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 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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Recognized Seller Listings
A. Brandt Ranch Oak, Lounge Chairs, Fabric, Oak, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of oak and brown fabric lounge chair designed and produced by A. Brandt Ranch Oak, USA, 1950s.
Seat height 17”.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Pewter Vase by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1928 with poem, brass
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Estrid Ericson for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1928.
Pewter vase and brass bands engraved with a poem by Verner von Heidenstam.
Stamped.
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s, Apricot, Terra Cotta, Stonware, Tan
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s
Stamped.
H: 13 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Teak, Metal, Glass, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of teak, brass, opaline glass and metal wall lights designed and produced in Italy, 1950s.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 8.5” H x 5” W x 7” D
Back Plate Dimensions (inches): 3...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s, Stoneware, Apricot, Terra Cotta, Tan
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Vivi Calissendorff, Sweden, 1970s
Stamped.
H: 11 cm / 4 1/4''
Diameter: 4 cm / 1 1/2''
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Framed Painting by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1960s, Ink on Paper, Abstract
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting by Rune Hagberg,
Sweden, 1960s.
Ink on paper, framed.
Signed.
Artwork dimensions:
H: 45 cm
W: 58 cm
Frame dimensions:
H: 63 cm
W: 72.5 cm
D: 6 cm
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Paint, Paper
Stoneware Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1964, Dark Blue, Large
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Berndt Friberg for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1964.
Stoneware with rabbit's fur glaze.
Signed.
H: 24 cm
Diameter: 27 cm
Berndt Friberg was born in the southern Sweden town of...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Ebonised wood sculpture by Johnny Mattsson, Sweden, 1950s, signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ebonised wood sculpture by Johnny Mattsson,
Sweden, 1950s.
Signed.
Ebonised wood.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Wall Light in Brass and Glass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall light, glass and brass, Europe, 1970s.
Ornate brass and glass wall light with two-light points and small decorative structured glass globes. The chandelier is beautifully decor...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of teak and limestone pedestals for Carl Malmsten’s School, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of pedestals for Carl Malmsten’s School,
Sweden, 1970s
Solid teak and limestone.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Pair of brass table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of table lamps model 2466 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass, lacquered brass and original fabric shades.
Stamped.
Josef Frank was a true European...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler, Denmark
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp ‘Bridge’ designed by Severin Hansen Jr. for Haslev Möbler,
Denmark, 1950s.
Beech and plastic shades.
This Danish floor lamp ‘Bridge’ was designed by Severin Hansen in th...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Beech
Rug ‘Sun Spots’ designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, MMF
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rug ‘Sun Spots’ designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB,
Sweden, 1966.
Wool.
Signed.
Tapestry technique.
Provenance: From a private Swedish collection.
The int...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of rabbit sculptures designed by Hanna W, Sweden, 1983
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hanna W
Pair of sculptures designed by Hanna W, Sweden, 1983
Signed.
Carved Stone.
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stone
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan,
Sweden, 1970s.
Brass and opal glass.
H: 34.5 cm
D: 48 cm
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
De Sede Sectional Sofa ‘DS-76’ in Black Leather
By De Sede
Located in Waalwijk, NL
De Sede, modular sofa, model ‘DS-76’, leather, Switzerland, 1970s
This high-quality sectional sofa designed by De Sede in the 1970s contains one corner element, one regular element ...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Vase ‘Farsta’ Designed by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1952
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase ‘Farsta’ designed by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg,
Sweden, 1952.
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 29.5 cm
Diameter: 12.5 cm.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with cotton shades.
Stamped.
Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable.
H: 54 cm
W: 42 cm
Shade D: 15 cm
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria.
When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household.
In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism.
Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired.
Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of six dining chairs ‘Darby’ designed by Torbjörn Afdal for Bruksbo, Norway
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of six dining chairs ‘Darby’ designed by Torbjörn Afdal for Bruksbo,
Norway, 1960s.
Rosewood and leather.
Stamped.
H: 96 cm
W: 47.5 cm
D: 58 cm
SH: 45 cm
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Stool Designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stool designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö,
Sweden, 1960s.
Teak and leather.
H: 40 cm
W: 42 cm
D: 42 cm.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Teak
Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX,
Sweden, 1960s.
Rattan and bamboo.
H: 78 cm
W: 48 cm
L: 91 cm
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Sideboard designed by the HI-Gruppen, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sideboard designed by the HI-Gruppen,
Sweden, 1960s.
Birch.
Stamped.
H: 64 cm
W: 130 cm
D: 45 cm
Literature:
Örn, Johan, The HI-group and the return of craft: Swedish furniture and interiors 1960-1966, ArkDes, Stockholm, 2017, compare bedside tables by Anders Berglund...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
Vase Designed by Erich and Ingrid Triller for Tobo, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Erich and Ingrid Triller for Tobo,
Sweden, 1950s.
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 6.5 cm / 2 1/2''
D: 9.5 cm / 3 3/4''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Three Mounted Scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Three mounted scrolls by Rune Hagberg,
Sweden, 1970s.
Paper scrolls mounted on a board in a plexiglass box.
Unique.
Signed.
H: 76 cm
W: 81 cm
D: 12 cm
Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrko¨ping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Urn Designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1936
Located in Stockholm, SE
Urn designed by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand,
Sweden, 1936.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Dimensions:
H: 78.5 cm / 2' 7''
D: 53 cm / 21''
Exhibitions: In Paris 1937 at the World's Fair, Gunn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Framed Drawing ‘Rider in a Spring Landscape’ by Vicke Lindstrand, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Framed drawing ‘Rider in a Spring Landscape’ by Vicke Lindstrand,
Sweden, 1950s.
Ink on paper.
Signed.
Measures: H: 39.5 cm / 15 1/2''
W: 34 cm / 13 1/4''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Brass Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with a fabric shade.
Stamped.
Measurements:
H: 102 cm / 3' 4''
D: 26 cm / 10 1/4''
Diameter of shade...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Jardiniere
Located in Austin, TX
Jardiniere from France made of reconstituted stone.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stone
Floor Lamp Model G-075 Designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s
By Eje Ahlgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms,
Sweden. 1960s.
Brass.
Stamped.
This floor lamp, made with a fully adjustable shade, was manufactured in brass by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vase by Erich & Ingrid Triller, Sweden, 1950’s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase by Erich & Ingrid Triller,
Sweden, 1950s.
Signed.
Stoneware.
Dimensions:
H: 17.5 cm / 7”
Diameter: 14 cm / 5 1/2"
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Rug Designed by Erik Lundberg, Sweden, 1950's
Located in Stockholm, SE
Flat weave.
Measures: L: 328 cm / 10’ 9”
W: 201 cm / 6’ 7”.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Rug, Anonymous, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Wool.
Signed.
Measures: L: 270 cm / 8' 10 1/4''
W: 163 cm / 5' 4''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Floor Lamp Model G-075 Designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms, Sweden, 1960s
By Eje Ahlgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model G-075 designed by Eje Ahlgren for Bergboms,
Sweden. 1960s.
Brass.
This floor lamp with fully adjustable shade was manufactured in brass by Bergboms and designed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Armchair ‘Bridge’ Designed by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nk, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair ‘Bridge’ designed by Axel Einar Hjorth for NK,
Sweden, 1930s.
The model was first exhibited at NK's spring exhibition in 1931 and at Ängby-villan in 1932.
Our version, pictured above, was crafted using lacquered...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Birch, Lacquer
Monkey Sculpture by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand, Sweden, 1950s, Glazed Stoneware
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stoneware.
Signed.
H: 15.5 cm / 6''
W: 19 cm / 7 1/2''
D: 13.5 cm / 5 1/4''
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Large RAAK Pendants Model 'B-1011' in Aluminum and Perspex
By RAAK
Located in Waalwijk, NL
RAAK, set of pendants model 'B-1011', in metal and perspex, the Netherlands, 1970s.
Large set of pendants in anodized aluminum and perspex. These lanterns have an octagonal shape an...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Planter, Design Anonymous, in the Shape of Alvar Aalto's Savoy Vase
Located in Stockholm, SE
Finland, 1960's.
Fibre glass.
Measures: H: 31 cm / 12 ¼’’
L: 228 cm / 7' 9"
W: 172 cm / 5' 7".
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Set of Six Dining Chairs, Anonymous
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of six dining chairs, Anonymous
Sweden, 1990's
Lacquered beech and black gallon leather.
Measurements:
H: 83 cm / 32 ¾’’
SH: 49 cm / 18 ¾’’
W: 40 cm / 15 ¾’’
D: 53 cm / 20 ½’’
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Beech
Tommi Parzinger Floor Lamp for Parzinger Originals
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Whimsical enameled steel floor lamp by Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, circa 1960. The enameling on the steel standard gives the appearance the metal is covered in silver leaf. In...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Unique "Adam and Eve" Wall Sculpture by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Unique "Adam and Eve" pierced bronze wall sculpture in patinated and engraved bronze and pewter with applied colorful enamels and hand-brazed sculptured frame by Philip and Kelvin La...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
Vase Designed by Yngve Blixt, Stoneware, Sweden, 1955
By Yngve Blixt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Yngve Blixt,
Sweden. 1955.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Dimensions:
Height: 33 cm / 13"
Diameter: 35 cm / 13 3/4".
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Occasional Table, Anonymous, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Occasional table, anonymous,
Sweden. 1940s.
Mahogany.
Dimensions:
H: 60.5 cm / 23 3/4"
W: 60 cm / 23 1/2"
D: 30 cm / 11 3/4"
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Sculpture of Bloodhound, Anonymous, Glazed Clay, Italy, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture, anonymous,
Italy 1950s.
Glazed clay.
Representing a bloodhound.
Measurements:
H: 86 cm/ 2' 7/8"
W: 50 cm/ 1' 7 3/4"
D: 40 cm/ 1' 3 7/8"
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Clay
Sculpture 'Sleeping Boxer' Designed by Thure Öberg for Arabia, Finland, 1910
By Thure Öberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sculpture 'Sleeping Boxer' designed by Thure Öberg for Arabia,
Finland, 1910.
Porcelain.
Dimensions:
H: 10 cm
W: 14 cm
L: 36.5 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Murano Glass Tube and Brass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Italian pair of Murano glass and brass sconces. Nine crystal clear Murano glass tubes arranged in a semicircle on a brass ringed base. Each sconce holds four candelabra base bulbs an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rug, Anonymous, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Relief pile technique.
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Easy Chair Designed by Otto Shulz for Boet, Sweden, 1940s
By Otto Schulz
Located in Stockholm, SE
Easy chair designed by Otto Shulz for Boet,
Sweden. 1940s.
Wool upholstery and lacquered wood.
Measurements:
H: 70 cm / 2' 3 1/2"
W: 79 cm / 2' 7 1/2"
D:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Wood
Brass Modern Sconce, Made in Italy
Located in Culver City, CA
Elegant all brass form with wonderful patina.
Made in Italy
*Please Note: This fixture is made to order in Italy, and comes newly wired (eu wiring). It is not UL Listed. Standard L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ceiling Lamp Designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Lacquered Steel, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson,
Sweden. 1950s.
Lacquered steel.
Measurements:
Height of each arm: 74 cm/ 2' 5 9/32"
Height of lamp, as pictured: 30 cm/ 11 13/16"
Dia...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Steel
Line Drawing America by Alberto Longoni, Italy, 1965
By Alberto Longoni
Located in Stockholm, SE
Line drawing America by Alberto Longoni,
Italy, 1965.
Ink on paper.
Measures: H 97 cm/ 38 1/4''
W 65 cm/ 25 1/2''.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Paper
Vase Designed by Mette Doller for Alfred Johansson, Sweden, 1950s
By Mette Doller
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vase designed by Mette Doller for Alfred Johansson,
Sweden. 1950s.
Stoneware.
Signed.
Measurements:
Height: 52 cm / 1' 8 1/2"
Diameter: 22 cm / 8 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceramic Sculpture, Gösta Grähs, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceramic sculpture, Gösta Grähs,
Sweden. 1999.
Stoneware.
Unique.
Dimensions:
H: 35 cm/ 13 25/32"
D: 18 cm/ 7 3/32"
Gösta Grähs was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in th...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Floor Lamp Model 2564 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Floor lamp model 2564 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
White lacquered brass and Lacquered Paper.
Stamped.
This elegant brass floor lamp is adjustable in h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sculpture Designed by Ann-Maria Osipow, Finland, 1960’s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Wall-hung ceramic. Signed by the artist.
Measures: H: 31 cm/ 12"
W: 31 cm/ 12"
D: 29 cm/ 11 1/2".
Category
1960s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Table “Annika” Designed by Bruno Mathsson for Karl Mathsson, Sweden, 1950’s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elm veneer and beech.
Stamped Karl Mathsson Värnamo.
Measure: H: 41.5 cm / 16 1/3’’
L: 65 cm / 2’ 1 1/2’’
W: 43 cm / 1’ 5’’.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Elm, Beech
Stool Designed by Calle Warfvinge, Sweden, Contemporary
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stool designed by Calle Warfvinge,
Sweden. Contemporary.
Ash.
Unique.
This contemporary Swedish stool is a work of unparalleled craftsmanship. Calle Warfvinge carefully chose the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ash
Barbro Nilsson "Randig Med Tvist" Carpet
Located in Pawtucket, RI
A graphic and beautifully colored handwoven wool Randig Med Tvist flat-weave carpet by Swedish textile artist Barbro Nilsson for Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Modernist Italian Murano Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
The thick luminous white stamped glass of this stunning pair of sconces will sparkle when lit or turned off. We couldn't resist their sophisticated pattern and clean 1960's glamorous...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
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