Vintage Mid Century Dressers Pair
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Oak
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Burl
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Chrome
Mid-20th Century English Scandinavian Modern Dressers
Teak
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut, Oak
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Mahogany
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Mahogany
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency Dressers
Mid-20th Century Dressers
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Faux Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Steel, Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Oak
Late 20th Century Unknown Bohemian Dressers
Wicker
Late 20th Century American Modern Dressers
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Dressers
Brass
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood, Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dressers
Cane, Wood
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Oak
Vintage 1950s Dressers
Brass, Nickel
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Mahogany
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Oak
Mid-20th Century North American Campaign Night Stands
Brass
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bedroom Sets
Chrome
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Laminate, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Credenzas
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Glass, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
Mid-20th Century Night Stands
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Oak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Brass
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Mahogany, Paint
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Night Stands
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Night Stands
Brass
20th Century Egyptian Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Ceramic, Oak
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Wire
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A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture
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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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.