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Mid-Century Modern Black Leather Swivel Office Chair by Stow and Davis
By Attributed to Stow-Davis
Located in North York, ON
Mid-Century Modern black leather swivel office chair by Stow and Davis. Iconic mid-century modern
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Room Divider/Freestanding Black Metal Teak Wall Shelving/Storage with Two Desks
By Ladderax
Located in Markington, GB
XXL room divider / freestanding black metal framed teak book shelving / storage unit with his and
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Metal
BO 69 Freestading desk
By Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
section with four polychrome lacquered drawers in front. Anodized metal frame with tall rosewood shoes
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$39,644
Friso Kramer Desk with Drawer
By Friso Kramer, Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Friso Kramer "Teachers" Desk with Enameled Red Metal Drawer, Black Folded Sheet Metal Frame
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Dutch Midcentury School Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial metal frame with birch drawers and Formica top and Friso Kramer style legs in original
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian Desk Chair in Black Metal and Leatherette by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima
By Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Rome, IT
Italian desk chair with armrests black enameled metal and black leatherette, 1950s
The modern
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Iron
Prouve Inspired Modernist Writing Desk
By Jean Prouvé, Marko
Located in Los Angeles, CA
floating side drawer and 2 tiered storage shelf on black enameled metal frame. In good overall condition
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Rare Friso Kramer Teachers Desk
By Ahrend de Cirkel, Friso Kramer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Friso Kramer teachers desk with faux linen printed Formica top and red enameled metal frame
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Pierre Paulin Inspired Midcentury Desk
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury Pierre Paulin inspired writing desk. Lightly refinished teak with black enameled metal
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
1950
s Pilastro Style Dutch Industrial Desk
By Pilastro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Colorful and wonderfully designed, 1950s Mid-Century industrial writing desk. A stunning example of
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Vintage Tolix Enameled Metal Table
By Xavier Pauchard, Tolix
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great enameled metal Tolix table with single drawer and metal top and enameled metal frame designed
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Ahrend de Cirkel Industrial Metal Table
By Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial enameled grey frame with printed formica top. Great dining table, desk or work table
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Duba Mobelindustri Desk
By Duba
Located in London, GB
feel, from the chrome legs and frame, through to the inner workings of the desk. Beautifully crafted
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
$4,572
Olivetti Arco Desk by Studio BBPR
By Studio BBPR, Olivetti
Located in Berlin, DE
composed of a metal frame and metal return cabinets with hard plastic sliding fronts. The top is made of
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Ico Parisi Style Italian Deco Desk
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming, Italian Art Deco writing desk or vanity in the style of Ico Parisi. The desk has a light
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Willy van der Meeren Writing Desk for Tubax Desk
By Willy Van Der Meeren
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully Designed Solid Tubular Metal Frame with Sheet Metal Cubby and Wood Top with Patterned
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Pilastro White Perforated Card Holder
By Pilastro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960's white perforated metal letter holder with black enameled wire frame and little white rubber
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Metal, Wire
Rare Bas Van Pelt Architectural Desk
By Bas Van Pelt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing! Formica topped teak and enameled metal framed desk with stealth storage shelf and right
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Teak desk with 3 drawers. Italy, 1950.
Located in Madrid, ES
Desk with a black lacquered metal frame finished with height-adjustable brass legs, 3 drawers and a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Sheet Metal
1950s Bauhaus Inspired Industrial Drentea Office Desk
By Drentea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning 1950s Drentea office desk with light grey enameled metal frame, red and grey enameled
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
metal desk with matching enameled corrugated privacy screen and blue vinyl wrapped top and bone white
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Freestanding Executive Desk in Teak with Sideboard, 1960s
By Herbert Hirche, Christian Holzäpfel
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
black metal frame. There is one storage compartment with 2 drawers and a sideboard with two sliding
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Desk by Gianni Moscatelli for Formanova 70s
By Formanova, Gianni Moscatelli
Located in Milano, IT
Corner desk with "typist" workstation with stained exotic wood veneer and chromed metal frame.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Industrial 1950s French Tandem School Desk by Matco
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Prouve style Mid-Century school "Tandem" desk with oak wood desk top and slatted seats on a
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gispen model 3803 by A.R. Cordemeijer. Cute little light grey enameled metal desk with matching
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Privacy Screen
By André R. Cordemeyer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A.R. Cordemeyer's model 3803 for Gispen, cute little light grey enameled metal desk with matching
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Compact Modernist Writing Desk in Teak
Brass, 1960s
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
made of teak wood with beautiful brass drawer pulls and rests on a grey lacquered metal frame. In good
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pierre Guariche Teak Writing Desk for Meurop
By Pierre Guariche, Meurop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Guariche teak writing desk for Meurop with black metal frame and two drawers. Holes in frame
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Kidney Shaped Writing Desk, France, 1950
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
green laminated wood. The zigzag tubular metal frame makes the desk stable and gives it an unusual but
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Herbert Hirche Desk Holzäpfel Christian Ebhausen, 1960
By Herbert Hirche
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
, Germany, 1960. This desk has a very nice grained walnut wooden top that is fully refinished. And the frame
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Willy van der Meeren Desk for Tubax
By Willy Van Der Meeren, Tubax
Located in Los Angeles, CA
metal frame. In original condition with visible wear and scratching. Wear is consistent with its age and
Category
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$1,650 / item
Gispen 3803 Industrial Desk with Blue Vinyl Top
By A.R. Cordemeijer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gispen model 3803 by A.R. Cordemeyer. Cute little light grey enameled metal desk with matching
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Gispen Executive Industrial Desk by A.R. Cordemeyer
By André R. Cordemeyer, Gispen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with pale grey enameled metal frame and privacy screen with two toned double drawers. Good original
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
James Leonard School Master
s Desk
By James Leonard, Esavian
Located in London, GB
table with metal compass legs two years before that of Prouve. The frame of this desk has an injection
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
George Nelson for Herman Miller Style Desk
By George Nelson
Located in Astoria, NY
George Nelson (American, 1908-1986) for Herman Miller style Mid-Century Modern desk or writing
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Desk by Vista Furniture
By Vista Furniture, D. R. Bates
Jackson Gregory Jr.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
drawers on left. Pencil drawer on right. An excellent example of Mid-Century California Modern design
Category
Vintage 1960s American Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$1,900
Luigi Caccia Dominioni, "Fasce", an Executive Desk, 1960s
By Azucena, Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in Paris, FR
A rectangular metal desk, the top plate covered with cognac leather surrounded with a chromed
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Jean Prouvé, Cité Desk, likely 1940s, original condition
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Nancy, France, probably 1940s
Totally original with cream enamel painted metal frame and oak top
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Franco Albini Writing Desk Knoll International, 1949
By Franco Albini, Knoll
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
painted models are very hard to find. This desk has a white painted metal frame and black painted wooden
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Daniele Calabi Writing Desk Table, Italy, 1950
By Daniele Calabi
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
typical period where these metal frames were used like this, for example Augusto Bozzi used this technique
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
Friso Kramer Result Desk Ahrend de Cirkel, 1958
By Friso Kramer, Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
! Would look great in any Mid-Century modernism design interior!
We are specialized in the furniture
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Osvaldo Borsani Inspired Executive Rosewood Desk
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unique Osvaldo Borsani inspired executive desk or card table. Semi-circular rosewood top with
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Radical Italian Tubular Desk, 1960s
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Radical Italian tubular desk, 1960s. The desk is designed in commission for a unique villa on
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Rare Red Topped Ahrend Industrial Desk with Cubby
By Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare early edition Ahrend Industrial desk with thick tubular metal legs, red formica top with metal
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Coen de Vries Industrial Writing Desk for Emmein Meubel
By Coen de Vries, Emmein Staal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century Coen de Vries Industrial metal writing desk with double stacked drawers. Teak top and
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Eames Esu Second Generation Desk
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration is an icon of Mid-Century and Eames design the E.S.U. desk (also known as
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage Italian Writing Desk, 1950
s
Located in London, GB
metal drawer pulls give a great contrast to the recently ebonised frame which is beautifully sculptural
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Freestanding
EU02
Writing Desk by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, 1960s
By Pastoe, Cees Braakman
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
’ which is part of the famous Japanese series recognized by the use of teak wood with a black metal frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
BO69 Desk by Finn Juhl
By Finn Juhl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
BO 69 - Rare desk/work table in rosewood, light and black laminate. Black metal frame and teak
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
$49,176
Friso Kramer for Ahrend de Cirkel Industrial School Desk
By Friso Kramer, Ahrend de Cirkel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic, mid century, folded sheet metal frame with formica top and painted edge. student version of
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Italian Writing Desk Osvaldo Borsani Style, Italy, 1950
By Osvaldo Borsani, Gio Ponti
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
desk has a black painted metal frame with cross shaped base. The top is made of birch plywood veneer
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Theo Tempelman large writing desk in black AP Originals The Netherlands 1960
By Theo Tempelman, AP Originals
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
, 1960. A refined example of Dutch mid-century design, the piece combines clean architectural lines with
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
French Modernist Desk by A.R.P, Minvielle circa 1955
By Studio A.R.P. (Joseph-André Motte, Michel Mortier and Pierre Guariche)
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
with a black lacquered tubular metal frame, featuring a double or triple upright structure that rests
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Japanese Series # EU02 Desk by Cees Braakman for Pastoe
By Cees Braakman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Japanese Series #EU02 teak desk designed by renowned Dutch Post-War design great Cees
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Minimal Desk CM 174 by Pierre Paulin for Trefac, Belgium
By Pierre Paulin
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
1958-1959.
It is a minimal desk with a simple black lacquered frame and a wooden top and drawer.
This
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Industrial Desk by Willy Van Der Meeren for Tubax
By Willy Van Der Meeren, Tubax
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
Tubax.
Van Der Meeren designed this kind of desks for schools.
The black lacquered metal frame is
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$1,952 / item
1950
s French desk by Jacques Hitier
By Jacques Hitier
Located in London, Lambeth
Perfectly formed 1950's French desk with tubular metal frame wooden top and sides
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the mid century modern metal frame desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and laminate, every mid century modern metal frame desk was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a mid century modern metal frame desk — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A mid century modern metal frame desk, designed in the Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made mid century modern metal frame desk over the years, but those crafted by Juliette Belarti, Herman Miller and George Nelson are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for a mid century modern metal frame desk start at $850 and top out at $4,250 with the average selling for $2,831.
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
- 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 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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