$831Sale Price|25% Off
Charlotte Perriand Large Coat Rack in Pine Wood for Les Arcs
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Coat rack designed by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs ski resort circa 1960, manufactured in France. Pinewood. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
Pine
Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand Ashtray for Lumax
By Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lumax ashtrey by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand. Manufactured in France, circa 1970. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
Glass
Charlotte Perriand Style Coffee Tables in Pine wood for Les Arcs, France 1960s
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Almelo, NL
Charlotte Perriand style coffee tables in pine wood for Les Arcs ski resort, circa 1960 manufactured in France. These are the iconic Charlotte Perriand simple and straightforward pin...
Pine
Danish Cabinetmaker Sheepskin Lounge Chair and Ottoman, Denmark 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
The most traditional use for this type of pair is in the living room, but they work especially well in an open floor plan. The early mid-century modern aesthetic lends itself well to...
Sheepskin, Wood
$612Sale Price|25% Off
Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand Ashtray for Lumax
By Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lumax ashtrey by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand. Manufactured in France, circa 1970. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
Glass
$1,837Sale Price / set|25% Off
Set of 3 Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand Ashtray for Lumax
By Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lumax ashtrey by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand. Manufactured in France, circa 1970. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
Glass
$612Sale Price|25% Off
Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand Ashtray for Lumax
By Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lumax ashtrey by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand. Manufactured in France, circa 1970. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
Glass
De Pas, D’Urbino & Lomazzi for Poltronova 'PITTI' Sofa in Leather and Walnut
By C.R.S. De Padova, Gionathan de Pas & Donato D’Urbino & Paolo Lomazzi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
De Pas, D’Urbino & Lomazzi for Poltronova, sofa model 'PITTI', leather, walnut, Italy, 1977 Stunning beautifully patinated sofa designed by the Italian trio De Pas, D’Urbino &am...
Leather, Walnut
$3,937Sale Price|25% Off
Charlotte Perriand Wood Stool for Les Arcs, circa 1960
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Stool designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1960 for Les Arcs. Manufactured in France. In good original condition, preserving a beautiful patina. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) Sh...
Pine
De Pas, D’Urbino & Lomazzi for Poltronova 'PITTI' Sofa in Leather and Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
De Pas, D’Urbino & Lomazzi for Poltronova, sofa model 'PITTI', leather, walnut, Italy, 1977 Stunning beautifully patinated sofa designed by the Italian trio De Pas, D’Urbino &am...
Leather, Walnut
Pierre Jeanneret , Committee Chair for Chandigarh, PJ-SI-30-C, Circa 1950, India
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Girona, Spain
Galerie’s selection is mainly focused on rare French mid-century modern design artefacts by Pierre Jeanneret, Jean Prouvé, Le Corbusier, and Charlotte Perriand.
Fur, Teak
Ray Kappe RK10 Coffee Table in Red Oak by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020
By Original in Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Ray Kappe RK10 coffee table in red oak by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020 California Modernism is synonymous with sophisticated minimal structures, featuring open plan design an...
Glass, Oak
Ray Kappe RK11 Coffee Table in Red Oak by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020
By Original in Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Ray Kappe RK11 coffee table in red oak by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020 California Modernism is synonymous with sophisticated minimal structures, featuring open plan design an...
Oak
$19,256 / item
Charlotte Perriand 513 Riflesso Storage Unit by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1939. Relaunched in 2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Part of the Cassina collection since 2004, the Riflesso storage unit cr...
Aluminum
Osvaldo Borsani T96 Executive Desk for Tecno, Italy, 1956
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
The T96 is an executive desk that organises its architecture around two chromed pylons and a boomerang-shaped top, pushed out at each end into obtuse angles that open the desk toward...
Aluminum
Ray Kappe RK8 Letterbox by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020
By Original in Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Ray Kappe RK8 letterbox by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020 California modernism is synonymous with sophisticated minimal structures, featuring open plan design and indoor-outdoo...
Plastic, Cherry, Teak, Pine
$19,256 / item
Charlotte Perriand 513 Riflesso Storage Unit by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1939. Relaunched in 2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Part of the Cassina collection since 2004, the Riflesso storage unit creat...
Aluminum
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mo...
Wood
Pair of Cherner Armchair by Norman Cherner for Plycraft
By Norman Cherner
Located in Centreville, VA
Found in design collections across the world, the Cherner chair was originally made of walnut faced moulded plywood, using similar techniques to those that Charles and Ray Eames were...
Bentwood
One Midcentury Ward Bennett Landmark Cane Armchair for Brickel and Associates
By Ward Bennett
Located in Pasadena, TX
Best known for his interiors, Mr. Bennett's projects include residence in New York, London, Venice and Rome, as well as his own quarter, a Manhattan apartment atop the Dakota, a coun...
Cane, Oak
Set of 8 ‘Lucio' Chairs, Sergio Rodrigues, Rosewood, Brazilian Midcentury Design
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
The Lucio chair is an icon of Brazilian design, made with a solid wood structure, originally rosewood, and a flat cane seat. The backrest is sculpted with anatomical design and turne...
Straw, Rosewood
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi Bedroom Set in Oak
By Officina Rivadossi, Giuseppe Rivadossi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, set consisting of a double bed, headboard and nightstands, oak, Italy, 1980s Giuseppe Rivadossi once again proves his great eye for materi...
Oak
Set of 8 Rosewood ‘Lucio' Chairs, Sergio Rodrigues, 1956, Brazilian Midcentury
By OCA Brazil, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
The Lucio chair is an icon of Brazilian design, made with a solid wood structure, originally rosewood, and a flat cane seat. The backrest is sculpted with anatomical design and turne...
Straw, Rosewood
Charlotte Perriand Outdoors Green LC7 Chair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoors green LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC collection b...
Steel
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi Single Bed in Walnut
By Giuseppe Rivadossi, Officina Rivadossi
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Giuseppe Rivadossi for Officina Rivadossi, bed or daybed, walnut, oak, Italy, 1980s Giuseppe Rivadossi once again proves his great eye for materialization and technicality this bed ...
Oak, Walnut
Charlotte Perriand Outdoors Green LC7 Chair by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Outdoors green LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC collection b...
Steel
Victorian Papier Mache Coffee Table by Jas Shoolbred & Co., 1875
By Jas Shoolbred & Co.
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Tray On Stand, Or Coffee Table, The Rectangular Removable Tray With Superb Hand Painted And Gilded Decoration To Black And Green ...
Other
Mixed Media Entitled "W.D. Snodgrass Come out of the Storm" by Deloss Mcgraw
By DeLoss McGraw
Located in San Diego, CA
Original mixed media entitled "W.D. Snodgrass Come out of the Storm" by Deloss Mcgraw, circa late 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and comes unframed; it measures 2...
Paper
Dejima (Desima) Dutch Trading Post, Nagasaki Japan – VOC Engraving, 1736
Located in Langweer, NL
The view presents a detailed plan of the Dutch trading settlement operated by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), showing the carefully regulated enclave where Dutch merchants were p...
Paper
Charlotte Perriand LC7 Outdoors Textured Black Chair by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Textured Black Outdoors LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC ...
Steel
Charlotte Perriand LC7 Outdoors Textured Brown Chair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Textured brown outdoors LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC col...
Steel
Charlotte Perriand LC7 Outdoors Textured Mud Chair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Textured Mud Outdoors LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC co...
Steel
Charlotte Perriand LC7 Black Leather Chair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Black leather upholstered LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC c...
Steel
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1907, Set of 4
By Cassina, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” dining chairs for Cassina, wood and leather, Italy, 1907, set of four. "Geometrically strict, frantically indulgent." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the ...
Leather, Wood
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1907, Set of 6
By Cassina, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” dining chairs for Cassina, wood and leather, Italy, 1907, set of six. "Geometrically strict, frantically indulgent." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the "...
Leather, Wood
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1907, Set of 2
By Cassina, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” dining chairs for Cassina, wood and leather, Italy, 1907, set of two. "Geometrically strict, frantically indulgent." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the "...
Leather, Wood
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” Dining Chair for Cassina, 1907
By Frank Lloyd Wright, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” dining chair for Cassina, wood and leather, Italy, 1907, set of one. "Geometrically strict, frantically indulgent." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the "C...
Leather, Wood
$19,248 / item
Charlotte Perriand 513 Riflesso Storage Unit by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1939. Relaunched in 2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Part of the Cassina collection since 2004, the Riflesso storage unit creat...
Aluminum
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1907, Set of 8
By Cassina, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright “Coonley 2” dining chairs for Cassina, wood and leather, Italy, 1907, set of eight. "Geometrically strict, frantically indulgent." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the...
Leather, Wood
$7,436Sale Price|25% Off
Console with Drawer Grey Formica Cite Cansado, circa 1950 by Charlotte Perriand
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Console designed by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1958. Manufactured in France, circa 1958. Laminated plastic-covered plywood, painted steel and grey moulded plastic. Drawer moulded wi...
Metal
Le Corbusier LC17 Portemanteau, Unité De Camping, Roquebrune For Cassina
By Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier LC17 Portemanteau, Unité De Camping, Roquebrune For Cassina Coat rack designed by Le Corbusier in 1957. Relaunched in 2010. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. This coat...
Oak
Bejra Möbel Tibro Upholstered Armchairs, Sweden, 1960s
Located in Utrecht, NL
The most traditional use for club chair-like models is in the living room, but they work especially well in an open floor plan. The early Mid-Century Modern aesthetic of this pair le...
Fabric, Wood
Chromed AS/AM Series Table Lamp by Franco Albini for Sirrah 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Table lamp with structure and lampshade entirely realized in chromed steel, from the AM/AS series designed by the iconic duo Franco Albini and Franca Helg and manufactured by Sirrah ...
Steel
Large Lacquered Square Coffee Table w/ Chrome Plinth Base By Directional 1970s
By Directional
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Mid Century Modern plinth base modern white lacquered coffee table with chrome plinth base and glass top.
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Pierre Jeanneret Kangaroo Low Armchair, Wood and Woven Viennese Cane by Cassina
By Cassina, Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bench designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1955, relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Cassina continues its study of the furniture of the city of Chandigarh and ad...
Cane, Wood
Costumi Ceramic Tiles by Giò Ponti for Bardelli Ceramica
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in Weesp, NL
Discover a piece of design history with this rare and exquisite set of ceramic tiles titled Costumi. Designed by the legendary Gio Ponti and produced by Bardelli Ceramica in the 1980...
Ceramic
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mo...
Fur, Wood
Franco Albini TL30 Round Table in Metal and Wood by Poggi 1950s
By Poggi, Franco Albini
Located in Cascina, Pisa
TL30 table with a round top in wood and a base in black lacquered metal, designed by Franco Albini and produced by Poggi in the 1950s. After spending his childhood and part of his ...
Metal
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real...
Wood
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real...
Wood
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real...
Wood
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret Kangaroo Low Armchair by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchairs designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1955, relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Cassina continues its study of the furniture of the city of Chandigarh an...
Cane, Wood
Pierre Jeanneret Kangaroo Low Armchair, Wood and Cane with Cushions by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bench designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1955, relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Cassina continues its study of the furniture of the city of Chandigarh and ad...
Cane, Wood
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno ‘T96’ Executive Corner Desk in Black Lacquered Wood
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, executive desk, model ‘T96’, lacquered wood, steel, chromed metal, Italy, design 1956, produced 1958 This ‘T96’ executive desk is designed by Osvaldo Bor...
Steel, Chrome, Metal
$19,248 / item
Charlotte Perriand 513 Riflesso Storage Unit by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1939. Relaunched in 2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Part of the Cassina collection since 2004, the Riflesso storage unit cr...
Aluminum
$20,415 / item
Charlotte Perriand 513 Riflesso Storage Unit by Cassina
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Storage unit designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1939. Relaunched in 2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Part of the Cassina collection since 2004, the Riflesso storage unit cr...
Aluminum
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mo...
Wood
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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