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.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Space Age
Space Age Wood Block Print "Away From the Earth" 2/20 by Chin Sung 'Xin Song'
By Song Xin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Modern Space Age Wood Block Print "Away From the Earth" 2/20 by Chin Sung (Xin or Qin Song). Evokes the mid-century fascination with space and space travel. Dated 1963.
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Category
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Paper
1950s Mid-Century Modern Space Age Brown Metal & Brass Flying Saucer Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Flying Saucer Table Lamp, Atomic Age Desk Lamp with large, tiered Saucer Shade from the late 1950s.
Great Accent Piece for any Spac...
Category
1950s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
Mod 5-Light Chrome and Glass Ball Chandelier
By Lightolier, Moe Light
Located in New York, NY
Chic and decorative mod midcentury chandelier having 5 art glass ball globe shades, each having an opaline white to clear fade surface, with a bright chrome body and dramatic curved ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Large Wooden Cutaway Teaching Model of Jet Plane
Located in Peekskill, NY
I'm guessing that this Buck Rogers style model dates to the late 1930s. The scale is bigger than it looks and is well over four foot long. It sits on a cus...
Category
Early 20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mirrored Geometric Table Lamps in the Style of Milo Baughman, 1970s
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice pair of mirrored panels table lamps on a black painted base, circa 1970s. The lamps are in clean working condition and are in the style of M...
Category
Late 20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Leonardo Nierman Eclipse Serigraph Pencil Signed Edition 24/300
Located in San Diego, CA
Leonardo Nierman signed and number serigraph published by Merrill Chase Galleries the frame its in good condition nicely frame with gold leaf finish some...
Category
Late 20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Paper
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
Motoko Ishii Chrome Sputnik for Lightolier
Located in Hanover, MA
From the Space Crystal collection designed by Motoko Ishii, the multi-award winning savant of architectural lighting, created in 1972 for West German firm Staff Leuchten..
This UL ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Solid Thick Lucite Criss Cross Table Lamp Base
By Herb Ritts
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful striking solid 1" thick Lucite table lamp base freshly polished and rewired 22" tall to the top of the socket, lampshade it’s not included...
Category
Late 20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Sonneman Chrome Eyeball Articulating Floor Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
1960s articulating floor lamp by Robert Sonneman with chrome eyeball shade attached by an articulating joint to the long chrome stem at the base of whic...
Category
1960s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Round Modern Wall Mirror with Fur Trim
Located in Greenwich, CT
A modern handmade round wall mirror inspired by Space Age decor with a wild twist. The glass mirror is bordered with faux rabbit fur and a white lacque...
Category
2010s American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Faux Fur, Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
Striking Chrome, Glass & Beveled Wall Mirror Space Age Era
Located in San Diego, CA
Very nice and clean 1970s wall mirror, great original condition this piece hangs from a corner but can be hang horizontal. Polished aluminum frame, with glass and beveled mirror.
Category
20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Chrome & Naugahyde "Apollo" Chair and Ottoman by Lennart Bender for Charlton
Located in Buffalo, NY
‘Apollo’ chair and ottoman designed by Lennart Bender for the Charlton Company (Leominster, MA) for their Century 21 collection, model no.150, circa 1970s...
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Flos White Hand Blown Murano Glass Table Lamp, Italy Space Age
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flos white hand blown Murano glass table lamp, Italy Space Age, 1960s
Hand blown Murano glass shade on aluminum base.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Pierre Cardin Tall Chest of Drawers Brass & Ivory
Located in Hanover, MA
Unbelievably clean and glam Pierre Cardin for Dillingham Linen Press or chest of drawers in off-white ivory laminate with brass banding
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Brass
Space Age Chrome 4 Eyeball Table Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Space Age modern chrome table lamp consisting of bent tubular chromed steel and four chrome 'eyeball" light heads each with planetary chrome rings, on an...
Category
1960s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Freeform Polished Aluminum Serving Bowl Designed by Neil Cohen
By Neil Cohen
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool shape on this serving dish designed by Neil Cohen for Nambe, circa 2008.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Original Space Artist Andreas Nottebohm Acrylic on Aluminum Painting KNM 1387
Located in Tustin, CA
Visionary, abstract original acrylic on aluminum painting by famous NASA Space Artist, Andreas Nottebohn, titled "KNM 1387" depicts a colorful, otherworldly scene on a shimmering sheet of scored metal. This incredible celestial painting frees the viewer from a one dimensional perspective by suggesting a vast and mysterious distance.
Information on the back of the painting states, “KNM 1387 Spec 1 of 48 similar original paintings 1996 30 x 24 Acrylic on Aluminum”. Hand signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
Very nicely custom framed in a transitional style black frame with wide silver inner lining. Framed, the painting measures approximately 35" high x 29" wide x 2" deep. Unframed painting measures approximately 30" high x 24" wide.
One of the key innovators of metal painting, Nottebohm creates what might be called sculptures on a flat plane. By removing microscopic layers from the metal surface, he transforms the material into patterns of shimmering light. The unusual luminous quality of Nottebohm's work comes from the aluminum surfaces he scores, using a variety of manual and machine tools. Aluminum can create light and movement that you cannot create with anything else. It is similar to the sun reflecting on water, and you see one painting from one side and another painting from another side.
East German born (1944) Andreas Nottebohm moved to Munich as a teenager and immigrated to the San Francisco Bay area of the United States in 1979, after touring the U.S. for a one man exhibition. While in Germany in the 1970s, he was one of the co-founders of the Society for Art and Science in Munich.
Around the time he relocated to the United States, he was invited to participate in the NASA Art...
Category
20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Pair Pierre Cardin Tall Wardrobe Chests of Drawers
Located in Hanover, MA
We have a pair of Pierre Cardin tall wardrobe dresser cabinets with double doors which open to reveal 6 pull-out drawers. Produced by Dilingham. White l...
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Spectacular Chrome Eighteen-Light Molecule Lamp by Torino
Located in San Francisco, CA
An awesome and oversized eighteen-light chrome “molecule” table or floor lamp by Torino.
The design—with its chrome tubes, joints, and spheres—is very ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Carlo Nason Handblown Murano Glass Sphere Table Lamp for Mazzega, Italy 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand blown Murano glass sphere on chrome base by Carlo Nason. Made in Italy, Space Age in the 1960s.
The hand blown glass contains bubbles and pockets of air that capture and reflec...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
1960s Psychedelic Mid Century Modern Space Age Glass Torchiere Table Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
A very cool 1960s psychedelic table lamp in black glass and brass. Most of the lamp is black glass including the base, and brass where the light fixture component attached. The black...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass
Orange Rectangle Wall Mirror, 'Customizable' - Immediately available in Green
Located in Greenwich, CT
Inspired by the Space Age, this modern rectangle wall mirror lacquered in a matte orange can be bought as shown or customized to your liking. Han...
Category
2010s American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass, Lacquer
Murrain Pendant Mazzega by Carlo Nason 1960s Chandelier Space Age, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Murano Pendant Mazzega by Carlo Nason 1960s chandelier Space Age, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Atomic Age Belgian Pendant
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century stylized atomic, enclosed glass, form pendant supported by lower glass dish with aluminium bottom support. Newly wired, UL listing available for an additional fee. Brusse...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Three Brushed Steel Coffee Tables
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of three brushed steel coffee tables from the 1970's i the manner of Michel Boyer
Located in NY.
Sm . H. 14’’x SQ 16’’
MD . H. 4’’ x...
Category
1970s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Orba Wall Shelves By Janet Schwietzer For Pace Collection
Located in Hanover, MA
Impressive wall system of extruded polished aluminum incorporating lighting and shelves. Schwietzer's patented design incorporates sophisticated engineering to achieve the appearance of invisible joinery at each cantilevered shelf.
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Mid-Century Modern Plastic 'Pelota' Table Lamp by Casati and Ponzio
Located in New York, NY
Rare Italian Mid-Century Modern design table or desk lamp named 'Pelota' by Casati and Ponzio (Lamperti Associates.) These piece has been selected to numerou...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Italian Space Age Turn Able Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Space Age bowl table lamp with opaline white glass and metal turning part with solid wooden base.
Italian turn able table lamp, metal parts, lacquered wood base and opaline glass, g...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
De Sede 1970's Leather Club Chair
By De Sede
Located in Hanover, MA
Gorgeous caramel colored soft leather lounge chair. Square tufted loose cushions with whip-stitching on the arm pads.
See our separate listing LU88661084338 for companion DeSede lounge...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Space Age Furniture
Metal and Glass Desk Table by Castelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Metal and glass desk table by Castelli located in NY.
Missing glass
Category
20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Nickeled Table Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
signed
Category
1970s European Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
1970s Italian Chrome Eyeball and Lucite Pendant
Located in Hanover, MA
Nice chrome pendant from mid-1970s, Italy with a long chrome stem and a fatter torpedo shaped center out of which extends four lengths of black spiral cable which tethers four chrome...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Zabihi Collection Red Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in New York, NY
A mid-20th century Turkish Kars rug with a spider-like design. One of our favorites from our hand-selected inventory.
6'6'' x 9'
Not far from the So...
Category
20th Century Turkish Space Age Furniture
Materials
Wool
"3S" Adjustable Floor Lamp by Paolo Tilche
By Paolo Tilche
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Flor lamp designed by Paolo Tilche in the 1972 , edited by Sirrah, Italy.
This lamp is featured in the James Bond movie " The Spy who Loved Me " in 1977.
Lampe requires E27 bulb.
Av...
Category
20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Set Of 4 American 70's Brushed Aluminum And Eggshell Chairs
By Burke, Inc.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 American 70's brushed aluminum and eggshell chairs by Burke, Inc. of Texas. Stamped BURKE, INC. DALLAS, TEXAS. Great for a small dining room or a ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Lion in Frost Set of 4 Lucite & Chrome Swivel Bar Stools
Located in Hanover, MA
Lion in Frost set of four absolutely pristine 29 inch bar height stools in hefty lucite rod and chrome embelishments with backless round swivel seats upholstered in pearlescent white...
Category
1980s American Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Ten Chrome Balls Cascading Spiral Chandelier
Located in Hanover, MA
Original vintage 1960s suspension pendant with ten chrome balls cascading in spiral formation suspended by black cloth wire from a 14 inch chrome ceiling canopy. Tubular chrome pipe...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Space Age Furniture
70s "ESPERIA" Pyramid Glass Floor or Table Light
By Esperia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Esperia light from eccola to you!
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Glass
Six Light Chandelier by Gaetano Sciolari
By Reggiani
Located in Hanover, MA
Six light chandelier in chrome and white enameled aluminum designed by Gaetano Sciolari.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Domed Opaline Glass Shade Iron Tripod Table Lamp with Copper Clasp
Located in Lomita, CA
The opaline glass dome gives this lamp the best futuristic feel as well as the tripod feet that suggest some sort of "landing." Everything about the wrought iron details and base that ends in penny feet is reminiscent of space age design.
This is such a fun and interesting lamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Iron, Steel
Orchidée Lounge Chair by Michel Cadestin for Airborne, France 1968 - 2 Available
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare French ‘Orchidée’ lounge chair designed by Michel Cadestin for Airborne in 1968. This sculptural chair features a white fiberglass frame with a dramatically curved seat back, ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Fiberglass
Space Age Artemide Dania Table Lamp by Dario Tagnon Made in Italy c 1960’s
By Dario Tognon, Artemide
Located in New York, NY
Classic Post Modern, Space Age Dania Table lamp, designed by Dario Tognon, for Artemide, made in Italy circa 1960’s.
The lamp features a white metal structure which is in original fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Geometric Ceramic Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic cross epitomizes the geometric abstraction that was prevalent in mid-century modern design. Handcrafted by European studio pottery artists...
Category
1950s European Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Space Age Polished Chrome Bench Stool, Italy 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Handsome form executed to very high standard of quality. Upholstery original and needs to be redone.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pair Large Laurel Lamp Company Glass Egg Lamps. Italian Glass
Located in Buffalo, NY
Matched Pair Iconic Laurel Lamp Company Glass Egg Lamps. 20" high hand blown Italian glass with original on/ off dimmer switches.Excellent condition. Cl...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Metal
Space Age 4-Piece Dining Set by Maurice Burke for Arkana, 1960s
Located in La Mesa, CA
Space Age dining room by Maurice Burke for Arkana in Bath, England. It consists of a table with a tulip base and 3 matching chairs with propeller style base. This is an iconic design...
Category
1960s British Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Set of 2 Poltrona Frau Regina Leather Lounge Chair & Ottoman 2 Sets Available
Located in San Diego, CA
A contemporary interpretation of the classic bergère, Regina is a swivel armchair. Designed by Paolo Rizzatto, the fluid and aerodynamic Regina has an extremely generous and welcomin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Steel
Globe Lamp by Olympia Lunar, 1960s
By Olympia Furniture Co. 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Olympia Lunar globe lamp, a luminary masterpiece from the swinging 60s, marries form and function in perfect harmony. Its spherical shade diffuses a soft, ethereal glow, casting ...
Category
1960s Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
Rare Set of Four Space Age Black Plastic Dining Chairs by Marcello Siard
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Dimensions: H 29.5" / W 16.8" / D 15.2" Height from floor to seat: 18.4" Back height: 14.8"
A fabulous and rare set of 4 black molded Model 1050 plastic dining chairs by Marcello Si...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plastic
1970's Space Age Floor Arch Lamp
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantasic Large space age floor lamp. circa 1970 chrome polished pipping with aluminium shade, and push-off switch all original condition comes apart for easy shipping the base comes off the shade, and the pipping splits, the condition its very clean all original finish nice patina light...
Category
20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Sapporo Armchairs by Mobil Girgi, Italy 1970s
By Mobil Girgi
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pair of patinated cognac leather Sapporo armchairs for Mobil Girgi. Made in Italy, 1970s. Priced as a pair.
Very good vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Leather
Italian Lacquered Bentwood Dining Chairs - a Set of 6
By Thonet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of six mid century Italian dining chairs. Black lacquered bentwood with chrome hardware. Original geometric pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Roche Bobois INDO Tempered Glass and Wood End or Coffee Table
By Roche Bobois
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Dimensions: W 31.5" / D 21.5" / H 15"
Drawer dimensions: W 14" / D 18"
A beautiful Roche Bobois Designer Mid-Century Modern coffee table with attractive wooden inside storage drawer all over covered with rectangular glass frame which contrasts nicely. Designed by René Bouchara...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Mid Century George Kovacs Chrome 'Caterpillar' Lamps - a Pair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of mid century chrome "caterpillar" lamps attributed to George Kovacs. Stacked ball form silhouette. Smaller in scale, as seen compared to a larger version in the last photo. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Space Age Italian Chrome Wrapped Oversized Arm Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A space age Italian armchair. Overstuffed silhouette, chrome wrapped detail and chrome feet. Reupholstered by its previous owner in a crisp white synthetic bouclé. Two available. sol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Modern Space Age Cylindrical Tower Bar
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage modern space age cylindrical tower bar.
Spice up your home with this super cool and futuristic cylindrical tower bar attributed to Pace Collection Design. Constructed of clear rolled plexiglass sheet capped on top and bottom by brushed steel laminate. Fitted with Lucite bottle racks and storage holders for glassware. In the center is a burl grain laminated surface with a demilune drop leaf...
Category
1970s Vintage Space Age Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Michael Wolk for Interlude "Miami" Swivel Chair Brown Suede Space-Age Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This curvy lounge chair was designed by multiple award-winning designer, Michael Wolk, for luxury manufacturer Interlude. The design invokes a space-age feel, uniform in color and de...
Category
1990s American Space Age Furniture
Materials
Suede, Upholstery
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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