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Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Set of 8 Kipp Stewart Dining Chairs - Refinished & Reupholstered in Your Fabric
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Eight Curvaceous Dining Chairs, designed by Kipp Stewart for Calvin, American, circa 1960s. These chairs are currently being refinished ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Upholstery, Wood, Walnut

Paul McCobb Dining Table in Your Color Choice
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paul McCobb dining table for Calvin, American, circa 1950s. Elegant design with brass stretcher. This table is currently being refinished and can be completed in your choice of color...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Bird's-Eye Burl Maple Dining Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage modern Italian dining set includes a large oval dining table with two leaves and six chairs. A luxurious dining table that extends from 78.5 inches wide to 113...
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Japanese-Inspired Oak Credenza and Dining Table by Colette Gueden, France, 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Beautiful, minimalist chic dining table and credenza set. The top of the table and credenza end in pagoda-style beveled edges. Tapered legs. Lovely warm c...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Rainer Daumiller for Hirtshals Savvaerk Dining Set, Solid Pine, 1970s, Denmark
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Outstanding combination of Scandinavian craftsmanship & design. Dining set designed by Rainer Daumiller and manufactured by Hirtshals Savvaerk Møbler. The set is made of solid pine w...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Pine

Mid Century Oak Leaf Table Dining Set by Jack Van Der Molen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning Mid Century Oak Leaf Table Dining Set by Jack Van Der Molen. Includes beautiful oak dining table w/ 2 leaves and six chairs with a Satiny Gold Pattern Upholstery. Please con...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Jeffrey Greene Mid Century Arts & Crafts Birdseye Maple Inlay Dining Set - 7 pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jeffrey Greene Mid Century Arts & Crafts Birdseye Maple Inlay Dining Set - 7pcs. Listing includes (2) 16.5" Leaves, (6) side chairs, (1) large dining table, birdseye maple inlay, stu...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Maple

Mid century italian dining set, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant italian mid century dining set consisting of an extendable wooden dining table and 6 black ebonized wooden dining chairs with vinyl up...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sideboards Table Chairs Sets by Paolo Buffa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Description: Mid-Century modern dining room sets by Paolo Buffa (La Permanente Mobili Cantu) consists of: long sideboard, small sideboard, table with glass top and four chairs. Orig...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass, Gold Leaf

1969 Dining table / desk designed by J. Batenburg for Mi Belgium, 1968
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
1969 Dining table / desk produced by Mi and designed by J. Batenburg. Mi is little known, but every find is a treasure. Their furniture shows craftsmanship and quality. This dining t...
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1960s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

A dining set made of Brazilian rosewood by Dyrlund in Denmark, circa 1960s
Located in Houston, TX
A gorgeous dining set made of Brazilian rosewood by Dyrlund in Denmark, circa 1960s. Includes 6 chairs recently reupholstered in an ivory performance fabric, and a table that include...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Teak

Set of French Rustic Mid Century Wooden Sofa, Table & Stools in Dark Oak, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare French mid century wooden cabin dining set of dark stained oak in a rustic style by a French anonymous designer produced in the 1950s. The sofa has some storage under neath the ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Oak

Four Giorgetti Italian Dinning Armchairs "Gallery", 1980s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
These four chairs were made by the famous Italian company Giorgetti, the four chairs are in stained beech, with a high back, the upholstery has been redone in ivory velvet. The set w...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Velvet, Beech

Mid-Century Paul McCobb Calvin Group Dining Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage dining set features the unique Mid-Century design of Paul McCobb produced for the Calvin group. Stylish aluminum trim contrasts with the rich walnut finish of this expan...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Fabric, Walnut

Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Table 8 Chairs Set New Linen Upholstery Seats
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern dining table 8 chairs set new linen upholstery seats Mint!. Measures- Chair: 18'' x 20'' x 33'' & seat height: 19...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Birdseye Maple, Walnut

Mid-Century Dining set after Adrian Pearsall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural Elegance with Iconic 1960s Flair. Bring architectural drama and timeless style to your dining space with this striking Mid-Century Modern dining set inspired by the iconic...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Vintage Rustic Reclaimed Barnwood Extending Dining Table And Chairs Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Rustic Reclaimed Barnwood Extending Rectangular Dining Set Gorgeous rustic reclaimed barnwood extending 2 end leaf French oak rectangular dining table and 6 matching high b...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Queen An Style White Wash Dining Table 6 Chairs Set by Century Furniture MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Queen An Style White Wash Dining Table 6 Chairs Set by Century Furniture MINT Dimensions: Chair: 22"x21"x43" seat height: 18" Table: 44"x69"x29" leaves: 2x14" extended length: 97"
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Hardwood

Mid-Century Modern Dining Table w 6 Barrelback Chairs & Three Leafs by Mengel
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous extension dining table, total of 94 inches when the 3 12inch leafs are used. Faux granite stone top with black ebonized base and six dining chairs, 2 arm that have been just...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Laminate, Oak, Fabric

Paul Laszlo Black Lacquer Knife-Leg Dining Set for Brown Saltman
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This midcentury Knife-Leg dining set by Paul Laszlo for Brown Saltman featuring a sleek black lacquer wood table with a 15" leaf, along with six matching dining chairs. There are two high back end chairs in addition to four low back dining chairs...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Oak

Dining Set with Giuseppe Rivadossi Chairs and Angelo Mangiarotti Dining Table
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Lovely Italian dining set consisting of a Angelo Mangiarotti table and Giuseppe Rivadossi dining chairs Angelo Mangiarotti for Bernini, dining table, model '302', cast bronze, marbl...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Oak

Mastercraft Dark Burl Walnut Oval 4x20" Leaves Dining Table 6 Chairs Set MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Dimensions: Table: 46” x 70” x 29” Leaves: 4 x 20” with an extended table length of 150” Chair: 21” x 21” x 66”
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Burl

Set Dining Room Bamboo Italian Midcentury Design Octagonal Table Glass Top, 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Set dining room bamboo Italian midcentury design octagonal table glass top, 1950. Measures: Table diameter cm.141, height cm.77.
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Bamboo

Mid-Century Modern Dining Table & Six Chairs by Umberto Mascagni, Italian, 1950
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Mid-Century Modern dining table and six chairs by Umberto Mascagni, the table with a cinnabar red chinoiserie top, the matching six chairs covered in cream and textured vinyl, the ta...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Aluminum

Set of Vintage Round table with Six Chairs in Red and White Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Chair measurements : Depth: 41cm Width: 55cm Heigh: 70cm Height to the seat : 50cm
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather

Dining Table, Danish Design, Rosewood, Dutch Extensions, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
A stunning dining table crafted by a Danish cabinetmaker in luxurious rosewood, featuring a Dutch extension mechanism, dating back to the 1960s. This dining table epitomizes the ele...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Rosewood

Handcrafted Set - Table with 5 Chairs - Italy - 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
Interesting handcrafted oak set consisting of a solid table with colored laminate top and five chairs built with off-axis backs, upholstered with original leatherette cloth. The who...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Laminate, Wood

Chic Mid-Century White Lacquered Armchairs & Dining Table Set, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elevate your interior with this exquisite mid-century dining set featuring two white lacquered foldable armchairs and a matching adjustable dining table, all crafted by the renowned ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Set with wicker and bamboo table and four chairs by Vivai Del Sud 1970s
Located in Premariacco, IT
Vintage 1970s garden or patio set with table and four comfortable bamboo chairs. Note the quality of the items; the glass is 1cm thick. Ideal as a vintage garden dining set or also...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Bamboo, Wicker, Glass

Table and benches in Larch Wood by Christian Durupt, circa 1960
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Rare set designed by Christian Durupt, a renowned French cabinetmaker who collaborated with Charlotte Perriand. The dining table and its two grooved benches are entirely made of so...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Mid Century Modern Set of Six Dining Chairs and Table in Lucite Chrome Glass
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern Set of Six Dining Chairs and Table in Lucite Chrome Glass Table 42"(D) x 60"(W) x 30"(H), chair 23"(D) x 21"(W) x 45"(H)
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Chrome

MCM Spun Fiberglass Forest Green Outdoor Dining Table & 4 Armchairs on Casters
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful 1960’s vintage Mid-Century Modern spun fiberglass forest green painted outdoor or patio dining table & four armchairs on casters. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. New paint but not done by us. Needs cushions. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections, circa, Mid-20th Century. Who needs to go to a fancy restaurant for dinner when you can stay home and have fine dining like this? This is a fabulous spun fiberglass outdoor dining set comprised of a table with a cinched pedestal base and a round top with a glass insert and four armchairs on casters. So often pieces like this are Attributed to Russell Woodard, and throughout the design community there are debates and discussions as to what in fact defines a Russell Woodard piece, but in fact he never produced spun fiberglass furniture...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Richard Young Merrow Associates A Chrome Dining Table & a Set of 8, 160z Chairs
Located in London, GB
Richard Young for Merrow Associates. A chrome dining table with the original smoked glass circular top and a set of eight rare 160Z Merrow chairs which are arguably the best-lookin...
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1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Steel, Chrome

Danny Ho Fong California Modern Woven Cane Dining Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chic California modern woven cane top dining table designed by Danny Ho Fong for Tropi-cal. Rare white finish with an iron frame that holds the w...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Iron

Bamboo Dining Table and Two Matching Chairs in The Style of Louis Sognot, France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully detailed Bamboo Dining Table with Two matching chairs in the style of Louis Sognot. The set is well made, sturdy and in very good condition. The lashing is leather a...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Fabric, Faux Leather, Bamboo

Mid Century Iron Dining Table and Chairs Walter of Wabash
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Sleek modern wrought iron and faux marble formica dining table and 4 chairs. Table has 1 leaf. Great period look with a mix of McCobb and Ponti vibes. 36x30 47.5x30 with leaf. Curbs...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Iron

Edmondo Palutari for Dassi Mid-Century Italian Teak Dining Table and Chairs, 50s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Dining table and six chairs designed by Edmondo Palutari for Dassi, the set is in teak and has been restored and the chairs covered with a new hemp fabric, similar to the original, I...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Hemp, Teak

Rare Dining Room Set by Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture, USA, c. 1950s
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing the exquisite vintage expanding dining table from the renowned designer Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture. This timeless set, part of the lauded Irwin Collection, showcase...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Mahogany

Extendable Table by Maurice Pré, Designed in France in the 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Extendable dinning table by Maurice Pré, designed in France in the 1950s.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Mid-Century Walnut Sculptural Dining Set by Blowing Rock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Sculptural Dining Set by Blowing Rock . This set features a beautiful sculpted leg table and (5) chairs. Perfect for entertaining in style. Table W60"xD40"xH30" Chairs W21...
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Teak

Eight Mid-century Liceu de Artes e Officios Brazilian Modern Dining Chairs
Located in Oakland, CA
Elegant set of eight Brazilian Modern dining chairs produced by Liceu de Artes e Officios, 1955, in Sao Paulo Brazil. Hand sculpted of be...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Vintage Beech and Maple Dining Table with a Patterned Blue Glass Top, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. It features a maple and beech frame and brass feet caps. This table has a glass top that underneath has its original marble patterned film. It is a vintage pie...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Midcentury Skovby Mobelfabrik Dining Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning vintage modern Danish teak pedestal base dining table with two leaves by Skovby Mobelfabrik. This attractive set caters to many with the ...
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Faux Leather, Teak

Vintage Bamboo and Wicker Dining Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration, a Bamboo Rattan Wicker Cane Table and Chair Set. A beautiful fusion of natural textures, organic warmth, and breezy vintage style. Crafted from sturdy bamboo ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wicker

Børge Mogensen Mid Century Modern Rosewood Extendable Dining Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish Mid Century Modern/MCM Dining Table with two extensions on either end. Made in Denmark. Dark Rosewood finish. See pics. Extends from 55 Inches to 74.5 inches to 94 ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Rosewood

Mid-Century Six Chair Dining Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This uniquely sized vintage dining table comes matched with a set of six vintage dining chairs. Wonderful Mid-Century design exemplified with the stunning sculpted legs shared by bot...
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wood

Mid-Century Six Chair Dining Set
Mid-Century Six Chair Dining Set
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Rodney Kinsman for Bieffeplast, Tokyo Dining Set, 1980s
Located in Hilversum, NL
This complete dining set, designed by British industrial designer Rodney Kinsman for the renowned Italian manufacturer Bieffeplast, embodies the essence of 1980s postmodern minimalis...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Mid-Century Teak Dining Chairs by Leslie Dandy for G-Plan, United Knigdom, 1960s
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Dining chairs made by british manufaktured G-Plan in the 1960s. Designed by Leslie Dandy. Made from solid teak. Wood elements have been cleaned and polished with Danish Oil. The foam...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather, Teak

1970s Mastercraft Sculptural Brass Wood Smoke Hexagonal Dining Table, Set of 5
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, dining set you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the best, i...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Vintage Thonet Bentwood Black Painted Dining Room Set, Table 4 Chairs - 5 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Thonet Bentwood Black Distress Painted Dining Set, Table 4 Chairs - 5 Pieces. Listing includes (1) 12" leaf, (4) dining chairs with attractive and intentional professionally ...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Fabric, Wood

Warren Platner Edited by Knoll Carrara Marble Steel Table, USA, 1970s
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Dining table designed by Warren Platner edited by Knoll, composed of a steel structure with welded rods creating curved and circular shapes. Tabletop made of Carrara marble, USA, 197...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Carrara Marble, Steel

1950s Eugenio Escudero Ebonized Mahogany Dining Set + Six Velvet Chairs Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a sophisticated dining set Ebonized Mahogany wood dining table and Six (6) chairs, with blue velvet. Mexico circa the 1950s Attributed to Eugenio Escudero. Unmarked. Set includes six dining chairs and an oval shaped dining table. Mahogany Wood ebonized with black lacquer. Chairs have brass accents and blue velvet seats. Very comfortable. Original preowned. Restored. Wear consistent with age and use...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Italian Modern Dining Table by Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian modern dining table, designed by Bertha Schaefer for Singer and Sons, Italy, circa 1950s. This table is currently being refinished ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Pair of Wicker and Rattan Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Midcentury wicker and rattan stands with round glass tops and a classic hour glass form on bun feet. Can also be used as a dining table base.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wicker, Rattan

Rare Blond Maple Round Expandable Dining Table 6 Chairs Set Set Denmark MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rare Blond Maple Round Expandable Dining Table 6 Chairs Set Set Denmark MINT! Table Dimensions Extended: 59x57.5x29 Chair Dimensions: 17.5 x 18 x 37
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Maple, Leather

Solid Curly Maple Table 6 Chairs Bench Hand Made Jointly Studio Dining Set Mint!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid curly or birds eye maple table 6 chairs bench hand made jointly studio dining set mint! Very comfortables seats! Artist signed and dated...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Birdseye Maple, Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Ebonized Birch "Tuxedo" Dining Set By Heywood-Wakefield
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This solid ebonized birch dining set is by the Heywood-Wakefield Co. circa early 1960s. The design name is "Tuxedo". The set includes a dining table and six chairs - two captain armc...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Birch, Fabric

Studio Simon Granite Brutalist Samo Table in the Style of Carlo Scarpa, 1970
Located in Vicenza, IT
Dining table mod. ‘Samo’ by Studio Simon. Series ‘Ultrarazionale’. Italy, 1970. Made of granite. Literature: Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950-2000, Allemandi, Torino, 2003, p.180. Excellent vintage condition. The Samo table was designed in 1970 by the project office of Studio Simon. Carlo Scarpa was the brand's artistic director, and the Venetian architect's style inspired the shapes of this table. Born in Venice on June 2nd, 1906, Carlo Scarpa began working at a very early age. Only a year after he had first qualified as an architect in 1926, he began working for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin & Co. in a consultative capacity; from 1927, he began to experiment with the Murano glass, and this research not only gave him excellent results here but would also inform his progress for many years to come. Between 1935 and 1937, as he entered his thirties, Carlo Scarpa accepted his first important commission, the renovation of Venice’s Cà Foscari. He adapted the spaces of this stately University building which stands on the banks of the Grand Canal, creating rooms for the Dean’s offices and a new hall for academic ceremonies; Mario Sironi and Mario De Luigi were charged with doing the restoration work on the frescos. After 1945, Carlo Scarpa found himself constantly busy with new commissions, including various furnishings and designs for the renovation of Venice’s Hotel Bauer and designing a tall building in Padua and a residential area in Feltre, which are all worth mention. One of his key works, despite its relatively modest diminished proportions, was the first of many works which were to follow in the nineteen fifties: the [bookshop known as the] Padiglione del Libro, which stands in Venice’s Giardini di Castello and shows clearly Scarpa’s passion for the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the years which were to follow, after he had met the American architect, Scarpa repeated similar experiments on other occasions, as can be seen, in particular, in the sketches he drew up in 1953 for villa Zoppas in Conegliano, which show some of his most promising work. However, this work unfortunately never came to fruition. Carlo Scarpa later created three museum layouts to prove pivotal in terms of how 20th century museums were to be set up from then on. Between 1955 and 1957, he completed extension work on Treviso’s Gipsoteca Canoviana [the museum that houses Canova’s sculptures] in Possagno, taking a similar experimental approach to the one he used for the Venezuelan Pavilion at [Venice’s] Giardini di Castello which he was building at the same time (1954-56). In Possagno Carlo Scarpa was to create one of his greatest ever works, which inevitably bears comparison with two other museum layouts that he was working on over the same period, those of the Galleria Nazionale di Sicilia, housed in the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo (1953-55) and at the Castelvecchio in Verona (1957- 1974), all of which were highly acclaimed, adding to his growing fame. Two other buildings, which are beautifully arranged in spatial terms, can be added to this long list of key works that were started and, in some cases, even completed during the nineteen fifties. After winning the Olivetti award for architecture in 1956, Scarpa began work in Venice’s Piazza San Marco on an area destined to house products made by the Industrial manufacturers Ivrea. Over the same period (1959-1963), he also worked on renovation and restoration of the gardens and ground floor of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, which many consider being one of his greatest works. While he busied himself working on-site at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Carlo Scarpa also began work building a villa in Udine for the Veritti family. To shed some light on the extent to which his work evolved over the years, it may perhaps be useful to compare this work with that of his very last building, villa Ottolenghi Bardolino, which was near to completion at the time of his sudden death in 1978. Upon completion of villa Veritti over the next ten years, without ever letting up on his work on renovation and layouts, Scarpa accepted some highly challenging commissions which were to make the most of his formal skills, working on the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa as well as another theatre in Vicenza. Towards the end of this decade, in 1969, Rina Brion commissioned Carlo Scarpa to build the Brion Mausoleum in San Vito d’Altivole (Treviso), a piece he continued to work on right up until the moment of his death. Nevertheless, even though he was totally absorbed by work on this mausoleum, there are plenty of other episodes which can offer some insight into the final years of his career. As work on the San Vito d’Altivole Mausoleum began to lessen from 1973, Carlo Scarpa began work building the new headquarters for the Banca Popolare di Verona. He drew up plans that were surprisingly different from the work he was carrying out at the same time on the villa Ottolenghi. However, the plans Carlo Scarpa drew up, at different times, for a monument in Brescia’s Piazza della Loggia commemorating victims of the terrorist attack on May 28th, 1974, make a sharp contrast to the work he carried out in Verona, almost as if there is a certain hesitation after so many mannered excesses. The same Pietas that informs his designs for the Piazza Della Loggia can also be seen in the presence of the water that flows through the Brion Mausoleum, almost as if to give a concrete manifestation of pity in this 20th century work of art. Carlo Scarpa has put together a highly sophisticated collection of structures, occupying the mausoleum’s L-shaped space stretching across both sides of the old San Vito d’Altivole cemetery. A myriad of different forms and an equally large number of different pieces, all of which are separate and yet inextricably linked to form a chain that seems to offer no promise of continuity, rising up out of these are those whose only justification for being there is to bear the warning “si vis vitam, para mortem”, [if you wish to experience life prepare for death] as if to tell a tale that suggests the circle of time, joining together the commemoration of the dead with a celebration of life. At the entrance of the Brion Mausoleum stand the “propylaea” followed by a cloister which ends by a small chapel, with an arcosolium bearing the family sarcophagi, the main pavilion, held in place on broken cast iron supports, stands over a mirror-shaped stretch of water and occupies one end of the family’s burial space. The musical sound of the walkways teamed with the luminosity of these harmoniously blended spaces shows how, in keeping with his strong sense of vision, Carlo Scarpa could make the most of all of his many skills to come up with this truly magnificent space. As well as a great commitment to architectural work, with the many projects which we have already seen punctuating his career, Carlo Scarpa also made many equally important forays into the world of applied arts. Between 1926 and 1931, he worked for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin, later taking what he had learned with him when he went to work for the glassmakers Venini from 1933 until the 1950s. The story of how he came to work on furniture design is different, however, and began with the furniture he designed to replace lost furnishings during his renovation of Cà Foscari. The later mass-produced furniture started differently, given that many pieces were originally one-off designs “made to measure”. Industrial manufacturing using these designs as prototypes came into being thanks to the continuity afforded him by Dino Gavina, who, as well as this, also invited Carlo Scarpa to become president of the company Gavina SpA, later to become SIMON, a company Gavina founded 8 years on, in partnership with Maria Simoncini (whose own name accounts for the choice of company name). Carlo Scarpa and Gavina forged a strong bond in 1968 as they began to put various models of his into production for Simon, such as the “Doge” table, which also formed the basis for the “Sarpi” and “Florian” tables. 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