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 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
4x small austrian wall hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
4x small austrian wall hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4329 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4329 Polished Brass Hook.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist midcentury wall hook is executed in choice of patinated brass, polished brass, or p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
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
1960s Wall mounted Plant Hanger By Desmond Sawyer Rattan Hook
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Very hard to find plant hanger by Desmond Sawyer, dates from the 1960s.
Painted black steel rod and rattan decoration, wall hung. The hooks have not b...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Steel
1960’s Brutalist Brass Wall Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury Brutalist Brass wall sculpture.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
Original condition
Big hooks:
H 15cm
W 2cm
D 10cm
Small hooks:
H 7.5cm
W 1.5cm
D 6cm.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
French Retro Long Chrome Hat and Coat Rack
Located in Godshill, 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
4x Austrian wall hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
4x Austrian wall hooks by Hertha Baller, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
6x Herta Baller hooks 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
6x Herta Baller hooks 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
5 Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
5 Hooks by Hertha Baller, circa 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
French Prince of Wales Feather Bracket, Style of Maison Jansen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Pair of wall brackets. Made in Italy as indicated on the back of the top shelf. Giltwood with carved feather plume motif and a sculpted bow at the bottom, in the Style of Maison Jansen.
These 3 feather wall brackets inspired by the Prince of Wales Feathers.
Stéphane Boudin...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Wood
Carl Auböck Model #4329 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4329 Patinated Brass Hook.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist midcentury wall hook is executed in choice of patinated brass, polished brass, or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Danish Søholm Wall Plaque Parrot Bird Earthy Colors, Midcentury Ceramic, 1970s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Midcentury Danish wall plaque by Noomi Backhausen (1938-2011) for Søholm Stentøj. Manufactured circa 1970s.
The wall plaque features a stylised p...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Stoneware
6x wall hooks vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
6x wall hooks vienna around 1960s
Original condition
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage 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
13 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
13 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
5 Rare Brass hooks by herta Baller around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
5 Rare Brass hooks by herta Baller around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
7 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
7 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Original condition
Size hooks bigger one:
H: 15.5cm
W: 7.5cm
D: 7.5cm
Size smaller one:
H: 5cm
W: 7.5cm
D: 4cm
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Pair of Very Heavy Textured Glass & Metal Cow Horn Mid-Century Modern Wall Hooks
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Lot of two 1970s wall hooks made of very heavy textured glass, with Cow Horn style attachments. Nice addition to your room, entry hall or man cave. Cow...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal
Wood Panel Hand Carved, Wall Decoration, France 1960 Signed Bérthelémé
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Wood Panel Hand Carved, Wall Decoration, France 1960 Signed Bérthelémé
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Wood
Six Asymetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Six Asymetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s
Original condition
Price and selling per piece.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
5 Asymetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
5 Asymetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Brass Kitchen Utensils Hanging Bar Spain Mid 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Old kitchen tools or utensils made of brass and plastic hanging from a hanging bar. Old kitchen appliance
Midcentury
Saucepan fork palette and serving pot
This set of brass utensils...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Panel on Lava, Wall Decoration, Vallauris 1960, Abstract Subject, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This ceramic panel is from Max & Dominique Picard. It has been done in France Cica 1960. It is signed by the monogram of the Artists JGP. The panel is in Lava, and the Ceramic looks ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Lava
6 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
6 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Original condition
Size hooks bigger one:
H: 15.5cm
W: 7.5cm
D: 7.5cm
Size smaller one:
H: 5cm
W: 7.5cm
D: 4cm
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4330/1 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4330/1 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
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
12 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Original condition
Size hooks bigger one:
H: 15.5cm
W: 7.5cm
D: 7.5cm
Size smaller one:
H: 5cm
W: 7.5cm
D: 4cm
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
2 hooks around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
2 hooks around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
10 Hooks by herta baller vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
10 Hooks by herta baller vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
5 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
5 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
10 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
10 Wall Hooks by Herta Baller, around 1950s
Orignal condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Pair of Very Heavy Textured Glass & Metal Cow Horn Mid-Century Modern Wall Hooks
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Lot of two 1970s wall hooks made of very heavy textured glass, with cow horn style attachments. Nice addition to your room, entry hall or man cave. Cow...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal
Pair of Very Heavy Textured Glass & Metal Cow Horn Mid-Century Modern Wall Hooks
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Lot of two 1970s wall hooks made of very heavy textured glass, with metal Cow Horn style attachments. Nice addition to your room, entry hall or man cav...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal
5 Asymetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s ( price per piece )
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
5 Asymetric Wall Hooks by Hertha Baller Austria, 1950s ( price per piece )
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
5 hertha baller wall hooks vienna around 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
5 hertha baller wall hooks vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
5 Wall Hooks, Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
5 wall hooks Vienna, circa 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Charming Auböck Wall Hooks, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Original condition
Price is for all together.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass, Nickel
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
Set of Four Hangers Made of Lucite and Brass, Italy, 1950s, Coat Hangers
Located in Roma, IT
Set of four hangers made of Lucite and brass, Italy 1950s. Coat Hangers
Dimensions: Width 13 cm, depth 6 cm, height 14 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Aluminium Wall Hooks Vienna Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
4 aluminium wall hooks vienna around 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Antique A@C Coat Hanger with Mirror Stickley era W1732 SALE
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a nice Antique Arts & Crafts Wall-Mounted Coat Hanger with a center mirror. There are 6 hooks for coats, etc. Made in the early 1900s, the piece is in very good condition.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Iron
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
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
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
Set of Four Golden Midcentury Wall Hooks, Austria, Vienna, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of 4 beautiful modernist wall hooks, executed in the 1950s in Austria. Made of gold-finished aluminium, in very good condition, with margina...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Wardrobe, Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Wardrobe, Vienna, circa 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Brass Wardrobe, Austria, 1950
Located in Wien, AT
Brass wardrobe, Austria, 1950
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Wardrobe, Vienna, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Wardrobe, Vienna, circa 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
7 Vintage Aluminium 'Painted' Wall Hooks, Vienna, Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
7 Vintage aluminium (painted) wall hooks, Vienna, around 1960s.
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Appendiabiti in rattan, Anno 1970
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Appendiabiti in rattan, Anni '70.
Le condizioni sono ottime, qualche lieve segno di utilizzo dovuto al tempo.
Il prezzo della spedizione si intende per il territorio italiano, per ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Rattan
Aluminum Wall Hooks, Vienna, circa 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Aluminum wall hooks, Vienna, circa 1960s
It is not possible to attach on wall directly.
It can only be mounted on a wooden plate or metal plate a...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Auböck Model #5262 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Produced ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Rare Walter Bosse Hooks on Teak Wood
Located in Wien, AT
Rare Walter Bosse hooks on teak wood.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage 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
Four Hooks, Vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Four Hooks Vienna around 1960s
original condition
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Wall Brackets
Materials
Aluminum
Ten Asymmetric Modernist Brass Hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller
Located in Wien, AT
Ten asymmetric modernist brass hooks by Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s.
priced and sold per piece.
Original condition.
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
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.