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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Pair Vintage Italian Brass and Black Enamel Table Lamps
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The stem and base are comprised of alternating polished brass and black enameled brass bands.
An elegant design with a slightly Space Age feel. Wired with a single upright socket. ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Peter Hvidt for Thorald Madsen, Pair of Petite Teak Cabinets
By Thorald Madsens Snedkeri, Peter Hvidt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of small chests of drawers in teak over birch. Slightly tapering body, brass pulls, and wonderful dark patina add to the overall elegance. A versatile size, the pair work well a...
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Carole Stupell Quartz Crystal Specimen Table Lamp
By Carole Stupell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large example of Carole Stupell's classic studio-made table lamp. The natural Quartz crystal rests on a two-tier bean-shaped silvered wood base.
The original custom shade mirrors t...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Quartz
Allan Gould, American Walnut and Enameled Steel Side Table
By Allan Gould
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple and practical design that effectively conveys the California Craft sensibility through proportion and material. The rounded square figured-walnut top floats on the slender su...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Steel
Fontana Arte, Large Brass Framed Mirror
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant and large rectangular brass framed wall mirror with gently tapering sides. Backed with wood panel.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb, Pair Brass Stools
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic, iconic design by Paul McCobb is the definition of architectural furniture. The simple brass frame with stretchers is elevated by the beautiful patination that has aged into...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Materials
Brass
Pair Karl Springer Lucite Table Lamps with Original Polished Steel Shades
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare pair of large solid clear acrylic oval block lamps with the original mirror-polished steel shades and diffusers. Cords are embedded in the lucite blocks, which support a double ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Set of Six "Classic Dining Chairs" by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of six model 1055 side chairs, in dark stained mahogany with padded back and seat upholstered in a vintage patchwork fabric.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Frits Henningsen Rosewood Coffee Table
By Frits Henningsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome and exquisitely constructed 4-drawer Cuban rosewood coffee table with traditional brass drawer pulls and sabots. Lovely carved edge and deep rosewood grain.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Aluminum and Rosa Breccia Marble Dining Table
By Carlo Scarpa, Gae Aulenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1970s, likely Italian, the architectural, heavy gauge aluminum base supports a thick oval marble top carved with razor edge bevel. Would make an impressive desk. Designer unknown ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble, Aluminum
Large 1960s French Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large sculptural organic modern table lamp. The hand built gourd-shaped body decorated with cutout designs. The pottery base measures 23"h, 28" to top of socket, 42" total with shad...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Rare T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Walnut Slat Back Chair
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic and rare armless lounge chair in mahogany with angled slat back designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Furniture (model #1712), introduced c. 1954.
Frame refinished ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Upholstery, Mahogany
Robsjohn-Gibbings King Headboard for Widdicomb
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb king-sized bed headboard. Walnut and brass with raffia caning. Can easily fit any bed frame.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Brass
Rare Tapio Wirkkala Sterling Punch Pourer
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Party accessory is also a beautiful sculpture. Ball with spouts is submerged in punchbowl to fill, Additionally, the rosewood handle has opening to accept a tube or tap for shots. Fu...
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Silver
French Wrought Iron Floor Lamp, after Poillerat
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
High quality period 1940s French wrought-iron floor lamp. The craftsmanship of the metalwork is top notch. Unmarked. Retains original European socket.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Inlaid Rosewood Wall-Mount Sideboard, by David Wider Associates
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant wall-mounted cabinet by influential but obscure New York furniture maker David Wider. With craftsmanship and design aesthetic aligned with contempo...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Model 4423 Three-Tier Mahogany End Table
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early, c. 1944, design by Edward Wormley, beloved for its forward thinking minimalist form, and comfortable practicality. The three tiers are supported by an architectural frame ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Arik Levy (after) 'Rock' Coffee Table
By Arik Levy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Earthy yet futuristic brushed steel-clad coffee or occasional table or bench. Very well constructed with invisible seams.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cockt...
Materials
Steel
Harvey Probber Rosewood Coffee Table Bench
By Harvey Probber
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautifully figured rosewood top raised on tubular mahogany legs joined by x-strechers and brass cuffs. A rare and unusual design. Unsigned, but from a NYC Harvey Probber furnished...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Milo Baughman Rosewood Long Bench or Table
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Low bench/table in highly figured book-matched rosewood veneer on three ebonized wood sleigh legs. For Thayer-Coggin Furniture, circa 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Group (4) Hans-Agne Jakobsson Brass and Glass Candlestick Votives
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cluster of four votive candlesticks with green tinted glass shades. Forms a little cityscape centerpiece or can be used individually. Etched signature to glass
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Pair Canary Yellow Suede Swiveling Lounge Chairs
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fun Pop yellow suede tub chairs on swivel base. The original upholstery in very clean with plush stuffing. The seat and tufted back cushions are loose. Un...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs
Materials
Suede
Brass Mirror by Hans-Agne Jakobsson
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Small brass-frame mirror by Hans Agne Jakobson, Sweden 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Small Italian Vase by Barovier
By Barovier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A small vase with opaque black and white striping, by Barovier.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Fulvio Bianconi, Pair Doppio Incalmo Vases, Model 4396
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early examples of this rare form. Hand blown glass in the incalmo technique; one in a clear, blue and red banded design, the other blue, clear and purple. The incalmo process, first ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Early and Large Berndt Friberg Studio Vase
By Berndt Friberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique Berndt Friberg vase for Gustavsberg Sweden, 1944.
Wheel-thrown and glazed stoneware. Impressed signature and studio mark to underside: [B.F Studio].
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Berndt Friberg, Cobalt-Glazed Studio Vase
By Berndt Friberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique hand-thrown and glazed blue bottle vase. Letter dated 1963, with incised Gustavsberg Studio hand and signed "Friberg".
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vladimir Kagan, Early Custom Sculptural Walnut Desk
By Kagan-Dreyfuss, Inc., Vladimir Kagan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A rare, likely one-of-a-kind, Vladimir Kagan design, employing all of the design touches that make him such an important figure in American Modernism.
A wonderful melding of rationalist and biomorphic elements, the triangular black laminate writing surface cantilevers over a cubist stack of drawers raised on sculptural foot; on the opposite end the top is supported by a classic Kagan split leg.
The piece is finished on the back to allow floating in a room. This comes out of a Kagan-Dreyfuss designed Manhattan apartment...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
Early Florence Knoll 3-Seat Model 26 Sofa
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very early Florence Knoll sofa, circa late 1940s, in vintage oatmeal nubby wool Knoll fabric, with down seat and back cushions. The six inset legs make...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Textile, Maple
Karl Springer Faux Malachite Polyhedron Occasional Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare faceted table consisting of triangles and squares, the surface is beautifully hand-lacquered in a faux-malachite pattern. Originally used with a glass top as a coffee table, the...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Custom Walnut Bench for the Kandell Residence
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Likely one-of-kind walnut bench with notched faux-bois bamboo carved frame, from the master bedroom in the Penthouse apartment at the original Ritz Carlton on Manhattan's Park Ave. S...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Mahogany and Saint Gobain Glass Cocktail Table Attributed to Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting circa 1940s French modernist design employing the high/low mix strongly associated with the designs of Jacques Adnet in this period.
Chunky, almost rustic slab mahogany...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Art Glass, Mahogany
Karl Springer Lucite Table Lamp with Original Polished Steel Shade
By Karl Springer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare solid clear acrylic oval block lamp with the original mirror-polished steel shade. Cord is embedded in the lucite block, which supports a double cluster socket and adjustable ri...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Pair Harvey Probber Model 915 Chair
By Harvey Probber
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant pair of lounge chairs in bleached mahogany with caned sides. The tapered and tailored design easily works in both traditional and ultra-modern interiors.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Brass Bench #5428
By Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Architectural rectangular bench in brass square tube with upholstered seat, designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Hand-polished brass, upholstered in a Bergamo brown wool mohair.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Side Tables #8712 with Original Vitrolite Tops
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare pair of Paul Mccobb side tables retaining the original white "carrera glass" tops. Part of the Irwin Collection by Calvin Furniture Co.. McCobb em...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Vitrolite, Mahogany
Petite Console, La Permanente Cantu
By Carlo De Carli, Ico Parisi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chic small console in black piano lacquer, with single inset drawer, raised on sculpted legs and stretchers. The side brass supports add an elegant material contrast.
Unmarked and designer unknown, this table was retailed by La Permanente Cantu...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Swiveling Stool
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sweet early Wormley modern design makes a perfect vanity or desk chair. The fully upholstered seat swivels over dark stained mahogany legs joined by dowel stretches, with capped...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Tambour Door Cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Model 959
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A chic and versatile cabinet with blond tamowood top and burnt almond walnut tambour doors on a dark mahogany case. Nice details like the razor-thin brass door pulls, and dappled var...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Pair Edward Wormley for Dunbar Side Tables, Model 279
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare and sophisticated lamp tables in dark stained mahogany. The simple, architectural configuration is surprisingly contemporary for a 70 year old design. Original finish, with rect...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Edward Wormley, Early Pair Side Tables model 4774A
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Perfect, architectural 3-tier mahogany side tables by Edward Wormley. This simple, streamlined design typifies Wormley’s restrained modern style of the 1940s. The pair retains thei...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Bender Madsen and Larsen Teak and Leather Armchairs
By Willy Beck, Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome teak and leather armchairs from the studio of master cabinet maker Willy Beck. Great patina and original leather. Metal labels to underside.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar 3-Tier Side Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Architectural Edward Wormley design in mahogany with curved bentwood drawer pull, gallery trimmed top, reverse leg taper, and leather capped feet.
An interesting modern update on an Arts & Crafts form. Works equally well as side or occasional table or nightstand. Dunbar metal...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Petite Chip-Carved Cocktail Table, Attrib. Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unusual and beautifully carved and constructed coffee table. The trestle base is intricately channel and chip carved, mounted with upward curving glass top secured by large brass cap...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass
Gio Ponti Style Modern Italian Library or Dining Table
By Gio Ponti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sharply tailored mahogany writing or dining table with single side drawer and sculpted legs ending in brass sabots. Measure: Drawer is 20.5" deep and 19.25" wide.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early "Metropolitan Chair", Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen for Fritz Hansen
By Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An iconic 'Metropolitan Chair' designed by Ejner Larsen & Aksel Bender Madsen in 1950. Frame in solid beech with backrest and seat in teak plywood. The name of the chair comes from t...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Beech, Teak
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Pair Mahogany End Tables
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early example of Edward Wormley's sophisticated Modernism. Stepped two-tier end tables with subtle Chinoise elements to the carving of the base. These retain the original dark mah...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Jacob Kjaer 'B47' Arm Chair
By Jacob Kjaer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very rare and unusual design by master cabinet maker and furniture designer Jacob Kjaer. The seat and backrest are fully upholstered in a sea-green suede, with solid teak legs. Onl...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Suede, Teak
Pair Early Hans Wegner Round Chairs
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic JH-501 teak arm chairs with cane seats. This is an especially beautiiful and early pair. The color of the wood and cane on the backs has aged so wonderfully that we have lef...
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Milo Baughman Low Walnut Long Bench or Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. 1960, simple architectural design energized with exaggerated proportion, in a modern interpretation of a classic Japanese chabudai. Retains paper Thayer Coggin label to underside.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pair Edward Wormley for Dunbar Model 5480 Chairs
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An iconic Edward Wormley design, the ‘A-Frame' chair is a wonderful example of Wormley’s expertise in mixing materials into sophisticated, architectural forms.
Employing dark stain...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
Vintage Fulvio Bianconi Pezzato Vase for Venini
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Model 1329 in the 'Paris' colorway of red, blue, green, and hay yellow glass. One of Bianconi's major contributions to the art of glassmaking, the Pezzato series premiered at the 195...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Gio Ponti Designed Vase for Paolo De Poli
By Gio Ponti, Paolo De Poli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Battuto hand-hammered copper conical vessel enameled in mottled colors. Stamped and signed to the underside with an old Gumps paper label.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Copper
Emil Milan Abstract Salad Bowl and Tongs
By Emil Milan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Carved from solid walnut. Beautiful lines and elegant shape. Signed “EMilan” to underside.
Tongs are 12" long.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Walnut
Rare Jacques Borker Rug
By Jacques Borker
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful, intricately designed medium pile wool carpet by one of the most important and influential textile designers of the 20th century. Not as well-known at Jean Lurcat, but cons...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Joseph-Andre Motte J-2 Floor Lamp
By Joseph-André Motte, Disderot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid staved mahogany in a sensual hourglass form. The J2 model was designed to accommodate a fabric shade. Produced and distributed by Disderot, Paris. Shade not included.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Mahogany
Luciano Gaspari Glass Sculpture on Custom Lamp Pedestal
By Luciano Gaspari, Salviati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
c. 1960, Italy, the cast clear glass modernist Spazialismo work is the largest of three sizes, and weights approx. 20lbs. It was produced by murano glass maker Salviati, where Gaspar...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Chest of Drawers
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb 6-drawer cabinet in beautiful original finish dark walnut, with brass legs, and raffia cane wrapped handles. Signed with cloth Widdicomb ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Tripod Floor Lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Hansen Lighting
By Hansen Lighting Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid brass tripod floor lamp model 206, first introduced in 1950. This example is likely from the early 1970s and retains a clean, tarnish-free high-polish brass finish with a light...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Peter & Molgaard Hvidt Rosewood Secretary
By Peter Hvidt, Soborg Mobler
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome, masculine 6-drawer dresser with recessed pulls, topped with drop-front desk fitted with drawer and storage cubicles. On enameled metal legs with rosewood block feet. Retain...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Secretaires
Materials
Steel
