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
David Cressey & Robert Maxwell “Teardrop Sunburst” Bowl Planter for Earthgender
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bowl planter from Earthgender, David Cressey and Robert Maxwell’s early 1970s project. This 23.5” diameter example is incised in the “Teardrop Sunburst” design with interlocking gest...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Polished Brass Twisted Arrow Style Andirons, Vintage Pair
Located in North Miami, FL
These simple and yet classic designed andirons in a polished brass with twisted neck and spade finial.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron, Brass
1952 Zenith Elephant Gray Fiberglass Bullet Planter With Iron Tripod Stand
Located in Monrovia, CA
Mid-Century Modern Fiberglass Bullet Planter With Original Black Tripod Metal Stand, One Planter At A Time.
Original 1950s vintage elephant gray fiberglass bullet planter with it's original tripod rod iron stand and each bullet planter are stamped inside:
Each Fiberglass Planter Has It's Own Unique Pattern Of Age. No Cracks No Chips No Holes.
part no. 324
Industrial plastics corp.
Gardena, calif.
Industrial plastics corp.,
Gardena ca is a subdivision of zenith plastics.
ZENITH PLASTICS
CHARLES EAMES:
''September 1949: Zenith Plastics received a phone call from the Charles Eames with a request for representatives from the company to come in to the Eames Office and discuss a possible application for fiberglass. After showing up several hours late for the meeting with Sol Fingerhut, (a prior researcher in Owens Corning Fiberglass laboratories, who had previously developed fiberglass airplane wings for the US Air Force), and Irv Green (also from Owens Corning), Charles immediately launched into his discussion of the project, resulting in a four hour conversation''
Above Info: EAMES OFFICIAL SITE, THE HISTORY OF THE EAMES MOLDED PLASTIC...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Large Ceramic Vintage Set of 3 Outdoor Pedestal Decor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of 3 outstanding large pieces of outdoor art. Bought them in Malibu,Ca in an amazing home with gorgeous views. Great design and style. Has signs of out...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Door Pull Aluminum & Lucite
Located in New York, NY
1960s Mid-Century Modern door pull made from aluminum and featuring a unique abstract black, white, blue, and orange Lucite design. The back is stamp...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Donald Deskey for Bennett Mid-Century Iron and Brass Andirons Fireplace Tool Set
Located in Countryside, IL
Donald Deskey for Bennett mid-century iron and brass andirons fireplace tool set
Fireplace tool set measures: 13 wide x 8 deep x 34 inches high and weighs 16 pounds
Excellent v...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Phoenix-1 Planter in Purple Glaze by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed by David Cressey in 1963 as part of the Pro/Artisan stoneware collection for Architectural Pottery, the slipcast Phoenix planter has a bowl shape with an allover geometric r...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Mid Century Modern Spun Fiberglass Loveseat
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing vintage mid century modern Russell Woodard spun fiberglass love seat. Features an off white finish.
Loveseat B
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fiberglass
Art Nouveau Aluminum Garden Chairs, 1950s, United Knigdom, Set of 5
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
The table and four garden chairs in the Art Nouveau style with floral ornamentation, made in the 1950s in Great Britain. The set after a comprehensive renovation of aluminum elements...
Category
1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
White Vintage Mid-Century Modern White Metal Flower Jardinières 1950s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
This pair of Mid-Century Modern vintage white metal flower jardinières was made of perforated sheet metal. The white flower jardinières are carefull...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Sheet Metal
Rectangular Balconia Planter Willy Guhl for Eternit, 1960s
By Willy Guhl
Located in Wichita, KS
Rectangular planter by Swiss architect Willy Guhl for Eternit. Planter is made of cement and has good color and patina. Great lines and clean design. This planter would be magnificen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete
Armchair 1960, American
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Armchair
It is repainted before delivery
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Wall Decoration Elements 'Claustra', France, circa 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Wall decoration elements (claustra), in white lacquered fiberglass, France, circa 1960.
Four pieces available.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fiberglass, Lacquer
Leather and Chrome Campaign Style Magazine or Log Holder by Albrizzi
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Leather and chrome Campaign style magazine/log holder by Albrizzi.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Chrome
Spøttrup Danish Mid Century Rosewood Planter, Pair
Located in Countryside, IL
Spøttrup Danish mid century rosewood planter - pair
Each planter measures: 21 wide x 15 deep x 14.5 inches high
All pieces of furnit...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Willy Guhl Vintage Tilted Planters
By Willy Guhl
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
As of the mid-20th century, the work of Willy Guhl was a revolutionary feat of industry and design with a distinct style that transcends decades. True to form and function, Guhl worked with a mixture of cement and asbestos from Eternit. The lightweight material was groundbreaking, uncompromising form and structure with an emphasis on functionality. These beautiful tilted planters...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Composition
Vintage Boho Woven Rattan Pedestal
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your decor with this vintage boho woven rattan pedestal, a perfect blend of natural texture and artistic craftsmanship. Its intricate, handwoven design adds an earthy, laid-b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Rattan
Mid-Century Garden Table
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century garden table with spiral legs and plate glass top. Beautiful patination throughout. Matching chairs available. Small 3/16" chip on corner of glass top.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
David Cressey Pro/Artisan Mocha Glazed Bowl Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic planter from David Cressey's Pro/Artisan collection for Architectural Pottery. The 4066 pedestal bowl planter has a wide belly that tapers at the base with a mocha glazed ext...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid Century Modern Aluminum Yard Birds
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a really cool set of 3 Crane Birds. there made out of Aluminum with concrete bases in there Original finish.
#1 is 34 high 22 wide 8 deep
#2 is 27 hi...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Concrete, Aluminum
Set of Chrome Fire Tool Set with Lucite Handles
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Set of chrome fire tool set with Lucite handles.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Russell Woodard Spun Fiberglass Dining Table Pedestal
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage MCM outdoor dining table. Made by the iconic Russell Woodard. Unmarked. Part of the coveted spun fiberglass collection. Lightweight, durable and won’t ever rust. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass, Fiberglass
David Cressey Pro/Artisan Sand Urn for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Planter by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery's Pro/Artisan collection. This planter has a soft olive green speckle glazed exterior and interior. The top of the planter has slig...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Unique 1950s Springbok Garden Table and Chairs Set by Ernest Race
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A unique 1950s table with four accompanying "Springbok" chairs by Ernest Race for Race Furniture.
Made for the 1951 Festival of Britain, the chairs are of original vintage. The chairs bear remnants of the Race Furniture label. The bespoke Springbok table was made by Ernest Race in the 50s to accompany the chairs and is as rare as it gets.
This set is documented in the Antique Trade Gazette:
Ernest Race, who died at the early age of 51 in 1964, established his eponymous company in 1945 and is best known for his 'Antelope' and 'Springbok' chairs that were unveiled at the Festival of Britain and used steel rod frames with plywood and spring seats. Pictured here is a set of four 'Springbok' chairs as shown at the festival accompanied by a unique custom-made table. Both use Race’s characteristic steel rod frames and ball feet.
The set has had some conservation work, including the addition of transparent tubing to protect areas where the plastic webbing has split. It remains in very useful condition and would make the ultimate MCM garden...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
Model CP-17 "Tire" Planter in Bisque by John Follis for Architectural Pottery
By John Follis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model CP-17 "Tire" Planter in Bisque by John Follis for Architectural Pottery, Midcentury, USA
H 10.75" x D 16.75"
FDV11375
*Wear consistent with age and use. One small drainage h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Sleek Black Fiberglass AP Peanut Planter With Mahogany Base A John Follis Design
By John Follis
Located in Monrovia, CA
Sleek Black Fiberglass AP Peanut Planter With Mahogany Wooden Base A John Follis Design.
Stunning Organic Modern Peanut Planter Can Be Placed Anywhere I...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Vintage Trivet Replica of 1960s Fireback.
Located in Seattle, WA
Makers Sticker on the Back Show the Cultural Significance of this Item. Welding Marks Shows Age of the Item. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimensions. 6 W ; 1 D...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Pair of Modernist Steel and Wrought Iron Andirons, French, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of modernist andirons is made of steel and wrought iron. This is a French work, circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
'Viceversa 2' Modular Suspension Lamp by Noé Lawrance for Kdln in Smoke Grey
Located in Glendale, CA
'Viceversa 2' modular suspension lamp by Noé Lawrance for KDLN in Smoke Grey.
Executed in smoke colored blown glass with a matte gray metallic stru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Asked Kjersgaard Danish Rosewood Mid-Century Modernist Planter
Located in Westport, CT
Asked Kjersgaard rosewood /exotic wood Mid-Century Modernist planter, original black painted metal liner.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Set of French Vintage Bathroom Accessories
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
This vintage bathroom set of bathroom accessories comprises:
• Three mirror plate holders (each measures height 8 cm; width 12 cm; depth 7 cm)
• One double wall sconce with a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
A Pair of Decorative Pedestals with Lidded Urns
Located in Pewsey, GB
Pair of Highly Decorative Decorative Pedestals, surmounted with lidded urns with satyr masks on composite half column plinths / stands . Urns 46 cm H, total height including stands 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Composition
Modernist Copper Sculpture, Indoor or Outdoor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist copper sculpture, indoor or outdoor. Can be hung or placed as stationary element, amazing design made with one continuous copper strip.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Copper
Abstract Modernist Stained Glass Window
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A small abstract modernist stained glass window with an unusual design, blending together a range of vibrant colours and patterns. Defined by its defined shape, this modern stained glass window...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Lead
Ron Seff Shagreen Bone Inlaid Dice Shaped Table
By Ron Seff
Located in Westport, CT
Ron Seff Shagreen and bone inlaid dice shaped table, brass recessed trim base, in original very fine condition. Special detail and workmanship.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Bamboo Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury bamboo screen is a great piece for most any room or vignette. This beautiful screen is built with a metal frame with bamboo designs througho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bulgarian Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Set of 3 square Willy Guhl planters in eternit
By Willy Guhl
Located in LYON, FR
Planters in eternit, fiber cement by Willy Guhl, Circa 1950.
An irresistible look for these unusual 33X33 cm square planters, 5 cm high.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cement
Architectural Pottery "PMC-14" Speckled Stoneware Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cylindrical stoneware planter for Architectural Pottery. The "PMC-14" planter has two ribbed details, one near the top of the planter and one near the bottom. The planter has a round...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Planter in silver-plater and gold brass
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Surprising planter in gold and silver brass, with 4 aluminum 'cache-pots', 3 outside and 1 inside
1950s design
Height 140cm
diameter 60cm
Free shipping to Paris, to your place or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
1950s Zenith Elephant Gray Fiberglass Bullet Planter with Iron Tripod Stand MCM
Located in Monrovia, CA
Mid-Century Modern fiberglass bullet planters.
Original 1950s vintage elephant gray fiberglass bullet planter with it's original tripod rod iron stand and each bullet planter are stamped inside:
part no. 324
Industrial plastics corp.
Gardena, calif.
Industrial plastics corp.,
Gardena ca is a subdivision of zenith plastics.
ZENITH PLASTICS
CHARLES EAMES:
''September 1949: Zenith Plastics received a phone call from the Charles Eames with a request for representatives from the company to come in to the Eames Office and discuss a possible application for fiberglass. After showing up several hours late for the meeting with Sol Fingerhut, (a prior researcher in Owens Corning Fiberglass laboratories, who had previously developed fiberglass airplane wings for the US Air Force), and Irv Green (also from Owens Corning), Charles immediately launched into his discussion of the project, resulting in a four hour conversation''
Above Info: EAMES OFFICIAL SITE, THE HISTORY OF THE EAMES MOLDED PLASTIC CHAIR...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Marilyn Kay Austin Planter for Architectural Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glazed planter in gold by ceramics artist Marilyn Kay Austin for Architectural Pottery. This example, features a rounded square shape. The golden glaze can be found both inside and o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Large Bamboo and Rattan flowerpot , circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Bamboo and Rattan flowerpot , circa 1970
Good condition.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
French Modernist Iron / Leather Two-Seat Sling Seating, After Jacques Adnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning French modernist iron / leather two-seat sling garden seating with center table. Stunning design, sculpture, reminiscent of amazing designs by Jacques Adnet. Light moss gree...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Two-Tier Stone Planter from Switzerland Attributed to Swiss Designer Willy Guhl
By Willy Guhl
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large two-tier cast stone planter from Switzerland. This unique stacked planter from the mid-20th century is attributed to Swiss artist Willy Guhl. It h...
Category
20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Cast Stone
Flowerrack or Cactus Holder by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria, Brass, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Enchanting and charming small flowerrack or cactus holder by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria. Its basis consists of a solid and black patinated piece of brass, while the brackets are of...
Category
1980s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
David Cressey & Robert Maxwell “Sunburst” Plum Glazed Planter for Earthgender
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bowl planter from Earthgender, David Cressey and Robert Maxwell’s early 1970s project. This 23” diameter example is incised in the “Sunburst” design of lines radiating from a central...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Green Man Original London Pub Sign
Located in Faversham, GB
A fabulous revolving hand-painted pub sign from the Green Man pub in the City of London.
The sign hung above the pub at No. 1 Poultry for many years b...
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
George Nelson Style Original and Vintage Wall Mounted Fireplace Tools
Located in North Miami, FL
Directional fireplace tool set on wall-mounted bracket. Rare!
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Monumental Modernist Mixed Metal Kinetic Floor Sculpture by Irving Lehman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Titled Galaxy 79, which I believe to be the year? Amazing mixed metal sculpture, consisting of copper, brass, aluminum steel and wood. Aluminum frame consisting of five moving abstra...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Copper, Cut Steel, Aluminum
Stainless Fireplace Tools from USA
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A set of four (4) machined brushed steel fire tools with squared handles. Mid-Century Modern styling.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Paul Chaleff Large-Scale Stoneware Planter
Located in New York, NY
Paul Chaleff large-scale stoneware planter. Handmade, sturdy, nice drip-glazed pattern to the body.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Beige Indoor Decorative Planter Swirled Cane Vase, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Beige Finish decorative indoor planters in swirled cane into this cone shaped Vessel.
Coming from a famous Florist in Paris, France...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cane
Robert Maxwell Incised Studio Pottery Planter with Flared Lip
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown studio pottery planter by California ceramics artist Robert Maxwell, c.1970s. This example has a tulip shape that flares at the lip. It is decorated with Maxwell's signat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Brutalist Travertine Coffee Table By Willy Ballez
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Brutalist Travertine Coffee Table By Willy Ballez
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Travertine
Architectural Pottery Black Tulip Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful black glaze tulip planter by Architectural Pottery. This AP-3206 planter has a drum shape with a rounded lip that curves in at the top of the piece. Architectural Pottery...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Model 4002 Pro/Artisan Planter by Marilyn Kay Austin for AP
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model 4002 Planter by Marilyn Kay Austin for Architectural Pottery Pro/Artisan Collection, Midcentury, USA
Off-White Matte Glaze
H 23.5" x D 12"
FDV11376
*Wear consistent with age...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Thrown Speckle Glazed Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown stoneware planter. This planter features a golden brown and yellow speckle glaze both on the exterior and interior. The planter tapers towar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stoneware
Spectacular Pair of Danny Alessandro Fireplace Andirons Chrome Brass Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Spectacular pair of Danny Alessandro andirons in chrome and brass.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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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