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Kai Kristiansen Teak Floating-Top Desk for Feldballes Mobelfabrik
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Kai Kristiansen Manufacturer: Feldballes Mobelfabrik Period/Style: Danish Modern Country: Denmark Date: 1960’s Dimensions: 29″H x 61″L x 28″W Materials: Teak Condi...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Teak and Walnut Trim Mcm Floating Top Desk from G Plan by Ib Kofod–Larsen
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Houston, TX
This is an incredible teak and walnut trim mcm floating top desk from G Plan designed by Ib Kofod
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Danish Modern Floating-Top Teak Desk by G.V. Møbler
By G.V. Møbler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danish Modern floating-top teak desk by G.V. Møbler.
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Lovig Dansk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Danish modern floating top teak desk designed by Løvig Nielsen for Løvig Dansk in Denmark
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by G.V. Møbler
By G.V. Møbler
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful Danish modern floating top teak desk manufactured by G.V. Møbler in Denmark, circa 1960s
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Midcentury Vintage “Biscayne” Floating Top Desk by Drexel, circa 1960s
By Drexel
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful vintage “Biscayne” floating top desk by Drexel circa 1960s. The left drawer has a file
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Walnut

Danish Modern Floating Top Teak Desk by Peter Løvig Nielsen
By Peter Løvig Nielsen, Lovig Dansk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Danish modern floating top teak desk designed by Peter Løvig Nielsen for Løvig Dansk in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Kipp Stewart Stewart MacDougall “Declaration” Floating-Top Desk for Drexel
By Drexel, Kipp Stewart Stewart MacDougall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kipp Stewart & Stewart MacDougall “Declaration” floating-top desk for Drexel.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Gunni Omann Model-75 Floating-Top Desk for Omann Jun
By Gunni Omann, Omann Jun Møbelfabrik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
knife edge handles help to create an organic Mid-Century aesthetic, adding charm to create an elegant
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Danish Modern Rosewood Floating-Top Desk with Bookshelf by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stylish modern executive desk designed and manufactured in Denmark by Dyrlund, circa 1960s. This
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Wood, Rosewood

Danish Modern Rosewood Floating-Top Desk with Bookshelf by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stylish modern executive desk designed and manufactured in Denmark by Drylund, circa 1960s. This
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Danish Modern Floating-Top Teak Desk with Bookshelf by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stylish modern executive desk designed and manufactured in Denmark by Dyrlund, circa 1960s. This
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Gunni Omann Model-75 Floating Top Rosewood Desk for Omann Jun
By Omann Jun Møbelfabrik, Gunni Omann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gunni Omann Model-75 floating top rosewood desk for Omann Jun.
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Brass

Floating Executive Walnut Desk w Leather Top Steel Detail by Lehigh
By Lehigh Furniture Company, Ward Bennett
Located in Hudson, NY
A sleek leather topped walnut desk with a bank of drawers and machined pulls and oversized
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Floating Executive Walnut and Lacquer Desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in South Charleston, WV
which will prevent stains or marks from occurring. A stunning modernist piece for the Mid-Century
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Chrome, Stainless Steel

Jeanneret Floating Back Armchair
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Vosselaar, BE
canework in the 1960s. This type is known as the Floating Back Armchair. The typical V legs are beautifully
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Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Cane, Teak

Danish Modern Floating Vanity by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik
By Vinde Møbelfabrik, Arne Wahl Iversen
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible Danish Modern floating vanity by Arne Wahl Iversen for Vinde Mobelfabrik. Features brass
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Floating Double Sided Studio Walnut Clock
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century studio handcrafted clock made of walnut, circa 1960s. This two sided piece can be
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Walnut

Fresco G Plan Desk
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Otley, GB
designed in the 1960s by Victor Wilkins. A real midcentury design classic. The floating desk top gives the
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Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

French Midcentury Cerused Oak Desk
Located in New York, NY
A French midcentury cerused oak desk with floating drawer at right of the underside with original
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Chrome and Walnut Desk with Finished Back
By Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Seek and simple mid-century desk with floating style top and polished chrome legs. Two drawers with
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Omann Jun Møbelfabrik Attributed Executive Rosewood Desk with Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century executive rosewood desk with floating top and two side cabinets, each with three
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Midcentury Dutch School Desk with Blue Metal Legs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury Dutch school desk with floating top, Prouve inspired blue metal legs and birch drawer
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Vintage Peter Protzman Zebrawood and Chrome Executive Desk for Herman Miller
By Peter Protzmann, Herman Miller
Located in San Jose, CA
Mid century floating executive desk designed by Peter Protzman for Herman Miller, circa 1970-1971
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Chrome

Jules Wabbes, Writing Desk, 1969, Belgium Design
By Jules Wabbes, Atelier Bergwood
Located in Antwerp, BE
Midcentury floating top office desk 1969, designed by Jules Wabbes for Atelier Bergwood, Brussel
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Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks

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Aluminum

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Industrial Dazor Floating Articulated Desk Lamp
By Dazor
Located in Lafayette, IN
This lamp is a timeless piece of Mid-Century Modern Industrial Design and features the hard-to-find
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Wall Mounted Floating Shelving Unit Desk Nelson Cadovious Era
By Poul Cadovius, George Nelson
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a gorgeous, wall-mounted, floating wall unit, in the style of Nelson and
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Wall Mounted Floating Shelving Unit Desk Nelson Cadovious Era
By Poul Cadovius, George Nelson
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a gorgeous, wall mounted, floating wall unit, in the style of Nelson and
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Wood

Pair of Cabinets with Detachable Floating Desk
By Directional
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Two cabinets attributed to Directional, with inner shelving and various sized drawers, and a desk
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

Kai Kristiansen Danish Midcentury Compact Floating Teak Shelving Set and Desk
By Kai Kristiansen, Feldballes Møbelfabrik
Located in Highclere, Newbury
A Danish midcentury teak Reolsystem wall shelving unit with desk by Kai Kristiansen for FM
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Shelves

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Floating Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage modern floating desk features a veneer wood top, with a black laminated base. This desk
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Austrian Mid-Century Teak Floating Desk
By Roland Rainer
Located in Vienna, AT
Very charming small Mid-Century Modern teak desk designed and manufactured by an Austrian Post war
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Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Mid Century Modern Floating Walnut Desk
By Milo Baughman
Located in Sayreville, NJ
Alma furniture floating walnut desk Super rare floating desk with finished back. Walnut with
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Mid Century Modern Floating Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
American walnut desk with "floating" top. Large file drawer on left, two drawers on right side
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Danish Mid-Century Modern Floating Rosewood Desk
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning Danish Modern floating rosewood desk with three drawers at top and one bottom left drawer
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Rosewood, Walnut

Mid-Century RS Furniture Teak Floating Top Desk
By Founders Furniture Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural floating top double pedestal desk by RS Associates of Montreal. Well constructed with
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Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Floating Desk, circa 1960s, Refinished
By Arne Vodder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Mid-Century Modern executive desk, circa 1960s, crafted from walnut features a Arne Vodder
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Vintage 1960s Unknown Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak, Walnut

Vintage Walnut Floating Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Featuring an eye-catching design with tapered legs and sculpted drawer pulls, this Mid-Century
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Floating Top Teak Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exceptional Mid-Century Modern teak desk designed and manufactured in Canada, circa 1960s. This
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Vintage 1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern Italian Floating Top Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage modern desk boasts a floating tabletop, splayed legs, and a finished back. An
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Walnut Floating Top Desk with Back Side Bookcase
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A rich dark walnut floating top desk with two banks of drawers, three to one side and a single file
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Danish Mid-Century Freestanding Rosewood Desk with Floating Top, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Freestanding Rosewood Desk with Floating Top, 1960s. Stunning Scandinavian Mid
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Mid-Century Italian Teak Floating Executive Writing Double Pedestal Desk
By Vittorio Dassi, Ico Parisi, Gianfranco Frattini, Paolo Buffa
Located in Basel, BS
This Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern executive desk writing table features a hexagonal top and
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Desk Or Vanity With Floating Top
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century Danish modern teak writing desk. It has both drawers and open space. It
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Desk Or Vanity With Floating Top
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century Danish modern teak writing desk. It has both drawers and open space. It
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Hooker Mid-Century Modern Walnut Floating Top Desk
By Hooker Furniture
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Handsome Mid-Century Modern desk in walnut with a floating top by Hooker. This desk has a large
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Walnut

Leif Jacobsen Curved Mid-Century Modern Floating Desk
By Leif Jacobsen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mid-Century Modern curved oak desk by Leif Jacobsen. Features cantilevered legs with leather
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Vintage 1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desks

Danish Mid-Century Modern Floating Teak Desk Bookcase File Drawer Key Mint!
By Arne Vodder
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Danish Mid-Century Modern floating teak desk bookcase file drawer key MINT! Super clean!
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern Executive Walnut Desk with Floating Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Executive Walnut Desk with Floating Top.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Wood, Walnut

1950s Mid-Century Italian Wood and Brass Floating Executive Writing Desk Table
By Gianfranco Frattini, Ico Luisa Parisi, Gio Ponti, Vittorio Dassi
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Art Deco Mid-Century Modern executive desk writing table, with hexagonal
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Vintage Danish Mid Century Modern Teak Four Drawer Desk with Floating Top 1965
Located in Portland, OR
A good vintage Mid Century Modern Danish teak floating top desk in excellent condition, circa 1965
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern Floating Top Desk with Chair by Tri-Bond
By Tri-Bond Furniture 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This mid-century desk features a unique shape and Hooker style sculpted floating top. Unique drawer
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desks

Superb Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood Floating Desk by Dyrlund
By Dyrlund
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Superb Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood Floating Desk by Dyrlund. All dark rosewood desk with 3
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Rosewood

Richard Artschwager Walnut Floating Top Three Drawer Desk Mid Century
By Richard Artschwager
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Richard Artschwager (NY 1923-2013). Fine bench made desk in walnut. An iconic piece of mid century
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Danish Style Teak "Fresco" Floating Top Desk by G Plan, 1960s
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Portland, OR
Mid-Century Modern Danish style teak "Fresco" floating top desk by G Plan, 1960s. This very stylish
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern Floating Top Walnut Desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage executive desk designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller, circa 1960s. This piece
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Steel

Peter Lovig Nielsen Floating Desk
By Peter Løvig Nielsen
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Great teak desk designed by Peter Lovig Nielsen for Lovig Design. Has floating top with file
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

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Mid Century Floating Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal mid century floating desk for your home. Frequently made of wood, hardwood and teak, every mid century floating desk was constructed with great care. Find 376 options for an antique or vintage mid century floating desk now, or shop our selection of 8 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a mid century floating desk — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each mid century floating desk bearing mid-century modern, Scandinavian Modern or industrial hallmarks is very popular. A well-made mid century floating desk has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Kai Kristiansen, Milo Baughman and Drexel are consistently popular.

How Much is a Mid Century Floating Desk?

The average selling price for a mid century floating desk at 1stDibs is $3,731, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $120,000 for the highest priced.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

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.