Mid Century Modern Wall Art Tile
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Aluminum, Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Terracotta, Faux Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted S...
Terracotta, Faux Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Art
Clay
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Gesso, Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Other Decorative Art
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Ceramic
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Spanish Decorative Art
Ceramic
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Mirror
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Earthenware
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood, Art Glass, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Pottery
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Majolica
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Ceramic
Antique Late 19th Century English Georgian Decorative Art
Clay
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Pottery
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Spanish Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Art
Earthenware, Stoneware
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Terracotta, Pottery
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century Unknown Wall Mirrors
Glass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Decorative Art
Steel
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Copper, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Mirrors
Ceramic, Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Ceramics
Ceramic, Pottery
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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.
- Is Art Deco mid-century modern?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019
Art Deco is not mid-century modern. Art Deco began just before World War I and was inspired by cubism. Mid-century modernism first appeared in 1945 and merged a minimalist aesthetic with practicality.