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Period: 1950s
Milo Baughman Shelving Unit for Glenn of California c1950s
Located in Oakland, CA
Stunning and very practicable three level shelving unit designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California. Well documented and uncommon piece executed in walnut. Beautiful vintage co...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Franco Albini Rosewood Mid-Century Modern “LB7” Modular Bookcase for Poggi, 1957
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Vicenza, IT
LB7 bookcase, designed by Franco Albini and manufactured by Poggi in 1957.
Modular bookstore composed by upholds, containers with flying and doors, shelve. The industrial standard for every product component allows permanent and different solutions, from the bearing structures to the elements. The structure does not need anchorages to the wall and can be placed in the middle of the space.
This set is composed of 3 modules, ten shelves, and three containers.
It is made of Rosewood, iron, and brass.
Excellent vintage condition.
Franco Albini was born in Robbiate in 1905, and after his childhood and part of his youth, he moved to Milan.
He graduated at Politecnico of Milan, Faculty of Architecture, in 1929, and He collaborated for three years in Giò Ponti and Emilio Lancia’s office. He probably had his international contacts here, at The International Exposition of 1929 in Barcelona and Paris, where he visited le Corbusier’s office, as Franca Helg used to tell.
Throughout these first three years, his works were undoubtedly related to XIXth Century. His meeting with Edoardo Persico marks an evident turnover towards rationalism and writers for “Casabella” magazine. Persico’s thoughtful and ironical comments on some of Albini’s drawings for office furniture caused him deep upsetting. “I spent days of real anxiety – tells Albini – I had to answer all questions. I had a long fever”.
The new phase that the meeting provoked begins with opening his own first office at Via Panizza with Renato Camus and Giancarlo Palanti. The group of Architects starts taking care of social housing, participating in the competition for the Baracca neighborhood in 1932, and then realizing the Ifacp neighborhood: Fabio Filzi (1936/38), Gabriele D’Annunzio, and Ettore Ponti (1939).
During those years, He also worked for his first private villa (Pestarini).
It is mainly in the context of exhibitions that the Italian architect experiments the compromise between rigor and poetic fantasy that Pagano was talking about; He conceived all the elements that would become recurrent in all types of his work – Architecture, Interiors, Design. The 1933 opening of the new Triennale of Milano, in Palazzo dell’Arte, becomes an occasion to express the highly innovative character of rationalist thinking. In this place, to experiment with new materials and solutions, but most of all a “method”.
Young rationalist architects cultivated the art of exhibiting as a communication lab, an open field to space solutions.
Albini, with Giancarlo Palanti, sets the steel structure house (with R. Camus, G. Mazzoleni, G. Minoletti and coordination by G. Pagano) designing also its furniture. For the next Triennale in 1936, marked by Persico’s early death, Franco Albini, together with a group of young architects around Pagano, takes care of the exhibition of Dwelling, where he presented 3 types of lodgings.
In the same year, Albini and Romano design the exhibition for Ancient Italian jewelry: vertical uprights, simple linear poles design space. This element is recurring in other works, like the Scipione exhibition (1941), Vanzetti stand (1942), and Olivetti shop in Paris (1956). The architectural space is readable through a grid, introducing a third dimension, the vertical one, with a sense of lightness and transparency.
Upright is also used in design objects, such as the Veliero bookcase...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass, Iron
Alvar Aalto Entryway Console Mirror and Stool Set, 1950s for Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful entryway set of a drawer console, mirror and stool by Alvar Aalto for Artek made of solid birch. The set is in original condition with a light surface finishing. The wood...
Category
Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Mirror
American Designer, Shelf, Walnut, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut shelf or console table designed and produced in the US, c. 1950s.
Refinished.
Dimensions: 45.75” H x 94.25” W x 24.5” D
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Freestanding Wall unit, Bookshelves, Roomdivider, Midcentury Modern, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modular wall unit or room divider designed by Jos De Mey for Van den Berghe-Pauvers, Ghent Belgium. 1958. Four black metal mounted on oblique, four tapering legs, brass stretchers ad...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Milo Baughman Shelving Unit for Glenn of California c1950s
Located in Oakland, CA
Stunning and very practicable three level shelving unit designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California. Well documented and uncommon piece executed in walnut. Beautiful vintage co...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Style Three Tier Figural Shelf/Plant Stand
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-584 Victorian 3 tier cast metal shelf/plant stand with figural and repousse detailing.
Category
Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Minimalist Alvar Aalto Drawer Wall Shelf Model B 114, 1950s for Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful drawer shelf / console by Alvar Aalto in solid birch and oak veneer for Artek. A small and very practical addition to your entrance or any wall space to keep keys or smal...
Category
Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Oak
1950s Italian Modular Bookshelf with Desk – Exotic Wood, Brass Hardware
Located in Rome, IT
This stunning example of 1950s Italian design is a modular bookshelf with an integrated desk, fully restored to its original glory. Crafted from exot...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Formica, Wood
Grete Jalk Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Design Teak Bookcases, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern design teak bookcases set designed by Grete Jalk and produced by P. Jeppesens Møbelfabrik, movable vertical partition...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak
Mid Century Modern Paul McCobb Brass Bookshelf / Room Divider, 4 Drawers
By Paul McCobb
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century mODERNIST sideboard, shelf unit, room divider, designed by Paul McCobb circa 1950’s.
This example features bleached walnut wood shelves, 4 drawers etc. supported by a s...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass
Vintage 3 bay Omni Wall Unit by George Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful 3 bay Omni wall unit by goerge nelson. walnut with floor to ceiling aluminum uprights.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Osvaldo Borsani E22 Double Sided Freestanding Wall Unit for Tecno, Italy, 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
This double-sided freestanding E22 bookcase is a rare and peculiar example of Borsani's innovative design and the Tecno manufacturing expertise. Its construction of metal, wood, and ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Rare 1950's Italian Walnut & Brass Three-Section Shelving System
Located in North Miami, FL
This fantastic 1950's Italian crafted mahogany wood slat and floating walnut shelf system features 7 wood and brass shelves of differing depths for books, art, sculpture, etc. Compr...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Arched Iron Vitrines in the manner of Paul McCobb Frederic Weinberg
By Paul McCobb
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid Century Arched Iron Vitrines or Bookcases, in the manner of Paul McCobb or Frederic Weinberg, American, circa 1950s. They are priced individually at $1300 each, or $...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Iron
Freestanding Wall unit, Bookshelves, Roomdivider, Midcentury Modern, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modular wall unit or room divider designed by Jos De Mey for Van den Berghe-Pauvers, Ghent Belgium. 1958. Four black metal mounted on oblique, four tapering legs, brass stretchers ad...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Italian Free Standing Teak Shelving Unit, 1950's
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice free standing shelve system, fabricated in Italy in the 50's.
Wooden (teak veneer) shelves with a black painted metal system.
One cabinet with "drop down" door included wo...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Vintage 3 bay Omni Wall Unit by George Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful 3 bay Omni wall unit by goerge nelson. walnut with floor to ceiling aluminum uprights.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Teak, Black Metal and Brass Midcentury Bookshelves Roomdivider
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This bookshelves was produced in Italy by SELEX in the 1960s. Thanks to its adjustable height ( 278 - 284,5 /285 cm max) it can be placed against a wall or anywhere in a room, used ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass, Metal
A mid-century teak bookcase by Pierre Cruège - France - 1950s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This mid-century teak bookcase, designed by Pierre Cruège (1913-2003) for Éditions Formes in France during the 1950s, presents a harmonious fusion of sculptural artistry and sturdy c...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak
Børge Mogensen Danish Modern Large Wall Shelving System in Oak & Teakwood, 1956
Located in Odense, DK
Important large wall shelving system in oak and teakwood designed by Børge Mogensen in 1956. This rare and early edition was made at cabinetmaker ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak, Teak
Mastercraft 16 Piece Wall Unit
Located in Hanover, MA
Very rare cabinet storage unit for living or bedroom by William Doezema for Mastercraft Originals from one of their earliest collections in the late 1950's.
16 separate pieces: four chests set in one long stand topped with 11 individual cabinets/cases/shelves sections.
The order of placement of each section is changeable based on your preferences.
Each piece is crafted from solid white ash with a transparent creamy finish called "driftwood".
Some have solid brass cabinet hardware and curved elements made of solid brass flat bar set within door faces.
Hidden pull-down desktop secretary...
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass
Mathieu Matégot 'Escargot' shelf, France ca. 1955
Located in Sittard, LI
The vintage "Escargot" bookshelf, designed by renowned French designer Mathieu Matégot ca. 1955. Crafted from perforated metal and finished with a soft yellow lacquer, this shelf exu...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Shelving System Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius
By Poul Cadovius, Cado
Located in Vienna, AT
Large wall unit, shelving system by Cado Denmark designed by Poul Cadovius in 1958.
This shelving systems is made in really height quality hard wood. The system allows arranging mu...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Hardwood, Softwood
Arthur Umanoff 39 Bottle Wrought Iron Wine Rack
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern Arthur Umanoff for Raymoor, black painted wrought iron free standing wine rack that holds
39 bottles. Minor wear to paint.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wrought Iron
Feal Italian Wall Unit in Anodized Aluminum and Mahogany
By Feal
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Feal (Fonderie Elettriche Alluminio e Lega), model ‘S2’ wall unit, mahogany veneer, anodized aluminum, brass-plated aluminum, Italy, 1950s
Both aesthetics and functionality comes i...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Large Italian Library with Integrated Staircase in Green Lacquered Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Very large wall unit, bookcase, library, lacquered steel, Italy, 1950s
This extraordinary Italian library, crafted in the early 1950s, is a masterpiece of both design and function. ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Steel
Modern Modular Teak Wall Unit by Louis van Teeffelen for Webe
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modern modular teak wall unit designed by Louis van Teeffelen for Webe, circa 1960. Black lacquered wooden uprights with ant legs. Multiple teak wooden shelves with brass hang system...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak
Colourful Carl-Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs Välipala Modular Shelf Unit, HMN 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Hiort af Ornäs designed this type shelf in the 1950s. It is called the `Välipala hylly' in Finnish, and it has become a classic a long time ago. Actually, it has been taken again int...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Teak
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno White Wall Unit
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, wall-mounted wall unit, metal, white laminated wood, Italy, 1950s
This wall mounted shelving system was designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Its purpose was a co...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Modern Modular Teak Wall Unit by Louis van Teeffelen for Webe
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modern modular teak wall unit designed by Louis van Teeffelen for Webe, circa 1960. Black lacquered wooden uprights with ant legs. Multiple teak wooden shelves with brass hang system...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak
Bookshelf BM 291 by Børge Mogensen for Fredericia Stolefabrik, Denmark 1956.
Located in Antwerp, BE
Magnificent bookshelf by Børge Mogensen for Fredericia Stolefabrik, Denmark 1956. This is model BM 291 in oak and features 3 shelfs. Authentic piece in its original well presented co...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak, Pine
Étagère clé de sol par Mathieu Matégot
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Étagère clé de Sol par Mathieu Matégot, rare en cette version de couleur.
Couleur d’origine.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Compas Feet Reconstruction Era Shelving Unit in Dark Brown Oak - France 1950s
Located in New York, NY
René Gabriel era shelving unit.
Compas feet.
In the style of Pierre Cruège.
In good vintage condition.
Minor discoloration on feet.
This unit will ship from France and can be returned to either France or to a NY USA location...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak
Vintage Poul Cadovius Wall Unit, Mid-Century Modern Shelf Royal System, Denmark
By Cado, Poul Cadovius
Located in München, Bavaria
Dimensions (Width x Depth x Height) ca. 240 x 40 / 50 x 203 cm
Elevate your living space with this vintage mid-midcentury modern Poul Cadovius Royal System Wall Unit, a true masterpiece of Scandinavian design. Crafted by the iconic Danish designer Poul Cadovius in the 1950s, the Royal System is celebrated for its versatility, functionality, and timeless aesthetic. Crafted in solid teak wood and veneer this wall unit seamlessly blends into various interior styles. The unit features a combination of open shelves that come in different depths, of one them working as desk, a closed cabinet box and a display case with two glasses shelfs that are not shown in the images, providing ample storage space while maintaining a sleek and uncluttered appearance. The modular design allows for customization, making it adaptable to different room configurations and needs.
This Vintage Poul Cadovius Royal System...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak, Glass
French Bleached Oak Bookcase or Vitrine
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bleached Oak French Bookshelf, France, circa 1950s. It is a versatile size and can be used as a bookcase, vitrine, bookshelf, or as storage in a living area or bedroom.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak
Jacques Adnet French Etagere or Bookshelf Display Shelf Black Metal Faux Bamboo
Located in Chicago, IL
Jacques Adnet French metal and brass etagere or open bookshelf or display shelf with four shelves. The faux metal is lacquered black with brass Adnet stars and curved side details wi...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Large Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius for Royal System , 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Large Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius for Royal System , 1950s
Poul Cadovius (1911 - 2011) was one of the most colourful and successful persons in the history of Danis...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wood
Louis Van Teeffelen Wall Unit in Teak and Brass by WeBe, Netherlands, circa 1950
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Elegant wall-unit by Louis Van Teeffelen for WéBé (Walraven & Bevers), Netherlands – circa 1950.
The wall unit is made of black lacquered wood pilars, teak veneer shelves and cabine...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass
Round Top Reed and Wicker Etagere
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-988 Hand crafted reed and wicker etagere with 5 shelves and folding upper doors
Top 12" deep shelf
Bottom 18" deep shelf
One bottom shelf is remova...
Category
Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wicker, Reed
Bookshelf with Rosewood Veneers by Brazilian company Celina Decorações, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Produced in the 1960s by Celina Decorações, this Rosewood bookshelf has a robust and elaborate structure. Built with four columns, two drawer modules, and one cabinet module, it can ...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
étagère Charlotte Perriand 1954
Located in Perpignan, FR
Tres belle étagère Charlotte Perriand datant de 1954.
Provenance immeuble Courboulay - Le Mans
Ensemble monté sur caisson par ébéniste
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wood
Lips Vago 'Triennal' Bookcases or Shelving System
By Lips Vago
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Lips Vago, 'Triennale' set of four shelving units or bookcases, dark green lacquered steel, Italy, design 1954
Constructed from steel sheets, the 'Triennale' bookcase or shelving unit is designed in 1954 for the Triennale Milano...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Steel
Børge Mogensen for Federicia Stolefabrik Wall Unit in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Børge Mogensen for Fredericia Stolefabrik, wall unit, model BM 291, oak, Denmark, design 1956
This well-constructed wall system is designed by Børge Mogensen, featuring clear lines ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak
Hanging Cabinet by George Nakashima
Located in San Francisco, CA
This rare and unique walnut hanging cabinet by George Nakashima is a beautiful and functional piece of modern furniture with sliding doors. The cabinet features an overhang top with one free edge above two doors that conceal one adjustable shelf. Crafted from high-quality American black walnut wood, this cabinet has been fully restored at the Nakashima workshop...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Oak Nightstand or Bedside Table
By Jean Royère
Located in London, GB
Same door handle
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak
Colourful Carl-Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs Välipala Modular Shelf Unit, HMN 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Hiort af Ornäs designed this type shelf in the 1950s. It is called the `Välipala hylly' in Finnish, and it has become a classic a long time ago. Actually, it has been taken again int...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Teak
Minimalist Alvar Aalto Drawer Wall Shelf Model B 114, 1950s for Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful drawer shelf / console by Alvar Aalto in solid birch and oak veneer for Artek. A small and very practical addition to your entrance or any wall space to keep keys or smal...
Category
Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Oak
Alvar Aalto Minimalistic Double Shelf Model 112-2 in Birch, Artek 1950s
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, FI
The iconic minimalist shelf by Alvar Aalto in double deck. Due to the back rail, the shelf is easier to hang with four screws instead of eight.
The shelf unit is pre mid 1950s and is...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Italian Designer, Wall Mounted Console, Bamboo, Rattan, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A bamboo and rattan wall mounted console designed and produced by a Italian designer, Italy, 1950s.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Alvar Aalto Entryway Console Mirror and Stool Set, 1950s for Artek
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful entryway set of a drawer console, mirror and stool by Alvar Aalto for Artek made of solid birch. The set is in original condition with a light surface finishing. The wood...
Category
Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Birch, Mirror
Feal Italian Wall Unit in Anodized Aluminum and Mahogany
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Feal (Fonderie Elettriche Alluminio e Lega), model ‘S2’ wall unit, mahogany, anodized aluminum, lacquered aluminum, Italy, 1950s
Both aesthetics and functionality comes into play i...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Franco Albini Rosewood Mid-Century Modern “LB7” Modular Bookcase for Poggi, 1957
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Vicenza, IT
LB7 bookcase, designed by Franco Albini and manufactured by Poggi in 1957.
Modular bookstore composed by upholds, containers with flying and doors, shelve. The industrial standard for every product component allows permanent and different solutions, from the bearing structures to the elements. The structure does not need anchorages to the wall and can be placed in the middle of the space.
This set is composed of 3 modules, ten shelves, and three containers.
It is made of Rosewood, iron, and brass.
Excellent vintage condition.
Franco Albini was born in Robbiate in 1905, and after his childhood and part of his youth, he moved to Milan.
He graduated at Politecnico of Milan, Faculty of Architecture, in 1929, and He collaborated for three years in Giò Ponti and Emilio Lancia’s office. He probably had his international contacts here, at The International Exposition of 1929 in Barcelona and Paris, where he visited le Corbusier’s office, as Franca Helg used to tell.
Throughout these first three years, his works were undoubtedly related to XIXth Century. His meeting with Edoardo Persico marks an evident turnover towards rationalism and writers for “Casabella” magazine. Persico’s thoughtful and ironical comments on some of Albini’s drawings for office furniture caused him deep upsetting. “I spent days of real anxiety – tells Albini – I had to answer all questions. I had a long fever”.
The new phase that the meeting provoked begins with opening his own first office at Via Panizza with Renato Camus and Giancarlo Palanti. The group of Architects starts taking care of social housing, participating in the competition for the Baracca neighborhood in 1932, and then realizing the Ifacp neighborhood: Fabio Filzi (1936/38), Gabriele D’Annunzio, and Ettore Ponti (1939).
During those years, He also worked for his first private villa (Pestarini).
It is mainly in the context of exhibitions that the Italian architect experiments the compromise between rigor and poetic fantasy that Pagano was talking about; He conceived all the elements that would become recurrent in all types of his work – Architecture, Interiors, Design. The 1933 opening of the new Triennale of Milano, in Palazzo dell’Arte, becomes an occasion to express the highly innovative character of rationalist thinking. In this place, to experiment with new materials and solutions, but most of all a “method”.
Young rationalist architects cultivated the art of exhibiting as a communication lab, an open field to space solutions.
Albini, with Giancarlo Palanti, sets the steel structure house (with R. Camus, G. Mazzoleni, G. Minoletti and coordination by G. Pagano) designing also its furniture. For the next Triennale in 1936, marked by Persico’s early death, Franco Albini, together with a group of young architects around Pagano, takes care of the exhibition of Dwelling, where he presented 3 types of lodgings.
In the same year, Albini and Romano design the exhibition for Ancient Italian jewelry: vertical uprights, simple linear poles design space. This element is recurring in other works, like the Scipione exhibition (1941), Vanzetti stand (1942), and Olivetti shop in Paris (1956). The architectural space is readable through a grid, introducing a third dimension, the vertical one, with a sense of lightness and transparency.
Upright is also used in design objects, such as the Veliero bookcase...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass, Iron
Restored Rattan & Mahogany Display Curio Cabinet Etagere
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired rattan display cabinet with mahogany shelving and side panels. This large 7' tall cabinet features three fixed shelves and a bottom cab...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Rattan
Large Teakwood Italian Mid-Century Modern hanging shelf attributed to Isa
By ISA Bergamo
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This hanging shelf was produced in Italy around the 1950s. It is made from teakwood and remains in overall good condition.
Shelf is part of a 1950s furniture made in part with furnit...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak
Vintage Teak Cabinet, Scandinavia 1950s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Vintage Teak High Sideboard, Scandinavian Design, 1950s
A 1950s Scandinavian highboard, crafted from pure teak veneer, embodying the refined craftsmanship and functional elegance o...
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Minimalist "Pilastro" Shelf by Tjerk Reijenga 1950s Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Steel wire free standing storage rack 1950s Holland
rare minimalism rack . Design by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metallic Thread
Rare Vintage shelving Unit "606", Dieter Rams for Vitsœ, 1950s
By Vitsoe, Dieter Rams
Located in Gaggenau, DE
Rare Vintage shelving Unit "606", Dieter Rams for Vitsœ, 1950s
Design year: 195 0s
Very sustainable design of the 20th cenury, this 606 modular system by Dieter Rams for Vitsoe, original designed in 1959-1960. Perfect reductionist minimal design, the hallmark of the work of Rams. The 606 system...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Lovely Corner Bamboo and Wicker Shelf, Italy, 1960s
By Bonacina
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very nice Italian corner shelf made of bamboo and wickerwork. Three identical shelves in total. Very good condition.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
Midcentury Blonde Oak Barrister's Bookcase Display Cabinet
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Well constructed blonde oak barrister in good condition with brass knobs and sound mechanism. Dismantles easily on raised base, nice size. Shows beautifu...
Category
Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak
Sculptural Italian Mid-Century Modern Ètagére in Handrubbed Walnut and Brass
Located in New York, NY
This stunning ètagére represents the timeless elegance of Mid-Century Modern Italian at its finest. It features a pair of lustrous brass cylindrical legs that taper at its base to ba...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Wrought Iron Étagère with Wood Ball Feet and Finials
By Tony Paul
Located in Hanover, MA
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONE ETAGERE. NOT “a set”. PRICE SHOWN IS FOR THE ONE.
A single mid-century modern blackened iron framed étagère with inset painted wood and glass shelves and wood balls for feet and finials. This came out of the post-war modern craze for steel and wire frame decorative furniture and objects, such as those for Woodlin Hall by Tony Paul, Archie Kaplan...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wrought Iron
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Display Shelf/ Room Divider Super-Structure Model 5223
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Versatile Room Divider/ Display Shelf, Super-Structure Model number 5223 Designed to be used on top of a cabinet, or on the floor. This simple elegant Pie...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
1950's Very Large French Workshop Drawers - Fifty Four Drawers
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950's Very Large French Workshop Drawers - Fifty Four Drawers.
Large original bank of French workshop drawers. Solidly made in pitch pine with the original painted finish and orig...
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French Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Pine
Hanging Cabinet by George Nakashima
Located in San Francisco, CA
This rare and unique walnut hanging cabinet by George Nakashima is a beautiful and functional piece of modern furniture with sliding doors. The cabinet features an overhang top with one free edge above two doors that conceal one adjustable shelf.
Crafted from high-quality American black walnut wood, this cabinet has been fully restored at the Nakashima workshop...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Italian Wall Unit, Wood, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Italian Wall Unit, Wood, 1950s
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wood
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno White Wall Unit
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, wall-mounted wall unit, metal, white laminated wood, Italy, 1950s
This wall mounted shelving system was designed by Osvaldo Borsani. Its purpose was a co...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Metal
Minimalist Free-Standing Wire Bookshelf by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pilastro wire bookshelf with original enameled metal plates in white and red. In original condition with visible signs of wear and some paint loss and m...
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Dutch Bauhaus Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Wire
Laminate & Lacquered Wood Shelf, 1960s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Equipped wall in laminate and lacquered wood sides. 2 Central metal legs with adjustable brass feet. Good condition can be easily disassembled and assembled Italy 1950/60.
Packaging...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Laminate, Wood, Paint
shelve by Marcel Gascoin edited by Arhec
Located in PARIS, FR
This oak shelve from 1949 is an emblematic piece of Marcel Gascoin's work and of the housing Reconstruction period.
Marcel Gascoin, born August 24, 1907 in Le Havre and died October ...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Shelves
Materials
Oak
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