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Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

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.

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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Cubic Brass and Chromed Metal Italian Newspaper Rack, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury modern magazine and Newspaper Rack in brass and chrome. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s. The piece is a unique combination of line...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass, Chrome

Midcentury Bamboo and Leather Magazine Rack, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant big magazine rack in bamboo with handle with leather details. Made in Italy in the 1960s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan

Mathieu Matégot Magazine Rack
Located in Miami, FL
Mathieu Matégot iron magazine rack.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Iron

Mid-Century Modern Folding Magazine Rack by Cesare Lacca in Dark Wood- Italy
Located in Girona, ES
Folding magazine rack, dark stained and varnished wood. Design: Cesare Lacca Italy c. 1950.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Faux Bamboo Magazine Rack, Powder Coated Bright Chartreuse
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Faux Bamboo Magazine Rack Powder Coated Bright Chartreuse.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal, Chrome

Vintage Magazine Rack Made of Metal and Wood, 1960s
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
This is a beautiful and versatile magazine rack that you can leave on the floor or place it on a table or cabinet. It will give a modern and sleek look to any interior. The rack i...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Jacques Adnet Magazine Stand Leather, France, 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Magazine stand designed by Jacques Adnet and manufactured in his own atelier, France, 1950. The magazine stand has a solid brass frame and is fully covered with handstitched green le...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Jacques Adnet Magazine Rack
Located in Miami, FL
Jacques Adnet Magazine rack, brass and steel Restored and refinished.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass, Iron

Vintage 1970s Pine and Canvas Magazine Rack, Denmark
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Scandinavian midcentury magazine rack in rustic pine from 1970´s.
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Pine

Sculptural Carved Wood Magazine Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wood magazine rack 1956, Vienna, Austria. Carved from one piece of wood, hollowed out and wrapped with a light bent wood band and delicate black enameled legs. In original condition ...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Brass and Lucite Magazine Holder by Charles Hollis Jone
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Magazine holder by renowned American designer Charles Hollis Jone. Constructed of clear lucite and polish brass. We also have a chrome one in a different listing. It’s in ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century Bottle Holder in Teak and Wenge, 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
Bottle holder in teak and wenge. Made in Denmark in the 1950s.
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Formica, Teak, Wenge

Magazine Rack Bamboo and Brass, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Magazine rack in bamboo with brass details and a vinyl divider in the inside to seperate the magazines / books. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Italian Mid-Century Modern Straw Magazine Rack with Metal Structure, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern straw magazine rack with metal structure, 1970s Magazine rack with wrought iron and straw structure. Perfect for indoor and outdoor Good condition, defects...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Mid-Century Brazilian Modern Perforated Chrome Magazine Rack, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern perforated chrome magazine rack, circa 1960s.
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Midcentury Magazine Music or Newspaper Rack by Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
Open, four-footed stand, center vertically divided into two parts, foldable Beech/brass construction made in Italy in the 1950s Original condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Midcentury French Riviera Bamboo and Rattan Italian Magazine Rack, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury French Riviera bamboo and rattan magazine rack with a unique circular shape made in original Vienna Straw. This item was produced in Italy during the 1960s. ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker

Gilded Rose Magazine Rack Florentine Hollywood Regency Style Tole Toleware 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Florentine Italian gilded magazine rack. Perfect as a storage stand near your reading chair. The piece is in beautiful antique condition...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Italian Magazine Rack in Brass, circa 1950s
Located in London, GB
A fantastic magazine rack in brass and glass. Italy 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Modernist Magazine Rack
Located in Denton, TX
Modernist lacquered metal with wood ball feet magazine rack very space age.
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Rare Model 3608 Brass & Leather Magazine Stand by Carl Aubock, Austria
Located in Utrecht, NL
Solid brass and dark brown saddle leather magazine holder by Carl Aubock, Vienna from early 1960. Rare model 3608 magazine stand in solid brass & leather hand crafted at the renown ...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Carl Auböck Magazine Rack, Leather Nickel, 1950s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A gorgeous and large magazine or newspaper tray made of nickeled brass and moos or dark green leather designed by Carl Auböck in midcentury in 1950s. V...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Nickel, Brass

Mid Century Modern, Lion Head Handles Adjustable Magazine Newspaper Rack Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely circa 1950-1960 Bevan Funnell mahogany magazine newspaper rack with Lion’s head handles A good looking, decorative and well made piece. The h...
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1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Hardwood

Mid-Century Modern Magazine Rack Newspaper Stand Etched Lucite 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern magazine rack, Newspaper Stand in Lucite with etched details to the sides. Beautiful piece for any interior design to store your favorite magazines or books.
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Lucite

Arthur Umanoff Walnut Magazine Rack
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
Beautifully crafted Mid-Century Modern magazine or book rack designed by the prolific designer Arthur Umanoff in the 1950s. Featuring distinctive staves and practical handles on eith...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Wenge Folding Magazine Rack
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple elegant Mid-Century Modern folding magazine rack in wenge wood, circa 1980s. The rack is in very good vintage condition and measures 13" D x 14.5" W x 13" H; it can be folded ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Wenge

Hollywood Regency Plexiglass Warehouse Rack 1970s Italy
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Hollywood regency Plexiglass warehouse rack 1970s Italy This is a plexiglass warehouse rack that fits in various styles of interior. This warehouse rack has beautiful gold ac...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century Modern Atomic Iron Wire Book Shelf or Rack
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple Mid-Century Modern atomic iron wire book shelf or rack, circa 1970s. The piece has three shelves and is made of black iron wire and is in go...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Iron

Italian Mid-Century Modern Aqua Green Magazine Rack with Brass Detail, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern aqua green magazine rack with brass detail, 1980s Aqua green magazine rack with flat surface in teal painted metal in or...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Marble, Metal, Brass

Herman Miller Molded Plywood Magazine Rack Coffee Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Herman Miller molded plywood bent tube legs coffee table with substantial magazine rack bookcase by Herman Miller.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Plywood

Teak Wood Coffee Table Magazine Rack, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Coffee table and magazine rack in teak made in Italy in the 1970s. The magazine rack part features interlocking wooden slats connected by a brass pin.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Wood, Teak

Mid-Century Chestnut, Wood Metal and Brass Italian Magazine Rack Basket, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Unique mid-century chestnut wood, black metal and brass magazine basket. This amazing piece was made in Italy during the 1960s. This piece is stunning as it has a black metal base...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Chrome and Black Steel Magazine Rack
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern chrome magazine rack with black interior finish and black wood base, 1970s.
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Steel, Chrome

Midcentury Wood and Brass Italian Magazine Rack in Ico Parisi Style, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury wood and brass folding magazine rack. This item was produced in Italy during 1950s in the style of Ico Parisi. This folding magazine rack is marvellous as it has two watercolour landscapes engravings on each side affixed behind the glass, plus beech and brass details. Iconic design and unique features, this piece is going to be a central point in a midcentury-style living room or entrance hall. Ico Parisi was an Italian architect and designer. Born Domenico Parisi in 1916 in Palermo, Italy, he was involved in building construction and architecture in Como during his early adulthood. By the 1940s, Parisi took up filmmaking and began designing furniture in 1945, for which he would become most renowned. His designs are characterized by their Italian Mid-Century Modern aesthetic, constructed using soft woods often cut into boomerang-like shapes, augmented by metal slats and boldly colored upholstery. His most prolific period was the two decades that preceded 1965, when he married and formed a design team with his wife, Luisa Aiani, in 1948. He studied architecture between 1949-1952 under Alberto...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mid-Century French Riviera Bamboo and Rattan Italian Magazine Rack, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful mid-century French riviera bamboo and rattan magazine rack. This marvellous piece was designed in Italy during the 1960s This magnificent piece presents two different sh...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Cesare Lacca Mid-Century Modern Wood Magazine Rack and Bar Cart, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Mid-Century Modern wood magazine rack and bar cart. This wonderful piece was designed in Italy during 1950s by Cesare Lacca. This item is in a magnificent vintage condition,...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Chrome and Lucite Magazine Holder by Charles Hollis Jones, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and rare magazine holder designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1970s. The piece is executed in Lucite having a tubular chromed frame having three comp...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Brass Magazine Rack in the Style of Sarried Ltd
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A brass wrapped double slotted magazine rack with slanted top and to both sides sturdy brass handles perfect for moving the piece without taking the contents out. Designed and manufa...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Stitched Adnet Attributed Wall Leather Newspaper Holder, France, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very good condition.  
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Bamboo & Rattan French Riviera Coffee Table with Magazine Rack, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Mid-Century Modern coffee table or stool with magazine rack, perfect in any entry hallway as well as next to a sofa or in any bathroom. Beauty of the woven materials is timeless and ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan

Set of Two Pop-Art, Flower Power Stools, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pop-Art set of metal drum stools, 1960s. Psychedelic imagery, one of rockstars Jimi Hendrix and others, and one with groovy flowers. The tops are upho...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Danish Modern Magazine Stand Rack in Solid Beechwood, circa 1950s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern style magazine stand in solid beechwood with dark espresso finish. Magazine rack has an "X" frame design with folding feature, and has horizontal wood slats on one...
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1950s Macedonian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Italian Stained Plywood & Decotared Glass 1950s Magazine Rack
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Stained plywood structure with brass & grinded glass Mid-Century Modern magazine rack. Original Vintage condition: wear consistent with age and use.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Aluminum, Brass

Hollis Jones Magazine Holder in Brass and Acrylic
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic lucite and brass magazine holder was created in the late 1970s and was designed by the American furniture designer Ch...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Italian "Servomuto" Valet Trouser Press by Fratelli Reguitti in Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian "Servomuto" valet trouser press by Fratelli Reguitti in walnut Measures cm: H 102, W 50, D 35.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Aluminum

Brass Faux Bamboo Magazine Rack or Basket, by Bottega Gadda, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Oval brass faux bamboo magazine rack or basket by Bottega Garda, Italy, 1970s. On the bottom the signature is still engraved "Made in Italy". Bott...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal, Brass

Midcentury French Riviera Bamboo and Rattan Italian Magazine Rack, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury French riviera magazine rack in bamboo and rattan. This wonderful piece was produced in Italy during the 1960s. This magazine rack is unique as the bamboo struc...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Bamboo, Rattan

Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Magazine Rack Lucite Mirror and Mylar "Chrome"
Located in Van Nuys, CA
In the manner of Dorothy Thorpe, this sculptural magazine rack has a mirrored base that holds twelve chrome sockets into which the Lucite uprights are secured. With Mid-Century Moder...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Leather Magazine Rack by Jorge Zalszupin, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern leather magazine rack or stand by Jorge Zalszupin, Brazil 1960s. This magazine rack is a 1960s creation by the Brazilian designer Jorge Zalszupin. Consisting of...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Iron

Very Rare Aldo Tura Magazine Rack
Located in Munich, DE
Brass and goatskin.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Mathieu Matégot Mid-Century Magazine Rack in White Painted Metal, France, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare magazine rack designed by Mathieu Matégot and produced in France during the 1950s. In good vintage condition and showing patina from age and use.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

Hardwood with Faded Oxblood Leather Top Bevan Funnell Side Table Magazine Rack
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this nice vintage light mahogany side table magazine rack with oxblood leather top A good versatile table, this is circa 40-60 years old, made b...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Leather, Hardwood

1960s Cesare Lacca Magazine Holder
Located in New York, NY
1960s modern folding Italian magazine holder by Cesare Lacca. made of walnut and rattan with brass hardware.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Rack, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Magazine holder, manufactured in Italy in 1950s Made of solid brass and black enameled iron Completely restored.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass, Iron

Tony Paul Magazine Rack Removable Tray Table, 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Tony Paul for Woodlin-Hall “Tempo Group” occasional table with magazine Stand and removable wood tray. Iron frame with wooden ball feet, USA, 1950s.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Iron

Stich Black Leather Magazine Holder, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stich black leather magazine holder. Metal base covert with leather. Brass details. Nice stylish piece. Good condition.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Leather

Danish Design, Wall Mounted Shelf, Magazine Rack, Pine, Metal, Denmark, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A wall mounted magazine rack with shelves. Features display shelves and magazine storage.     
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Metal

White Wire Poodle Magazine Rack
Located in New York, NY
Italian mid-century white painted wire stylized poodle magazine rack.   
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Wire

Mid-century Modern magazine racks and stands for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern magazine racks and stands 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 magazine racks and stands created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, tables, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern magazine racks and stands made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original magazine racks and stands, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Mathieu Matégot, Cesare Lacca, and Jacques Adnet. 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 magazine racks and stands differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $82 and tops out at $14,000 while the average work can sell for $999.

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