Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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

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 legendary 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.

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.

Style: Mid-Century Modern

1950 Abstract Stone Sculpture Covered with Zinc, Plexiglass Base

Located in Milano, IT

1950 abstract stone sculpture covered with zinc, plexiglass base, beautiful piece of great emotional force.

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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Cast Stone, Zinc

1950 Abstract Stone Sculpture Covered with Zinc, Plexiglass Base

Salvador Dali Rinocerontico Knob for BD

By Salvador Dalí, BD Barcelona Design

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Knob Rinocerontico designed by Salvador Dali produced by BD design. Three polished lacquered cast bronze pieces joined together. Measures: 13 x 19 x 24 H cm During the 1930s in P...

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Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Bronze

Salvador Dali Rinocerontico Knob for BD

Salvador Dali Double Rinocerontico Knob for BD

By BD Barcelona Design, Salvador Dalí

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Double Knob Rinocerontico designed by Salvador Dali produced by BD design. Three polished lacquered cast bronze pieces joined together. Double (for both sides of the door): 13 x 35...

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Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Bronze

Salvador Dali Double Rinocerontico Knob for BD

Bronze Mounted Statuette of a Girl

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Cast bronze sculpture of a child with pigtails mounted on wood base. Dimensions 2.5” width x 2.5” depth x 6.5” height. Condition Good vintage condition with original patina.

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Bronze

Bronze Mounted Statuette of a Girl

Large Wall-Mounted Sculpture Colored Stone in Concrete Mid-Century Modern, 1952

Located in Den Haag, NL

Large wall-mounted sculpture colored stone in concrete Mid-Century Modern, 1952 This wall Sculpture was taken out of a building by Dutch Architect Jan Duiker. It should be made circa 1952, the sculpture is signed with ACK. Jan Duiker (also Johannes Duiker) (The Hague, 1 March 1890 – Amsterdam, 23 February 1935) was a Dutch architect. Partnership with Bernard Bijvoet from 1919 until 1925. For the commission of the Zonnestraal project the architects were recommended by Hendrik Berlage. Bijvoet left the Netherlands in 1925 to work in Paris with Pierre Chareau for projects such as Maison de Verre...

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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Stone, Concrete

Large Wall-Mounted Sculpture Colored Stone in Concrete Mid-Century Modern, 1952

1970 Tommaso Barbi Uovo Scultura Metallo argentato Vassoi Ciotole Impilabili

By Tommaso Barbi

Located in Brescia, IT

Uovo Scultura Tommaso Barbi Italy, 1970 Uovo scultura composto da sette ciotole impilabili Metallo Cromato Oggetto di design di ottima fattura Etichetta adesiva "TB made in italy" O...

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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Metal

1970 Tommaso Barbi Uovo Scultura Metallo argentato Vassoi Ciotole Impilabili

C. Jeré metal wall art classic bird design

By Curtis Jeré, Artisan House, C. Jeré Artisan House

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Curtis Jeré “Seagulls” metal wall sculpture in white with blue splatter finish. This design is often referred to as “Birds in Flight”. It casts some amazing shadows and adds depth a...

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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Metal

C. Jeré metal wall art classic bird design

Coco De Mer or Double Coconut Sculpture on Brass Stand, France 1970s

Located in Beograd, RS

In this listing you will find "Coco De Mer" nut presented on a brass and chrome stand in typically Mid Century Modern manner. Coco de Mer or Lodoicea, commonly known as the sea coc...

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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass, Chrome

Coco De Mer or Double Coconut Sculpture on Brass Stand, France 1970s

Mid-Century Abstract Brutalist Sculpture in Cut Bronze, Manner of Curtis Jeré

By Curtis Jeré

Located in New York, NY

This simultaneously bold yet subtle Mid-Century Modernist Abstract Brutalist Sculpture in Cut Bronze is in the manner of Curtis Jeré, and originates from the United States, Circa 197...

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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Bronze

Mid-Century Abstract Brutalist Sculpture in Cut Bronze, Manner of Curtis Jeré

Camille Faure Limoges Framed Floral Enamel Wall-Mounted Plaque

By Camille Fauré

Located in Atlanta, GA

Camille Faure Studio handcrafted this lovely decorative enamel plaque in Limoges in the 1950s. This is a limited edition, numbered two out of eight pieces produced. The floral design...

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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Metal, Aluminum, Copper, Enamel

Camille Faure Limoges Framed Floral Enamel Wall-Mounted Plaque

Signed Anthony Redmile Sawfish Decorative Objects Mounted on Brass Bases, 1970s

By Anthony Redmile London

Located in Atlanta, GA

A pair of signed Anthony Redmile English sawfish decorative objects from circa 1970 mounted on brass bases. This exquisite pair of decorative objects, created by Anthony Redmile in c...

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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass

Signed Anthony Redmile Sawfish Decorative Objects Mounted on Brass Bases, 1970s

Scultura in Bronzo Piero Maggioni Italia XX Secolo

By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting

Located in Milano, IT

Scultura raffigurante famiglia; presente etichetta con nome dell'artista sulla base.

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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Bronze

Scultura in Bronzo Piero Maggioni Italia XX Secolo

Vintage Hand Painted Italian Tile With Swimming Fish Motif.

Located in Seattle, WA

Florence Origin , Hand Painted Tile with Fish Swimming in a Circle. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensions. 5 1/2 W ; 1/4 D ; 5 1/2 H

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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Stone

Vintage Hand Painted Italian Tile With Swimming Fish Motif.

Large metal Hamburg tv tower scale modell statue

Located in TILBURG, NL

A large metal scale modell of the Heinrich Hertz radio and telecommunication tower in Hamburg, Germany. These scale modells were made on schools for...

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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Metal

Large metal Hamburg tv tower scale modell statue

Bijan Mid Century Brutalist Copper Brass Wall Art Sculpture Unicorn Deer Trees

By Bijan

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Bijan Mid Century Modern Brutalist Copper and Brass Metal Vintage Wall Art Sculpture. Item features 3 dimensional design with a Unicorn, Deer, and T...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass, Copper

Bijan Mid Century Brutalist Copper Brass Wall Art Sculpture Unicorn Deer Trees

Wall Mounted Sculpture in the Style of Curtis Jeré

Located in Wilton, CT

Offering a Mid-Century hanging wall sculpture in the style of Curtis Jeré. This abstract statement piece is composed of brass and mixed metals. It measures 58" wide and can be hung h...

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1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass, Metal

Wall Mounted Sculpture in the Style of Curtis Jeré

1979 C. Jeré metal urchin or pom pom large sculpture

By Curtis Jeré, Artisan House, C. Jeré Artisan House

Located in Phoenix, AZ

1979 C. Jeré Artisan House urchin or pom pom brass wall art. This is the much less common massive round version and measures about 40” wide and 10” deep. It features 12 urchins on cu...

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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass

1979 C. Jeré metal urchin or pom pom large sculpture

Pair of Louis Vuitton Display White Spinning World Globes Sculpture

By Louis Vuitton

Located in West Hartford, CT

Post modern set of 2 Louis Vuitton white globes from a New York City Louis Vuitton store promotional display. Features spinning globes with white surfaces and icon from Louis Vuitto...

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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Plastic, Acrylic

Pair of Louis Vuitton Display White Spinning World Globes Sculpture

Mid Century Modern Frederic Weinberg Abstract Bronze Libra Zodiac Wall Sculpture

By Frederic Weinberg

Located in Troy, MI

A rare Frederic Weinberg zodiac series wall mounted sculpture circa 1950s Cast bronze modernist Libra figure with brutalist texture and subtle holes f...

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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Bronze

Mid Century Modern Frederic Weinberg Abstract Bronze Libra Zodiac Wall Sculpture

1979 C. Jeré brass dandelion, pom pom or sea urchin wall art sculpture

By C. Jeré Artisan House, Artisan House, Curtis Jeré

Located in Phoenix, AZ

1979 C. Jeré or Curtis Jere Artisan House brass metal wall sculpture. Signed and dated with original paper tag. It’s often referred to as the pom pom or urchin design. According to t...

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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Brass

1979 C. Jeré brass dandelion, pom pom or sea urchin wall art sculpture

Vaso attribuito ad Aldo Londi / Bitossi per Raymor

By Aldo Londi, Ettore Sottsass, Raymor, Bitossi

Located in Lugo, IT

Vaso in terracotta attribuito ad Aldo Londi/Bitossi per Raymor. Buone condizioni Grazie

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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

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Terracotta

Vaso attribuito ad Aldo Londi / Bitossi per Raymor

Standing Totem Wood Sculpture, Still Stand No50 by Joel Escalona

Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

1950 Abstract Stone Sculpture Covered with Zinc, Plexiglass Base

Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Salvador Dali Rinocerontico Knob for BD

Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Salvador Dali Double Rinocerontico Knob for BD

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Bronze Mounted Statuette of a Girl

1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Large Wall-Mounted Sculpture Colored Stone in Concrete Mid-Century Modern, 1952

1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

1970 Tommaso Barbi Uovo Scultura Metallo argentato Vassoi Ciotole Impilabili

1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

C. Jeré metal wall art classic bird design

1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Coco De Mer or Double Coconut Sculpture on Brass Stand, France 1970s

1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Mid-Century Abstract Brutalist Sculpture in Cut Bronze, Manner of Curtis Jeré

1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Camille Faure Limoges Framed Floral Enamel Wall-Mounted Plaque

Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Signed Anthony Redmile Sawfish Decorative Objects Mounted on Brass Bases, 1970s

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Scultura in Bronzo Piero Maggioni Italia XX Secolo

1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Vintage Hand Painted Italian Tile With Swimming Fish Motif.

20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Large metal Hamburg tv tower scale modell statue

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Bijan Mid Century Brutalist Copper Brass Wall Art Sculpture Unicorn Deer Trees

1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Wall Mounted Sculpture in the Style of Curtis Jeré

1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

1979 C. Jeré metal urchin or pom pom large sculpture

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Pair of Louis Vuitton Display White Spinning World Globes Sculpture

1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Mid Century Modern Frederic Weinberg Abstract Bronze Libra Zodiac Wall Sculpture

1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

1979 C. Jeré brass dandelion, pom pom or sea urchin wall art sculpture

1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Vaso attribuito ad Aldo Londi / Bitossi per Raymor

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Standing Totem Wood Sculpture, Still Stand No50 by Joel Escalona

1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

1959 Boeing 707-328B Model - Air France

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Organic Wooden Sculpture, Still Stand No41 by Joel

20th Century Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Signed Israeli Brass Judaica Menorah

1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Large and Heavy Mid-Century Modern Tv-Tower Sculpture, 1970s

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Air France Aluminum Desk Model Lockheed L1649 Starliner Plane, 1960's

1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Paul Vermeire Wall Mounted Fat Lava Flower Sculpture for Perignem, Belgium ART

1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Barovier e Toso Pair of Clamshell Sconces

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Mid century modern style brass starburst wall art

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Biomorphic Carved Serenity Totem Still Stand No67 by NONO, Escalona Crafted

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Curved Elegance Still Stand No19: Standing Walnut Totem by Joel Escalona

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Dazzle Surfboard by Christopher Kreiling

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Mid-Century Natural Polished Steer Horns on Lucite Pedestals

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Abstract Modernist Wooden Sculpture in the style of Jean Arp, Unseen Force 14

1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Midcentury Desk Sculpture of Dice in Bronze, 1950s

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Still Stand No52: Modern Abstract Wooden Sculpture by NONO, Escalona Design

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Modern Carved Tranquility Totem Still Stand No74, Joel Escalona Design

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects

Still Stand No68: Serene Standing Sculpture, Exquisite Escalona Art

2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects