Space Age Furniture
SPACE AGE STYLE
Vintage Space Age furniture captured post–World War II optimism with swooping shapes, bowed lines and experimentation with new materials including plastic and fiberglass.
From the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957 to the landing of Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon in 1969, the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States propelled advancements in technology that transformed culture. Space Age design encompassed fashion, architecture, cars, furniture and objects for the home, bringing wonder and hope for the future into everyday life.
Coinciding with Pop art, Space Age style featured bold colors and forms. Eero Aarnio’s Ball chair, which debuted in 1966, used molded fiberglass for a capsule-like space while Verner Panton’s 1959 Panton chair was a single piece of molded plastic for a gravity-defying S shape. Red versions of Olivier Mourgue’s 1964 Djinn chair were futuristic enough to appear on the space station in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Today, Joe Colombo is revered as a master of modern Italian design thanks to the provocative modular furniture pieces he created, such as the Tube chair and the Elda armchair, both of which embody the future-forward spirit of the Space Age.
The Space Age spirit extended to home building too. The futuristic Case Study Houses, which were designed by the likes of Pierre Koenig, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra and Whitney R. Smith, are considered a high point of modernism and the Southern California lifestyle.
Sometimes the nods to space exploration were more literal, like moon and star motifs or the 1965 Eclisse lamp by Vico Magistretti that saw the mid-century Italian designer integrating a movable inner shade to “eclipse” the light source. Alongside the pioneering moon missions, JVC manufactured the Videosphere portable television reminiscent of the Apollo 11 space helmets.
Although the style faded in the 1970s — with the 1975 joining of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts signaling a new era of cooperation and the global oil crisis impacting the availability of plastics — the era’s innovations influenced designers into the 21st century such as Zaha Hadid and Djivan Schapira.
Find a collection of vintage Space Age seating, tables, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Space Age
Color: Brown
Space Age Vintage White Blue Lounge Chairs, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age pair of vintage lounge chairs with white lacquered bentwood frame and blue covered textile fabric cushions from 1960s.
While the white lacquered bentwood frame is in distressed condition with signs of age and use like fading, scuffs, abrasions and scratches, the original blue textile fabric is in fair condition, too. It shows some small stains and signs of use.
Both lounge chairs are stable, sturdy and very comfortable.
The space age lounge chairs were designed 1960s and show the label by Olympic Airways...
Category
1960s Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Bentwood
Red Lacquered Wood Desk from the 50s, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Red lacquered wood desk from the 50s, Italian.
Desk 1950s
Country: Italian
Materials: Red lacquered wood
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
It is an ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Space Age Mohair “Orchidée” Lounge Chairs Michel Cadestin, Airborne, France 1968
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Luxurious Mohair velvet upholstered Orchidée "lady & senior" lounge chairs by Michel Cadestin for Airborne International, France, 1968
“Orchidée” was one of the Cadestin models that were ordered by the Centre Pompidou Museum in Paris
We fully restored these chairs with high quality 100% mohair wool velvet fabric "Musco" by De Ploeg
In this process we preserved the old and original Airborne marked old upholstery from under the cushions and used it again
The large model has 4 caster wheels to move the chair around in a space
About the designer: Michel Cadestin was born in France in 1942. He is an interior designer and architect and through his work, he wishes to offer a functional and fun design accessible to the majority. A prolific designer, he has experienced with diverse forms and materials during his career. His creations are varied as evidenced by the furniture intended for the Center Georges Pompidou, such as the Karate armchair...
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1960s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Mohair, Foam, Fiberglass
De Sede DS-600 “Non-Stop” Modular Sofa for Stendig, circa 1990
Located in St Louis Park, MN
The DS-600 "Non-stop" sofa was designed in collaboration by Ueli Bergere, Elenora Peduzzi-Riva, Heinz Ulrich and Klaus Vogt at De Sede, Switzerland.
In total there are 22 pieces t...
Category
1990s Swiss Space Age Furniture
Materials
Textile, Ultrasuede
Pair of Rare Wall Lights by Motoko Ishii for Staff Leuchten, 1970
Located in Hagenbach, DE
A wonderful set of 2 wall lights by the Japanese designer Motoko Ishii for the German brand Staff Leuchten. They have a very thin amber glass shade and a brass base.
The lights requ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian Rush, Rattan and Mid Blue Velvet, 1960s Armchair
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This beautiful armchair was produced in Italy between the 1960s and the 1970s. It is handmade from rush and rattan and remains in pretty good condition: slight leaks of protective va...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Rattan, Rush
Monumental Chrome Steel Table Lamp Willy Rizzo Cardin Style Bronze Mirror 1970s
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Very chic and monumental chromed steel table lamp in the style of Willy Rizzo or Pierre Cardin, France or Italy 1970s. The tube cylinder lamp base h...
Category
1970s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Midcentury Table Lamp Rocket, Space Age, 1960s
By Pokrok
Located in Praha, CZ
- very nice style of lighting.
Category
1960s Slovak Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Olive Ash Burl Credenza by Henredon, Scene Two
By Henredon
Located in Hanover, MA
Henredon scene two credenza sideboard buffet cabinet in olive ash burl bookmatched veneer with zebra wood radiused corners and four flush doors with spring clip...
Category
1980s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Olive, Burl, Oak
Pair of Italian Lounge Armchairs, 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Italian armchairs from the 1970s completely restored in a cream bouclé. from the English house Designers Guild. A unique design that will give a lot of character to your inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Bouclé
Molin Floor lamp - Italy 60s
Located in Paris, FR
Large Italian lamp or floor lamp from the publisher Molin from the 1960s. The slightly conical lacquered wooden foot supports a beautiful and large plastic-coated lampshade. The foot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Wood
'Corbi' Sofa by Klaus Uredat for Cor, 1969
By Klaus Uredat, COR
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Discover the “Corbi” Sofa by Klaus Uredat for Cor Trio, a modular marvel of 1969. Its playful modules, clad in the original Naples yellow velour fabric, offer different configuration...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Sofa space age - Italy 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
Three-seater sofa reupholstered in taupe fabric - Italy 70s
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Space age cabinet in lacquered wood and steel, 1970s
Located in Parma, IT
Space Age style cabinet, Italian-production from the 1970s. In black lacquered wood with drawers, side storage columns and shaped riser with drawer, chrome-plated steel trim and hand...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Fiberglass Upholstered Swivel Tilt Lounge Chair by Buaghman for Thayer Coggin
Located in New York, NY
Very cool and rare swivel tilt lounge chair Space Age style, designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. This example is in untouched, original condition, showing only light cosmeti...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Fiberglass
Space Age Yellow Chapter One Desk by Broyhill Premier, 1970's
By Broyhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Space Age Yellow Chapter One desk by Broyhill Premier, 1970's. In good vintage condition.
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
1 of the 3 Large Ceramic Wall Lights, Germany, 1970
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
An exceptional set of Orange/Braun Ceramic wall lights. Manufactured in Germany in the 1970s.
The set shows a playful variety of colors. The glaze of the set has a dark orange, gre...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
La Rotonda Ash and marble dining table by Mario Bellini for Cassina 1980s
Located in Stavenisse, NL
The La Rotonda table designed by Mario Bellini in 1976 has a simple sculpted base, a diagonal intersection of three legs with a square cross-secti...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Marble
Brown Ceramic Set of 3 Sconces by Pan Leuchten, 1970s, Germany
By PAN Keramik
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Brown Ceramic Set of 3 Sconces by Pan Leuchten, 1970s, Germany
Very nice high quality wall lamps.
Lamps are in very good vintage condition.
These la...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Rocket Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Metal base
- Shade from paper
- Original good condition
- One small crack on the top of the shade
- Warm and gentle light
- 25W, E14 bulb.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mahogany neoclassical daybed, 19th c.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Neoclassical lounge chair, daybed, recamier in carved mahogany with the back describing a wave. France, 19th c.
Category
19th Century French Antique Space Age Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Early Edition Danielle Quarante 'Albatros' Airborne France 1969 Space Age Design
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
A beautiful original early edition "Albatros' Lounge Chair by French Female Designer Danielle Quarante for Airborne France 1969
This amazing chair was presented at the 1969 "Salon d...
Category
1960s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Red 'Lampione' Standard Lamp by Fabio Lenci for Guzzini
By Fabio Lenci, Guzzini
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A beautiful version of this Classic space age 'war of the worlds' design by Fabio Lenci, and produced by Guzzini in Italy in the early 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel
Raymond Loewy Inspired Green Chapter One Nightstand by Broyhill Premier
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Well it’s 2023, and Broyhill’s Chapter One Collection is officially harder to find and more sought after than the Raymond Loewy orginals. With all due respect to Raymond Loewy, there really is something magical about the Chapter One line. Maybe they’re just more fun and approachable. Maybe it’s the proportions and practicality. Regardless, they’re one of our favourite collections of all time. The restoration team pulled no punches on this nightstand, and the end result exceeded our expectations. Every inch of the wood body and base was professionally sanded, primed and painted to match the original bright white. The laminate top and dark lime green molded plastic drawer fronts were finally buffed and polished to a glassy shine. It’s tough to see these go, but we know it will be loved. Broyhill’s Chapter one collection borrowed from the plastic mold injection designs made famous by legendary designer Raymond Loewy. Like Loewy, this Chapter One Green Nightstand...
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1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Hardwood
Set of Lounge Chairs by Douglas Deeds for Architectural Fiberglass Co, 1972
Located in Echt, NL
Sculptural pair of fiberglass lounge chairs in excellent condition.
Designed by Douglas Deeds in the 1970s.
Manufactured by Architectural Fiberglass Co. a division of Architectural Pottery.
The chairs are entirely made of fiberglass which gives them their minimalist sculptural shape. The seats are upholstered with a natural fabric and can be removed.
Both the fiberglass base and the seats are professionally restored. The fiberglass is repainted in the original mustard color and the seats are reupholstered with a high quality beige fabric.
On request we have two more available.
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These models were imported into Australia by Spectrum Pty Ltd, a firm managed by Michael Hall Best. Michael Hall Best was the son of Marion Hall...
Category
20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Carbon Fiber
Rare Sculptural Chair in Alpaca, Italy, 1970s / 80s
Located in London, GB
A curved scultptural lounge chairs, Italian, 1970s/80s. Newly upholstered in a premium pure Alpaca fabric. Fast shipping worldwide.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Mohair, Wood
Bas relief unicorn sculpture, 1960s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Sculpture in low relief representing a "Young woman with a unicorn", carved wood, signed on the side. France, 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Lantern Design Brass and Glass Pair of Sconces, 1970s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Lantern design Brass and Glass Pair of Sconces, 1970s, Germany
Very elegant and Minimalist wall lamps.
Lamps are in very good condition.
These lamps works with E14 standard light ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
1963 Chrysler Concept Turbine Car Promotional Model with Box
By Chrysler Corporation, Elwood Engel
Located in Ferndale, MI
Chrysler promotional model of Elwood Engel designed turbine concept car. Vehicle did go to limited production of fifty five units. The bodies were built by Ghia in Turin Italy shipped...
Category
1960s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic
"Le pont de chemin de fer"painting, M. L. Daguerry 1888.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Oil on canvas painting signed M. L. Daguerry, located Paris and dated 1888 on lower left corner. Wooden frame and gilded stucco. France, 1888.
Category
1880s French Antique Space Age Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Wooden mirror, 1920.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Wooden mirror. France, 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 rattan chairs, 1970s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of three rattan chairs with natural and green painted rattan. France, 1970s.
Category
1970s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Rattan
Pine dining table, 1950s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Pine dining table resting on four feet finished by a ball. France, 1950s.
Category
1950s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Pine
Italian Ruched Leather Chair in the Style of De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A space age Italian leather sofa in the style or De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi. Rushed camel leather with removable cushion. Two chairs and one sofa available, sold separately. Sourced i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Leather
Mexican chest of drawers, 1970s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Chest of drawers in patinated wood and painted green opening
front with five drawers. Mexico, 1970s.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chrome tulip base arm chairs - set of four
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W26 D26 H31 SW18 SD17 SH18 AH27
Vintage set of four dining chairs. Each chair is structurally sound and sturdy with no structural damage. Light patina is shown closely and minor are...
Category
1970s Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Large Glass Flush Mount or Scone by Glashuette Limburg Germany, 1960s
Located in Schwerin, MV
Original lamp from the 1960s from the company Glashütte Limburg, Germany - model 3142 - see picture. The lamp is made of brass and light smoked glass. It can be attached to both the ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass
Half-circle desk, 1980s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Half-circle desk in exotic wood and glass. France, 1980s.
Category
1980s European Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Blond wood cabinet with glass doors, 1970s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Blond wood cabinet with two glass doors decorated with wooden arrows. England, late XIXth c.
Category
1970s English Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Wooden patinated column table , 19th c.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Wooden patinated octogonal column, side table, resting an octogonal base, with a round table top. France, early 19th c.
Category
19th Century French Antique Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
"Diplomat" Sofa by John Home for HK Furniture, 1970s
By Howard Keith
Located in Stockholm, SE
Designed by John Home and produced by Howard Keith Furniture, United Kingdom, late 1970s.
Model name "Diplomat'". Dark brown and beige striped fabric.
Very good and fresh conditio...
Category
1970s British Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Brass Chandelier from Sciolari for Boulanger, 1970s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Vintage Ceiling Lamp by Sciolari - 1970s
The ceiling lamp by Gaetano Sciolari, made in 1970, is a truly iconic piece of modern lighting art. The designer, known for his groundbrea...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Triangle Shaped Brass and Glass Wall Lights from the 1980s
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Triangle shaped wall lights in brass and chrome with glass details. Manufactured in Germany during the 1980s.
Nice craftsmanship. Minimal, geometric and simply shaped design.
Please...
Category
Late 20th Century German Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Pair of Terracotta Gargoyles, 1960s
Located in Lisboa, PT
Pair of terracotta free shapes gargoyles. Portugal, 1960s.
Category
1960s European Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chrome-Plated Metal & smoked glass 1970s 2 neon floor lamp
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Large floor lamp composed by a chrome plated metal structure with 2 smoked, mirrored & sandblasted glasses. Equipped with 2 led neon lamps.
Transformer inside the base. Pretty good ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Important gilded wood mirror, XXth c.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Important gilded wood, molded and carved pediment mirror with vine branches and mascarons decoration. France, XXth c.
Category
20th Century French Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Cascade Murano & teak pendant by Uno & Östen Kristiansson, Luxus, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Zaandam, NL
Incredible cascade pendant form Luxus Vittsjö Sweden 1960s by Uno and Östen Kristiansson consistent of 8 hand blow glass spheres that can either be used as a circular waterfall casca...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass, Teak
Pair of Vases in Murano, 1950, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano
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1950s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s Space Age Wicker Pod Chair
Located in La Mesa, CA
Space age pod/egg shaped lounge chair made of handwoven wicker with a very minimalistic chrome base. This is a great statement piece.
Category
1960s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
6 Armed Glass & Wood Body Sputnik Chandelier, 1970s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
6 Armed Glass & Wood Body Sputnik Chandelier, 1970s, Germany
Lampshade is in good condition and very clean.
This lamp works with 6 x E14 light bulb.
Wired and suitable to use with...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Bamboo and Cocoon Pendant Lamp, 1960s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Bamboo and Cocoon Pendant Lamp, 1960s, Germany
Minimal and natural design
Very high quality.
Fully functional.
Lamps are in very good vintage condition.
Wear consistent with age a...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Resin
Dutch Rocket Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch table lamp circa 1950s in the iconic midcentury space-age style. Burgundy/red colored wood and metal base in good vintage condition with some small scratches and dings. Rewired...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Three 1960's Space Age round brass and metal wall or ceiling lamps by Sölken
Located in München, DE
Three fancy 60's space age pop art round wall or ceiling lamps.
Manufacturer is Sölken lights. Made in Germany.
The outer ring is made of brass. The back is in white and the middle p...
Category
1960s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
4 Ball Glass Ceiling Lamp, 1970s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
4 Ball Glass Ceiling Lamp, 1970s, Germany
Lampshade is in good condition and very clean.
This lamp works with 4 x E14 light bulb.
Wired and suita...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Round White Glass Pendant Light 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Round White Glass Pendant Light 1960s
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Cocoon and Bamboo Table Lamp by Linus Bopp Limbach , 1970s, Germany
By Linus Bopp
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Cocoon and Bamboo Table Lamp by Linus Bopp Limbach , 1970s, Germany
Cocoon shades & bamboo body
Minimal and natural design
Very high quality.
Fully functional.
Original cable and ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Resin, Bamboo
MCM Design Round Glass Top And Star Wooden Base Coffee Table
By John McGuire
Located in Tourcoing, FR
MCM Design Round Glass Top And Star Wooden Base Coffee Table composed of a large round and smoked glass top with a star shaped wooden base.
Category
20th Century Space Age Furniture
Materials
Smoked Glass, Wood
Set of 8 Camaleonda Sittings Designed by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia, 1970
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of modular armchairs and poufs in brown corduroy, mod. Camaleonda designed by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia in 1970.
The set consists of 8 elements:
- 5 armchairs (cm 71H x 65...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Space Age furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Space Age 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, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Space Age furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mazzega Murano, Artemide, Kartell, and Joe Colombo. 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. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $650,000 while the average work can sell for $1,719.
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