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Pair Mid Century Danish Modern Black Leather Lounge Chairs by Georg Thams
By Georg Thams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair Mid Century Danish Modern Black Leather Lounge Chairs by Georg Thams made in Denmark
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Armchairs in Hardwood
Bouclé, Fatima, c. 1960
By Moveis Fatima
Located in New York, NY
Available today in NYC, including free domestic shipping, this Mid-Century Modern Pair of Armchairs
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Hardwood, Bouclé
$13,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern brown Leather loveseat Sofa round Legs Sigurd Resell Norway
By Sigurd Ressell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Scandinavian modern brown leather 2 seat sofa round legs. Beautiful brown soft leather
Category
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid Century Modern Coffee Table By Leon Rosen For The Pace Collection
By Leon Rosen, Pace Collection
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern coffee table was designed by Leon Rosen circa 1970s for the Pace
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
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
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
$2,437 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid century modern teak danish slat bench with chrome braces
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern teak danish slat bench with chrome braces. Great simple designed bench. Shows
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Chrome
Beautiful Teak Danish Mid-Century Modern King Headboard made in Denmark
By Falster Møbelfabrik, Svend Åge Madsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful teak Danish Mid-Century Modern King headboard by Svend Åge Madsen made in Denmark in
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Danish Modern Beautiful Dark Red Leather loveseat Sofa Birch Legs
By Mogens Hansen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish modern beautiful dark Red leather loveseat sofa birch legs. Designed by Mogens
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Birch
Mid century Scandinavian Modern Hunter Leather lounge chair Torbjørn Afdal
By Torbjørn Afdal, Bruksbo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Scandinavian Modern Hunter Safari lounge chair by Torbjørn Afdal. Solid wood frame in
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1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Mid-Century Danish Modern Nesting Tables chrome Rosewood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 3 Mid-Century Danish Modern rosewood and chrome nesting tables. They all nest stacking
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Chrome
Mid Century Danish Modern Beautiful Black Leather 3 Seat Sofa Wood Legs
By Børge Mogensen, Stouby Polster Møbelfabrik
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish modern beautiful Black leather 3 seat sofa dark wood legs. Style of Børge
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Birch
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century Modern Armchair in Red Synthetic Chord
Iron by Forma, 1950s
By Forma
Located in New York, NY
Available today, with domestic shipping in NYC metro area included, this Mid Century Modern
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Iron
$4,800 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mid century Modern Blonde beech wood Daybed in the style of Holma
By Holma
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple Mid century Swiss Modern chaise daybed in the style of Holma with beech blonde wood frame
Category
1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Beech
$1,500 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Mid century modern neon pink wild 1980s upholstered loveseat sofa
By Thayer Coggin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century post modern 2 seat sofa with neon pink ultrasuede and wild funky 1980’s print
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Upholstery, Ultrasuede
$1,000 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Mid Century Danish Modern Brown Leather 2 Seat Sofa loveseat by Georg Thams
By Vejen Polstermøbelfabrik, Georg Thams
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish modern beautiful Brown leather 2 seat sofa Dark brown pine legs. Model 38 brown
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Pine
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Brass Glass Coffee Table by Tom Greene
By Tom Greene
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist cocktail table by Brutalist artist Tome Greene. Hammered and welded
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$2,160 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Danish Modern Teak Tall Dresser by Arne Vodder Denmark
By Arne Vodder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Danish modern teak tall dresser by Arne Vodder denmark. Beautiful carved handles tall 5
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Teak
$1,998 Sale Price
60% Off
4 Peter Danko Design Mid Century Modern Bodyform Chairs Bent Wood
By Peter Danko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of (4) Peter Danko design Mid-Century Modern "Bodyform" dining chairs bent Molded wood. These
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Upholstery, Maple, Bentwood, Plywood
$2,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid Century Modern Loveseat in Hardwood and Leather by Gelli, Brazil, 1960s
By Gelli Indústria de Móveis
Located in New York, NY
looks beautful.
A flexible piece like this will look amazing in a mid century environment as well as a
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Credenza in Hardwood by Sergio Rodrigues, 1960’s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Available today, with domestic shipping in NYC metro area included, this Mid Century Modern
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Hardwood
$7,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Scandinavian Danish Modern Black leather Ottoman or stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Scandinavian Danish Modern Black leather Ottoman or stool. Black leather upholstery and
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Teak
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Danish Modern Teak 8 Drawer Dresser by Torben Strandgaard
By Torben Strandgaard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish Modern Teak credenza dresser by Torben Strandgaard Danish Modern teak sideboard
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Teak
$3,025 Sale Price
44% Off
Mid Century Modern German ceramic tile and brass walnut coffee table
By Berthold Muller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern German ceramic tile and brass walnut coffee table. Small rectangle ceramic tiles
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
$1,800 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid Century Modern Credenza in Brazilian Hardwood by Jorge Zalszupin, 1960
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in New York, NY
Available today, with domestic shipping in NYC metro area included, this Mid Century Modern
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Metal
$14,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Mid century modern oak leather chrome counter stools
Located in Brooklyn, NY
footrest. Good vintage condition. Made in USA circa 1970. Located in Brooklyn nyc.
Sold as a set of (3
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Chrome
$1,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid century Danish modern 6 drawer long low dresser Nils Jonsson
By HJN Møbler, Nils Jonsson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish modern 6 drawer long low dresser or credenza by Nils Jonsson. Danish Mid-Century
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Birch, Teak
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Scandinavian Modern beige Leather Siesta Low Safari Lounge Chairs Westnofa
By Westnofa Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Westnofa Norwegian modern Low Siesta Safari chairs designed by Ingmar Relling. Blonde beech
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1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Beech
$2,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1960s NYC East River Cityscape Painting
Located in New Windsor, NY
The oil on canvas is signed, L. Jesberger, lower right, has an amazing noir feel to it. The moored tugboat and Silhouette figure in the foreground are juxtaposed with the highly illu...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Canvas
$2,240 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid century American modern tall blonde Solid maple dresser 6 drawer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern blonde solid maple tall 6 drawer dresser. Has curved details with tapered dowel
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Maple
$2,240 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-Century Modern Teak Tall 7 Drawer Dresser Brass Finger Pulls
By Dyrlund
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern teak tall 7 drawer dresser brass finger pulls. Very nice construction all
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
$1,725 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair of dutch mid century modern tufted black leather low lounge chairs
By De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of dutch mid century modern black leather low lounge chairs. Great design with soft black
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather
$2,520 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Albert Leon Wilson Signed Mid-Century Modern Nude Female Abstract Sculpture
By Albert Leon Wilson
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite whimsical, engaging Mid-century Modern abstract female nude sculpture by New
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Metal, Iron
Mid-Century Modern Brass Coffee Table in the Style of Jansen LaBarge
By LaBarge, Maison Jansen
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Mid-Century Modern oval cocktail table was created in the manner of Jansen, circa 1960. The table
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Brass Double Gourd Lamp
By Karl Springer
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Mid Century double gourd lamp in the manner of Karl Springer. Large size with great
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Danish Modern Beautiful Black Leather 2 Seat Sofa oak Legs
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury Danish modern beautiful Black leather 2 seat sofa oak legs. Style of Børge Mogensen
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Oak
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid century Danish modern tall wide Teak Dresser Wardrobe Clean Nordisk
By Nordisk Andels-Eksport
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish Modern tall teak dresser credenza 8-drawers on left that is labeled Nordisk
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Teak
$2,400 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mid century Danish Modern Beautiful Red Leather 3 Seat Sofa Børge Mogensen style
By Børge Mogensen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish modern Red leather 3 seat sofa Birch wood legs. In the style of Børge Mogensen
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Birch
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Mid Century Danish Modern Teak double Drawer Nightstands Denmark
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful pair of mid century Danish modern teak double-drawer nightstands. Great simple design and
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Teak
$2,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern American Sculpted Low 4 Drawer Dresser Solid Maple
By Heywood-Wakefield Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Timeless Heywood Wakefield Mid-Century Modern 4 drawer tall dresser. All solid maple construction
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Maple
$1,320 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid century American modern low blonde Solid maple dresser 11 drawer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern blonde solid maple low 11 drawer dresser. Has curved details with tapered dowel
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Birch, Maple
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mid-Century Modern Lorin Marsh Murano Gold Blown Art Glass Chandelier
By Barovier Seguso
Ferro, Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large Mid-Century Modern gold flake, hand blown art glass murano chandelier having 10
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Unique mid century modern low cane maple blonde stool ottoman studio craft
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique mid century modern low cane maple blonde stool or Ottoman. studio craft. Great Design very
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Cane, Maple
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood 9 Drawer Low Dresser by Brouer
By Brouer Mobel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very clean mid-century Danish modern rosewood 9 drawer credenza or dresser. All drawers slide
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Large Abstract Geometric Artwork Oil Painting on Canvas Art
By Ilya Bolotowsky
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful colorful large Mid-Century Modern abstract Geometric artwork painting on Canvas frame. No
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstract Mid-20th Century Oil Non Objective NYC Radio City Music Hall
By Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Mid-20th Century Oil Non Objective NYC Radio City Music Hall. Oil on board, 23 x 20 inches
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1970s Abstract Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-Century wide Danish Modern Rosewood Dresser Wardrobe 12-Drawer Denmark
By Arne Vodder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful mid-century tall Rosewood dresser wardrobe 6-drawer on left and 6 drawers on the right
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Rosewood
$1,725 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid Century Modern 8 drawer dresser linear Calvin by Paul Mccobb
By Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid Century Modern 8 drawer dresser linear Calvin by Paul Mccobb. Part of the Linear line by Calvin
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Aluminum
Mid century American Modern Walnut 8-Drawer Dresser by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful American Modern Mid-Century Modern long black walnut 8-drawer dresser credenza with all
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Brass
$3,570 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Modern Olive Burl Square Coffee Parsons Table Made in Italy
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern olive burl square coffee table made in Italy. Good vintage condition
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Olive, Burl
$1,470 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Dutch Modern Solid Large Teak Brutalist Slatted bench
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare Dutch Modern Solid Large teak Brutalist Slatted bench. Nice solid wood Bench great Dutch
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1960s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Rex Clawson Abstract Cat Oil Painting, Signed, 1956
By Rex Clawson
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Rex Clawson Abstract Cat Oil Painting, Signed 1956
Offered for sale is an
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
$2,000 Sale Price
42% Off
Mid century Scandinavian modern black leather ottoman Stool Hans Olsen
By Hans Olsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Scandinavian Modern black leather footstool or ottoman designed by Hans Olsen. All
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Birch
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid century Dutch modern tufted leather lounge chair and ottoman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Dutch modern tufted leather lounge chair and ottoman. Made circa 1970 has Cognac-tone
Category
1970s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Leather, Wood
$2,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid Century post Modern Custom Solid Birch Coffee Table Bench Black Lacquer
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern custom solid birch coffee table bench black lacquer. Very Heavy solid wood
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Birch
$2,070 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid century Danish Modern rectangle Teak extension dining table by George Tanier
By George Tanier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century Danish Modern teak extension dining table Beautiful dark brown teak table that extends
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Birch, Teak
Ed Langbein Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Italian Hilltop Village Plate
By Ed Langbein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Century Modern pottery plates, designed and hand-painted by the American industrial designer Ed
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Vintage Mid-Century Modern Brown Leather Wassily lounge Chairs for Knoll
By Stendig Co., Marcel Breuer, Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Vintage Mid-Century Modern brown leather wassily lounge chairs for Knoll. The Wassily
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
Materials
Chrome
$3,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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Find many varieties of an authentic used mid century modern furniture nyc available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, glass and wood, every used mid century modern furniture nyc was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect used mid century modern furniture nyc — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A used mid century modern furniture nyc made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made used mid century modern furniture nyc over the years, but those crafted by Alexander Girard, Philip and Kelvin LaVerne and Avard are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc?
A used mid century modern furniture nyc can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,350, while the lowest priced sells for $225 and the highest can go for as much as $49,500.
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.
Questions About Used Mid Century Modern Furniture Nyc
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019
Mid-century modernism first appeared in 1945 and merged a minimalist aesthetic with practicality. Mid-century modern furniture is distinguishable by its lack of decoration or extravagance and its use of clean lines, organic curves and variety of natural materials.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Mid century modern furniture refers to pieces designed during the middle of the 20th century — specifically 1930s through the mid-1960s. This period represents a design and architecture movement characterized by simple shapes, clean lines, and organic materials. Some of the most famous mid century modern designers include Ray Eames, Charlotte Perriand, Isamu Noguchi and Eero Saarinen. - 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Mid-century modern furniture combines sleek lines with organic shapes.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024Mid-century modern furniture is so popular largely because its characteristics align well with the trends and tastes that are dominant today. Many people love its simple look defined by clean lines, and the use of natural materials also adds to its popularity. In addition, designers created mid-century modern furniture to be as functional as it is visually appealing, making pieces executed in the style simple, convenient and comfortable to use. Find a wide range of mid-century modern furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024There is not a single year that is mid-century modern. The style emerged during the 1940s and 1950s and remained dominant through the 1960s and into the early 1970s. Some notable designers who contributed to the development of the mid-century modern style include Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Milo Baughman, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Isamu Noguchi and George Nelson. Shop a wide range of mid-century modern furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Some of the most famous mid-century modern furniture designers were Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, Paul Evans, Poul Kjærholm, Florence Knoll, George Nakashima, Giò Ponti, Hans Wegner, Charlotte Perriand, Sergio Rodrigues and Eero Saarinen.
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