Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- 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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Patinated Bronze Wind Chimes in the Style of Walter Lamb
By Walter Lamb
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful set of patinated bronze wind chimes in the style of Walter Lamb, circa 1960s. This set features five patinated bronze tubes attached to a star shaped top with nylon rope....
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Wrought Iron and Wood Mediterranean Modern Folding Screen or Divider
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wrought iron and wood (balls) Mediterranean Modern folding screen or divider. Wonderful bronzed verde green patina, bi-fold, hand delivery availab...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Three 1950's Italian Door Pulls with Abstract Expressionist Design
Located in Hanover, MA
We have three of these chic mid-century Italian door pulls made of melamine with cast brass hardware with an abstract expressionist design lithograph transferred onto the plate.
Pric...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Gio Ponti Cherrywood Boiserie Panels from Hotel Royal, Naples 1955
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of unique Gio Ponti wood panels from the furniture of the Hotel Royal in Naples, 1955.
Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa by Dassi.
cherrywood
thick edge with owl's beak
these pi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Cherry
Monumental Monastery Swing Door Architect Dom Hans Van Der Laan, Bossche School
Located in Den Haag, NL
Monumental Monastery Swing Door by Architect Dom Hans Van Der Laan, Bossche School
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Massive Orange Lacquered Planters by Architectural Fiberglass
Located in Dallas, TX
Perfectly simple, modern forms in an extraordinary scale planters by Architectural fiberglass. Radical for their time, their pure forms, startled the eye in 1950s America, where fat-...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Fiberglass
Set of 7 Cabinet Pulls in Brass & Stone Inlay by Los Castillo, Mexico 1950's
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a touch of Mexican flair to your cabinets with this stunning Set of Six Cabinet Pulls in Brass & Stone Inlay designed and manufactured in Taxco Mexico in the 1950's by Los Castil...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Brass
Bolection Fireplace in Black Marble
Located in London, GB
An English moulded bolection fireplace in black marble. Based on a period original. An elegant shape. Modern. Please note that whilst the marble is largely pure black in color there ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble
Rectangular Push and Pull Door Handle in Bronze with Spiral Relief
Located in London, GB
Single rectangular door handle with soft corners has a spiralling relief of squares on the surface. Cast bronze relief in perfect condition. The bronze has a subtitle patina due to t...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Five Star Shaped Door Pulls in Brass & Stone by Los Castillo, Mexico 1950's
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Enhance the elegance of your doors with this exquisite set of Five Star Shaped Door Pulls by Los Castillo, crafted in Taxco, Mexico in the 1950s.
The pieces are made from a luxurio...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Brass
Set of 3 Large Door Pulls in Brass & Abalone Shell by Peñoles, Mexico 1950's
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Enhance the elegance of your doors with this exquisite Set of 3 Large Door Pulls in Brass & Abalone Shell designed and manufactured in the 1950's in Mexico Distrito Federal by Peñol...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 Cabinet Pulls in Brass & Abalone Shell Inlay by Peñoles, Mexico 1950s
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Enhance the elegance and uniqueness of your cabinets with this exquisite Set of 6 Cabinet Pulls in Solid Brass & Abalone Shell Inlay by Peñoles.
The pieces were designed and manufact...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Square Push and Pull Door Handle in Bronze in Diamond Relief
Located in London, GB
Single square door handle with geometric diamond relief. Cast bronze relief in perfect condition. The bronze has a subtitle patina due to the textured surface and its age, circa 1970...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Large Cabinet Pulls in Brass & Abalone Shell by Peñoles, Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a touch of vintage charm to your furniture with this exquisite Set of 3 Star Shaped Cabinet Pulls designed and manufactured in Mexico Distrito Federal by Peñoles.
The pieces ar...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
1970s Modernist Brass Triangular Pull Knob
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Brass Triangular Drawer Pull Knob
Triangle pull 1.13 h x 3.88 w x .75 d
Original vintage, refer to listed images
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Africa, 2 Decorative Elements in Polychrome Wood, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Africa, 2 decorative elements in polychrome wood
around 1950.
Category
1950s African Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Set of 3 Large Door Pulls in Brass & Stone Inlay by Los Castillo, Mexico 1950's
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a touch of vintage charm to your doors with this exquisite Set of 3 Large Door Pulls designed and manufactured in Taxco, Mexico by Los Castillo.
Crafted in the 1950s, each pull ...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Brass
Vintage Cast Brass Tennis Racket Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful cast brass door knocker in the form of a tennis racket.
USA, Late-20th Century
Measures: 2.5"W x 1.38"D x 8"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Large Venini Glass Rope Design Door Handle Pull Murano Italy
By Venini
Located in Miami, FL
Magnificent door handle by Venini in Diamante glass rope form. Thick, heavy glass with striated blood red interior twist. In metal mounts with screw h...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Brass Door Handles
Located in London, GB
These are solid brass scroll door handles that would likely have been custom made for a shop with glass doors. Another set available in a slightly differen...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #9050 'Chunky Grip' Nickel Drawer Pull
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9050 'Chunky Grip' Nickel Drawer Pull
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese drawer pull is executed in choice of polished brass or nickel-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Set of 4 large and 3 small mid-century brass hooks hangers, Manner of Dominioni
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A stylish 1950's set of 4 x triple and 3 smaller double brass hooks or coat hangers in the style of Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
heavy, sculptural, beautiful design and quality.
the dime...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass, Metal
Vintage Cast Brass Tennis Racket Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful cast brass door knocker in the form of a tennis racket.
USA, Late-20th Century
Measures: 2.5"W x 1.38"D x 8"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #9050 'Chunky Grip' Polished Brass Drawer Pull
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9050 'Chunky Grip' Polished Brass Drawer Pull
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese drawer pull is executed in choice of polished brass or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Vintage Belgian Tile Faced Entry Door Pull Handle by Artist Juliette Belarti
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Architectural door pull by Belgian ceramic tile artist Juliette Belarti.
Vintage midcentury Belgian tile faced entry door pull handle.
Great b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Enamel Capital Letter F ... Orange Typography, Marquee, Sans Serif Type
Located in Chicago, IL
Fun, large vintage orange enamel capital letter F, made of heavy duty metal. From some cool marquee or sign. Bold coloring in primary orange. Sans serif font. Multiple uses! Very stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Tall Pair of Pine and Brass Obelisks, 1970's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Knotty Pine Obelisks, Circa 1960's. Featuring three solid panels of smooth, adhesed Knotty Pine with thin tipped pyramidal apex, atop 1.25H balanced square Brass box, bases ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Rectangular Push and Pull Door Handle in Bronze with Tree Relief
Located in London, GB
Single rectangular door handle with trees in relief. Cast bronze relief in perfect condition. The bronze has a strong patina due to the textured surface and its age, circa 1970's. Th...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Round Push and Pull Door Handle in Bronze with Relief Ring
Located in London, GB
Single round door handle with relief ring that is deeply textured like the tentacles of an octopus. Cast bronze relief in perfect condition. The bronze has a subtitle patina due to t...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Bespoke Elongated Tubular Push & Pull Brass 1960s Double Door Handles
Located in London, GB
Two pairs of elongated push & pull tubular bronze door handles. They are bespoke 1960s and came from double glass doors from a formal bank in Germany with glass doors.
The patina is ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Iron Element
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Mid-20th century iron element. This element is an original front of a balcony 1940. It is covered of silver paint.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
!950's Italian Glazed Earthenware Door Pull
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage Italian door pull made of an 11.5" x 4" x 0.75" slab tile of painted and glazed earthenware with a cast anodized aluminum mount.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
1970s Greek Key Drawer Cabinet Pulls Patinated Brass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Midcentury Hardware Greek Grecian Key Brass Pulls
mounting 2.25 spread. No screws.
Set of two
.75 d x 5 long x 2 d
Preowned original vintage ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Modernist Architectural Aluminum Panels / Railings
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We're offering a 9.5 foot section of aluminum railing from an apartment building that went thru a remodel. We had this one sand blasted to reveal the ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Large White 1960s Vitrolite Glass Table Top
Located in Garnerville, NY
A very large and thick rectangular piece of Vitrolite table top glass. Circa 1950-60. Good overall condition with some very minor chips (see photos). Structurally sound and sturdy. O...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Glass
Set of 6 Cabinet Pulls in Brass & Stone inlay by Los Castillo, Mexico 1950s
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a touch of Mexican flair to your cabinets with this stunning Set of Six Cabinet Pulls in Brass & Stone Inlay designed and manufactured in Taxco Mexico in the 1950's by Los Castil...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Brass
Large Modular Cast Aluminum Orange Yard Art Indoor Outdoor Playground Sculpture
Located in Ferndale, MI
Modular in that this is three pieces of cast aluminum. Each has been sand blasted and powder coated. Measures 75" tall assembled.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Modernist ceramic door handle on aluminum support, 1950s
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Magnificent ceramic door handle on aluminum support.
From the 50s, modernist style. Beautiful colors and superb iridescence.
The ceramic tile is square with dimensions: 15.5 cm x 15....
Category
1950s Portuguese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Cast Brass Double Golf Club Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful cast brass door knocker in the form of two golf clubs and a golf balls.
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 4.75"W x 1.25"D x 6.75"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Collection of Approximately 40 Steel Letters
Located in New York, NY
Heavy hand cut steel numbers, and letters salvaged from a defunct resort in the Poconos ca 1950. Great to use as a graphic element, or rearrange to spell what ever is possible. The...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Vintage Belgian Entry Door Pull Handle by Artist Juliette Belarti
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Architectural door pull by Belgian ceramic tile artist Juliette Belarti.
Vintage midcentury Belgian tile faced entry door pull handle.
Great bri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Push-Pull Handle with Abstract Design European 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A square push-pull door handle made of cast bronze featuring a raised abstract design. 20th century design, found in Germany.
The piece is in good vintage condition with a dark brow...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Round Push and Pull Door Handle in Bronze with Spiral Relief
Located in London, GB
Single round door handle with spiralling relief that is textured. Cast bronze relief in perfect condition. The bronze has a subtitle patina due to the textured surface and its age, ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
1970s Brutalist Solid Bronze Door Handle Keyhole Germany
By Paul Evans
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Bronze Abstract Door Handle and Keyhole Plate Germany
Bronze door handle 5.75 tall x 6.75 w x 2.5
stamped by maker
Keyhole 1.88 x 1.88 x .25
Original preowned vinta...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Metal Geometric Fence or Art Object with Golden Fish
By Gio Ponti
Located in Den Haag, NL
Pair of Metal Geometric fence or art object with golden fish made in Italy, circa 1950s. Priced per piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Vintage Cast Brass Tennis Racket Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful cast brass door knocker in the form of a tennis racket.
USA, Late-20th Century
Measures: 2.75"W x 1.5"D x 8.25"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Etageres Shelving Units Flat Chrome & Glass
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern flat bar chrome Etageres with 1/2 inch thick glass shelving. In excellent vintage condition with small chips to the glass corners. 5 glass shelves. Chrome ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Restored MidCentury Divider, by Ludvik Volak, Revived Polish, Czech, 1960s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored MidCentury Divider.
Designer: Architect Ludvík Volák
Maker: Dřevopodnik Holešov
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia)
Period: 1960-1969
Material: Maple
Revived polish.
Designed...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Hammered Aluminum Door Pulls x2
Located in Hanover, MA
Paif of vintage Italian hammered aluminum door pulls. New Old Stock.
We have two pairs available.
Priced per pair (left and right).
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Unusual Architectural Lamps with Travertine Bases
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual architectural lamps, circa 1980s. Heavy and well made, travertine bases, on a dimmer providing uplight. These lamps could also be room dividers, etc...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Pair of Sculptural Swan Metal Garden Planters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of oversized Garden Planters or Jardinieres in the shape of a swan. Details of the face and feathers are both well done and graceful.
The pair make a lovely addition to any garden or patio setting - they can add to a very sophisticated space or used on the side of whimsical. Pre-cut drainage holes and ready for planting - they could also be used up high flanking an entry or down low for a door way...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Metal
Vintage Carved Wood Angel Mold with Wood Block
Located in Wichita, KS
This Wood Carved Vintage Angel Sculpture has alot of history. The Manhattan Angels were commissioned sometime in the mid-twentieth century for a church restoration in New York City. The sculptor, Bogden Bogkowski, was commissioned to carve these “angels” for the church’s planned restoration. Bogkowski worked on them for a period of time but ultimately the funding never came through and Bogkowski stopped working on them. In the 1980s Bogkowski died and the angels then went to his nephew who lived in New York. They remained in his basement until purchased in 2020 there until we purchased them in 2020.
There are four different angels and one tall angel...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Hand woven bamboo screen partition Italian 1960s Pink
Located in Palermo, Sicily
RARE PIECE OF ITALIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP , woven bamboo separe and pink lacquered, small shortcomings as pictured.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Bamboo
Belgian Vintage Tile Faced Entry Door Pull Handle by Artist Juliette Belarti
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Architectural door pull by Belgian ceramic tile artist Juliette Belarti.
Vintage midcentury Belgian tile faced entry door pull handle.
Great bri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Red Round Enameled Copper Door Pull Surrounds
By Paolo di Poli
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of vitreous enameled copper (smalti) round door pull surrounds.
Appears never to have been used. New Old Stock.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Copper
Restored Mid-Century Divider, by Ludvik Volak, Revived Polish, Czech, 1960s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Restored MidCentury Divider.
Designer: Architect Ludvík Volák
Maker: Dřevopodnik Holešov
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia)
Period: 1960-1969
Material: Maple
Revived polish.
Designed...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Large Scale 1960s Custom Walnut and Gold Anodized Aluminum Architectural Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
This one of a kind Mid-Century Modern screen was custom made in the 1960s for a commercial structure in East Texas. It was part of the architect's original design for the interior. It was mounted floor to ceiling in the entry space as a decorative element. It is in excellent original condition and would be an amazing in the right environment. The solid walnut bowties and the anodized gold frame are an absolutely stunning example of Classic Mid-Century Modernism. It could be hung horizontally as well or perhaps even suspended from the ceiling.
It would perhaps make an interesting oversized...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Aluminum
XXL Wooden Crankshaft Molds
Located in Weesp, NL
Pair of early 20th century crankshaft molds tagged with part numbers.
An impressive pair of large-scale sculptural art / Industrial pieces.
Measurements: H 140 x W 57 x D 16 cm.
Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage architectural elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, wall decorations, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern architectural elements made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original architectural elements, popular names associated with this style include Juliette Belarti, Mastercraft, and Pepe Mendoza. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for architectural elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $1,078,195 while the average work can sell for $1,598.