Midcentury Modern L Desk
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Desks
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Wood
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Pine, Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Desks and Writing Tables
Plastic
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Chrome
Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Plastic, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Formica, Wood, Walnut
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Plexiglass, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Wood
Vintage 1960s Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Glass, Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks
Glass, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Desks
Steel
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Maple
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Teak
Mid-20th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Desks
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Steel, Chrome
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Walnut
Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal, Chrome
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Tulipwood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks
Leather, Mahogany
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rosewood
Vintage 1950s Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Desks
Glass, Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1950s Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Walnut
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Chrome
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Bouclé, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Oak, Teak
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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 American 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.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used 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 influence 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.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century 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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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