Globe Specialty Co., Art Deco Slag Glass Lamp Base, U.S.a., circa 1940's
Located in Chatham, ON
Globe Specialty Co. - Art Deco amber and white slag glass 'Boudoir' table lamp - pull chain on the socket (chain appears to be original) - remnants of the original Globe Specialty Co...
Art Glass
Ceramic Doric Pilar Table Bespoke Design, Italy, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Unique bespoke ceramic table base Italy, midcentury. Dimensions are: 16.53" x 16.53" x 17.4", the black marble top measures 27.5" and is not included. Unique vintage table base f...
Ceramic
Custom Genuine Watersnake Python Writing Desk with Stainless Steel X Band Base
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Customizable options: Finish textile size hardware.
Stainless Steel
$758Sale Price|57% Off
VeArt Murano Glass Italian Design Murano Art, 1970s Table Lamp pink White Color
By VeArt
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Table lamp VeArt art glass Italian design Murano art, 1970s.
Base Metal
$1,295Sale Price|23% Off
1954 Coen de Vries Desk in Birch with Ebony Base, Red Drawer and Formica Top
By Coen de Vries, Devo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great little writing desk in birch wood with ebony x-base, red drawer and Formica top. Coen de Vries is one of the Dutch pioneers of industrial design. Many of Coen de Vries' practic...
Formica, Birch, Ebony
Art Deco 30hr Desk Clock On A Bakelite Base, Fully Serviced. c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive Art Deco table/ desk clock. The movement we believe is of a German manufacturer origin because the chapter ring is marked “Foreign”, wh...
Brass, Chrome
Tawny Color Leather X-Shaped Wood Base Desk in the Style of J. Adnet, circa 1980
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Miami, FL
Tawny patina leather top in the style of Jacques Adnet. Saddle stitching, the top is standing on two X-shaped legs. Three front drawers with a curved central one. A leather side c...
Leather, Wood
19th Century Copper-Bronze Tinned Ottoman Empire Table and Base
Located in Lomita, CA
An antique low Ottoman Empire cast metal (copper, tin and bronze) circular tray-table, 19th Century or earlier; base late 19th Century or later. The circular piece can also be used ...
Bronze, Copper, Tin
Prickly Pear Cactus Sculpture / Table Base
Located in Denton, TX
Metal Prickly pear cactus sculpture / table base is stunning in it's presence, very artistic in the design for this table base. original finish with normal wear for its age. glass no...
Metal, Steel
Ceramic Doric Pilar Table Bespoke Design, Italy, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Unique bespoke ceramic table base Italy, midcentury. Dimensions are: 16.53" x 16.53" x 17.4", the black marble top measures 27.5" and is not included. Unique vintage table base f...
Ceramic
Walnut Base Marble-Top Table Lamp
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice brass marble and walnut combination end side table floor lamp.
Large Vintage Carved Wood 26" Regency Swan Statue Figure Pedestal Table Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 26" H x 29" W x 9" D.
Wood
Very Fine Leather Top X Base Table/ Ottoman
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A caramel color pieced leather seat with a separate top cushion. With shaped X supports on two sides in a dark rosewood stain. Sturdy and very well made. Measures 43.5 wide by 43.5”...
Leather, Wood
Walnut Plinth Base Double Door Nightstand/End Table
Located in Pasadena, TX
This end table is made of walnut and sits on a demilune plinth base. It has double doors that open to reveal a shelf and plenty of storage space. It was made in Canada in 1979.
Walnut
Exceptional Vallauris Ceramic Coffee Table with Sculptural Pedestal Base, 1960s
By Jean Derval, Vallauris, Roger Capron
Located in Almelo, NL
The fully ceramic architectural pedestal base is the defining feature of this piece and represents an unusually sophisticated and rarely encountered construction within French mid-ce...
Ceramic, Bentwood
MCM Samsonite Outdoor Accent Table with White Steel Base & Werzalit Top
By Samsonite
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage MCM (Mid-Century Modern) Samsonite outdoor accent table with white flattened steel tube base and Werzalit top.
Composition, Metal
Pair of bedside tables in walnut with marble base
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Milano, IT
COD-2484 Pair of bedside tables in walnut with marble base and brass column uprights. Italian manufacture around 1960s. 48x30xh55
Marble
Pair 1971 Tabago Brutalist Walnut Nightstands Pedestal Base End Tables
By Paul Evans
Located in St. Louis, MO
A magnificent pair of 1971 mid-century modern Brutalist nightstands—an exceptional example of Canadian design by the renowned Tabago Furniture company of Montreal, Quebec. Presenting...
Walnut
Table Top Copper Weather Vane Moose Sculpture on Wood Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Moose Sculpture on Wood Base "moose appears to have been originally from a weather vane" "nice size, color and patina" "perfect for a mountain retreat" "in good as found condition" ...
Copper
Mod Wicker Dinette Cafe Dining Table with Pedestal Base
By Eero Saarinen, Lloyd Loom
Located in New York, NY
Cool modern design pedestal dining table in woven wicker. Modernist wicker pieces are not often seen or available on the market. Suitable for use as a dining table, or center or game...
Wicker
Vintage Dining Table Base by Max Stout for Blacksmith Shop
By Paul McCobb, Arthur Umanoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Dining Table Base by Max Stout for Blacksmith Shop. Acquired with Arthur Umanoff chairs. Table is being sold as the base only. Base is very structural to affix either a ma...
Iron
Real Conch Shell Sconce or Table Lamp on Acrylic Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A conch shell sconce for wall hanging with a light inside. the light can also be laid flat on a table and used as a decorative piece, or laid into a garden setting. the piece is q...
Shell, Acrylic
Lawson-Fenning Arcadia Side Table, Solid Walnut Base & Brass, Modern Nightstand
By Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Arcadia side table features one or two drawers, an open shelf, hand crafted vintage style hardware and a sculptural solid American walnut or white oak base. The Lawson-Fenning...
Brass
$1,190 / item
Stained Ash Side Table with V-Shaped Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
V Side Table is a table made of solid ash. The round tabletop rests on a base consisting of triangular legs that together creates a V-shape. The table is handcrafted by skilled carpe...
Ash
Garden Patio Glass Top Metal Base Cafe Dining Table
By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and charming diminutive cafe dining table. This example has a cast aluminum base with foliate trim and cabriole legs, the top is the original textured plate glass. No structu...
Aluminum
$2,805Sale Price|31% Off
Midcentury Italian Mirror Console Table with Marble Top and Base
By Cantu
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Recognized as Italian Mid-Century Modern but with a Hollywood Regency flair.
Marble
JRO Table Globe, Aluminum Base, Art Deco Style, Germany, 1930s
By JRO-Verlag 1
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Table Globe . manufactured by JRO Munchen Germany 1930s . Aluminum Art Deco base . so decorative .
Paper
Brass Tri Leg Tripod Base Round Side Table Floor Lamp
By Paul McCobb, Laurel Lamp Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern table floor lamp by Laurel.
Brass
Sculptural Base Low Table Sereno No31, Designed by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Sculptural Base Low Table Sereno No31, Designed by Joel Escalona — Sereno Collection Design by Joel Escalona for NONO When practicality becomes art, the result is the Sereno Colle...
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
$13,412Sale Price / item|20% Off
Plinth Table Sereno No27 with Sculptural Base, Joel Escalona Design
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Plinth Table Sereno No27 with Sculptural Base, Joel Escalona Design — Sereno Collection Design by Joel Escalona for NONO When practicality becomes art, the result is the Sereno Col...
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
LO7 Sofa/Daybed Base or coffee table by Pierre Chapo
By Pierre Chapo
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Ancienne banquette dite L 07 par Pierre Chapo.
Elm
Dark Emperador Marble Side Table with V-Shaped Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
V Side Table is a table made of solid marble in dark emperador. The round tabletop rests on a base consisting of triangular legs that together creates a V-shape. The table is handcra...
Marble
Walnut Bedside Table with drawer and V-Shaped Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
V Bedside Table Walnut is a multi-purpose table made of solid walnut. With a lot of storage, this table is just as functional in your bedroom next to a bed, as in the living room nex...
Walnut
Midcentury French Handmade Wrought Iron Circle Jardinière or Table Base
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful French circle wrought iron base or jardinière with a rose at the bottom. Great condition. France, circa 1950.
Wrought Iron
Jean Marais Black Ceramic Base Table Lamp French Handmade Midcentury
By Jean Marais
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jean Marais Signed at the base. Black ceramic table lamp. Monumental piece of form height 64cm. Large black and brown pottery form. Excellent original conditions. Dime...
Ceramic
1970s Italian Brass Pear Form Lidded Table Box on Leaf Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1970s Italian Brass Pear Form Lidded Table Box on Leaf Base A bold and playful 1970s Italian sculptural box in the form of a stylized pear, crafted in polished brass and resting on...
Brass
Modernist Wire Iron Table Top Horse Sculpture Mounted on a Wood Base
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Mid Century table top wire horse sculpture. 1960s. Artist is unknown but this is very well executed and quite striking , dramatic piece.
Metal, Iron
Abstract Modern Musician Sculpture by Austin Productions / Table Lamp Base
By Austin Productions, (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract Modern Musician Sculpture by Austin Productions. Sculpture has a hairline damage weak spot. Needs to be handled carefully as it flexes slightly. It almost seems like the ha...
Plaster
$13,412Sale Price / item|20% Off
Low Table Sereno No53, Sculptural Base Minimal Furniture by Joel Escalona
By Joel Escalona
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Low Table Sereno No53, Sculptural Base Minimal Furniture by Joel Escalona — Sereno Collection Design by Joel Escalona for NONO When practicality becomes art, the result is the Ser...
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Asian Accent Table Removable Ice Chest Chinese Red Lacquer and Brass on Base
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Chinese red lacquer and brass ice chest, planter, accent table with galvanized insert and lid on hoof foot style removable base. This piece is in wonderful vintage condition...
Brass
Antique Cast Iron Pedestal Bistro Table Base by Haasbrock-Sonderguard Mfg.
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Solid cast iron bistro table base. (7 available at start of listing, priced per item). By Haasbrock-Sonderguard. Once painted a blueish green color but now with a marvelous true age...
Iron
Wire Table Top Horse Sculpture Mounted on a Wood Base
Located in Kansas City, MO
Large table top wire horse sculpture. 1960s. Artist is unknown to us, but this is very well done and quite striking piece.
Wire
Accolay Pottery Brown Ceramic Table or Floor Lamp Base Modern, 1970s
By Accolay Pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Accolay, circa 1970. Important ceramic table or floor lamp base signed under the base. Electric system is new. Measures: Height 56cm without electric system. With electr...
Ceramic
Hand-Carved Brass Tray Coffee Table on Folding Black Wood Base, 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The tray is 24" Diameter. The base Height is: 16". Chinoiserie Mid century style indoor or outdoor use.
Brass
Tessellated Stone Brass Frame Base Treasure Chest Trunk Box Console End Table
By Maitland Smith
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern decorative tessellated stone polished marble tiles box treasure blanket utility chest on brass frame base.
Marble
Danish Modern Drop Clear Glass Table Light Base by Holmegaard, Denmark, 1960s
By Holmegaard
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: glass table light base Producer: Holmegaard, Denmark Decade: 1970s This original vintage glass light base was designed and produced by Holmegaa...
Glass
Vintage Burmese Carved Wood Oriental Large Figural Statue Sculpture on Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpture is affixed (not separate) to a black ebonized table base. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: Overall: 69" H x 29.5" W x 15.5" D Sculpture: 45" Height x 22" W x 9" D
Wood
Walnut Base Petit Credenza with Slate Top TV Stand Cabinet Console Table
By Drexel, Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Small hall entry space cabinet credenza, TV stand alternative with slate top. Mid-Century Modern circa 1970s Milo Baughman style piece.
Slate
Round Marble Base Brass Floor lamp Integrated Lucite Table Magazine Rack MINT!
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Round Marble Base Brass Floor lamp Integrated Lucite Table Magazine Rack MINT!
Marble, Brass
Rosewood & Burl Wood Tripod Base Side Table Regency Style Floor Lamp Mint
By Baker Furniture Company, Berkey & Gay Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rosewood & burl wood tripod base side table regency style floor lamp mint! Scroll shape pencil inlay legs.
Walnut, Rosewood
Pair of X-Base Chrome Side or End Tables with Solid Oiled Tops
By Paul McCobb, Established Lines
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Established Lines, mid century modern decor, oiled walnut finish solid 3/4" acacia top side table on solid stainless base.
Stainless Steel
Super Colorful Fat Lava Pottery Table Light Base by Jasba Ceramics Germany 1970s
By Jasba
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Pottery ceramic table light base element Producer: Jasba Ceramic, Germany Decade: 1970s Description: Original vintage 1970s pottery ceramic ta...
Ceramic
Drexel Travertine Top Walnut Base Rectangle One Drawer Side End Table Stand MINT
By Drexel, Paul McCobb, Heritage-Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Drexel Travertine Top Walnut Base Rectangle One Drawer Side End Table Stand MINT!
Marble, Brass
Round Top Hexagon Two Door Cabinet Base Brass Ring Pulls Walnut Side End Table
By Heritage-Henredon, Tomlinson
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Round Top Hexagon Two Door Cabinet Base Brass Ring Drop Pulls Walnut Side End Table Stand MINT.
Brass
Extra Large Fat Lava Table Light Base by ARO Leuchten, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava table light base Producer: ARO Leuchten, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage light base was produced in the 1970s by ARO Leuchte...
Ceramic
Vintage MCM 1970s Bamboo Base Integrated Glass Top Round Table Floor Lamp MINT!
By Ficks Reed, Paul Frankl, McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage MCM 1970s Bamboo Base Integrated Glass Top Round End Side Table Night Stand Floor Lamp MINT!
Rattan, Glass, Bamboo
Set 2 Italian 'Meta' Marble Sphere Ball Table Base Lella, Massimo Vignelli Style
By Martinelli Luce, Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Miami, FL
Two Italian 'Metafora' marble and onyx Sphere Ball Objects attributed to Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Martinelli Luce. The two geometric hand shaped Sphere or Ball are Organic Natu...
Marble
Set 2 Italian Green Marble Onyx Pyramid Table Base Lella, Massimo Vignelli Style
By Martinelli Luce, Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Miami, FL
Two Italian green marble and onyx Pyramid Objects attributed to Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Martinelli Luce. The two geometric hand shaped green, white and Taupe Pyramids are Orga...
Marble, Onyx
Extra Large Fat Lava Teak Table Light Base by Krösselbach Ceramic, Germany 1970s
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Fat lava table light base Producer: Krösselbach Ceramics, Germany Decade: 1970s This original vintage light base was produced in the 1970s by Krö...
Ceramic
Modern Design M lucid Glass Table Light Base ML 1 by Ingo Mauer, Germany, 1960s
By Ingo Maurer, Design M
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: glass table light base Producer: Design M Designer: Ingo Maurer Decade: 1960s This original vintage glass light base was designed and produced by Ingo Maurer ...
Glass
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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