Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
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
Carl Auböck Model #5262 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Four Wall hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Four wall hooks by Hertha Baller
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
9 Asymetric Wall Hooks Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
9 asymetric wall hooks vienna around 1950s
Price and sold per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Beautiful "Bauhaus Era" 1950s Minimalist Wall Hook for Clothes
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s wall coat or clothes hooks in the minimalist style of the renowned Deutsche Bauhaus. Nice addition to your room, entry hall or just fo...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Carl Auböck Model #4330/1 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4330/1 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Aubö...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
8 Wall Hooks 'Bakelite and Brass', Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Wall hooks 'Bakelite and Brass', Vienna, circa 1950s
Black
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4056 Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #4056 brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese candleholder is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4086 Hook in Polished Brass
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4086 hook in polished brass. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is expertly executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Stunning & Practical Midcentury Modern Wood & Chrome-Steel Wall Coat Rack 1960s
Located in Lisse, NL
Great looking and highly practical 1960s design wall coat rack.
We know that one should never say never, but we don't believe that we will ever again find a midcentury modern coat r...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal, Chrome
4 wall hooks by hertha baller vienna around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
4 wall hooks by hertha baller vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Snoop Wall Hook, Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
Simple, minimal and fun wall hook.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass, Steel
Book Wall Hook
Located in Cincinnati, US
Simple yet solid wood wall hook made in the US.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Walnut
Carl Auböck Model #9038 Knob in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9038 knob in nickel.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Nickel
Monkey Wall Hook by Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass hook "monkey" by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, Vienna from the 1950s.
Used but in very good vintage condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Nickel-Plated Hertha Baller Wall Hooks
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Nickel-plated Hertha Baller wall hooks.
Original condition.
Price and selling per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Nickel
5 Aluminium Wall Hooks Vienna Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
5 aluminium wall hooks vienna around 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s 'Priced and Sold Per Piece.'
Located in Wien, AT
Original condition
Priced and sold per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4965 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #4965 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #5439 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5439 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4994 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4994 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Victor Cerrato Ceramic, Iron and Brass Oxidized Gunmetal Coat Hooks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of 4 rare and unusual ceramic, iron, brass and oxidized gunmetal coat hooks made by Italian sculptor, Victor Cerrato-Torino. Beautiful, organic composition of these functional wo...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass, Iron
7 Aluminum Wall Hooks Black and Gold Lacquered Vienna Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
7 aluminum wall hooks black and gold lacquered vienna around 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Auböck Model #4965 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #4965 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Produce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Nickel
Six Asymmetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Six asymmetric wall hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s
Original condition.
Price and sale per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4903 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4903 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #5439 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5439 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Produce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Nickel
Carl Auböck Model #5261 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #5261 brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Produced by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Coat Hook from the Middle of the Century, 1960s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
-Made in Czechoslovakia
-Manufacture of metal, wood, imitation wood sides
-Wall coat hanger with 6 hooks.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Model #4982 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4982 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck #4994-1 Wall Hook, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4994-1 Wall Hook, Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #5261 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #5261 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Nickel
Snoop Wall Hook, Gray
Located in Cincinnati, US
Simple, minimal and fun wall hook.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass, Steel
Metal Tole Rose Flower Key Hanger Wall Decoration, Italy Vintage, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful metal key hanger wall decoration in florentine style. Made in Italy, about 1980s. Made of metal. In very good used condition. Very charming piece. Nice addition to your r...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal
Three Wall Coat Hooks and Cloth Hanger Sets Lucite and Brass, 1970s German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Lot of three coat hooks and cloth hanger, 1970s German. Nice addition to your room, entry hall or just for your collection of design items. Made of brass and Lucite. They are in used...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Wall Hooks 'Bakelite and Brass', Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
6 wall hooks ( bakelite and brass ), Vienna, circa 1950s
Priced and sell per piece
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Rare Faux Bamboo Wall Bracket, Brown Color, France 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Rare wall Bracket in Faux bamboo. it has been made in France cirace 1960. It is in a brown color. It hungs on the wall thanks to two metal fasteners.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Faux Bamboo
Carl Auböck Model #4965 Large Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #4956 brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Price is per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
Original condition
Priced and sold per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck #4903-1 Wall Hook, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4903-1 Wall Hook, Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Wall Coat Hanger by Ton, Cechoslovakia, 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Wall coat hanger with 3 hooks
- Adjustable
- Made of bent wood
- Good original condicion.
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Wood
Set of Six Mid Century Wall Hooks, 1970s
By Kartell
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type
- very practical.
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Plastic
Carl Auböck Model #4982 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4982 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Austrian Midcentury Wall Hook Attributed to Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass chrome-plated coat, hat hooks, elegant shape and perfect quality made in Austria probably by Hagenauer in the early 1950s.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Wicker Rattan & Wrought Iron Coatrack Shelf, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
A combination shelf and coat rack, wicker wrapped wrought iron.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Carl Auböck Model #4982 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4982 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Nickel
Austrian Midcentury Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass coat, hat hooks, elegant shape and perfect quality by Hertha Baller from the 1950s.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
6 Wall Hooks Rosewood Vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
6 wall hooks rosewood vienna around 1960s
Original screws
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Palisander
Six Austrian Brass Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Six Austrian brass wall hooks by Hertha Baller
Original condition
Priced and sold per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
1960s Wall Coat Rack with Mirror and Shelves, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Very good original condition.
- Oak and leatherette.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Faux Leather, Mirror, Oak
Austrian Midcentury Wall Hooks Attributed to Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass chrome-plated coat, hat hooks, elegant shape and perfect quality made in Austria probably by Hagenauer in the early 1950s.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass, Chrome
James Mont Cinnabar Lacquered Wall Bracket
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
James Mont Design cinnabar lacquered wall bracket, removed from a private residence designed by James Mont at 370 East 76th Street, New York, NY circa...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Giltwood
French Retro Long Chrome Hat and Coat Rack
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French Retro Long Chrome hat and coat rack,
This stylish 60s long hat and coat rack has seven double hooks and an upper railed shelf
A ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Chrome
Carl Auböck Patinated #4982-2 Wall Hooks, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Patinated #4982-2 Wall Hooks, Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Walnut Wall Hooks by Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
Walnut wood hook, made by Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien in the 1950s
Excellent original condition.
A set of four.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Walnut
Carl Auböck Model #4994 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4994 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Aluminium Wardrobe Vienna Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Aluminum wardrobe vienna around 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Lion Wall Hook by Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass hook "lion" by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller, Vienna from the 1950s.
Used but in very good vintage condition.
Two pieces available.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern wall brackets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern wall brackets 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 wall brackets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern wall brackets made in a specific country, there are Europe, Austria, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall brackets, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Herta Baller, Lalique, and Jacques Adnet. 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 wall brackets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $16 and tops out at $16,000 while the average work can sell for $429.
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