Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern American furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale, in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century designers caught the spirit.
Classically-oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb — who designed holistic groups of sleek, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Iron
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Iron
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Iron
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1940s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Iron
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Steel
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Steel
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Glass
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Bronze
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Bronze
1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Iron
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Iron
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Iron
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Art Glass
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Murano Glass
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Wrought Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Nickel
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Metal
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Steel
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Ceramic, Clay
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Art Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Copper
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Metal
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Art Glass
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass, Steel
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Gold, Brass
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Metal, Steel
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Metal, Gold Leaf
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Iron, Brass
1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candle Holders
Metal, Wrought Iron