Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden 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
Wrought Iron 5 Piece Mid Century Garden Table + Chairs
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Very unusual Wrought Iron 5 Piece Mid Century Garden Table + Chairs.
they are Structurally 100% Sound but YES and new coat of paint needed.
The Table measurements are 28...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
1950s Woodard Mayfield Pair Bouncers and Settee
Located in Hanover, MA
BG GALLERIES Rites of Spring Sale
Vintage 1950s Woodard baby blue painted wrought iron seating group consisting of a pair of bouncer armchairs and a two-seat settee.
Dimensions:
Chairs
Height 28”
Width 24”
Depth 28”
Seat Height...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,380 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Solid Cast Bronze Large Scale Room Divider Syracuse, NY 1964
Located in New York, NY
Lobby room divider from the Public Safety Building in Syracuse, NY sculpted in 1964. This is a magnificent example of Mid-Century Modern design. Composed of alternating pod-shaped s...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Sconces in blue color Blown Murano Glass, 1960s, Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian Venetian sconces in blown Murano glass, blue charming, attributed to Camer Glass, 1960s.
The sconces are composed by a quite huge bowl in blue charmi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Donald Deskey Bronze Blade Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Art Deco fireplace andirons with a bronze finished blade/sail on a black iron base, stamped Bennett
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$3,600 / set
1950 Solid Wood Swivel Armchair or Side Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Abstract Chinese style wood root armchair
Really very comfortable piece.
We have 4 armchairs available and a a table
The wood was carved to create a seat among the roots of an actual camphor tree. This totally unique chair features a bright natural lacquer enhancing the wood grain and the organic aspect of the item. This contemporary Chinese root chair...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Burl
Witco Tiki Mid Century Wood Carved Fireplace Tool Set with Brutalist Accent
Located in Chattanooga, TN
No Luau is complete without a proper set of fire tools. This ultra rare Witco fireplace tool set comes complete with a poker, brush, and shovel. The three wrought-iron tools are original to the set. Both the poker and shovel feature period scroll work on top. Most distinctive are the Brutalist accents flanking the left and right sides. These torch-cut Brutalist panels have been restored to their original look. This piece came to us rusted. Our restoration team refinished the metal, and re-created the the verdigris patina originally present. Witco’s signature chainsaw tiki carving was used to embellish the rack’s top and base.
Vintage 1960s-1970s, carved from solid swamp cedar wood. If you’re into Tiki, then you probably know Witco. Collector’s adore Witco for it’s wild design. The company went full-force in capturing the zeitgeist of exotica in the 1960s. Polynesian, Asian, and tropical culture and aesthetics began to make their way into American homes. Elvis movies and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” introduced America to tiki, Mai Tais and Luas. It’s still tiki time in the hearts of Witco collectors. These larger than life cats are the perfect mascot for your island lounge.
We have several more pieces from Witco including a pair of Meathead cats, toad stool, a dining set, conquistador chairs, wall mounted...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Old Handles Brass Copper Sculpture Midcentury Italian Design, 1950 Hammered
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Geometric original old handles brass copper sculpture midcentury Italian Design, 1950 hammered, very particular and extraordinary form, performed by skilled artisans have now disappe...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Copper
$2,371 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Designed Modern Wrought Iron Terrace Chairs, USA
Located in San Francisco, CA
Considered among the finest in outdoor and garden furniture, this pair of Mario Papperzini Chairs for John Salterini are made of wrought iron with generously sized woven lattice seat...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Four Lucite Eglomisse & Bronze Door Pulls
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of four vintage Italian door or drawer pulls in cast bronze with gilt eglomisse in a basket woven design.
Mount horizontally or vertically.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
$1,400 / set
Metal Mid Century Garden Poolside Sofa bench by Homecrest
By Homecrest
Located in New York, NY
Probably the most sought after form made by Homecrest, this settee if from the Chiquita series circa 1960's. This example is in very good, original estate condition, showing only the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Wall Mounted Cup signed Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This chic Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Wall Mounted Container signed Venini originates from Italy, Circa 1970. Features a chrome cyllindircal attachment which holds ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Murano Glass
Sterrit-Gittings Kelsey Bronze Tennis Player on Marble Base Royal Copenhagen
Located in Westport, CT
Sterrit-Gittings Kelsey Bronze Tennis woman, marble base Royal Copenhagen 152/2500 signed and dated 1976.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1950s small French chromed knobs handles for nightstands, cupboards, drawers ...
Located in London, Fitzrovia
1930s to 50's French modernist chromed metal spherical knobs / handles for nightstands, cupboards, drawers ... easy to use, will easily fit pieces of furniture or kitchen or bedroom ...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1950s German Atomic Plant Stand / Fountain
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Germany
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Era: 1950s
Materials: Tile, Laminate
Measurements: 29.5" wide x 24" deep x 23.25" tall
Condition: In excellent origina...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Laminate
A set of Six Rattan / Bentwood Dining / Arm Chairs
Located in Nashua, NH
A very comfortable set of six rattan arm / dining chairs, American, C. 1 930s with newly upholstered back and seat cushions upholstered in Sunbrella outdoor fabrics in Papaya with Ci...
Category
1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Upholstery, Wicker, Rattan, Reed, Wood
$8,125 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Pair of MidCentury Polished Brass & Enamel Buckle Form Andirons by Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
This dynamic yet reserved Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Buckle Form Andirons in Polished Brass & Black Enamel are by the esteemed designer Donald Deskey, originating from the United ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pair of Willy Guhl for Eternit Rectangular Cement Planters No. 2
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in Chicago, IL
Second pair of concrete planters by Willy Guhl for the Swiss company, Eternit. Guhl, a neo-functionalist designer and innovative furniture designer, came up with the idea of using co...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cement
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Vladimir Kagan Capricorn Series Indoor Outdoor Lounge Chair
Located in Wayne, NJ
Vladimir Kagan Capricorn series indoor outdoor lounge chair.
If you are in the New Jersey , New York City Metro Area , please contact us with your deli...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
California Studio Pottery Planter by James Wishon and Jerry Harrell
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century stoneware planter by Wishon-Harrell. Green glaze with a wax resist abstract design. James Wishon and Jerry Harrell produced many fine ceramics in their southern Californ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Clay
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Woven Patio Hoop Chairs Attr. To John Hauser, Set of 8
By John Hauser
Located in Round Top, TX
This beautifully restored set of eight vintage hoop chairs is attributed to celebrated Canadian designer John Hauser, widely recognized for his scul...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Modern Russell Woodard Spun Fiberglass Swivel Bar Stools - Set of 2
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional set of 2 Mid-Century Modern Russell Woodard spun fiberglass bar stools. Each feature a swivel seat with an arched back ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair of Biomorphic Concrete Stools, 1974
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of heavy (over 100 lbs each) cast concrete stools, signed Robinson, Florida, 1974. Unusual biomorphic design.
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
$1,500 / set
Vintage 1960s garden furniture set
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Vintage painted iron garden furniture set, 1960s 20th century
This garden furniture set consists of four chairs and a table. Built in Italy in the middle of the last century, it is m...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
$1,423 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of 1950's Italian NickelPlated Brass Door Pulls x2
Located in Hanover, MA
We have two pair of 1950's Italian door pulls in the form of highly stylized modernist wings made of nickel plated brass. New Old Stock.
Priced per pair (one left and one right).
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Black Wrought Iron Chaise Lounge w/ Rose & Leaf Pattern Woodard Style
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a great quality and wonderfully decorative black wrought iron chaise lounge with rose and leaf decorations on top of the back and on the sides, having the quality of Woodard,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
$704 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Gilded Cast Iron Ram Floor Ashtray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern gilded iron ram ashtray. Feast your eyes on this beautiful golden tall floor ashtray. Even if you are not a smoker, this beautiful cast iron floor statue...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Wrought Iron Slider Rocking Chair & Settee Patio Outdoor Set w/ Scrolling Arms
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A set of 1950s Mid-Century Woodard style wrought iron wire patio/outdoor seating featuring a slider rocking lounge chair and Settee. Each features a scrolling seat back and armrests ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,340 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Los Castillo Drawer Pulls Malachite Taxco Mexico Modernism Mosaico Azteca
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Set (2) Modernist Pull Handle, designed by Los Castillo. Mexico circa the 1950s. Organic abstract modern design. Malachite inserts in mosaic style is very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Maurizio Tempestini for Salterini Black Iron "Orange Slice" Table, C. 1950s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Original Maurizio Tempestini for Salterini black wrought iron and metal mesh oval occasional table. Small coffee table. End Table. Side Table. Featurin...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid Century Faux Bamboo Cast Aluminium Garden Chairs
Located in Hastings, GB
Exceptionally rare set of four chairs, Brazilian, circa 1970. Highly unusual sweeping faux Bamboo and Palm Leaf seat design, in Cast Aluminium.
Dante Moretti, Sao Paulo.
Heig...
Category
1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Willy Guhl Concrete Vase, 1969, Switzerland
By Eternit, Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic concrete vases by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Great tabletop vase or planter in a stunning natural patina. Very unusual shape. Great indoors or outside. Each pl...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
$2,500 / item
Mid - Century Modern Woodard Outdoor Chairs, Set of 6
By John Woodard
Located in Wichita, KS
Mid- Century Modern Woodard Iron Chairs painted in a lovely blue and ready for your spring Patio. The Chairs have been re painted at some point. They are very sturdy, have minor chip...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Small Swiss Concrete Ball Planters, 1960s Switzerland
By Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Small concrete Swiss ball planters in the style of Willy Guhl. Great patina to each planter. Great for indoors or outside. Heavy and substantial. Priced i...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
mid century PLANT STAND rack 1950s 60s bamboo rattan hawaii tiki era
Located in Mannheim, DE
Very beautiful and decorative 1950s to 1960s plant stand. Made of bamboo and rattan. 4 removable inserts. The inserts have wooden bases and are rein...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bamboo
Mid-Century Modernist Three Piece Fire Tool Set in Brass by Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in New York, NY
This sleek and sophisticated Mid-Century Modernist Three Piece Fire Tool Set in Polished Brass and Black Enamel by Alessandro Albrizzi originates from the Italy, Circa 1970. Features...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pr MCM Coral Painted Outdoor Nesting Side Tables Metal Wire & Expanded Metal Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Mid-20th Century MCM (Mid-Century Modern) coral painted metal wire famed with expanded metal mesh top outdoor nesting tables, a pair. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Murano Glass Sconces with Gold Inlay Fish Shell Design 1980s Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
A Trio of Exquisite Handcrafted Decorative Murano Glass Sconces with Gold Inlay Fish Shell Design 1980s Italy.
This remarkable set of three sconces, featuring large gold shells encas...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
Seldom seen Fiberglass and "Flat" Iron Bullet Planters by Kimball , Classic
Located in Buffalo, NY
Seldom seen Fiberglass and "Flat" Iron Bullet Planters by Kimball , Classic Mid Century Modern Design.Wonderful original condition,, Great colors. Unusual FLAT stock wrought iron bas...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Poolside Patio Garden Tête-à-tête att. to Woodard c. 1950/70’s
Located in New York, NY
Rare Mid Century tête-à-tête bench having two circular chairs with a small table mounted between the chairs. The tete a tete is constructed of squared stock metal, with plastic stra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Woodard Tropical Leaf Iron Patio/Outdoor Lounge Chair, Set of Four
By Salterini
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A set of four Woodard rod iron outdoor/patio chair with a distinct tropical leaf backrest. This chair is constructed with solid core iron rods and is finished in your choice of a pur...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
$1,943 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Nest of 3 Art Deco Mid Century Wrought Iron Patio Garden Tables by Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic set of three graduated size nesting tables in wrought iron, attributed to Salterini. The tables feature a decorative flowing wave like repeat as vertical supports, which support...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Folding Screen Room Divider in Solid Mahogany
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this folding screen made in solid frames of mahogany wood with brass details, circa 1950.
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Hand-Blown White Glass Towel Holder W/ Chrome Fittings by Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This unique and materially dynamic Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown White Glass Towel Holder W/ Chrome Fittings by Venini originates from Italy, Circa 1970. Features a single piece o...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Chrome
Pair Of Elinor McGuire Rattan Glass-Top End Tables
By McGuire
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Exceptional pair of John Elinor McGuire end tables in light honeyed brown bamboo/rattan, sporting square forms with cut-corner glass tops over leather wrapped frames with decorative ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Rattan, Glass, Leather
Rare Pair of Atomic Age Ceramic Bullet Planters on the Metal Stands by Bauer
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare pair of atomic age ceramic bullet planters with iron bases by Bauer, circa 1950's. The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chip...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
$1,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bamboo Two-Seater Mid-Century Modern, Italy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very stylish quality vintage bamboo sofa, two-seater. The two-seater has renewed upholstered cushions in a soft color floral outdoor fabric.
Includes ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Upholstery, Bamboo
$2,240 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
$1,200 / set
Large 'Expressive' Planter David Cressey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great California design.
From the estate / collections of the late Peter Loughrey, the founder of Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA).
Made with Cressey's own reduction fired stonewa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Pair of large Venini Style handles in Murano glass Torcello Brass 1940s orange
By Venini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of large Venini handles in Murano glass Torcello and Brass 1940s orange inside center
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Huge Italian Travertine and Brass Planter or Bar Container w/ Wheels, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent mid-century planter with wheels made in solid travertine marble and brass. This massive and incredibly charming piece was made in Italy during the 1970s.
This rectangula...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Brass
Large Modernist Abstract Figurative Ceramic Planter Sculpture Grover Cole 1949
Located in Troy, MI
A clever and unique modernist planter sculpture by California artist Grover Cole 1949
Tall organic figure in Terracotta with center void and hollow interior
Stands on a complementin...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Brutalist copper door
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Pure art in the disguise of a door, that’s about all we need to say about it….. Made of copper and used in a Belgium villa during the 1960s to give the home that extra design luxury ...
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Copper
$8,892
1970s Beech Bench/Planter Stand, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Good original condition with minor signs of use.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Beech
Black Lacquered and Brass Design Fireplace Tools on Stand
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice design fireplace tools set is made of black lacquered and brass. This is a French work. Circa 1970
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rectangular Handles with Grooves in Chromed Aluminum Italy Design 1960s Silver
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rectangular handles with grooves in chromed aluminum Italy Design 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Pr. Sculptura Chantilly Rose Lounge Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional pair of Woodard Sculpture Satellite lounge chairs, in turquoise paint finish. Both are in very good condition, clean and ready to use. We offer custom powder coating if you prefer a different finish. Offered and priced as a pair.
Please view our extensive collection of vintage garden, patio, and poolside furniture...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
$1,500 / set
Pair Homecrest "Casino", Tempestini Style, Black Mesh Clam Shell Lounge Chairs
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Homecrest "Casino" Line Black Clamshell Lounge Chairs, 1960's. Maurizio Tempestini "Orange Slice" style. Featuring sculpted, sturdy, wrought i...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of Custom Mid-Century Modernist Style Polished Brass Rectangular Andirons
Located in New York, NY
This ultra chic pair of custom andirons feature a minimalistic vertical rectangular front panel displayed in polished brass. They are fully customizable in terms of the dimensions an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Henry Olko Mid Century Modern Square Series Rattan Sofa
Located in Stamford, CT
An exquisite and rare rattan sofa by accomplished Henry Olko for his Willow and Reed company, circa 1975. This unique sofa is from the Olko's Square series.
Substantial and sturdy rattan and hardwood construction with precision cane detail. A very comfortable sofa. Cushions are in great condition. There are matching pieces available: A pair of arm chairs...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fabric, Rattan, Cane, Hardwood
Mid-century Modern building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage building and garden elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are North America, Europe, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original building and garden elements, popular names associated with this style include Willy Guhl, Russell Woodard, Eternit, and Woodard Furniture Co.. 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 building and garden 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 $1,887.
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