass detail and pointed glass top.
Brass, Iron
Ladislav Rado Rare Architectural Knoll and Drake X Base Coffee Table
By Knoll & Drake, Ladislav Rado
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Clean and crisp architectural style coffee table designed by renowned architect, Radislav Rado and manufactured by Knoll and Drake. This rare minimalist table has a white laminate to...
Steel
Walnut, Maple and Brass Base Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Chris Earl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Switchback intersecting wood species. Fine metal shelving rods and polished glass top. Made in Los Angeles, California. Shown in walnut, maple and brass with clear tempered glass....
Brass
Glass Base Kandem 1115 Table Lamp By Marianne Brandt Circa Late 1930’s
By Marianne Brandt
Located in Crespières, FR
1930’s Glass Base Kandem 1115 Table Lamp by Marianne Brandt for Kandem Germany (Körting & Mathiesen AG, Leipzig) Iconic Kandem Bauhaus table or desk lamp by Marianne Brandt. Th...
Iron
Leather & Faux Bamboo Folding Brass X Base Coffee Table Glass Top
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Superb French Jacques Adnet Attributed Glass Coffee Table features a polished folding Brass X Base in Faux Bamboo with saddle stitched Leather Bindings. The Rectangular Glass Top has...
Brass
Murano Glass Table Lamps by Alberto Donà, Gold Leaf, Black Base, Italy
By Alberto Donà
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of Murano glass gold and black lamps featuring a combination of glass spheres and rings in the Avventurina technique, created by infusing the glass with 23 carat gold leaf. Th...
Gold Leaf
Aluminum and Brass Cocktail Table Base by Paul Mayen for Habitat
By Habitat International, Paul Mayen
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Aluminum and brass cocktail table base designed by Paul Mayen, circa 1970s. Made by Habitat international. We have priced this without the glass top to make shipping easier, but ...
Aluminum, Brass
Curtis Jere Brass Stag Deer on Marble Base Mid Century Modern Table Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A Curtis Jere stag deer table sculpture. This wonderful mid century modern table sculpture features a beautiful stag in abstract motion, rising out of a circular marble base.
Marble, Brass
Maison Jansen Style Brass and Nickel Saw Horse Base Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Maison Jansen style brass and nickel saw horse base coffee table. Large glass top is 36" x 60", legs measure 19" H x 13" D x 12" W. Marked made in Italy.
Brass, Nickel
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Large "Flame" Table Lamp in Bronze on Lucite Base by E.F. Chapman Studios
By E. F. Chapman
Located in San Diego, CA
Large stylized "Flame" table lamp in bronze on lucite base by E.F. Chapman Studios, circa 1970s. The stunning twisted solid brass form evokes a tall flame mounted on a base of lucite...
Bronze
$1,048Sale Price|20% Off
1950s Hollywood Regency Coffee Table Base with Gilt Metal and Lamp
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage '50th American gilt metal leaves coffee table base, signed H.R., complete with new electrical system for LAMP. Putting a round glass plane to the desired extent, it becomes...
Brass
Carlo Di Carli Elegant Italian Coffee Table with Brass Base and Marble Top, 1950
By Carlo di Carli, Gio Ponti, Carlo Mollino
Located in Dronten, NL
A refined and highly versatile example of 1950s Italian design, equally at home in a classic mid-century interior or a contemporary setting.
Marble, Brass
Milo - Marble Coffee Table with Faceted Sculptural Base by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
A bold statement in geometry and material, this square green marble coffee table features a faceted architectural form that feels both grounded and futuristic. Carved from solid Verd...
Marble
Exceptional Italian Walnut Console with Patinated Brass Base, 1950s
Located in Almelo, NL
Exceptional Italian Walnut Console with Patinated Brass Base, 1950s An exceptional Italian walnut freestanding architectural console, handcrafted during the 1950s and raised on a sc...
Brass
Midcentury Italian Mosaic Table with Iron Base and Red Glass Tile Style Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Italian Midcentury mosaic coffee table embodies the vibrant essence and artistic flair of the mid-20th century.
Iron
Pair of Arts and Crafts Porcelain Table Lamps, Bronze Base, USA, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of crackled glaze porcelain lamps featuring an Arts & Crafts transfer border. Lamps have bronze bases and hardware throughout. Rewired for use in the USA, 100W max.
Bronze
Square Chrome and Brass Hoof Feet Base Thick Glass Top Coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern brass hoof feet chrome frame 3/4" thick glass top coffee table.
Brass, Chrome
21st Century LUNE B Round Pouf, seat in fabric COM/COL, Base Ironwood & Brass
By Duistt
Located in Leça da Palmeira, PT
Lune B Stool, in Ironwood and Polished Brass, Handcrafted in Portugal by Duistt LUNE B stool, crafted with great attention to detail, is a very beautiful and versatile piece, which ...
Bronze
Italian Frosted Glass Ribbon Base Square Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table MINT!
By Isamu Noguchi, Charles Hollis Jones, Karl Springer, Saporiti
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Frosted Glass Ribbon Base Square Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table MINT!
Glass
Naturel table lamp travertine base cork shade in the style of Studio CE.
Located in Mortsel, BE
Behold the epitome of coastal elegance in our exquisite table lamp. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this piece exudes a captivating charm that effortlessly bridges the g...
Travertine, Brass
Round Glass Top Crome Interlocking Half Circle Shape Figures Base Coffee Table
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Roundglass top crome interlocking half circle shape figures resembling Chanel logo coffee table. Bauhaus Mid-Century Modern decor match.
Chrome
Oval Glass Top Polished Ball & Shoe Shape Tessellated Marble Base Coffee Table
By Enrique Garcel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Oval Glass Top Polished Ball & Shoe Shape Tessellated Marble Base Coffee Table MINT!
Marble
Metal Woven Mesh Flower Table Lamp with Brass & Copper Serpent Base, Italy 1970s
Located in London, GB
A unique and original table lamp with a serpent or flexible copper base and stem and a lamp holder shaped as a flower. The flower is made of woven mesh metal or tulle. The sepal of t...
Brass, Copper, Metallic Thread
Large Lacquered Square Coffee Table w/ Chrome Plinth Base By Directional 1970s
By Directional
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Mid Century Modern plinth base modern white lacquered coffee table with chrome plinth base and glass top.
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Rare marble top table on chrome base Signed Jean Charles for Maison Charles 1970
By Maison Charles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and unusual marble and chrome table signed Jean Charles for Maison Charles C 1970. This table has an unusual marble top with faux marble painting resting on a chrome and bronze ...
Marble, Bronze, Chrome
Large & Stylish Minimalist Coffee Table w. Stunning Black Slate Top & Iron Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Great looking. sleek design, long and practical, rectangular coffee table. This beautiful quality and lengthy coffee table is made of natural materials only and you could not wish f...
Slate, Wrought Iron
Gabriel Loire Stained Glass, Concrete, Iron Base Coffee Table - Window, 1950s
By Gabrial Loire
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Stained Glass, Cement and Iron Studio Coffee Table created by French artist, and renowned maker of stained glass windows, Gabriel Loire. Featuring a rectangular surface with concrete...
Cement, Iron
Italian Green Iron and Chrome Round Base Swivel Arm One Light Table Lamp, 1960s
By Arredoluce
Located in Firenze, IT
On a thick round green painted iron base flanked by a chrome band throughout and with a central circular chrome detail stands the tubular arm of the lamp made of sparkling chrome ste...
Steel, Chrome, Iron
Glass Table Lamp Camel Brown With Walnut Base, New Silk Lampshade by R. Houben
Located in Rijssen, NL
Elegant Brown glass table lamp with walnut lamp base, 1970s. This lamp base brings refined elegance and rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shape, it offers a un...
Ceramic
Green Rectangle Marble Top Cylinder Crome Stretcher Base Dining Table Desk MINT!
By Pace Collection
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Green Rectangle Marble Top Cylinder Crome Stretcher Base Dining Table Desk MINT!
Granite, Chrome
1970s Round Milo Baughman Style Solid Walnut Coffee Cocktail Table Chrome Base
By Milo Baughman
Located in Monrovia, CA
1970s Round Solid Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table With Chrome X Base In The Style Of Milo Baughman. Beautiful Solid Walnut Table Top Has A Unique Walnut Grain Pattern And The Chrome X...
Chrome
Lucite Base Faux Snake Skin Sculptural Shape One-Drawer Writing Table Desk
By Kagan-Dreyfuss, Inc.
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern sculptural futuristic shape desk writing table with one drawer. Kagan Space Age attribution influence.
Faux Leather, Lucite
$3,187Sale Price|25% Off
1970s Paul Evans Style Cork and Stainless Steel Coffee Table on Plinth Base
By Paul Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Expertly crafted in the style of 1970s designer Paul Evans, this coffee table boasts a a lovely, intricately grained cork and stainless steel design, resting on a black plinth base. ...
Cork
Heavy Thick Square Legs Beige Lacquer Base Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table
By Enrique Garcel, Karl Springer, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Heavy Thick Square Legs Beige Lacquer Base Beveled Glass Top Rectangle Coffee Table MINT!
Glass, Hardwood
Drexel Gold Paint & Black Lacquer Base Burl Wood & Glass Top Coffee Table MINT
By Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Drexel Gold Paint & Black Lacquer Base Burl Wood & Glass Top Coffee Table MINT
Glass
Vintage Boho Redwood Burl Lamp Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Organic, sculptural, and unapologetically primal. This vintage boho lamp base is carved from redwood burl, showcasing a natural cavernous form that’s equal parts sensual and surreal....
Metal
$780Sale Price|73% Off
Large Italian Murano Table Lamp on Marble and Frosted Lucite Base in Pink & Gold
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Italian Murano table lamp on marble and frosted Lucite base in pink, red, white and gold.
Marble
Florence Knoll Coffee / Side Table with Laminate Top And Stainless Steel Base
By Florence Knoll
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Early Florence Knoll T-angle side table, produced by Knoll in 1952. The table has a original white laminate top and a stainless steel base. A nice example of classic modernist design...
Stainless Steel
Abalone Shell Cast in Resin Oval Top Coffee Table on X-Shape Base
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern shell cast in resin top coffee table with Florence Knoll style X-base.
Shell
MCM Table lamp "2/2" by JT. Kalmar in Textured Glass and Brass Tripod Base
By J.T. Kalmar
Located in Beograd, RS
The tapered legs further enhance the lamp’s mid-century silhouette, grounding it firmly within the Viennese modernist tradition.
Brass
Lava Rock Multicolor Tile Top Pedestal Base Guitar Pick Shape Coffee Table
By Roger Capron
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lava rock multicolor tile top pedestal base guitar pick shape coffee table. Custom multicolor studio made ceramic pottery tiles coffee table.
Ceramic, Pottery
Parchment Topped Desk or Dining Table on Black Lacquered X-Formed Base
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Goatskin (Parchment) topped table is modeled after a design by André Arbus, an important French designer of the 1930s and 40s to the late 1960s. The parchment covered ...
Bronze
Racetrack Oval Shape Glass Top Tessellated Bone Tile Base Coffee Table Mint
By Enrique Garcel, Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Racetrack oval shape 3/4" glass top tessellated bone tile base coffee table mint!
Brass
Widdicomb Hexagon Light Walnut Top Center Lamp Side Table Stand Espresso Base
By John Widdicomb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Widdicomb Hexagon light walnut top center lamp side table stand espresso base.
Walnut
Oval Glass Coffee Table with Portoro Marble and Iron Base, Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. Its design reminds us Parisi's style. This coffee table features a 17-millimeter thick glass top and a varnished iron, nickel-plated brass and Portoro marble fr...
Marble, Brass, Iron
Wooden Coffee Table like Perriand, Chapo, Prouvé, tripod Base Wabi-Sabi 1940
Located in Paris, FR
French massive oak wooden coffee table like Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Chapo, Jean PRopuvé, trapezoidal tripod base, Wabi-Sabi. . It also reminds the work of Baley and Zimbacca archi...
Wood
Pair Maison Jansen Style Steel and Brass Curule Base Side Tables with Ram's Head
Located in Essex, MA
Sold as a pair. Mid-20th century, in the manner of Maison Jansen.
Metal, Brass
1960s Artimeta Style Coffee Table with Inset Stone Top and Chrome Base
By Artimeta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960s Artimeta style square coffee table or side table with thin chrome frame and inset stone top. In original condition with visible wear including chipping and scratching. Wear is ...
Slate, Chrome
1940s Red Leather Table Lamp with Brass Base in the Style of Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
1940s table lamp, inspired by Jacques Adnet, with a brass base and red saddle-stitched leather. Dimensions indicated without lampshade.
Brass
1960s Artimeta Coffee Table with Inset Bronzed Stone Top and Chrome Base
By Artimeta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch 1960s Artimeta square coffee table or side table with thin chrome frame and inset bronzed stone top. In original condition with visible wear including chipping and scratching. ...
Stone, Chrome
Round Coffee Table with Undercut Base - Natural Oak Fundamenta 41 by NONO
By NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Round Coffee Table with Undercut Base - Natural Oak Fundamenta 41 by NONO Sculptural coffee table made of solid wood with a natural water-based or black tinted finish. Due to the n...
Hardwood
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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