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Pair of Early Alvar Aalto Tank Chairs Model 400 by Artek Finland circa 1940

By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
Charles and Ray Eames. Provenance: Private London collection Summery: Mid Century ?Circa 1940
Category

Vintage 1940s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Velvet, Birch

Charles and Ray Eames Time Life Stool
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic design by the dynamic duo for the time life lobby in the Rockefeller Building, N.Y
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Stools

Table Basse Par Charles & Ray Eames Pour Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Busserolles, FR
Cette table basse, table d’appoint ou coffee table de Charles & Ray Eames a été éditée par Mobilier
Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Alvar Aalto Tank Chair Model 400 by Artek Finland, circa 1940
By Finmar, Alvar Aalto
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
major impact on designers such as Charles and Ray Eames. Summery: midcentury circa 1940 Alvar
Category

Vintage 1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Birch

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Charles Y Ray Eames For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of charles y ray eames for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct charles y ray eames — often made from metal, wood and plastic — can elevate any home. We have 4237 antique and vintage charles y ray eames in-stock, while there are 57 modern editions to choose from as well. Charles y ray eames have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Industrial charles y ray eames are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made charles y ray eames over the years, but those made by Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller and Charles Eames are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Charles Y Ray Eames?

Prices for charles y ray eames start at $19 and top out at $425,000 with the average selling for $2,445.

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

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 legendary 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.

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.