Midcentury Cat Tail and Driftwood Witco Style Sculpture
By Witco
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
. Possibly a rare piece produced by Witco. Photographed in the seat of an Eames dowel leg chair for scale.
Brass
Witco Kitty Cat Magazine Holder
By Witco, William Westenhaver / Witco
Located in Highland, IN
This kitty cat is Classic Witco– the company founded by William Westenhaver and known most famously
Faux Fur, Cedar
$4,196Sale Price / set|30% Off
H 59.5 in W 28.25 in D 23.75 in
Hand Carved High Back Witco Tiki Throne King Chairs in Faux Leopard Fur
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
conquistador chairs with arms, Witco cat and a Witco dining table with matching chairs. All of these pieces are
Metal
Collection of Witco Carved Cedar Wood Tiki Cats Meathead and Friends
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Rare collection of Witco carved tiki cat figurines and sculptures. This group includes six cats
Cedar, Paint
Pair of Witco Tiki Carved Cedar Wood Meathead Cat Sculpture Figures
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Rare pair of Witco Meathead cat sculptures. The two solid cedar wood carved Meathead cats come
Cedar
Tiki Style Witco Dining Table With Leaf by William Westenhaver
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
items available including conquistador chairs in new leopard upholstery, Witco end table, and Witco cat
Metal
Restored Witco Tiki Dramatic High Back Chairs in Original Red Fur
By Witco, William Westenhaver / Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
leopard upholstery, Witco end table, and Witco cat. All of these pieces are sold separate. Contact us if
Metal
Sold
H 59.5 in W 28.25 in D 23.75 in
Restored Witco Conquistador Tiki Throne Chairs in Original Red Fur
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
available including conquistador chairs in new leopard upholstery, Witco end table, and Witco cat. All of
Metal
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H 59.5 in W 28.25 in D 23.75 in
Vintage Witco Rustic Carved Wood Conquistador Dining Set with Red Fur Chairs
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
chairs in new leopard upholstery, Witco end table, and Witco cat. All of these pieces are sold separate
Metal
Vintage Witco Alpaca Llama Wood Carved Magazine Rack Figurine
By Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
figurine. Place him atop a shelf so you have full view to admire him. We also have a Witco large cat
Wood
Witco Red Faux Fur Cedar Wood Carved Shield Knight and Spears
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
pieces of the collection. We also have a Witco sofa, group of cat sculptures, leopard arm chairs and
Cedar, Faux Fur, Paint
Tall Witco Cedar Wood Carved Siamese Tiki Cat Sculpture
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Impressive witco carved cedar Siamese cat tiki sculpture. This wood carved animal was possibly the
Cedar
Hand Carved Witco Wood 3-Foot Tiki Cat Sculpture
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
You may have seen this Witco cat elsewhere, but it’s almost always missing its eyes. Vintage 1960s
Cedar
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H 54.25 in W 19 in D 23 in
Vintage Witco Tiki King Throne Hand-Carved Highback Chairs in Faux Leopard Fur
By William Westenhaver / Witco, Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
with arms, Witco cat and a Witco dining table with matching chairs. All of these pieces are sold
Metal
Set of 6 Benny Linden Teak Dining Chairs
By Benny A. Linden
Located in Fraser, MI
Set of Six Teak Dining Chairs. Four side chairs Two arm chairs. Signed: Benny Linden
Fabric, Teak
'Le Temoin' Stool by Man Ray for Gavina
By Gavina, Man Ray
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
Beautiful example in pristine condition, designed by Man Ray for Gavina's ultramobile exhibition.
Faux Leather, Acrylic, Foam, Plywood
$48,260
H 36 in W 17 in D 12.25 in
Monumental Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock by Maison Marquis
By Languereau, Maison Marquis
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite monumental antique French Louis XVI style Napoleon III ormolu mantel clock by Maison Marquis, the Movement by Languereau, Paris, 1860: surmounted by an urn i...
Enamel, Bronze
After Joseph Hoffman Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Stained beech desk, after Joseph Hoffman, circa 1906-1960.
Beech
Sweetbriar Credenza, West Haddon Hall Collection
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A grid formed out of solid oak wraps the facade of this floating, wall-mounted credenza. Three touch-latch doors reveal storage and a central shelf. Shown in honeyed oak with natur...
Oak
$2,757
H 35.44 in W 23.63 in D 19.69 in
Carlo Nason Italian Mid-Century Murano Rainbow Glass Chandelier for Mazzega 70s
By Mazzega, Carlo Nason
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Carlo Nason Italian Mid-Century Murano Rainbow Glass Chandelier for Mazzega, 70s Magnificent, original true vintage chandelier (no reproduction or new production) designed from Carl...
Nickel
$2,560Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 29 in W 33.75 in D 12.5 in
Mid Century Danish Dropleaf Storage Table and Chairs
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mid Century Modern Space Saver Minimalist Hide Away Dropleaf Table and Chairs Functional Danish design set. Ideal for those limited on space. With four folding chairs that stow ins...
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Fish Wicker Rattan Pendant Lamp, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Fish pendant lamp made of wicker. A wonderfully playful design. A lamp with character, literally. The wicker body of the lamp forms a fish body with its mouth wide open. Inside is a...
Wicker, Plastic
Infinity Modern Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Composed of a rhythmic stack of oval compartments, this bookcase creates visual impact through form and contrast. Shown in a rich Batavia Black exterior with a warm fruitwood interio...
Wood
$16,500 / set
H 14.97 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
Derk Jan de Vries for Maisa di Seveso, Natural Green Modular Cabinet-Bookcase.
By Maisa
Located in Almelo, NL
Derk Jan de Vries for Maisa di Seveso, Natural Green Modular Cabinet-Bookcase, Milan, Italy, 1970s The Dutch designer Derk Jan de Vries in the 1970s designed this unique modular cab...
Glass, Ash
$25,000 / set
H 26 in W 12 in D 9 in
Beautiful Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze, Enamel and Sèvres Style Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Beautiful Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Mounted White Sèvres Style Vases Gilt bronze tops above a long neck with raised gold designs. The painted fron...
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
$78,500 / set
H 21 in W 12 in D 8.5 in
Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie "Gold Dragon" Flower-Encrusted Garniture
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Meissen porcelain ‘Gold Dragon’ pattern three-piece garniture. A Meissen porcelain reticulated three-piece basket Garniture and stands. Late 1800s, blue crossed swords marks ...
Porcelain
$68,500 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.75 in
Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
Porcelain
$12,500
H 28.5 in W 110 in D 43.25 in
Danish Bruno Mathsson Gateleg "Maria Flap" Dining Table in Teak, Denmark c 1965
By Bruno Mathsson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully designed and engineered original extendible dining table by Bruno Mathsson. Made in Denmark. Measurements: Completely extended: 110" width 43" depth 28.5" height Exte...
Teak
$389 / set
H 31.5 in W 20.08 in D 18.51 in
Set of 4 Mid Century chairs Kadeder beech vintage stacking chair
Located in Berlin, DE
We are offering for sale four beautiful vintage chairs from the 1950s, probably manufactured by Kadeder. The chairs are made of high-quality beech wood, offer very good seating comfo...
Beech
$47,620Sale Price|20% Off
H 48.43 in W 32.29 in D 32.68 in
Black Croco Armchair with Alligator Skin and Real Horns
Located in Paris, FR
Armchair black Croco with structure in solid beech wood. Covered with black tinted alligator skin from Mississippi. With two real zebu, two real buffalo water and two real Aries ho...
Bronze
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.