Vintage Danish Bent Plywood Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This iconic Danish Modern side chair is a masterwork of Mid-Century design, drawing direct inspiration from Arne Jacobsen's award-winning "Grand Prix" silhouette.
Steel
Plywood Double Bed Headboard, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Remarkable plywood double bed headboard. Piece features three integrated doors revealing a storage area and small tables. Top shelf also features two lights autonomously working.
Plywood
1930s modernist desk in lacquered plywood
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French modernist desk from the 1930s/1940s. Lacquered plywood frame, original bluish-gray and black paint. The desk has four drawers with a fixed compartment on the top. Beautifully ...
Wood, Plywood
1950s Mid-Century Robert Kayton NYC Flag Cord Plywood Chair like Klaus Grabe
By Richard Neutra, Robert Kayton, Klaus Grabe
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Nice example of the oversize version of the side chair in this rare series of exposition furniture with the original flag cord still intact. Retains Mfg. Label on the back of the fra...
Birch
Industrial Plywood Marko School Chair, Netherlands, 1960s
By Marko
Located in Voorburg, NL
Very comfortable Industrial Marko Plywood school chair, produced by Marko Holland in the 1960s. We only have one chair available. The chair has a black tubular metal frame and beauti...
Steel
$1,857 / set
Pair of 70's plywood architectural chairs
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pair of French chairs from the 70s. Frame in pine plywood. Clean, modernist design reminiscent of Alvar Aalto's style of the time. Beautiful vintage condition, with numerous signs of...
Plywood
$800Sale Price|33% Off
Desk Top Puzzle in Plywood Box
Located in Ferndale, MI
Geometric pieces of wood fitted together inside of laminate or plywood box.
Maple, Plywood
Plywood Armchair Attributed Robin Day, 1960s
By Robin Day
Located in Brussels, BE
Plywood armchair with elegant brass details Featuring a sleek grey steel base. New upholstery Velvet High decorative armchair in very good vintage condition Do not hesitate to cont...
Brass, Steel
Mirror in Curved Plywood and Brass
By Franco Campo & Carlo Graffi
Located in IT
Wall Mirror "Oscar" by Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi, late 50s This rare "Oscar" wall mirror, designed by architects Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi in the late 50s, embodies the refi...
Brass
Tubular Metal and Plywood Streetcar Chair, Austria, c. 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Tubular Metal and Plywood Streetcar Chair from the Vienna Tram, Austria, c. 1960s. Fabricated in a lacquered metal tubular frame and with a plywood seat and backrest, this chair w...
Metal
$10,158 / set
Gianni Moscatelli plywood dining chairs Italy 1955
By Gianni Moscatelli, Formanova
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A fabulous set of 4 plywood dining chairs 'Bivalve 940' designed by Gianni Moscatelli made in Italy ca 1955. These beautiful organic plywood dining chairs have an unusual but beautif...
Plywood
Midcentury Dutch Plywood Chair, the Netherlands, 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
The uniqueness of this midcentury Dutch chair is beyond question. With a peculiar shape and history, every aspect of this chair is one of a kind. Seriously minimal and highly functio...
Bouclé, Plywood
$1,975 / set
Oyvind Iversen Molded Plywood "City" Armchairs
By More Lenestolfabrikk
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Rarely seen are the arm version of the "City" chair designed by Oyvind Iversen for More Lenestolfabrikk AS of Noway. These chair came from the original owners.
Steel
$2,070Sale Price|40% Off
Mid-century Bent Plywood Dining Table w/ Birch Top by Thaden-Jordan Furniture
By Herbert Von Thaden, Thaden-Jordan Furniture Co., Donald Lewis Jordan
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare steam-formed bent plywood dining table designed by Herbert Von Thaden and Donald Lewis Jordan for their company, Thaden-Jordan Furniture. This table is a rare early square-sha...
Birch
Pair Mid Century Modern Isku of Finland Bent Plywood Birch Bedside Tables, 1980s
By Isku
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A beautiful pair of original Isku Oy of Finland, Scandinavian Modern, Bent Plywood Birch Bedside Tables With Maker's Labels 1980s. In the style of Alvar Aalto. Finding inspiration i...
Birch, Pine
Gerd Lange Sculptural Plywood 1970s Chairs, Germany Design
By Gerd Lange
Located in Antwerp, BE
Set of six chairs designed by Gerd Lange priced individually.Gerd Lange is one of the most influential German furniture designers of the 1970s and 1980s. He was known for his extreme...
Metal
Olof Kettunen, Stool, Plywood, Metal, Finland, 1950s
By Olof Kettunen
Located in High Point, NC
A plywood and white-lacquered metal stool designed by Olof Kettunen and produced by J. Merivaara, Finland, 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 20.5"H x 20.75"W x 13.75"D Seat Heigh...
Metal
1940s Molded Plywood Cocktail Table & Magazine Rack
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian modernist 1940s molded plywood cocktail table and magazine rack, Smoked glass top. Elegant and unusual shape that makes it one of a kind. Measures cm: H 44 (magazine space H...
Crystal, Aluminum
$297Sale Price|20% Off
1950s German Industrial Stool with Plywood Seat
Located in Praha, CZ
Mid-century industrial stool produced in Germany during the 1950s.
Metal, Other
$192Sale Price / item|20% Off
Tapio Wirkkala Freeform Molded Plywood Tray, 1950s
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in San Diego, CA
Fincraft molded plywood tray designed in the 1950s by Tapio Wirkkala for Soinne et Kni, Helsinki. Embossed stamp on the bottom. Finland
Plywood
Gianfranco Frattini, Lounge Chairs, Plywood, Fabric, Italy, 1950s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of plywood, brass and red fabric lounge chairs designed by Gianfranco Frattini and produced by Cassina, Italy, c. 1950s. Wood has recently been refinished. Vintage fabric in...
Fabric, Plywood
Gianfranco Frattini, Lounge Chair, Plywood, Fabric, Italy, 1950s
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in High Point, NC
A plywood, brass and red fabric lounge chair designed by Gianfranco Frattini and produced by Cassina, Italy, c. 1950s. Wood has recently been refinished. Pre restoration images avai...
Fabric, Plywood
Piero Fornasetti Magazine Rack, Plywood & Brass, Italy, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magazine rack by Italian designer and artist, Piero Fornasetti, circa 1950s, Italy. The rack features a musical themed lithograph printed on plywood with a wire brass divider on the ...
Brass
Herman Miller Molded Plywood Magazine Rack Coffee Table
By Herman Miller
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Herman Miller molded plywood bent tube legs coffee table with substantial magazine rack bookcase by Herman Miller.
Plywood
$557Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Stained Plywood & Decotared Glass 1950s Magazine Rack
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Stained plywood structure with brass & grinded glass Mid-Century Modern magazine rack.
Aluminum, Brass
Thonet MCM bent plywood leather chair , circa 1960
By Thonet
Located in Miami, FL
Thonet bent plywood mod 1294 leather chair circa 1960
Leather, Plywood
Pair of Modernist "Jetson's" Plywood and Chrome Armchairs
By George Nelson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of Modernist "Jetson's" plywood and chrome armchairs, Classic Mid-Century design.
Chrome
American Designer, Stools, Plywood, Velvet, USA, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A set of three cream white plywood and green velvet stools designed and produced in the US, c. 1960s.
Velvet, Plywood
Ilmari Tapiovaara, "Domus" Lounge Chair, Plywood, Finland, 1940s
By Ilmari Tapiovaara
Located in High Point, NC
A moulded plywood "Domus" lounge chair designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara and produced by Keravan Puuteollisuus, Finland, 1940s. Seat Height (inches): 12" Arm Height (inches): 21.63" A...
Plywood
Early Alvar Aalto nr. 31 Laminated Plywood Chair
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An exceptionally early example of the cantilever chair nr.31. Also manufactured by the Huonekalu-ha Rakennustyotehdas oy , Turku Finland. Ca. 1939. This example from the original own...
Plywood
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Bent Plywood and Ashwood Pedestal Coffee Table
By Edward Wormley
Located in Chicago, IL
Fine bent plywood and ashwood open pedestal base coffee table in the manner of Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Three "legs" are joined together by two rings. Each leg has a scooped out tr...
Glass, Ash, Plywood
Set of Four French Midcentury Molded Plywood Chairs
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Four molded plywood chairs with unusual cut-out designs on the sides and top of the seats (forming a handle). The top is fixed to a tubular metal base, painted a light blue/green col...
Steel
Italian Designer, Lounge Chairs, Plywood, Leather, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brown leather and plywood lounge chairs designed and produced in Italy, c. 1950s. Seat height: 9"
Leather, Plywood
$175 / item
Pagholz Bent Plywood Chair
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Rosewood Color Stacking Chair Overall Dimensions: 18 1/2" x 20 1/2" x 31 1/2" high Seat Height: 18" Materials: Bent Plywood & Metal
Metal, Chrome
Swedish, Stool, Teak, Plywood, Lacquered Metal, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak, plywood and lacquered metal stool designed and produced in Sweden, 1950s. Seat Height (inches): 17.13" All items ship from High Point, North Carolina.
Metal
$2,147 / set
Set of Two Plywood Armchairs, Italy, 1950s
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in Milan, IT
Remarkable set of two Italian 1950s armchairs. Thin metal frame and sleek shaped seat with visual connections to Joseph-André Motte work.
Metal
Jean Prouvé “Antony” Chair — Limited Edition, Red Frame / Plywood Seat
By Jean Prouvé, Vitra
Located in Dronten, NL
Comfortable, visually light, and architecturally expressive, the Antony Chair remains one of the most distinctive designs of mid-century modern furniture. This limited edition by Vit...
Steel
Sculptural Zebrano Plywood Lounge Chair, The Netherlands 1970s
Located in Utrecht, NL
The 1970s witnessed the emergence of eccentric furniture pieces that seamlessly blended the avant-garde with practicality. Crafted in the Netherlands, this distinctive lounge chair b...
Sheepskin, Plywood
Set of 2 plywood lounge chairs, 1970s The Netherlands.
Located in Landgraaf, NL
Set of 2 plywood lounge chairs, 1970s The Netherlands. This pair of lounge chairs featuring a clean, sculptural design with gently curved plywood frames. Made in the Netherlands, the...
Fabric, Plywood
Plywood Dining Chairs by Carlo Ratti, Italy, 1950s
By Carlo Ratti, Industria Legni Curvati
Located in Barcelona, ES
Four dining chairs designed in 1950s by Carlo Ratti and produced by Industria Legni Curvati, Italy. Plywood seat with black lacquered metal frame. Signed.
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Vintage Birch Plywood Children Chair, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Scandinavian modern birch vintage children chair in clear design, which was produced in the 1950s. The birch plywood seat shell is connected with metal screws onto the curved legs. A...
Birch, Plywood
$208Sale Price / item|59% Off
Bauhaus Armchair by ALPOS, Aluminum & Beech Plywood, 1970s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Bauhaus Industrial Arm Chair 1970s. Bend Aluminium base with formed beech plywood seat, back rest and hard wood armrest. Chairs have beautiful patina. Made by: ALPOS (labeled) ...
Aluminum
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair Metal Base (LCM), 1950s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Centreville, VA
The Eames LCM (Lounge Chair Metal) features sheets of premium face veneer on both sides of the seat and back. The wide variety of wood available adds to the versatility and beauty of...
Plywood
Unique Modernist Bent Plywood Cane Chair by Leandre Poisson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Modernist bent plywood chair with woven cane seat, designed by architect Leandre Poisson. The chair is comprised of curved plywood structures, joined by exposed hardware and finished...
Cane, Plywood
1960s String Style Modular Bookshelf, Black Enameled Wire, Plywood Shelves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
String-style modular systems revolutionized Mid-Century storage solutions with their flexible, space-efficient design.
Enamel, Wire
José Zanine Caldas, Lounge Chair, Fabric, Plywood, Brazil, 1960s
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in High Point, NC
A plywood, floral-printed fabric and stainless metal lounge chair José Zanine Caldas and produced by Móveis Artísticos Z, Brazil, c. 1960s. Vintage fabric in distressed condition, r...
Fabric, Plywood
Afra & Tobia Scarpa Set of Eight Plywood Dining Chairs 1970s
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Mid Century Modern plywood dining chairs Designed in 1973 by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, this set of eight plywood dining chairs showcases the duo’s distinctive geometric clarity and e...
Plywood
Floor Lamp with plywood shade, Italy, 1960s.
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Italian floor lamp from the 60s. The lamp has a lampshade made of laminated wood with brass elements and a rod made of brass. The base of the lamp is made of marble. It has an E27 so...
Marble, Brass
Unusual Modernist Plywood Childs High Chair / Sculpture ...Amazing Design
By Charles Eames
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Modernist Plywood Childs High Chair / Sculpture ...Amazing Design..Not certain where this was made?? Italian , Danish.. American ? Truly a piece of art , sculpture..
Birch, Plywood
Set of 4 Dutch Plywood Folding Chairs – 1980s, Lightweight, Architectural Lines
Located in Dronten, NL
Flat-pack brilliance before flat-pack was cool. Netherlands design, ready to stash or show. Meet the chameleons of your dining room. This set of four folding chairs, made in The Neth...
Ash, Plywood
Kristian Solmer Vedel Plywood Child's Chair for Orskow & Co, Denmark 1957
By Kristian Solmer Vedel
Located in Uxbridge, GB
This rare and charming Kristian Solmer Vedel bent plywood Chair, designed in 1957, embodies the essence of Danish design with its perfect blend of functionality and beauty. Designed ...
Plywood
Plywood Chest of Drawers by José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1950s
By José Zanine Caldas
Located in New York, NY
Designed in Brazil during the 1950s by José Zanine Caldas for his pioneering workshop Z Móveis Artísticos, this sculptural chest of drawers exemplifies the designer’s radical vision ...
Plywood
1960s Set of Six Mahogany Serving Plates Bent Plywood
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s modern set of six round mahogany serving plates bent plywood 14.38 diameter x .5 Preowned original vintage condition. See images listed please.
Plywood
$162Sale Price / item|36% Off
Stackable Dining Chairs by Stol Kamnik, Chrome & Plywood, 1990s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Stackable chairs Manufacturer: Stol Kamnik Country of Manufacturer: Slovenia Period: 1990s Materials: Chrome, plywood Condition: very good vintage condition.
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Marcel Breuer Nesting Tables, Moulded plywood, Isokon London, c1961
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Uxbridge, GB
Marcel Breuer Nesting Tables, c1961 Moulded lacquered beech veneer Largest Table Width - 61 cm - 24.01 inches Depth - 46 cm - 18.11 inches Height - 37 cm - 14.56 inches Medium Tabl...
Plywood
Charles and Ray Eames, Lounge Chair, Plywood, USA, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A red aniline dye plywood lounge chair, model LCW, designed by Charles and Ray Eames and produced by Herman Miller, USA, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 26.625"H x 21.9"W x 2...
Wood, Plywood
$5,720Sale Price|20% Off
Marcel Breuer Nesting Plywood Table for Isokon, England, 1936
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Antwerp, BE
Marcel Breuer; Nesting; Plywood; Table; Isokon; Coffee Table; Side Table; Modernism; Walter Gropius; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Bauhaus; Architecture; Architect; New York; USA; Englan...
Plywood, Lacquer
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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