Mid-Century Modern Furniture
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
Jacques & Dani Ruelland Coupe in Black Gunmetal Glaze c. 1970
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jacques & Dani Ruelland coupe in black gunmetal glaze.
France c. 1970.
Signed.
Christie’s label on underside.
Measurements: 2 3⁄8 height x 9 width x 8 7⁄8 in depth
Provenance: C...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Fly Wall Lamp by Pierre Chareau Model 110A
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally designed in 1924, this current production of the Fly wall lamp by Pierre Chareau is composed of three rectangular alabaster panels. Hue of ala...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
Stunning Percival Lafer sofa set in original black leather - Lafer S.A. - Brazil
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Extremely rare, complete & matching set from its first owner. 6 pieces.
Designed by Percival Lafer & produced by LAFER S.A. - São Paulo Brazil.
The complete set was labeled. Only c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen floor lamp in metal, 1950's.
Located in Espergærde, 84
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen (1913-2004), Very nice and subtle grasshopper shaped floor lamp designed by Svend Aage Holm-Sørensen, manufactured by Holm Sørensen & Co, Denmark 1950. This ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Sideboard by Robert Heritage for Heal’s
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and extremely rare vintage sideboard by Robert Heritage for Heal’s. This was made in England, it dates from the 1950’s.
The quality is exceptional, this has a very styli...
Category
1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Armchair, Scandinavian Style, 1970s
Located in Lučenec, SK
The two club armchairs are in original comndition. They provide comfortable seating. The unique colour of the upholstery will fit in rooms with period furniture.
Category
1970s Hungarian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Pair of Vintage Brass and Glass Side Tables
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made pair of vintage brass and glass side tables. They were made in France, they date from around the 1970’s.
They are very well made, the frames are actuall...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Magnificent Murano Glass Chandeliers, 101 Pink Tube Glasses
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 101 large pink glass tubes in a star shape. Can be used as a chandelier with chain...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Rug ‘Sun Spots’ designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, MMF
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rug ‘Sun Spots’ designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB,
Sweden, 1966.
Wool.
Signed.
Tapestry technique.
Provenance: From a private Swedish collection.
The int...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair Blanc De Chine Italian White Porcelain Urn Table Lamps with Grape Leaves
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of vintage Italian white Blanc de Chine porcelain table lamps, circa 1950. Both of these large lamps were disassembled, cleaned, and professionally restored. The metal bases ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Gordon Russell Sideboard By WH Curly Russell c.1958
Located in Accrington, GB
A rare Gordon Russell sideboard dating to the 1950’s. The sideboard is made from a multiple of different woods with a teak body, ebony cupboard doors and satin wood drawer fronts. In...
Category
1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Satinwood, Teak
Vintage Italian Murano Glass Leaf Wall Light, Sconce, 1980s
By Barovier
Located in PRESTON, AU
Lovely Italian Barovier (attr.) wall light with a textural Murano ‘ice’ glass shade and brass fixtures. The opaque molded glass emits a soft ambient light. Made in Italy in the 1980s...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
1970’s Vintage French Brass Drinks Trolley / Bar Cart
Located in London, GB
A very stylish and useful 1970’s vintage French brass & glass drinks trolley / bar cart.
The quality is fantastic, this is a great size and is beautifully designed, with fluted bras...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Angelo Mangiarotti, Original Lesbo Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
Rare lamp made of opaque white and transparent blown glass and cast metal base. Light scuffs with minor signs of use and age. This vintage lamp remains in excellent condition. If nec...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
small chandelier in lacquered sheet metal, Italy circa 1950/1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
small chandelier in lacquered sheet metal, Italy circa 1950/1960
some paint missing
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceiling lamp designed by Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan,
Sweden, 1970s.
Brass and opal glass.
H: 34.5 cm
D: 48 cm
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Table Lamp Model 2468 Designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Stockholm, SE
Table lamp model 2468 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn,
Sweden, 1950s.
Brass with cotton shades.
Stamped.
Model 2468 is a delightful brass table lamp with three small shades in green, yellow, and red. The lamp has an elegant brass base with three stems that hold the shades at different heights. Because of its tricolour shades, it is known as the “traffic light lamp”. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1950s, this lamp has become a timeless Svenskt Tenn collectable.
H: 54 cm
W: 42 cm
Shade D: 15 cm
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria.
When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household.
In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism.
Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired.
Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chrome Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W32 D24 H21
Modern Chrome side table with rectangular glass top.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Lucite & Chrome Floor Lamp, 1970s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Prepare to be captivated by a floor lamp, channeling the spirit of Robert Sonneman. With its striking Lucite body and chrome accents, this lamp hits all the right notes in both style and functionality. Let it take center stage in your space and create a stunning visual performance.
- 56.5"h, 23.5"w, 12"d
- In the style of Robert Sonneman circa 1970s
- Lucite & chrome orb floor lamp...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Mid-century dining table by Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolo da pranzo italiano anni ’50 attribuito a Gianfranco Frattini. E’ stato recuperato da un bellissimo attico a Milano completamente arredato da Gianfranco Frattini con i suoi arr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Iron
Tommaso Barbi, Wood and Brass Cigars Box, Italy, 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Wood and brass cigars box.
Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970
H 5 cm - 30.5 x 11.5 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Italian Stools, After Vico Magistretti, Set of 2, circa 1970
Located in Ely, GB
Set of 2, Italian Low Stools Attributed to Designer Vico Magistretti, circa 1970s.
The stools are made from beech with rush seats.
Structurally the stools are in very good conditio...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Papercord, Beech
Mid-Century Modern White and Yellow Table Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Measures: W7.5 D7.5 H29
Vintage table lamp with matte white finish accented by yellow details following the pattern on the table lamp. The brass base and details have patina. The ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fully restored midcentury chest of drawers by Tatra nabytok, 1960’s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This small chest of drawers was made by Tatra nábytok in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s.
Outstanding timeless design. Made of beech wood, fully renovated.
In excellent con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beech
Eames Aluminium Group Chairs for Herman Miller 3 Available
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration are up to 5 Aluminium Group Management chairs in black mesh designed by Eames for Herman Miller. These are the most comfortable of all Eames aluminum Group cha...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Design Marzio Cecchi Three-seater Sofa in Brown Buffalo Leather, 1970s
Located in Renens, CH
An exceptional three seater sofa, executed in thick and very heavy buffalo hide; the aged leather shows a wonderful deep dark-brown patina, it remains in excellent condition, with so...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather
Origin of God Sculptural White Ceramic Table Lamp, Tribute to Lucio Fontana
Located in Rome, IT
"THE ORIGIN OF GOD", white egg light holes
sculptural white ceramic table lamp by Lorenzo Ciompi limited edition 2023
a tribute to Lucio Fontana, inspired ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Midcentury Green Plate / Vide Poche, Giuseppe Mazzotti, Albisola, Italy, 1950
Located in Firenze, IT
Midcentury green ceramic plate / centerpiece.
Giuseppe Mazzotti, Albisola, Italy, 1950s.
Signed under the base "M.G.A”
Measure: 3.5 heigh...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 Dutch dining chairs 1960's by De Star Gelderland
Located in London, Lambeth
wonderful set of 4 dining chairs from Dutch Manufacturer, De Ster Gelderland from the centre-east of the Netherland produced many of the most well -known
Dutch chairs of the mid-20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Beech
Several Wall Lights in Glazed Style, Germany, 1970
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
We have a whole range of mid-century West-Germany wall lights.
They are from around 1970 and typical for West-Germany ceramics during that time.
They are a bit different is size, bu...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Majestic Pink Murano Palmette Chandelier
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding pink Palmette Murano glass chandelier made with 163 precious glasses on four levels.
Gold painted metal frame.
Available also a pair and a pair of sconces.
12-light bulbs...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Stool Designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stool designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson for Vittsö,
Sweden, 1960s.
Teak and leather.
H: 40 cm
W: 42 cm
D: 42 cm.
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Teak
Sublime Pair of Newly Upholstered Original Midcentury Italian Armchairs
Located in Portlaoise, IE
Sublime pair of original Mid-Century Modern Italian armchairs. Sourced in Modena Italy from a private collection this amazing pair have been newly upholstered in a chic bouclé type f...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Midcentury Modern Russell Woodard Tall Back Arm Chairs
Located in Hollywood, FL
Pretty in Pink! Pair of beautifully restored vintage Midcentury modern Russell Woodard tall back arm chairs. These stunning chairs consist of metal with a tall back and curved arms with matching curved seat and detailed curved legs. If you have any additional questions or would like additional photos please feel free to inquire and we'd be happy to assist. dimensions: 17.5" x 17" x 41.5".
Russel Woodard son of Lee L. Woodard assisted his father in starting a furniture line consisting of metal in the 1930s. The furniture line in 1930 introduced a wrought-iron set of patio dining furniture...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Beautiful Large three-Tier Murano Glass Tube Chandelier - 52 glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 52 large clear glass tubes in a star shape.
Period: late XX century
...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Eero Saarinen for Knoll International Tulip Chairs
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Dronten, NL
Classic Tulip dining chairs designed in 1956 by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International.
A defining accomplishment of modern design and a timeless addition to your home—a true Classic....
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Impressive three-Tier Murano SMOKED Glass Tube Chandelier - 52 glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Budapest, HU
Italian vintage chandelier in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 52 large SMOKED glass tubes in a star shape.
Period: late XX century
...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Ico Parisi, Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Table in Marble and Mahogany, 1950
By Ico Parisi
Located in Milan, IT
Ico Parisi, Italian Mid-Century Modern side table in marble and mahogany, 1950
A sleek, neat small settee, perfect for multiple uses. This design by Ico Parisi from 1950s is modern ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble
Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Serving trolley, anonymous, for DUX,
Sweden, 1960s.
Rattan and bamboo.
H: 78 cm
W: 48 cm
L: 91 cm
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Coffee Table By Ico Parisi For Mim Roma - Rosewood - Ca 1960
By Ico Parisi, MIM Roma
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Coffee table by architect and Italian designer Ico Parisi. Big name in Italian furniture, Ico Parisi got down to multiple creations, some of which can be recognized by these atypical feet. This coffee table, produced by MIM in the 1960s, is in Rio rosewood and the small part in chromed metal. The drum is lined with a corrugated plastic tube...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Swivel Barstools with Brass Tubular Bases, Pair
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1980s
Pair of swivel barstools with tubular brass bases and wooden footrests. A fun profile on this pair. No maker's marks.
Dimensions: 20" W x 21" D x 34" H; Seat height, 24...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Lampada vetro di murano '80
Located in Roma, IT
Lampada a forma di funga di grandi dimensioni
La lampada e vetro di murano di colore bianco con striature trasparenti crea una luce morbida
La lampada e alta 38 cm con un diametro ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Model SBA 108 Simple Sloping Block by Pierre Chareau for MCDE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally designed in 1923 this current production by Galerie MCDE of France of the simple sloping wall lamp by Pierre Chareau is composed of a single ...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Stainless Steel
1970s Vintage Italian Brass & Chrome Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and extremely well made 1970’s vintage Italian brass & chrome lamp.
The quality is outstanding, the frame is beautifully designed and the metal has acquired a beautiful ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Lovely Set of Italian Design Table Lamps in Minimalist Stilnovo Style Brass 1950
By Stilnovo
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous pair of Italian 1950 design table lamps/lights in the style of stilnovo.
Patinated brass frame with white metal shades. The shades can be ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
1970's, Vintage Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A lovely vintage table lamp in brass, wrapped in peach fabric. This was made in England, it dates from the 1970s.
It is of excellent quality an...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Murano Sputnik Spherical Green Glass and Brass Chandelier, 1990
Located in Rome, IT
A fantastic emerald green sputnik, with a surprising design and for its very low height, which allows it to fit in both high and low ceilings. Very elega...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Roger Desserprit '1923-1985' Wooden and plaster Sculpture, circa 1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Roger Desserprit (1923-1985) woodenand plaster sculpture,
provenance, " vente d' Atelier"
many accidents and losses
Roger Desserprit
France (1925-1985)
Aged 25, Roger Desserprit exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Colette Allendy before taking part, in 1949, in the Salon des Réalités nouvelles alongside Arden Quin, Bresciani, Eielson, and Vardanega. Encouraged by the poet André Frénaud, he met Bazaine, Ubac and Vieira da Silva, whose workshops he frequented. Close to the Madi movement initiated by South American artists...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Beautiful Vintage Italian Murano Chandelier, 24 Iridescent Grit Disks
By Vistosi
Located in Budapest, HU
Vintage Italian Murano chandelier in Vistosi style. The chandelier has 24 fantastic iridescent grit discs in a nickel metal frame. The glasses have the particularity of reflecting a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Chandelier by Bakolowits & Söhne
Located in Kiel, SH
Chandelier by Bakolowits & Söhne.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Handcrafted wood and brass wall-mounted shelf
By Huy Lam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Elevate No. 5", is a one-of-a-kind piece as part of Huy Lam's "Elevate" collection. This piece is hand-crafted by the artist in Canada with hand-carved wood fashioned with classic j...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ivar Åhlenius Björk, Lily / Liljan Candlesticks, Ystad Metall, Brass, Sweden
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Ivar Åhlenius Björk, Lily / Liljan Candlestickscandle holders made by Ystad Metal in Sweden. Please note these are the much rarer smaller versions. Price is for a pair. Sold in ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Amber Bubble Glass Pendant, Germany, 1960s
Located in NUEMBRECHT, NRW
This Space Age pendant light was manufactured and designed during the 1960s in Germany. It is made of amber bubble glass and has got a brass cylinder. The lamp comes without canopy.
...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Three Mounted Scrolls by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Three mounted scrolls by Rune Hagberg,
Sweden, 1970s.
Paper scrolls mounted on a board in a plexiglass box.
Unique.
Signed.
H: 76 cm
W: 81 cm
D: 12 cm
Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedish artist that took much of his inspiration from Zen Buddhism spirituality and Eastern Calligraphy. He is represented at, among many others, the Modern Museum and the Norrko¨ping Art Museum. Hagberg’s meditative informalism is placed between the concretism and expressionism of the 1950s, his art becoming simpler until he reduced it so far that only tightly closed picture reels...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
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Plexiglass, Paper
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Located in Rotterdam, NL
French Mid-Century Modern stool, 1960’s. Well proportioned design made of solid Pine with nice elegant curved lines and bulky legs. Made with attention and interesting details such a...
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Located in Antwerp, BE
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Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic Akari light sculpture known as Model 7A designed by Isamu Noguchi and handcrafted from traditional washi paper and bamboo. Each Akari lamp shade is meticulously crafted by han...
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