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Located in New York, NY
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By John Woodard, Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a pair of Mid-Century Danish Modern Woodard Atomic orange sculptura arm chairs designed by John Woodard, circa 1956 for the 'Sculptura' line.
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Russell Woodard Cantilever Patio Lounge Chairs
By Russell Woodard
Located in Southampton, NJ
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4 Russell Woodard Polished Aluminum Lounge Chairs
By Russell Woodard
Located in Phoenix, AZ
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By Russell Woodard
Located in Southampton, NJ
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By Russell Woodard
Located in Atlanta, GA
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By Russell Woodard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Mid Century Danish Modern Woodard Sculptura Table and 4 Side Chairs
By John Woodard, Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in Wilmington, DE
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Located in Wilmington, DE
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Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Outdoor Metal Curved Back Bench
By Russell Woodard
Located in Wilmington, DE
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Located in Wilmington, DE
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic orange outdoor metal curved back chairs Offered is a pair of Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic orange outdoor metal curved back chairs, circa 196...
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Located in Wilmington, DE
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Mid-Century Modern Outdoor Woodard Table and 4 Springer Chairs in Atomic Orange
By John Woodard
Located in Wilmington, DE
Set of 4 mid-century Danish Modern woodard dining chairs and table set in atomic orange Offered is a set of 4 mid century danish modern woodard springer chairs designed by John Woo...
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Russell Woodard Sculptura Patio Set
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Set of 4 Mid Century Danish Modern Woodard Sculptura Atomic Orange Side Chairs
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Set of 4 Mid Century Danish Modern Woodard Sculptura Atomic Orange Side Chairs
By John Woodard, Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a set of 4 mid century Danish modern woodard sculptura side chairs designed by John Woodard, circa 1956 for the 'Sculptura' line.
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Rare and Unusual Woodard Sofa
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Located in New York, NY
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Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Outdoor Metal Curved Back Chairs
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Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic Orange Outdoor Metal Curved Back Chairs
By John Woodard
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Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic orange outdoor metal curved back chairs Offered is a pair of Pair of Mid-Century Modern Atomic orange Outdoor Metal Curved Back chairs, circa 196...
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Mid-Century Modern Woodard Sculptura Table and 4 Chairs
Located in Wilmington, DE
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Located in New York, NY
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By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in St. Louis, MO
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Woodard Orange For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic woodard orange available at 1stDibs. Each woodard orange for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, iron and wrought iron. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect woodard orange — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right woodard orange, those designed in Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made woodard orange has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Russell Woodard and Woodard Furniture Co. are consistently popular.
How Much is a Woodard Orange?
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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
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- Eames lounge chair
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- 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.
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