Mid-Century Modern Furniture
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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: Miami
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Stained Green Art Glass Frog Table Lamp Animal Sculpture Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Stained green and blue art glass frog table lamp animal sculpture lamp.
Perfect working condition US wiring and takes one-light bulb with max. 40 watts...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Oak Sofa by Guillerme et Chambron, France 1960
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century modern oak settee by Guillerme et Chambron, France 1950.
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple with iconic finger back.
Retains a beautiful warm patina.
Newly upholstered
Available to view in situ in our Miami gallery...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Mid-Century Modern Round Walnut and Brass Mirror by Fratelli Marelli
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century modern round walnut and brass mirror by Fratelli Marelli,
Italy circa 1950.
An elegant example of Italian mid-century design, this round wall mirror by Fratelli Marelli...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Billy Baldwin Large Whitewash Oak and Glass Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
Billy Baldwin designed whitewashed oak frame coffee table with inset glass top circa 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Black Tufted Canvas Museum Bench by Metropolitan Furniture, 1986
By Metropolitan
Located in Miami, FL
Museum bench with newly upholstered heavy black canvas fabric on square tubular chrome frame by Metropolitan Furniture, 1986.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Tiffany & Co. 1980 by Elsa Peretti Pumpkin Trinket Lidded Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Pumpkin box designed by Elsa Peretti (1940-2021) for Tiffany & Co.
Beautiful vintage rounded trinket box with a lid, designed in the shape of a pumpkin by...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Convertible Liftable Coffee Dining Table
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern convertible liftable coffee dining table with folding leafs.
You can use the table like a coffee table or a dinni...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Maison Baguès Bronze Torche Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of huge and heavy bronze sconces by Maison Baguès, figuring a hand holding a torch.
US Rewired and in Working condition
One light, 80...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,650 / set
Vintage Warren Platner for Knoll Wire Spoke Base Cocktail Table Mid Century
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in North Miami, FL
This iconic authentic original vintage Warren Platner chromed wire cocktail table was the original design and production from the 1950's. Knoll was the manufacturer. The original bev...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Italian Chandelier attributed to Sciolari, circa 1970s, Pair Available
Located in Miami, FL
Polished chrome modernist chandelier attributed to Sciolari, circa 1970s
Original shades.
Wired for US and in working condition. 40 watts max per bulb.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Garouste & Bonetti style , Wrought Iron Chair
Located in Miami, FL
In the style of Garouste & Bonetti , wrought iron chair.
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Robert Sonneman 1970 Modernist Eyeball Floor Lamp In Polished Chrome Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist floor lamp designed by Robert Sonneman.
An exceptional iconic floor lamp, created in America by Robert Sonneman, back in the 1970. This amazing half-spheres floor lamp was...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Michel Ducaroy 'Marsala' Ultra-Suede & Bronze Lucite 2 Lounge Chairs & Ottoman
Located in Miami, FL
We offer a pair of French Mid-Century Modern 'Marsala' lounge chairs with matching Ottoman by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset.
The chair features a curved bronze transparent Lucite ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ultrasuede, Lucite
$7,680 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Lucite Swivel Bar Stools Attributed to Hill Manufacturing, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Lucite swivel bar stools attributed to Hill Manufacturing, a pair
Offered for sale is a pair of lucite swivel bar stools attributed to Hill...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$595 Sale Price / set
52% Off
Pair of Bespoke Octagon Iridescent Opaline Murano Glass Mirrors, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of bespoke octagon iridescent opaline Murano glass mirror, in stock.
Vivid and intense iridescent opaline glass block with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano Seguso White Swan Glass Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely and graceful Italian Murano vintage Seguso glass swan is white triple cased; white with clear on the outside. The lines of the feathers are abundant throughout. The beak ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
1993 Fornasetti Portfolio 6 Surrealist Black/Gold Prints France
Located in Miami, FL
The complete portfolio from the series Sole e Lune containing 6 Fine Art Silkscreen by Piero Fornasetti published in France by Graphique de France in 1993. This portfolio was exclusively created for Pier One...
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Jacques Adnet Style French Clock Table, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Jacques Adnet style French clock table, circa 1950, animals and music instrument décor, see pictures
Unusual piece, bronze, brass and faux leather.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Paris Street Scene Drawing, Le Clos Du Moulin Paris Drawing & Colored Ink
Located in Miami, FL
Paris street scene drawing depicting signed and dated 1967.
Beautiful depiction of a view of the street scenes of Paris, France. Vibrant decorative artwork defined by short and rapi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper, Wood
Classic Rosenthal Turnus 24 % Lead Crystal Glass Vase Vessel Studio Line Germany
By Rosenthal
Located in Miami, FL
Striking original Rosenthal Turnus Geometric Lead crystal glass vase, Vessel by Rosenthal Studio Line made in Germany.
Marked with black foil label Rosenthal classic, 24% lead-cryst...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Paul Frankl Pretzel Six Strand 3-Seat Rattan Bamboo Sofa
By Paul Frankl
Located in Miami, FL
Paul Frankl Pretzel Six strand 3-Seat Rattan Bamboo Sofa
Offered for sale is a Paul Frankl six-strand three-seat bamboo and rattan sofa with loose seat...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Foam
$4,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Signed R. Capron Cocktail Table, Le Village
By Roger Capron
Located in Miami, FL
Cocktail table designed and manufactured by Roger Capron.
LE VILLAGE
Roger CAPRON's design for his own house in VALLAURIS on the French RIVIERA.
Matching w...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel, Iron
Oval Kelly Green Murano Glass Mirror, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Oval Kelly green Murano glass mirror, in stock
Contemporary oval mirror with a scalloped intense Kelly green murano glass frame
Brass accen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
$5,800 / item
Tessellated Space Age Marble Sphere Coffee Table
Located in Miami, FL
A decorative orb sphere fused into a coffee table with a colored marble veneer in a tessellated pattern.
A Mid-Century Modern space-age unique Design f...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Lucite Coffee Table with Glass Top c1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Lucite coffee table with glass top
Offered for sale is a Mid-Century Modern lucite coffee table with a rectangular gla...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Lucite
$395 Sale Price
43% Off
German Midcentury U Keramik Modern Ceramic Vase, Germany, circa 1960s
By Ü Keramik
Located in Miami, FL
A number of colored rectangles on perpendicular incised white lines over a
black glossy glaze background defines this Mid-Century Modern vase from
Üebelacker-Keramik also known as ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Large French Midcentury Ceramic Mixed Earths Bowl or Centerpiece, Signed
By Apt
Located in Miami, FL
This stunning ceramic or mixed earths piece was made by combining clay slips of light and dark brown, gray-blue, and cream colors. The tight multicolored p...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Postmodern Multi Color Artist Edition Rug, Edward Fields Style, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful wool rug with two different pile heights and borders in the style of Edward fields rugs, signed by artist. 1970s
Measures: 9’ x 12’.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
$3,952 Sale Price
83% Off
Console Table W . Rizzo style Chrome Brass metal Glass Top
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Miami, FL
Mid century modern style in Chrome and brass this Console Table can go anywhere and could easily be mixed with any other style of decoration .
Sober lines and perfect proportions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Three-Panel Folding Screen Room Divider in Rattan and Wicker, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
This is a beautiful and rare wooden four-panel folding screen with hand painting en both sides, circa 1960. Beautiful four-panel screen, room divider, framing with intricately carv...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Italian Murano Faceted Glass & Brass Hinged Box / Jewelry Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful hinged Murano glass box in pristine clear faceted glass and brass trim and original decorative key and tassel. It is a wonderful desk or...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
1970s Roger Rougier Acrylic Table Lamp White & Pink Mid-Century Modern Canada
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Pink and White Acrylic Table Lamp by Roger Rougier made in Canada.
US Wiring with Porcelain Socket and takes a regular or LED bulb ...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Acrylic, Lucite
Vintage Round Brass Table Lamp Spider Legs Mid-Century Modern, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern round brass urn shape table lamp with spider legs.
In perfect 3 way working condition and uses a max. 150 watts light bulb.
Note: no shade, harp, finial.
L-596-335
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tubular Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Attributed Mr Chair Armless Woven Cane Seat 70s
Located in Miami, FL
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe attributed Mr Chair armless Cantilever Side Chair in Chrome Finish with the original handwoven Cane Seat attributed to Knoll.
The MR Collection represents so...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Desimone Hand Painted Tall Art Pottery Flute Player Flower Vase Vessel Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Original Italian Giovanni Desimone hand painted tall art pottery flower vase, vessel.
The glazed vase painting depicts a man playing the flute.
Marked...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Paint
De Couro Brazil Hunter Green Leather Dining or Game Table, 1980s
By De Couro
Located in Miami, FL
Hunter green leather dining table / game table / card table with black stitching by De Couro Brazil, 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Italian Bar Cart
Located in Miami, FL
Superb two-tier Italian bart cart
From the floor to the 1st tier: 5"
from the floor to the bottle rack; 9".
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$1,850
Set 12 Blown Bubble Glass Mid-Century Modern Drinking Glasses Glassware, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 12 Mid-Century Modern heavy blown bubble glass drinking glasses, glassware, stemware made in Italy.
In excellent condition.
A-976-335
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Tall Vase Mid-Century Modern Glazed Earthenware Frog & Crab Nautical Motif, 1970
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy beautiful, glazed ceramic vase in hues of brown, blue and bronze with nautical Frog & Crab motif.
Beautifully crafted and flowing color brilliance.
Numbered L24.
A-802-335
Category
Late 20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Backgammon Game Table by Karl Springer
Located in Miami, FL
Wood Table fully wrapped in ivory beige snakeskin revealing two backgammon boards and two hinged side compartments housing four die, two dice cups in conforming snakeskin, and thirt...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box MCM
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver, Brass
Midcentury Sputnik Chandelier Light Fixture in Polished Chrome, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Midcentury sputnik chandelier light fixture in polished chrome, 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Movado1948 Calendermeto Triple Date & Moonphase Travel Purse Clock With Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Rare calendermeto travel clock designed by Movado.
Beautiful and very rare calendermeto travel purse clock, created in Switzerland by the Movado Clock Factories, back in the 1948-1954. Crafted in stainless steel and leather with the purpose to use in desks, travels, in the pocket or a purse. Patented Ermeto winding device by means of the sliding case, with all original parts.
The Movado Ermeto watch...
Category
1940s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Ruth M. Fulton WPA Abstract Impressionist Painting of Sailors on a Boat
Located in Miami, FL
1950s Ruth Fulton WPA Abstract Impressionist Painting of Sailors on a Boat
Offered for sale is a 1950s Ruth McConnell Fulton (1905-2003) WPA School Impressionist painting depictin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pair of Italian Brass and Blown Murano Glass Sconces
By Cenedese
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of beautiful midcentury Murano blown glass and brass sconces.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
After Bernard Buffet 1971 Blue Hydrangeas Wool Tapestry Framed Wall Art
Located in North Miami, FL
Made by DMC in the 70's, this is a vividly colored wool woven tapestry framed in a brass finish aluminum frame SIGNED Bernard Buffet 1971 to top.
NOTE: THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WI...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Sigurd Ressell Leather Falcon Lounge Chair for Vatne Mobler
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Norwegian Falcon lounge chair with tan leather cushioned sling seat on a bentwood base by Sigurd Ressell for Vatne Mobler circa 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Extra Long Serpentine Style Sofa in Sage Green Velvet
Located in North Miami, FL
A large serpentine style sofa reupholstered in sage green velvet. Although there was no label attached, it is very possible this is designed by ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Mid-Century Chrome and Glass Console Table After Romeo Rega, Italy
By Romeo Rega
Located in Miami, FL
Chrome and yellow plated metal console table with glass top in the style of Romeo Rega. Italy, 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Hivo Van Teal Stacked Clear & Green Lucite Table Lamp Mid-Century Modern 1979
Located in Miami, FL
Original Mid-Century Modern Van Teal stacked clear and green Lucite Table lamp.
Mounted on a gilt wood square base and comes with the original shade...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Ilmari Lappalainen "Pulkka" Adjustable Leather and Aluminum Lounge Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Rare pair of adjustable lounge club or arm chairs, rendered in dove gray leather with brushed cold rolled aluminum frame. These chairs are modeled after classic champaign furniture. The seat is adjustable in 3 positions to go from a seated high back position to a lounging reclined chaise position. Designed by Ilmari Lappalainen, the Pulkka chair...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
$3,592 Sale Price
70% Off
1970s Chuck Dodson Erotic Figurative Sculpture of a Ménage à Trois
By Chuck Dodson
Located in Miami, FL
1970s Chuck Dodson Erotic Figurative Sculpture of a Ménage à Trois
Offered for sale is a Chuck Dodson erotic figurative composition sculpture of a "...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Composition
$1,250 Sale Price
24% Off
Organic Modern Crackle Glaze Raku Pottery Vase by Tony Evans 1970s California
By Tony Evans
Located in Miami, FL
Organic Modern large bulbous Raku Pottery Vase from Evans Ceramics from California, 1970s. Mixture of ivory crackle glaze and band of matte dark brown...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Modern Petite Tilt and Swivel Lounge Chairs by Milo Baughman
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Mid-Century Modern petite tilt and swivel lounge chairs
by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
Sculptural teardrop back on a walnut base
Newly upholstered with an emerald green ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
The Charles London 1947 Pocket Petrol Lighter Guilloche Plated Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
The Charles petrol lighter designed by Meyer Maximilian Levene
An exceptional and rare silver-plated 'The Charles' petrol pocket lighter stamped 'The Charles Lighter', made in London England, back in the 1947. It was rafted with slim rectangular form, decorated with engine-turned casing, double entry hinged lids with innovative internal mechanical features, including a revolving flint tube to provide even wear to the flint, and a rear barrel containing spare flint chambers so that semi-automatic loading of the spare flint can be undertaken. The Charles Lighter has an extremely complicated mechanism. The flint rotates while grinded by the friction wheel. Also interesting is the revolving magazine for spare flints. A fine example of complete over-engineering. This was made only for a very short period and was patented by Meyer Maximilian Levene in 1949.
Weight: 70.50 Grams, (45.19 Dwt).
Measurements: 48 mm by 43 mm by 12 mm (1.89 x 1.69 x 0.77 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed in full, "THE CHARLES LIGHTER MADE IN ENGLAND BRITISH & DOMINION & FOREIGN PAT GRANTED.".
Literature: Stuart Schneider and Ira Pilossof, The Handbook of Vintage Cigarette Lighters...
Category
1940s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Paolo Piva Large Alanda Coffee Table for B&B, Italia
By Paolo Piva
Located in North Miami, FL
Rare Vintage big coffee table (6 sections) by Paolo Piva for B&B Italia 1975, Minimalist and sculptural, metal and glass. "Alanda", the large dimensions are very rare, in six square ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Palm Tree Lamp Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
French brass palm tree lamp. US wired and in working condition. Attributed to Maison Jansen. One bulb/100W.
US wired and in working condition.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Assymetrical Woven Rattan Wrapped Modernist Étagère, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Woven rattan wrapped assymetrical etagere with glass shelves from the 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Glass
Pair Edward Wormley Style Wooden Two Tier End/Side Tables, MCM Oak Nightstands
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Mid Century Oak End Tables attributed to Edward Wormley,
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Style Mid-Century Oak Two-Tier End Tables or Nightstands
Classic Oak Nightstands w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak
Pair of Bamboo Swivel Club Chairs Lounge Chairs Upholstery Bohemian Chic 1975
Located in Miami, FL
We offer a beautiful Pair of Swivel Club Chairs in bent Bamboo and mounted on sturdy Round Bamboo Base.
The Seat Cover Upholstery is Fabric with a Botanical Pattern.
Easy to move and...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-century Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Cassina, Fabio Ltd, Knoll, and Edward Wormley. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee.
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