Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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 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 Ships From: Europe
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Pair of Sideboards “Casino” by Engstrom & Myrstrand
Located in Brussel, BE
Set of 2 low sideboards with drawers. Model “Casino” by Sven Engstrom & Gunnar Myrstrand for Tingstroms
Category
1960s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Chest of Drawers, Teak, Danish Design, 1960
Located in Lejre, DK
Chest of drawers in teak wood of Danish design from around the 1960s.
This product will be inspected thoroughly at our professional workshop by our educated employees, who assure ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Cane Organic Mid-Century Chest of Drawers, 1970, Italy
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Amazing mid-century bamboo, rattan and wicker cabinet with two drawers. This wonderful piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s.
A fantastic item that will be a perfect additi...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Gilbert Rohde Dresser 4041 Kroehler New York World's Fair 1940 Two-Tone 44" long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Designer : Gilbert Rohde
Model ; Dresser 4041 Honeymoon Furniture for Young America,
Maker : Kroehler
Exhibited : 'America at Home' at the New York World's Fair 1940.
Created by Gilbert Rohde, 1940's foremost furniture designer, expressly to demonstrate modern living displayed in the 'America at Home' building at the New York World's Fair 1940.
Honeymoon furniture by Kroehler is outstanding in contemporary furniture design.
Notice its space saving compactness, its sturdiness, its freedom from dirt catching corners.
Honeymoon furniture offers comfort, convenience and economy never before possible in the small home or apartment
The use of two different coloured woods to create a two-tone effect is very striking and complements the simple form. This unusual chest of drawers is a signature piece that injects character into any interior.
The raised sides sit proud of the top elevating the chest creating an elegant tray effect. The front is fitted with three drawers with original wooden knobs in contrasting dark brown laurel. The sides have a projecting section of contrasting dark brown laurel at the front which defines the form. Inverted triangular feet. "Kroehler Made" metal tag. Designer unknown.
Kroehler
In 1902, Peter E. Kroehler bought the Naper ville Lounge Co., a maker of wooden lounge chairs and upholstered furniture. Kroehler built a new factory in Naperville in 1913 after the original facility was destroyed by a tornado. Soon thereafter, he renamed the company Kroehler Manufacturing Co. This enterprise soon operated across the country and employed several hundred men and women in the Chicago area. By the middle of the 1940s, with over $20 million in annual sales, Kroehler was the second-largest furniture maker in the United States. During the 1960s, when the company employed close to 8,000 people around the country, annual revenues passed $100 million. The company struggled during the 1970s, closing its historic Naperville factory in 1978 and ending its operations in the area. In 1981 Kroehler was acquired by the ATR Group of Northbrook, which put the company up for sale. By the early 2000s, furniture was still manufactured under the Kroehler name by two unrelated companies, one in North Carolina and the other in Ontario, Canada.
Gilbert Rhode : American, 1894 - 1944
Gilbert Rohde (1894-1944) is best known for helping to create the modern design at Herman Miller Inc. Gilbert Rohde furniture design was focused on mass production and bringing modern products to the greatest number of consumers. He is also credited with designing the first examples of biomorphic furniture in America-which would ultimately shape mid century modernism.
US industrial designer, born in New York. He became familiar with cabinetmaking in his father's shop. He studied at the Art Students League and Grand Central School of Art in New York. Early work was as a drama and music critic, cartooninst, reporter, and furniture illustrator. He traveled to France and Germany in 1927 and was inspired by modernism.
He opened his own office in New York in 1927, designing furniture and showrooms, and consulting with manufacturers like General Electric and Hudson Motor Car Company.
In 1931 HeywoodWakefield Company introduced a compact armless leatherette side chair with bentwood rear legs designed by Rohde, which sold 250,000 over the next eight years. Rohde also developed a later version for the Herman Miller Furniture Company, which was sold dis-assembled and made by what Rohde called an "automobile type of assembly."
By 1929 he had established a relationship with D.J. Depree, president of the Herman Miller Furniture Company in Zeeland, MI and prepared some designs for him. Dupree appointed him director of design there in 1932 as part of his decision to shift the company’s orientation from traditional to modern design. His first modern design for the company, a No. 2185 Group bedroom suite was shown at the Chicago Century of Progress.
Also in 1932, Rohde exhibited his furniture designs in a "Design for Machine" exhibit in Philadelphia, along with designs of Russel Wright. The Herman Miller Clock...
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1950s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birdseye Maple
2 Leather and Walnut Artona Chests of Drawers by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto
Located in Padova, IT
Rare and spectacular pair of walnut and leather Artona chests of drawers, designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto in 1975.
The Artona line by the Scarpa duo was in fact the fir...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Chest of Drawers by Derk Jan de Vries, Wood, 1980s
Located in Brussels, BE
Chest of Drawers by Derk Jan de Vries, Wood, 1980s.
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Glass display case, Omann Junior, rosewood, Omann Juniors Møbelfabrik, 1960
Located in Lejre, DK
Glass showcase, designed by Omann Junior in rosewood of Danish design manufactured at Omann Junior's Møbelfabrik from the 1960s. Consisting of lower part ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood
1960's Sycamore & Walnut Bureau by Peter Hayward for Vanson
By Peter Hayward, Vanson
Located in London, GB
A stunning and very useful 1960’s sycamore & walnut bureau by Peter Hayward for Vanson. This was designed by Peter Hayward, it was made by Vanson in England.
It has such a stylish ...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Sycamore, Walnut, Leather
Italian Midcentury Pair of 80's Lacquered Night Stands
Located in bari, IT
Set of two night stands cabinets with three drawers in dark brown lacquered wood, Italian production from the 1980s.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Lacquer
Cutlery Cabinet, Light Walnut, Danish Carpenter, 1940
Located in Lejre, DK
Cutlery cabinet in light walnut by a Danish master carpenter from around the 1940s. The cabinet has 2 doors and 4 drawers. In very good used condition.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
1960s Danish Teak TV Rack Cabinet
Located in Praha, CZ
- Item has been carefully refurbished
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Midcentury Sideboard Designed by Jiří Jiroutek, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of oak, wood
Made in Czechoslovakia 1960s
Good original condition
Designer Jiri Jiroutek
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Teak Chest of Drawers with 4 Drawers of Danish Design from the 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This teak chest of drawers with four drawers is a beautiful example of Danish design from the 1960s. With its characteristic teak material, the chest of drawers radiates warmth and n...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Splendid Italian 1940s Flowers and Butterflies Painted Commode
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1940s flowers and butterflies painted commode.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Paint
1950s Chest of Drawers or Credenza in Teak Plywood, Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
Very special italian 1950s chest made out of plywood and solid wood. The glass is perfect without any chips.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Teak
Antique Italian Walnut, Brass and Marble Top Chest of Drawers Commode Credenza
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian chest of drawers, with 3 greatly carved drawers hidden behind the two doors. This commode cabinet is in beautiful carved walnut wood, with floral classic decors ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
1970's Mahogany & Glass Commode, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Beautiful commode with unusual combination of wood and black glass with 3 drawers. Made in former Czechoslovakia in the 1970's.
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Style Brass and Malachite Colored Murano Glass Commode, 2020
Located in Rome, IT
Striking brass frame and hand-cut Malachite imitation Murano glass Commode or chest of drawer, raised on special brass legs.
Handmade by a master artisan.
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Glass, Wood
Chest of Drawers Made In Teak With Four Drawers From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This teak chest of drawers with four drawers is a beautiful example of Danish design from the 1960s. With its characteristic teak material, the chest of drawers radiates warmth and n...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Teak
Midcentury Super Design Black Shellac Chest of Drawers, 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Unmistakable design, and super polishing with dyed dark mahogany shellac. It absolutely cannot be missing in your home.
A beautiful dresser with a surprising design, the commode is ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Roger Landault Chest of Drawers, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1960s Ashwood chest with brass handles and and Black leathea drawers.
Designe by Roger Landault.
Great vintage condition.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Style Murano Glass and Brass Pair of Italian Commodes
By L.A. Studio
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Pair of commodes designed by L.A. Studio. Original structure from 1950s made of solid wood and covered with Murano colored glass. Handles and legs made of brass. Manufactured in Ital...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
MidCentury Cherry Wood and Brass Italian Commode, 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Refinement and style characterize this chest of drawers, a very charismatic design makes the commode truly elegant. In true mid-century Italian style.
The chest of drawers is entire...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry
Italian Chest of Drawers in Walnut with Pink Mirror
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage chest of drawers walnut with pink mirror from fine Italian manufacture, from the 1950s. The chest of drawers is made of walnut ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Maple Wood Dressing Table 1950
Located in Rome, IT
Fine Italian Mid-Century maple wood dressing table with six drawers and adjustable side mirror.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple
1950s, Italian Parchment and Cherry Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in London, London
Chest of drawers.
Cherry wood frame.
Parchment fronts.
Brass handles.
Italy 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cherry, Parchment Paper
Mid Century Style Solid Wood and Brass Pair of Italian Commodes
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of chests of drawers composed of two drawers, made of solid wood covered in brass and black glass.
Our main target is customer satisfaction, so we include in the price for this...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Cabinet High Gloss by Tatra Pravenec, 1970s Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1970's
- Made of wood
- In high gloss
- Good condition.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Large Midcentury Style Brass and Wood Imitation Chest of Drawer 2020
Located in Rome, IT
Striking brass frame and hand-painted wood imitation Commode or chest of drawer, raised on brass support.
Decorated with amazing brass sculpture handles.
Handmade by a master art...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Glass
Warren Church Vintage Drawer Chest High Board for Lane Altavista Furniture
Located in Munich, Bavaria
A drawers chest in walnut and oak are designed by Warren Church for the "Perception" line by Lane Furniture.
The chest offers 4 drawers and on top a cabinet with doors in a wooden w...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Brown 'Boby' trolley by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast, Italy 1970's
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This “Boby” trolley or portable storage system was designed by Joe Colombo in 1969. A very handy trolley made of ABS plastic. It has many storage options such as the fold-out shelves...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
Fully Restored Mid Century Chest of Drawers U-458 by Jiri Jiroutek, Czech, 60's
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid-century chest of drawers, model no. U-458, designed by Jiri Jiroutek. It was made in the 1960´s and produced by “Interier Praha”. This model associated with world-renowned EXPO 5...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Studio B.B.P.R. Small Cabinet in Walnut and Brass
By Studio BBPR
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Studio B.B.P.R. (Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti, Ernesto Nathan Rogers), cabinet, walnut, brass, lacquered metal, Italy, 1960s.
This delicate small cabinet is ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Italian Walnut, Brass and Marble-Top Chest of Drawers Commode Credenza
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern chest of drawers, commode cabinet, in beautiful veneer walnut wood, two side doors, 4 drawers and decorated handles with black Portoro marble top. Portoro is a high-quality black marble, where the vast crystalline black of its base is furrowed by a spectacular burst of golden veins and white effervescences, from the region of La Spezia, right north of Carrara . The unique and typical design and shapes make this a true statement piece in any interior style, Ideal in a living room as storage and bar cabinet as well as more traditional chest of drawers...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Italian Chest of Drawers with Mirror, 1950s
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian chest of drawers with mirror, 1950s.
Dimensions: H= 175 cm; W= 195 cm; D=55 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
1960s Storage Cabinet by Tatra Pravenec, Designed F.Jirak, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with slight signs of use.
- High-gloss storage cabinet.
- Designed Frantisek Jirak for Tatra Pravenec.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Style Italian Sideboard Made of Solid Wood Murano Glass and Brass
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary Italian sideboard composed of six drawers. Structure made of solid wood lacquered in black with Murano glass and brass deta...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Jorge Zalszupin Modular Shelving System for L’Atelier, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This gorgeous multi-level shelving system was designed and manufactured by the Brazilian design icon, Jorge Zalszupin and his company, L’Atelier.
When it comes to Zalszupin’s line of modular pieces (Modulados Compiníveis), simplicity and clarity are the main characteristics. Similarly to Danish production, treating the wood with special care was a core concept for Zalszupin. The versatile industrial design of these pieces offers a variety of typologies and combinations of modules that can be creatively combined to satisfy every need and interest. The pieces include drawers as well as diverse consoles with doors that feature locks.
These modular pieces made by L’Atelier follow the idea of Louis Sullivan: “form follows functions”, which is exemplified by this piece. The modules are made of the Brazilian wood ‘caviuna’ with a beautiful finish in wood-block collage. The six wooden legs support the units in an understated way, leaving the units to be the main visual pieces. The pieces feature “inverted” handles in pairs, that are distinctive of Zalszupin, and contribute to the elegant and modern look of this shelving system.
Condition:
In good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Some modules have some small scratches and marks.
Dimensions:
98.42 in W x 15.95 in D x 104.33 in H
250 cm W x 40.5 cm D x 265 cm H
About the designer:
Jorge Zalszupin was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1922. He graduated as an architect in Romania in 1945. His importance for Brazilian design has been articulated in several publications so far. In addition to being the owner of the l'Atelier furniture factory of modern furniture, Zalszupin led a unique initiative: he coordinated a team of designers working for four different factories in the same business group, the Forsa Group.
Zalszupin immigrated to Brazil in 1949 and after a brief stay in the capital, he settled in São Paulo, a city that was then entering a cycle of great industrial growth and great cultural transformations. In the first half of the 1950s, he opened an architecture office, having José Gugliota as a partner. When he got tired of designing exclusive furniture manufactured for his clients' homes, he decided to join a group of woodworkers and started to produce smaller series. This was how l'Atelier came into being, which eventually began to manufacture office furniture and went from a carpentry shop with handcrafted products to an industry with serial production. The first piece in this series was an armchair nicknamed 'Danish' by employees. It was first created in 1959.
In the early 1970s, because of serious financial problems, l'Atelier was sold to a business group. The sale was finalized with Zalszupin's 'pass' as director of product research and development. Thus, Zalszupin expanded the team of designers - which already had Oswaldo Mellone - incorporating Paulo Jorge Pedreira and Lílian Weimberg permanently. The designers named the new group Forsa, and started to act as a sort of creative laboratory.
The technical possibilities offered by four distinct industrial plants were enhanced by the team of designers. In this way, Hevea, which produced plastic commodities, won a very sophisticated product line in design and established a brand: Eva, for household items, sold in supermarkets. L'Atelier itself started using injected plastic, producing partition panels...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Vintage Palaset Palanox Modular Storage Boxes Design by Ristomatti Ratia
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
alaset Palanox boxes
storage boxes with multi-colored stackable boxes that allow you to build your own shelf, produced only a few years in the early 1970s.
side of one box 35 x 35 x 35 cm
During his career, the Designer Ristomatti Ratia (1941-)
designed almost everything from clothing to jewelry and pots to coffins.
One of his iconic works of modern design is the modular shelving unit from the Palaset collection made of polystyrene.
The original colors of the boards were white, brown, red, green and yellow.
Ristomatti Ratia's IDEA was to create a custom home...
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1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Stainless Steel
Luciano Frigerio Mid-Century Modern Italian Dresser
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Chest of drawers designed by Luciano Frigerio in the 60s. In solid walnut, drawers with brass frames and ivory velvet upholstery, the chest of drawers has been completely restored an...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
1960s Frantisek Mezulanik Pair of Chest of Drawers, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with minor signs of use.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Solid Wood and Glass Italian Pair of Bedside Tables by L.A. Studio
By L.A. Studio
Located in Madrid, ES
An elegant pair of bedside tables designed and produced by L.A Studio Interiorismo. Structure made of solid wood claded in white and gold glass wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Hardwood Dresser Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
An elegant dresser in teak with an ebonized frame. It has four spacious drawers with handles that are incorporated curved handles. In very nice restor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
Chest of Drawers “Pantalonnière” with Three Drawers by Jacques Adnet, France
Located in Brussels, BE
Chest of large drawers whose wooden structure is entirely sheathed in saddle stitched black imitation leather.
The front legs run along the sides of the cabinet to join the undersid...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Chest of Drawers, Italy, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Chest of Drawers, Italy, 1960s
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Tall Chest in Walnut with Murano Glass Handles, Italy 1960s
Located in London, GB
A beautiful tall chest in walnut with Murano glass handles in the style of Barovier&Toso. The chest has 7 drawers covered with grey mirror. Two fro...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Murano Glass, Walnut
Midcentury Rattan Highboy / Tallboy Chest of Drawers by Angraves, England, 1970s
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Midcentury rattan / bamboo highboy / tallboy, chest of drawers by Angraves, England, 1970s
This is a beautiful, natural in color rattan Tallboy. Made b...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Mid Century Italian Walnut "Scuderia" Sideboard by Carlo Scarpa for Bernini
By Carlo Scarpa, Bernini
Located in Brussels , BE
Mid Century Italian Walnut "Scuderia" Sideboard by Carlo Scarpa for Bernini - 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Joe Colombo ''Boby 3'' Italian Portable Storage System for Bieffeplast, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Designed in 1969, Joe Colombo’s iconic "Boby 3" portable storage system was produced by Italian manufacturer Bieffeplast makes savvy use of space with its swivel design.
This compact caddy is featured in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but it’s perfect at home in domestic settings, offering ample storage with swing-out drawer trays provide and cubby holes for taller items.
A one-of-a-kind piece that will complete a studio or a midcentury office.
Measures (cm):
height - 74
depth - 41
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Born in Milan in 1930, designer Cesare Colombo—who went by Joe—was the second of three brothers. His father, Giuseppe, was an industrialist who inherited a ribbon factory and turned it into an electrical conductor manufacturer. Colombo came to design relatively late, having spent most of his twenties pursuing painting and sculpture. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Brera, Milan, in the early 1950s. While there, he joined the Movimento Nucleare, an avant-garde art movement founded by Enrico Baj and Sergio Dangelo in 1951. Spurred on by international anxiety surrounding the nuclear bomb, this group of painters aimed to break free of the static boundaries of traditional painting.
In 1953, Colombo made his first foray into design by creating a decorative ceiling for a Milan jazz club. In 1954, he made a series of television shrines for the Milan Trienniale. Inspired by these experiences, Colombo enrolled as an architecture student at Milan Polytechnic. When his father became ill in 1958, Colombo abandoned painting altogether; he and his younger brother, Gianni, took over the family business, using the factory as an experimental space for the latest production techniques and materials, including fiberglass, PVC, and polyethylene.
In 1962, Colombo opened a design studio in Milan, from which he worked primarily on architectural commissions—including several ski lodges and mountain hotels—as well as product design. His furniture designs were characterized by optimistically bold, round forms, and he championed the notion of using modern technologies to create new design solutions.
Colombo’s design career was cut tragically short in 1971 when he died of heart failure at age 41. However, he was remarkably prolific during his near decade as a designer. Notable projects include some of the most iconic designs of the 1960s, such as his 1963 Elda Armchair, made completely of fiberglass; the 1964 Ragno outdoor light, which doubled as a seat; the stackable Universale chair (1965/67), which came in varying heights and was created completely from polypropylene; his 1967 modular furniture series known as the Additional Living System, which was composed of different-size curved pieces that could be pinned together in various configurations to form chairs, sofas, or entire living areas, and which ultimately included the famous 1969 Tubo lounge chair; and the Optic alarm clock and Bobby trolley...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Style Murano Glass and Brass Italian Sideboard by L.A. Studio
By L.A. Studio
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Italian sideboard designed by L.A. Studio. Made of solid wood structure from 50S, covered in colored glass. Brass profiles and handles. Composed of six drawers. Made in Italy.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Solid Wood and Colored Glass Italian Sideboard
Located in Madrid, ES
Made of solid wood structure from the 1950s and covered in Murano colored glass. Composed of six drawers with brass handles and legs.
Our main target is customer satisfaction, so we...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Chest of Drawers Made In Rosewood From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Get a piece of furniture history with this elegant rosewood chest of drawers from the 1960s. The rosewood gives the commode a warm and natural glow, while at the same time emphasizin...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Rosewood
Midcentury Danish Rosewood Secrétaire, 1960s
Located in Elshout, NL
Easy does it: a writing desk when you want it to be one! This writing desk has it all is made in rosewood veneer and has a pull out desk. Could beauty up your living room and transform into a working...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Rosewood
Vintage Dressers by Frantisek Mezulanik, Nový Domov, 1970´S, Set of Two
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This dresser for bedding was designed by Czechoslovak architect František Mezulánik for Nový Domov company in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970´s.
It can be also used as a TV ...
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Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Wood, Beech
Chest of Drawers with Two Drawers by Jacques Adnet, France
Located in Brussels, BE
About this Chest of drawers with two drawers by Jacques Adnet
Chest of drawers with two drawers, the wooden structure entirely covered in black imitation leather.
The brass feet in...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Faux Leather, Wood
Up to 50 Midcentury Brass Handles for Doors, Drawers, Dressers, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to 50 identical straight but beautiful midcentury brass handles from the 1950s. Can be used for a lot of purposes, horizontally and vertica...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Pair of Chests in Leather by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of chests of drawers in wood upholstered with an off-white leather worked like parchment in order to be as thin as possible. Brass ring between the 2 drawers. Creation by Studio...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Chest of Drawers Made In Rosewood From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This chest of drawers in rosewood, designed by Danish furniture architects in the 1960s, is a beautiful example of the aesthetics of that time. The rosewood gives the dresser a warm ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Rosewood
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