Mid-Century Modern Shelves
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 type: New and Made To Order
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Charlotte Perriand Berger Wood Stool by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Berger designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Reclaiming simple materials and basic shapes, with an eye to architecture and mountain life...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of wooden shelves by Studio Glustin
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Pair of shelves in wood with stone base.
Creation by Studio Glustin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Stone
Charlotte Perriand Berger Wood Stool by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Berger designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Reclaiming simple materials and basic shapes, with an eye to architecture and mountain life, led to the creation of two historic design low table-stools inspired respectively by the milking stool used by mountain shepherds in the French town much loved by the author.
Placed individually or in lively arrangements, the two low tables bring the pleasing lightness of solid wood to indoor settings emphasized by the continuity of the grain between the top and the edges and the countless natural variations in the wood.
Each piece is made of unique solid wood, so every piece will be different from one another and not exactly as the one on the photos.
Both pieces are inspired by the mountains. While the latter takes its name from the milking-stool used by alpine shepherds, the former is inspired by the French locality much loved by designer and architect Charlotte Perriand. These furnishing accessories stand out for the honesty of their simple shapes and for the concrete expression of their materials and function. The turned seat meets the stylised legs both in the Tabouret...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Char...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Peristylo Black Wood Shelve by Oscar Tusquets for Bd Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Peristylo Black Wood Shelve by Oscar Tusquets for Bd Barcelona
Inspired by his 1994 design Columnata, a name that comes from his continuous reference to the column in his work, Osca...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
3MM Brass
By Studio Lugo
Located in Beyoğlu, TR
The design process is an expedition of balancing negative/positive space usage to create a self-standing unit that can be used in the x and y-axis from thin brass plates. Brass displ...
Category
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Brass
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Char...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Achille Castiglioni & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni 'Libreria Pensile' by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelve designed by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in 1957.
Originally designed in 1957, perfected over the years, and produced by Bernini in 1966. Seeking to pa...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be filled...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Char...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Char...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Made To Order Staggered Bookshelf- Deep Walnut
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DIMENSIONS60ʺW × 16ʺD × 33.75ʺH
Sharp and clean lines define this bookcase all in a gorgeous natural walnut tone. Handcrafted with completely customizable dimensions.
This item is n...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Vico Magistretti Bookcase Nuvola Rossa for Cassina, Italy, new
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the chosen material. Please get in touch.
Available in:
LACQUERED RED BEECHWOOD
LACQUERED WHITE BEECHWOOD
LACQUERED BLACK BEECHWOOD
NATURAL BEECHWOOD
AMERICAN WALNUT
Magistretti designed this folding bookcase with its clean, modern lines that can be used on a wall or as a room divider, freely combining more than one unit, depending on the space available...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Franco Albini Bookcase Infinito Wall for Cassina, Italy, new
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the chosen size and material. Available in: natural ash, black stained ash, American walnut. Different elements and sizes of the bookcase are available, too....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Handcrafted wood and brass wall-mounted shelf
By Huy Lam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Elevate No. 2", is a one-of-a-kind wall-hanging shelf sculpture as part of Huy Lam's "Elevate" collection. This piece is hand-crafted by the artist in Canada with hand-carved wood f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Brass
Mathieu Matégot 'Démon' 4-Shelf System for GUBI in Black Ash
By Mathieu Matégot, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Mathieu Matégot 'Démon' 4-Shelf system for GUBI in black ash.
The Démon Shelf, or the Biblio-Démon in Matégot’s original 1954 sketches, was part of a “plan d’execution de la bibliothèque," or his ideal model of an interior home library and study...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Metal
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perria...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Pierre Chapo Special Black Edition Wall-Mounted Book Shelve B17
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Special black edition of B17 wall-mounted book shelve designed by Pierre Chapo, circa 1970 in France.
Manufactured by Chapo Creation, 2019.
Oakwood.
...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Walnut Floating Shelving Unit Still Life Floating Shelf
Located in Birmingham, AL
This Floating Shelving Unit offers a new and modern take on Mid-century wall storage. Defined by sturdiness and minimalism, this Still Life floating shelving unit is available in nat...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Walnut
Dark Stained Oak Floating Shelving Unit Still Life Floating Shelf
Located in Birmingham, AL
This Floating Shelving Unit offers a new and modern take on Mid-century wall storage. Defined by sturdiness and minimalism, this Still Life floating shelving unit is available in nat...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Walnut
4 Floating Shelves with 6 Sculptural Wooden Pebbles, Sereno by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Set of Four Floating Shelves with Six Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accents, Sereno by Joel Escalona
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What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens when ornamentation ...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2 Large Floating Shelves with 3 Sculptural Wooden Pebble Sereno by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Set of Two Large Floating Shelves with Three Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accents in the Middle, Sereno by Joel Escalona
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What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happen...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Two Floating Shelves with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble, Sereno by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Set of Two Floating Shelves with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent in the Middle, Sereno by Joel Escalona
—
What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens when or...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
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What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens when ornamentation gains significance?
Those ...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
2 Large Floating Shelves with 2 Sculptural Wooden Pebble Sereno by Joel Escalona
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Set of Two Large Floating Shelves with Two Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accents in the Middle, Sereno by Joel Escalona
—
What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens ...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Individual Floating Shelf with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble, Sereno by Nono
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Individual Floating Shelf with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
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What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens when ornamentation gain...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Maria Zachariae Outdoor 'Pantry Module 1' in Limestone and Teak for Skagerak
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Glendale, CA
Maria Zachariae outdoor 'Pantry Module 1' in limestone and teak for Skagerak
Skagerak was founded in 1976 by Jesper and Vibeke Panduro, who took inspiration from their love of Sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Limestone
Maria Zachariae Outdoor 'Pantry Module 2' in Limestone and Teak for Skagerak
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Glendale, CA
Maria Zachariae outdoor 'Pantry Module 2' in limestone and teak for Skagerak
Skagerak was founded in 1976 by Jesper and Vibeke Panduro, who took inspiration from their love of Sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Limestone
3 Floating Shelves with 3 Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accents, Sereno by Nono
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Set of Three Floating Shelves with Three Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accents, Sereno by Joel Escalona
—
What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens when ornamentati...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Large Rectangular Floating Shelf and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble, Sereno
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Large Rectangular Floating Shelf with One Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
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What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens when ornamentati...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Rectangular Floating Shelf and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble, Sereno
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Rectangular Floating Shelf with Close Back and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
—
What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens w...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Rectangular Floating Shelf and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble Sereno by Nono
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Rectangular Floating Shelf with Close Back and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
—
What happens when the practical becomes art?
What happens whe...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Large Rectangular Floating Shelf and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble, Sereno
Located in Estado de Mexico CP, Estado de Mexico
Large Rectangular Floating Shelf with Close Back and One Large Sculptural Wooden Pebble Accent, Sereno by Joel Escalona
—
What happens when the practical becomes art?
What hap...
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit midel Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticit...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be fill...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Achille Castiglioni 'Lungangolo' Wood Shelving Unit by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving unit designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1991.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be filled with beautiful desig...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Le Corbusier LC16 Writing Wood Desk and Shelve by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
LC16 desk by Le Corbusier for Cassina.
Working closely with the
Fondatiòn Le Corbusier and
maintaining the utmost respect for
its original design, Cassina re-edits
the LC16 Bu...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Large Rattan Shelve by Passolunghi, 2022
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Large rattan shelve by François Passolunghi .
With a large storage compartment opening by a drop leaf,
and 2 sides shelves.
Hand-made by rattan arti...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Rattan
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be fill...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be fill...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Paul McCobb 'Cache Desk Organiser' Wood and Steel by Karakter
By Paul McCobb
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Paul McCobb in 1952.
The foundation of the Cache series, part of Paul McCobb’s extensive Planner series, is a beautifully simplistic and easy table with ...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Steel
Charlotte Perriand Nuage À Plots for Cassina, Italy, new
Located in Berlin, DE
Available on order (production lead time: 13-14 weeks). Shelving Unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56. Relaunched by Cassina in 2012. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Price given applies to the piece as seen in the first picture.
Nuage à Plots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Le Corbusier LC16 Writing Wood Desk and Shelve by Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Writing desk designed by Le Corbusier in 1957. Relaunched in 2010.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Defying the laws of physics, going beyond what we normally understand by the conditions of equilibrium, this bookcase is nothing short of a manifesto for Cassina’s design and construction capabilities. After a lengthy period of research and development, ably assisted by state-of-the-art technology, the company’s designers created a production prototype of the original 1940 piece that architect Franco Albini made as a one-off for his Milan home. Respecting the authentic underlying concept of the design, with its compelling experimental feel, as well as its surprisingly spare, linear looks, today’s model preserves the minimal ideal of the original: a feeling of air and light so that the books and objects seem to float free. Thus does Cassina restore to the contemporary world of design one of its most emblematic artefacts, a piece that has acquired the status of a work of art, as magical now as it was when it was first seen.
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About the designer:
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was born in La Chauxde-Fonds, in the Swiss Canton of Jura, in 1887; and died in France, in Roquebrune-CAP-Martin, on the French Côte d'Azur, in 1965.
At the beginning of his career, his work was greeted with some reluctance due to its supposed "revolutionary" character and the radical aspect it acquired through his "purist" experiments; In any case, already at that time, he received the recognition he deserved and the admiration of the majority. His message is still being assimilated by an increasing number of people in the profession, but his eccentric avant-garde attitude should be properly taken into account for the use of rational systems in his planning method, as reflected in extremely simple modules and forms based on functional logic.
"A functionalism that does not tend to exalt the mechanical function to the detriment of the symbolic but rather to the rejection of the symbol, which he now considers obsolete and insignificant, and the recovery of the practical function as a symbol of new values" (¹)
In his activities as an urban planner, architect and designer, his method of study continued to develop, sometimes going from one extreme to another in a complex plastic language. Some examples of this are:
Unité d'Habitation, Marseille (1946-52);
the Chapel in Ronchamp (1950-55);
the Dominican Monastery «La Tourette» (1951-56);
the Zurich Center (1964-65)
the Hospital in Venice (1965).
The same dedication will be found in the design of diverse furniture, such as: the furniture of "Equipement intérieur de la maison" (tables, chairs, sofas and armchairs) designed for the Salon d'Automne in 1928 with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand and “Casiers Standard...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56. Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage À Plots, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56. Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Nuage à Plots by Charlotte ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be fill...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Green, Yellow Aluminium
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-1956.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Mathieu Matégot 'Démon' 4-Shelf System for GUBI in Black Stained Ash
By Mathieu Matégot, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Mathieu Matégot 'Démon' 4-Shelf System for GUBI in Stained Black Ash.
The Démon Shelf, or the Biblio-Démon in Matégot’s original 1954 sketches, was part of a “plan d’execution de la bibliothèque," or his ideal model of an interior home library and study...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Metal
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be fill...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Achille Castiglioni 'Lungangolo' Wood Shelving Unit by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving unit designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1991.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be filled with beautiful design—but for some reason just never were. Due to this thinking he did many designs intended specifically for the corners of the home. Lungangolo is one of those. Lungangolo is a multi-use piece of furniture originally produced by Bernini. The frame is made of four slender pillars with square cross-sec-tions in between to support the square shelves...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-1956.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminum by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-1956.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving Unit model Nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-1956.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage shelving unit...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand Nuage Shelving Unit, Wood and Aluminium by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving unit model nuage designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1952-56.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2012.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Authenticity and avant-garde characterise Charlotte Perriand’s Nuage...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Aluminum
Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi 'Trio' Corner Furniture by Karakter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Corner Furniture designed by Achille Castiglioni and Giancarlo Pozzi in 1988.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be fill...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Achille Castiglioni 'Lungangolo' Wood Shelving Unit
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shelving unit designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1991.
Castiglioni is said to ponder a lot on lost space. Empty inches and square meters that could be filled with beautiful design—but for some reason just never were. Due to this thinking he did many designs intended specifically for the corners of the home. Lungangolo is one of those. Lungangolo is a multi-use piece of furniture originally produced by Bernini. The frame is made of four slender pillars with square cross-sec-tions in between to support the square shelves...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern shelves for sale on 1stDibs.
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