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George Nakashima Dowel Leg Ottoman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Category

Vintage 1960s American Stools

Eames Molded Dowel Leg Armchair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Armchairs

Sheppard Dowel Leg Dining Chairs
By M | n Originals
Located in New York, NY
M|n Originals made to order dowel leg upholstered dining chairs.Solid maple construction, side and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery

Paul McCobb Dowel Leg Upholstered Armchair
By Paul McCobb
Located in St. Louis, MO
Paul McCobb Dowel Leg Upholstered Armchair.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Paul McCobb Dowel Leg Upholstered Armchair
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb dowel leg with H stretcher detailing circa 1950's.Newly restored with ebonized maple
Category

Vintage 1950s American Armchairs

Materials

Hardwood, Linen

Eames PKW on dowel with swivel
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Maastricht, NL
leather cover rests on a swiveling dowel base. The chair was designed in 1951 and still has the paper
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Steel

Charles Eames Dowel Leg Swivel Chair
By Charles Eames
Located in Southfield, MI
A true survivor. One owner, original condition Eames dowel leg swivel base chair, dating to 1952
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Wire

Paul McCobb Dowel Leg Upholstered Armchair
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb dowel leg with H stretcher detailing circa 1950's.Newly restored with ebonized maple
Category

Vintage 1950s American Lounge Chairs

Materials

Hardwood, Linen

Rare Pair of Karl Springer Dowel Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare Karl Springer dowel wood chairs with beige fabric cushions.
Category

Late 20th Century American Armchairs

Vintage Grasscloth Console Table Dowel Framed Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
large dowel border. both covered in lacquered grasscloth. very well made with great details.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Console Tables

Materials

Wood, Grasscloth

Eudcational Plate, mushroom, on its original dowels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eudcational plate on its original dowel
Category

Vintage 1950s German Prints

Materials

Paper, Linen, Wood

George Nakashima Dowel Leg Wall Hanging Console
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unusual Nakashima wall hanging open console.From Trattler family. Provenance available.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Console Tables

Charles Eames Zenith Fiberglass Armchair with Dowel Legs
By Charles Eames
Located in Hudson, NY
Pink fiberglass armshell with rope edge, big shocks on dowel leg base. Retains Zenith label. Some
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Original PKW Charles Eames Dowel Leg Swivel Chair
By Charles Eames
Located in Hudson, NY
pad, birch dowel legs with black wire struts, 18" W x 19" D x 32" H, full cover foam is dry, sign and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Empire Chairs

Eames PKW Bikini Chair on Dowel with Swivel
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Maastricht, NL
(bikini) padded, brown leather cover rests on a swiveling dowel base. The chair was designed in 1951 and
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Metal

T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings Dowel Frame Lounge Chairs
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in New York, NY
Pair of T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings dowel framed armchairs for Widdicomb Circa 1950's.Fully restored in a
Category

Vintage 1950s American Lounge Chairs

Materials

Walnut, Cotton

Educational plate on original dowel: Bulls and cows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Educational plate, on original dowel.
Category

Vintage 1960s German Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Teak / Beech Side Tables with Drawer Doweled Shelf
Located in New York, NY
These side tables can be used in the living room as end tables or in the bedroom as night stands. These tables are so authentic they could not be from any other country than Denmark....
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish End Tables

Materials

Teak, Beech

Milo Baughman walnut dowel bench. Glenn of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic California modernist item, which was also used as a base unit for any number of case good pieces.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Benches

Eames Herman Miller Zenith Parchment Dowel Leg Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Charles & Ray Eames PAW walnut Dowel leg fiberglass Swivel armchair for Herman Miller Inc. Very
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

great star shaped French table base from dowels
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful table base made with dozens of beech dowels fastened with copper wire. Can support a
Category

Vintage 1960s French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Eames DKW-1 Dowel Leg Chair. Herman Miller, 1952.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early DKW-1 chair with wire seat and walnut dowel legs designed by Charles and Ray Eames for
Category

Vintage 1950s American Chairs

Set of Four Early Charles Eames Dowel Leg Chairs
By Charles Eames
Located in St. Louis, MO
Exquisite set of four Eames birch dowel base chairs. Brown Naugahyde covers. Two bikini and two
Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Chairs

T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings For Widdicomb Dowel Frame Sofa
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in New York, NY
T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb dowel frame sofa Circa 1950's.Solid bleached walnut
Category

Vintage 1950s American Sofas

Materials

Walnut, Upholstery

Paul McCobb Predictor Club Chair on Dowel Stretcher Base
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb Predictor upholstered club chair on hand turned solid maple dowel stretcher base and
Category

20th Century American Club Chairs

Materials

Linen, Cotton

Gorgeous Round George Nakashima Dining Table with Dowel Legs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful example of a simple, elegant George Nakashima round dining table with dowel legs
Category

Vintage 1960s American Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut

Gorgeous Round George Nakashima Dining Table with Dowel Legs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiful example of a simple, elegant George Nakashima round dining table with dowel legs
Category

Vintage 1960s American Dining Room Tables

Charles Eames DKW-2 Wire Bikini Chair Dowel Base
Located in Berkeley, CA
First year production wire chair with black naugahyde bikini cover and wooden dowel base. Still
Category

Vintage 1950s Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

Milo Baughman Walnut Dowel Table for Glenn of California
By Glenn of California, Milo Baughman
Located in San Diego, CA
Milo Baughman walnut dowel table or bench by Glenn of California. Designed to be used as a coffee
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

DTW-40 Dowel Leg Card Table by Charles Eames
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in Hudson, NY
Hard to find square birch table with detachable solid dowel legs. Made by Herman Miller.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Card Tables and Tea Tables

Wrought Iron and Dowel Top Coffee Table by Laverne
Located in New York, NY
A rectangular coffee table with a series of dowels that form the top and wrought iron legs with
Category

Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

50s Milo Baughman for Glenn of California Dowel Benches
By Glenn of California, Milo Baughman
Located in Kensington, MD
1950s California Modern benches or coffee tablse designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California, Could easily have glass tops added for more functionality.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Benches

Materials

Walnut

Eames DKW-1 Dowel Leg Chair. Herman Miller, 1952.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfect example of an early DKW-1 chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames, and produced by Herman Miller in Venice, California.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Chairs

Walnut Dowel Frame Travertine Coffee Table by Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walnut dowel frame polished travertine top rectangular coffee table, by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for
Category

Vintage 1950s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Eames Chair, Wire and Rod Chair Shell with Dowel Legs
Located in Queens, NY
Wire and Rod Chair Shell with Dowel Legs
Category

Vintage 1950s American Chairs

Walnut dowel bench by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California
Located in West Hollywood, CA
California design walnut and birch dowel bench by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California
Category

Vintage 1950s American Benches

Materials

Walnut, Birch

Greta Grossman tiered dowel side table for Glenn of CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Walnut side table with adjustable brass feet and doweled rack by Greta Magnusson Grossman for Glenn
Category

Vintage 1950s American End Tables

Materials

Brass

Milo Baughman Glenn of California Walnut Dowel Bench 1950 s
Located in Berkeley, CA
Stunning walnut dowel bench designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California c. 1950's. Great
Category

Vintage 1950s Benches

Materials

Walnut

Milo Baughman Glenn of California Walnut Dowel Benches 1950 s
Located in Berkeley, CA
Stunning pair of walnut dowel benches designed by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California c. 1950's
Category

Vintage 1950s Benches

Materials

Walnut

Rope edge Charles Eames PAW Walnut Dowel Leg Swivel Chair
By Charles Eames
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Charles & Ray Eames PAW Walnut Dowel Leg Fiberglass Swivel Arm Chair for Zenith Plastics / Herman
Category

Vintage 1950s American Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Paul McCobb for Directional Club Chair on Dowel Stretcher Base
By Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb upholstered club chair on hand turned solid maple dowel stretcher base and legs. New
Category

Vintage 1960s American Club Chairs

Materials

Linen, Cotton

PAW Dowel Leg Fiberglass Swivel Armchair by Eames for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Dorchester, MA
This rare PAW Chair is constructed of a fiberglass shell seat on a swivel base with walnut dowel
Category

Vintage 1950s American Armchairs

1970s Wood Dowel and Polished Chrome Wall Console by Ernest Masi
By Ernest C. Masi
Located in North Miami, FL
Successive layers of wood dowels and polished chrome make this 1970s wall-mounted console by Ernest
Category

Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Console Tables

Materials

Chrome

Walnut Dowel Bench by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California
By Milo Baughman, Glenn of California
Located in Long Beach, CA
wood dowels. This piece is in original condition, it shows some scratching and discoloration from age
Category

Mid-20th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Pair of Walnut Dowel Frame Marble Top End Tables by Gibbings
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of walnut dowel frame marble top rectangular end tables, the white marbled with grey, by T.H
Category

Vintage 1950s American End Tables

Materials

Marble

Pair of Walnut Dowel Frame Marble Top End Tables by Gibbings
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of walnut dowel frame marble top rectangular end tables, the white marbled with grey, by T.H
Category

Vintage 1950s American End Tables

Materials

Marble

Dowel Table or Bench by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California
By Milo Baughman, Glenn of California
Located in San Diego, CA
Walnut coffee table/bench with hickory dowels by Milo Baughman for Glenn of California.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Charles Ray Eames Dowel Leg Swivel Paw Armchair by Herman Miller, 1949
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Herman Miller. Parchment color, dowel legs in birch, swivel dowel base, fiberglass shell with rope edge
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

dowel leg chairs, set of six by Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed with molded manufacturer's mark to underside of each example: [Herman Miller]. Signed with paper manufacturer's labels to the underside of four examples: [Herman Miller Zeelan...
Category

20th Century American Chairs

Materials

Steel

Italian Brass Dowel Basket Magazine Stand for Gump s San Francisco
Located in New York, NY
A magazine stand in an oval basket form and with polished brass spoke-like rods arrayed in a fan pattern, raised on four brass capsule feet. Legendary San Francisco luxury department...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Magazine Racks and Stands

Materials

Brass

Eames pkw-2 Bikini Swivel Dowel Base Chair for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Great vintage condition no major issues no breaks all works properly.
Category

Vintage 1950s Side Chairs

Pair of Eames Zenith DAW Fiberglass Lounge Chairs with Walnut Dowel Legs
By Charles and Ray Eames, Zenith, Herman Miller
Located in Sacramento, CA
Plastics for Herman Miller. The dowels in the bases are walnut. Price is for the pair.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fiberglass, Walnut

First Generation Eames PKW-2 Wire Chair with Walnut Dowel Legs, circa 1951
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
First generation Eames PKW-2 wire chair with walnut dowel legs, circa 1951. Brown saddle leather
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Wire

American Five-Drawer Custom Painted Chest with Five Drawers, Wood Dowels
Located in Atlanta, GA
American five-drawer custom painted chest with five drawers, wood dowels, square nails, circa 1860.
Category

Antique 1860s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Rare and Early Set of 4 Charles Eames DKW Dowel Leg Dining Chairs
By Charles Eames
Located in Long Beach, CA
Rare and Early Set of 4 Charles Eames DKW Dowel Leg Dining Chairs. One wire shell is from another
Category

Vintage 1950s American Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

Eames Swivel Lounge Chair in Parchment Rope Edge Dowel Eiffel Base PAW
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Framingham, MA
Lovely original first year Eames Zenith Rope Edge PAW Swivel Lounge in Parchment with excellent patina without cracks. The seat has a slight wobble due to the wear on the ball bearin...
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Iron

A Classic Coffee Table by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Asheville, NC
Widdicomb Furniture, 1953. The dowel edge construction is one of Robsjohn-Gibbings' trademark construction
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

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Dowel Furniture For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of dowel furniture on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, walnut and metal, every piece of dowel furniture was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for an item from our selection of dowel furniture, we have 264 options in-stock, while there are 14 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of dowel furniture you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An object in our assortment of dowel furniture, designed in the mid-century modern, modern or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of dowel furniture over the years, but those crafted by Charles and Ray Eames, Milo Baughman and Herman Miller are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Dowel Furniture?

The average selling price for a piece of dowel furniture at 1stDibs is $3,000, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $147,682 for the highest priced.