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
Modernist Steel and Brass Fireplace Tools on Stand in the Style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare modernist fireplace tools on stand is made of steel and brass. This is a French work in the Style of Jacques Adnet. Circa 1970
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Steel
Hexagonal Midcentury Door Handle of Hammered Brass and Copper, Italy
Located in London, GB
Italian mid-century door handle of hammered brass and blackened copper, in long asymmetrical hexagonal form.
Hand-crafted piece with a hammered pattern to the brass and smooth dee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Copper, Brass
Vintage Fireplace Set, English, Cast Iron, Fire Basket, Andirons, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage fireplace set. An English, cast iron fire basket with andirons, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940.
Appealingly tradi...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Large Diablo Planter by Willy Guhl for Eternit
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Diablo-shaped planter designed by Swiss architect and designer Willy Guhl for Eternit. This weather resistant piece combines beautiful organic lines with a wonderful patina.
The na...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
Pair Of Connoisseur By Heritage Burl Maple and Brass Pedestals / Columns
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair Of mid 20th Century Connoisseur By Heritage banded and Burl Pedestals / Columns. Measures 16" in width, 16" in depth and 29" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden 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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Crystal, Metal
$350 Sale Price
46% Off
Vintage Mid Century Modern Woven Wicker Franco Albini Style Rattan Plant Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Woven Wicker Franco Albini Style Oval Rattan Plant Stand. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 22" H x 19" W x 16" D. Opening approx 11.5" W x 9.5" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Salterini Park Avenue Console
By Salterini
Located in Newtown, CT
Salterini Park Avenue Console in dark green. Heavy well made piece. The console is 66" wide x 22.5" deep x 36" high. The glass top is 32.5" high. Good condition with some paint lo...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
$1,800 / item
California Modern Pro Artisan Stoneware Planter by David Cressey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
California Modern Pro Artisan Stoneware planter by David Cressey.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Brass
Donald Deskey Mid-Century Modern Fireplace Tools
Located in New York, NY
1960's mid-century modern brass and iron 3 piece fireplace tools with brass and iron tripod stand designed by Donald Deskey, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina d...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
1960s White Metal Midcentury Garden Chair
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Good quality, very stylish midcentury garden chair. Wonderful garden chair, dates from the 1960s, made from plastic coated steel rod. In good...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Palm Beach Faux Bamboo Bistro Patio Set
Located in Redding, CT
Palm Beach Faux Bamboo Bistro Patio Set. Perfect White Bistro Set for your small balcony or patio. Seats are covered in designer fabric by Jonathan Adler and then a plastic cover ove...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
$1,350 / set
Bob Kinzie Stoneware Pottery Vase Planter for Affiliated Craftsmen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bob Kinzie stoneware pottery vase planter for Affiliated Craftsmen.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Art Deco Inspired Nickel and Brass Andirons, Manner of Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade by artisans in New York state, this pair of modernist andirons embody the old world craftsmanship and design aesthetic of a bygone era. Each andiron offers a solid rectiline...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Pair of Vintage Solaria Patio Chairs by Fabiano & Panzini
Located in Freehold, NJ
This Pair of Vintage Solaire Patio Chairs by Fabiano & Panzini features molded plastic seats, yellow and white finish and black painted metal bases.
Seat height: 14.5”
Dimensions...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern Forged Iron Fireplace Tool Set
Located in San Diego, CA
Sculptural Mexican forged iron firetools consisting of a shovel, poker, fork, and holder, circa 1970s. Firetool holder has a decorative foot and back including an etched finish in th...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Modernist Cast Iron Fireback Representing Adam and Eve, the Apple and the Snake.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and interesting modernist fireback is made of cast iron. The fireback represents Adam and Eve, the apple and the snake. This is a French work Signed and edited by Ster...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Patrick Reyntiens 'B.1925' Figurative Leaded Glass Window
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A figurative stained glass window from the studio of Patrick Reyntiens (1925-2021). Attributed to the artist, this stained glass panel depicts an abs...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Lead
Pair of modernist steel and wrought iron andirons. French work. Circa 1980
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice pair of modernist andirons is made of steel and wrought iron. This is a French work. Circa 1980
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
Glass Vase with Sculptural Objects – Unique and Mysterious Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Glass Vase with Sculptural Objects – Unique and Mysterious Design
This stunning glass vase contains a captivating arrangement of sculptural objects resembling anatomical fragments, ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass
Large Stoneware 'Sgraffito' Planter David Cressey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great California design.
Made with Cressey's own reduction fired stoneware "formula clay" with ocher glaze and hand carved 'Sgraffito' pattern design.
No two are alike.
One-of-a-kind...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Kipp Stewart Bronze Patio Dining Table with Umbrella Hole for Terra
By Kipp Stewart, Terra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patio dining table by Kipp Stewart for Terra of California, USA, c.1970s. The table features a bronze tube frame with original pebble glass top and center hole for a patio umbrella.
...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Watering Can vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Watering Can vienna around 1960s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Brass
Large Woodard Faux Slate Top Dining Table on Wrought Iron Base Warehouse Special
Located in Ferndale, MI
Two great things about this table the large top and correct dining height of 29". So many Woodard tables are game table height. Fiberglass hexagon top is patterned as faux slate does show wear. The base does retain original Woodard...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Large Handles 1940s Seguso Art Glasses Murano and Solid Brass
By Seguso
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of Large Handles 1940s Seguso Art Glasses Murano and Solid Brass
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Pair Mid-Century Hoop Chairs with Caned Seat and Back
By Salterini
Located in Miami, FL
Great Mid-Century Modern iron chairs in a striking bare metal style finish. Wonderful round frame, caned seat, strong iron legs. Vintage modern Salte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Japanese Tall Bronze Lady with a Summer Hat, Isao
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan a lovely, sensitive tall hand cast bronze sculpture of a woman displaying her summer hat on a summer day stroll.
Designed and cast by by noted Japanese mid century sculptor T...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price / set
58% Off
Pair of Arthur Umanoff Scroll Arm Chairs with Leather Strapping
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Wrought Iron Arthur Umanoff Scroll Arm Chairs with Leather Strapping
4 Available. Sold in Pairs on this listing
Overall pretty good co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
50s Eichler Home Cold War Atomic Scare Mid Century Modern Brass Door Knocker
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
50s Eichler Home Cold War Atomic Scare Mid Century Modern Brass Door Knocker Rare
Rare, Vintage, Fun, 1950s, Model Home, Original, Cold War, Atomic Era "Live Better Electrically" like Ronald Reagan, Solid Brass, Mid Century Modern Door Knocker.
This was a big campaign featuring actor Ronald Reagan.
This door knocker told your neighbors you lived in a modern, All-American, all electric dream house of the future!
This front door hardware...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Spun Fiberglass Plant Stand
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous Mid-Century Modern spun fiberglass plant stand. It is in wonderful vintage condition and has a fresh coat of black paint. Please see ph...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Paint, Fiberglass
Monumental Mirrored Sliding Door by Mid-Century Modern Architect Bud Oglesby
Located in Littleton, CO
A rare mirrored door from an iconic Mid-Century apartment building designed by celebrated architect Enslie "Bud" Oglesby.
The buidling stood at 3525 S. Congress Avenue in the Oak La...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Modernist Long Brass Pull Handle Set of Two Carl Aubock Style
By Paul McCobb
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Stunning modernist vintage long Brass Pull Handle Set of 2
Handle 8 long x 1 d x .75 d
Preowned vintage, refer to images.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Low & Wide Gainey Pottery Planters Mid Century Modern Different Colors
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration Low & Wide Gainey Planters Mid Century Modern Different Colors available. Sale is per one item, you can choose the color. Only four available. You can buy one ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pottery
Massive Willy Guhl Olive Jar Planter, 1960s Switzerland
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Concrete olive jar planter by Willy Guhl with great patina and prominent presence. Simple and elegant design perfect for any garden or patio. Incredible yellow patina and excellent v...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
1960s Modernist Fireplace Tool Set
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
MCM Firetool Set 1960s vintage
Sleek Metal Handle Black Iron Modern Fireplace Tool Set
30 h x 11.5 w x 6.75 d
Preowned unrestored vintage condition
Refer to images ...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Iron
$495 / set
Pair (2) of Mid Century Modern Spring Lounge Chairs with Iron Mesh Seat & Back
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic pair of Mid Century Modern Sculptural Iron cantilevered lounge chairs in old black paint c1960. Very comfy as they have a spring like mobility since they are cantilevered t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel, Iron
Willy Guhl 'Diablo' Spindel Hourglass Concrete Planter, Switzerland, 1954
By Willy Guhl, Eternit
Located in The Hague, NL
High shaped diabolo shaped planter designed by Willy Guhl and Anton Bee and manufactured by Eternit Ag, Switzerland 1954.
This planter is made of cellulose infused fibber cement.
Ve...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cement
Towel rails, bathroom accessories
Located in Nivelles, BE
Towel rail, acrylic bathroom accessory, typical 60's and 70's orange plastic, holds 2 bath towels.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Acrylic
Midcentury Porch or Sun Room Upholstered Loveseat
Located in Sheffield, MA
The faux bamboo or rattan love seat is designed for the enclosed porch or sun room. The raffia rapped poles are newly painted white and the new cushio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Linen, Raffia, Wood
$1,900 Sale Price
34% Off
Pair of Donald Deskey Black Cast Iron & Brass Puck Andirons, Circa 1960
By English Bellows, Donald Deskey
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Modernist Donald Deskey Pair Brass & Black Cast Iron Fireplace Andirons. Featuring a heavy balanced cast iron framework, curved J shape desi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of Luxury Handles Midcentury Italian Design Carlo Mollino Style Gold Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Curved sculpture pair of luxury handles midcentury Italian design Carlo Mollino style gold brass.
Carlo Mollino style.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
$2,395 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid Century Copper Clad Oblong Rectangular Flower Boxes c1959
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic pair of handmade c1959 planter boxes that are clad in copper. Six feet long and painted for protection. Each face and sides have copper which is intentionally wrinkled and ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Copper
Paul McCobb M-3 Brown Ceramic Glaze for Architectural Pottery
By Paul McCobb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul McCobb M-3 brown ceramic glaze for architectural pottery.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Zanesville Pottery Homespun Planter Pot Aqua with Green Ribs
Located in Ferndale, MI
Concentric ring design from top to bottom on this taper cone body planter pot . Part of the Homespun line by Zanesville Pottery Ohio.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Bamboo Swivel Lounge Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of very comfortable and elegant bamboo lounge chairs with bucket shape seats. These chairs have a dark stain with a wonderful swivel motion to make them welcoming and comfortabl...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bamboo
$6,500 / set
Mid-Century Modern Salterini Pair Neva-Rust Patio Dining Chairs
By Salterini
Located in Topeka, KS
Lovely pair of Mid-Century Modern Neva-Rust patio dining chairs by Salterini comprised of their original yellow linen looking textured vinyl or faux leather fabric and black painted ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
English Midcentury Lead Bird Bath Depicting a Shell with Squirrel and Bird
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English lead bird bath from the mid 20th century, with squirrel and bird sitting on a shell. Created in England during the midcentury period, this le...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Lead
Charming Room Fountain Ceramic, circa 1970s
Located in Wien, AT
Charming room fountain ceramic, circa 1970s.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Outdoor Hinterland Coffee Table by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hinterland Coffee Table features a powder coated iron tube base and choice of 3 different tops; teak slat, stone, or a cast tempered glass with a corduroy pattern.
The Lawson-F...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Teak
$3,785 / item
Pair of Aluminum Rooster Door Handles by WSS, 1950s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Pair of Aluminum Rooster Door Handles by WSS, Glass Printed on Copper, 1950s, Germany
Measurements:
20 cm x 20 cm x 9 cm
Please do not hesitate to ask us for your any type of que...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Copper
1970s McQuire Target Back Faux Rattan Aluminum Sofa Chair Set
By Mcquire
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, midcentury style pieces of furniture you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocall...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Leon Rosen Pace Collection Brass Glass Pedestal Sculpture Stand
By Leon Rosen
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A glass and brass pedestal designed by Leon Rosen for the Pace Collection. Understated and elegant, the perfect stand to display a sculpture, plant or objet d'art.
This piece was dis...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Rare Architectural Ceramics Mid-Century Modern Planter, Terracotta, Oakland, CA
By John Follis
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare mid-century ceramic planter by Architectural Ceramics of Oakland, CA, not to be confused with the more widely documented Architectural Pottery. Its warm terracotta hue, with s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
A Large 1960s Mid Century Modernist Concrete Planter in the manner of Willy Guhl
By Willy Guhl
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A very large single 1960s mid-century modernist concrete cone planter, measuring 90cm across, in the manner of Willy Guhl. A wonderful decorative piece with great scale and colour....
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
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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