Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
20th Century Italian Three Piece Suite In Toffee Boucle, Paulo Buffa, c.1950
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A beautiful set of mid 20th Century Italian armchairs and sofa by Paulo Buffa. These pieces showcase impeccable quality, boasting a ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Bouclé, Pine
Mid-Century Living Room Set, Original Cognac Leather, Brazilian Style, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern living room set, original cognac leather, Brazilian Style, 1960s
Dimensions :
Sofa : 170x75x80 cm
Armchair : 103 x 75 x 80cm
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1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Wood
A pair of armchairs and sofa, anoynmous for Paul Boman, Finland, 1930s, rattan
By Paul Boman
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of armchairs and sofa, anoynmous for Paul Boman,
Finland, 1930s.
Stained birch and rattan, upholstered cushions.
Dimensions of the chairs:
H: 79 cm / 2' 7 1/4''
W: 60 cm / 2...
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1930s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Upholstery, Rattan, Birch
Ultra-Rare Party Set by Verner Panton
Located in Munich, DE
Six large cylindrical elements of different sizes made of plywood, which can be fitted into one another. There is a bar section on casters and five seating elements.
Designed in 1...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Plywood
$6,000 / set
Lounge Chairs and Coffee Table by José Zanine Caldas, Brazil, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
This rare and striking set, crafted by Brazilian designer José Zanine Caldas in the 1970s, features two sculptural lounge chairs and a stunning coffee table made from richly grained ...
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1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Lounge Chair, Walnut, Leather Bordeaux
Located in Mérida, Yucatan
Piece designed by Michel Van Beuren in the early 60s. It is an occasional lounge chair, reupholstered in cowhide (100% original) in burgundy color. With very clean and elegant design...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$784 Sale Price
60% Off
Mid Century Modern Sofa by Stendig, New Luxurious Boucle, Switzerland, 1950s
By Stendig Co.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Sofa by Stendig, Switzerland, New Sheepskin Boucle, Mid Century Modern, Labeled.
A rare Mid Century Modern sofa by Stendig, made in Switzerland, in a new sheepskin style boucle, thick and rich with fully redone cushions. The box form mid century modern design is supported by a group of heavy chrome circular disk like feet. This sofa has a matching pair of box chairs, fully redone to match, sold separately.
Seat height 18 inches.
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Stendig Co. played a pivotal role in introducing modern European furniture to the American market, thanks to the business acumen of founder Charles Stendig.
Around 1950, the Brooklyn, New York–born Stendig (b. 1924) worked for Raymor, a purveyor of modern china and accessories that is best known for distributing designer Russel Wright’s American Modern line of ceramics. While at Raymor, Stendig focused on the company’s less popular pieces that were made in Italy and Scandinavia, recognizing their potential for the American market. In 1955, he left the company and decided to establish Stendig Co.
In 1956, the first Stendig Co. showroom opened in Manhattan. A year later, during a trip to Zurich, Stendig came across a Bauhaus–inspired furniture store featuring pieces by Swiss designers Kurt Thut, Hans Eichenberger and Robert Haussmann, the store’s co-owner. Following a meeting with Haussmann, Stendig became the retailer’s exclusive U.S. distributor.
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stendig Co. imported and sold furniture...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Chrome
Mid-Century Modern 801 Sofa by Brazilian Designer Jorge Zalszupin, 1959
Located in New York, NY
The 1950s proved to be politically and economically favorable to initiatives related to industrial production. The Polish naturalized Brazilian architect, Jorge Zalszupin (1922-2020)...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Rosewood, Fabric
Rino Maturi Nuvolone Living Room Set in White Boucle by MIMO Padova 1970s Italy
By Mimo Padova
Located in Cascina, Pisa
The living room set is composed of a Nuvolone modular sofa (with six modules) which can be arranged to your liking.
The sofa and the tables present a polyurethane foam upholstered s...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Bouclé, Plastic, Foam
Midcentury Fully Sprung Art Deco Style Kilim Rug Upholstered Sofa Part of Suite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely fully sprung vintage midcentury Kilim upholstered sofa.
It is fully sprung, what that means is...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Upholstery
Mid-Century Modern Italian Living Room Set in the style of Afra
Tobia Scarpa
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian Living room set in the style of the iconic BASILAN from Afra & Tobia Scarpa. The set consisting of 4 modular armchairs, two of which are corner pieces, and...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo
Stunning Vintage Fully Tufted Chesterfield Olive Green Leather Sofa
Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage suite of circa 1960’s Olive Green leather Chesterfield club sofa and armchair
A very good looking and well made suite, th...
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Moustache Club Chair, 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Totally traditionally restored with Ralph Lauren Zebra Fabric.
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” Lounge Set for Cassina, Ivory, 1969, Set of 3
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” Living Room Set for Cassina, Sofa and Two lounge chairs, Ivory Bouclé Wool and Chromed Steel, Italy, 1969, Set of three.
Although technically designed...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Bouclé, Plastic
Vittorio Introini Set of Four Longobarda Dining Chairs by Saporiti 1960s Italy
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Set of four Longobarda chairs with chromed metal legs, seat, and back upholstered with blue shade fabric.
The Longobarda chair was designed by Vittorio Introini and manufactured by ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal
Lounge Chairs by Lenzi Italy a pair on Metal and Brass Base, 1950s
By Lenzi
Located in Paris, FR
Rare pair of lounge chair by Lenzi Italy velvet on metal and brass base 1950s
covered with original navy blue an red velvet.
Very comfortable with a rounded back.
A matching sofa ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pierre Jeanneret
Le Corbusier Upholstered Sofa
Lounge Chair Set c 1955-66
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier upholstered sofa set.
High Court, Chandigarh, India c. 1955-1966.
Bridge-type profile leg assembly in solid teak.
Upholstered in Edelman pony hid...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Cowhide, Teak
Vintage Chesterfield Club 3 Piece Sofa
Pair of Armchairs Suite Green Leather
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage Chesterfield green leather Library suite circa 1960's
A good looking and well made suite with...
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather
Cone Chair Seating Group Cone Table Verner Panton Red Blue Petrol Mustard
Located in Neuss, NW
Unique Verner Panton “Cone Chair” seating group for Gebrüder Nehl. The seating group consists of six chairs and a stool each with rare original fabrics in red, blue, petrol and musta...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
1970, Set of Two Vintage Armachiars, Upholstered in Fur
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of vintage armchairs from the 1970s, Italian manufacture.
The armchairs have an iron paw with seat and back upholstered in Mongolian goat fur.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Iron
$6,158 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Mid-Century Painted Wood Outdoor Seating Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handmade, mid-century, wooden, outdoor bench and lounge chair set with over-sized, circular armrests has been primed and ready for paint. The chair measures 24.5" wide.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Wood
$2,800 / set
Mid-Century Modern Italian Bamboo and Rattan Living Room Set. 1970s
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Bamboo and Rattan living room set consists of two comfortable armchairs and one side table.
The armchairs have their original fabric cushions.
The set is in reall...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Rattan
Charlotte Perriand Refolo Modular Sofa, Wood and Black Leather by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Modular system that can be use as a sofa, bench or other options designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953. Relaunched by Cassina in 2004.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A modular ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Leather, Wood
Gianfranco Frattini Brown Alpaca Velvet Sesann Living Room Set for Cassina, 1972
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann living room set, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1972 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina.
The set is composed of a three-seater sofa and three armchairs. It ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Chrome
Great Vintage Nuvolone set in bouclé by Rino Maturi for MiMo Padova Italy
By Mimo Padova
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Nice set of matching Nuvolone chairs & coffee tables in a new bouclé-style fabric.
This modular sofa was designed by Rino Maturi for MiMo Padova Italy -...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Bouclé
Modular sitting corner by Tove
Edvard Kindt-Larsen, 1960s
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Edvard and Tove Kindt-Larsen were not only designers but architects, known for creating homes, furniture, and interiors that embraced the Danish ethos of “hygge” or coziness. Their a...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Fabric, Teak
Mario Marenco and Tarcisio Colzani “Laser” Living Room Set, 1970, Set of 3
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Marenco and Tarcisio Colzani “Laser” living room set for Mobilgirgi, wood and leather, Italy 1970, set of three.
The "Laser" armchair and coffee table set is an example of the...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Wood
20th Century Sebastian Matta Modular Living Room model Malitte in Foam
60s
Located in Turin, Turin
Matta was born in Santiago, Chile, on November 11, 1911, to a family of Spanish, Basque and French ancestry. After studying architecture, he moved to Paris in 1934, where he worked w...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Fabric, Foam
Living room set in amber velvet
Located in Brussels, BE
Living room set including a 3-seat sofa and a pair of armchair in shaved amber-rusty shaved velvet in fair condition
Sofa : D80 W210 H78 SH42
Armchairs: D80 W90 H78 SH42
The legs ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Velvet, Teak
Mid-Century Modern French Pair of Bamboo and Rattan Armchairs, 1970s
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern pair of French Riviera bamboo and rattan armchairs.
The armchairs come without cushions.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Rosewood Two-Seat Millor Sofa, Sergio Rodrigues Modern Design, Brazil, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Original condition.
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal
Afra
Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” Living Room Set for Cassina, Black, 1969, Set of 3
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” Living Room Set for Cassina, Sofa and two Lounge Chairs, Black Leather, Italy, 1969, Set of three.
Although technically designed in the 1960s, the "So...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
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Plastic, Leather
Living room set with sofa and two armchairs, Italian production, 1960s
Located in Parma, IT
Living room set with a three-seater sofa and two armchairs in fabric, Italian production from the 1960s.
Wooden frame, padded and covered in fabric, metal legs with brass ends.
Sofa ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal
"Dordogne" Charlotte Perriand by Robert Sentou Design 1960 Wicker 4 Chairs
Located in Brescia, IT
Wicker and wood
Set of 4.
In the style of Charlotte Perriand
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Lovely Small Aged Tan Brown Leather Sofa and Matching Armchair Two-Piece Suite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice sofa and armchair suite in tan brown leather with removable scatter cushions
A good looki...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather
Roche Bobois Matching Sofa and Lounge Chairs in Original Green Ostrich Leather
By Roche Bobois
Located in Sarasota, FL
Rare matching sofa and pair of lounge chairs by Roche Bobois in the original emerald green patinated leather. Made in Italy circa 1970. Squared arms are upholstered in green ostrich ...
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1770s Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Ostrich Leather
Afra
Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” Lounge Set for Cassina, Bouclé, 1969, Set of 3
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa “Soriana” living room set for Cassina, sofa and two lounge chairs, ivory bouclé and chromed steel, Italy, 1969, set of three.
Although technically designed in the 1960s, the "Soriana" model by the Italian duo Tobia and Afra Scarpa is firmly associated with the next decade, when its popularity peaked. "Soriana" is low and invites you to sink into its curves. The most notable feature of those lounge chairs and sofa, however, is the Minimalist structure in chromed steel. This external structure in steel rod keeps the cover taut using buttons...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Plastic, Bouclé
Italian Dining Set Tapiolina by Ilmari Tapiovaara for Fratelli Montina, 70s
Located in Lucija, SI
Dining room set ‘’Tapiolina’’ designed by the Finish designer Ilmari Tapiovaara for Fratelli Montina. Italy, 1970s.
Ilmari Tapiovaara’s work is characterized by the most radical fun...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Wood
Carlo de Carli Set of Six Chairs with Dining Table, Italy 1950s
Located in Naples, IT
Set of dining table and 6 chairs collectible model "boomerang" made by Carlo de Carli italia, mid 1950s. The chairs are made on black painted metal frame with brass feet, wooden side...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Danish Modern Black Leather Swivel Chair
Ottoman
By Unico
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This modernist armchair and footstool was produced by the Danish manufacturer Unico during the 1970s. This set embodies the essence of Scandinavian modernist design. Simplicity of fo...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal
Froxfield 2 leather armchair and leather sofa set, moss green, by Parker Knoll
By Parker Knoll
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
A Parker Knoll Froxfield set consisting of two leather armchairs and a two-seater sofa in a stunning Balmoral Green with a mahogany-colored wooden frame. The set's patina is evident ...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather
Set of 8 Wrought Iron Chairs, Dining Chairs, 1980s?
Located in Greven, DE
Eight wrought iron chairs in very good condition.
Profiled round legs with central bracing. The applied seat is removable and could be relatively easily reupholstered, depending on t...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Leather Safari Armchairs and Coffee Table by Karl Heinz Bergmiller for Escriba
By Escriba
Located in Torquay, GB
Rare pair of Safari leather armchairs and a matching coffee table.
Designed in 1959 by Karl Heinz Bergmiller for Escriba Furniture Brazil.
A co...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Wood, Beech
$2,512 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Gio Ponti and Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA, Set of 2 Wooden Model DU10 Chairs, 1951
Located in Milan, IT
Gio Ponti and Gastone Rinaldi for RIMA, Set of 2 Model DU10 chairs, 1951
A Black lacquered tubular metal structure geometrically holds two molded plywood elements in this stately ra...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal
Tobia Scarpa
Bastiano
sofa set by Knoll, 1970s
By Tobia Scarpa, Knoll
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Mid century black fabric and ebonized wood frame 'bastiano' sofa set designed by Tobia Scarpa and produced by Knoll.
The design dates from 1962, this one was produced in the late s...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$4,145 / set
Four Band Pretzel Living Room Set Sofa Settee Coffee End Tables Paul Frankl
By Paul Frankl
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A vintage five piece rattan living room set after Paul Frankl consisting of a three seat sofa, a two seat settee, a coffee table and two end tables. All five pieces are fresh from a ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Rattan, Glass
Maison Regain Elm living room set upholstered in original olive green fabric
Located in Almelo, NL
Maison Regain Elm living room set upholstered in original olive green fabric, France, 1970s.
Enhance your living space with the exquisite Maison Regain living room set from 1970s Fr...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Upholstery, Elm
1970s Scandinavian Design Leather Sofa Set by Soda Galvano for Lied Mobler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning and extremely comfortable vintage teak and leather sofa set. Made in Norway during the 1970’s by Lied Mobler and designed by Soda Galvano. The design and quality are excel...
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1970s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Leather, Teak
20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Living Room Set by Gigi Radice and Minotti
By Minotti, Gigi Radice
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian silver seating ensemble designed by Gigi Radice and produced by Minotti. Two lounge chairs and one three-seat sofa on conical iron legs with bras...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Metal, Brass
Adrian Pearsall for Kroehler MFG Co Sofa and Two Matching Armchairs
Located in Sarasota, FL
Adrian Pearsall for Kroehler Manufacturing Co RARE matching atomic sofa set with sofa and two arm chairs in the original upholstery from their 'American Le...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Ercol Spindleback Settee and Lounge Chair Set
By Ercol
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage midcentury Ercol, British teak spindle settee. This stylish settee features patterned fabric, and spindle back support of teak material. A styli...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Teak
$2,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
20th Century Dutch Artifort Set of a Congo Sofa
Slipper Chairs by Theo Ruth
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A white, vintage Mid-Century Modern Dutch living room set of a two seater Congo, small sofa and a pair of lounge chairs designed by Theo Ruth and produced by Artifort, in good condit...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Upholstery, Rosewood
$28,500 Sale Price / set
22% Off
Proposals Living Room Set by Saporiti, 70s
By Saporiti
Located in Buzzò, Emilia-Romagna
An exceptional vintage living room set from the iconic Proposals collection by Saporiti, crafted in Italy in the 1970s. This mid-century modern set reflects the sophisticated design ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets
Materials
Steel
$5,921 / set
Midcentury set of 2 solid cherry wood wingback armchairs
sofa Karl Nothhelfer
Located in Landshut, BY
It's just beautiful and easy to reupholster in a fabric of your choice.
(just fabric - as upholstery is PERFECT)
Set of sofa and two wingback armchairs.
Designed by Prof. Karl Nothelfer in 1957.
Maker: Schörle & Gölz in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.
Solid cherry wood.
New upholstery and fabrics in 1998, according to the last owner. Since then, it has only been used for two years, so the upholstery is in perfect condition!
The seat rests can be removed and fixed by clips on the belts.
High class.
Measurements:
Easy chair: 70 cm wide. Sofa: 178 cm wide.
Both have a seating height of 40 cm and a seating depth of 57 cm.
Condition: all firm and in very good condition with no damage.
The furniture has been fully and accurately cleaned.
Three steps: A: air pistol, B: industrial hoover, C: the latest Kärcher "wash & hoover" technology.
The woods have been polished several times.
Note: please ask for a shipping quote by sending us your postcode/destination.
Prof. Karl Nothelfer
* 14 June 1900 – 20 May 1980
Since the beginning of the 15th century, the Nothelfer family of carpenters has lived continuously in the former
town of Überlingen. Every carpenter at that time mastered
all aspects of woodworking, and the Nothelfers were no exception.
They could even carve altars and figures and adorn them with gold, silver and paint.
(Churches in Owingen and Hödingen). Some family members lived and worked
in Hedingen or Hödingen, as the jubilarian Karl Nothelfer did in 1975.
However, his father, Karl Anton Nothelfer, was the eldest of seven siblings and was therefore able to take over his father's carpentry business in Überlingen.
However, Karl Anton Nothelfer was unable to take over his father's carpentry business in Überlingen.
Instead, he moved to the industrial town of Singen with his young wife, Rosalie Hanner, and founded his own carpentry workshop.
Hohenzollern in 1896, and he moved to the former Poststraße, where he founded his own carpentry workshop.
He had a high sense of quality and form, and was a member of the German Werkbund before 1914.
Karl Nothelfer and his three siblings grew up in such an environment.
After attending primary and secondary school in Singen, Karl learnt the carpenter's trade in his father's workshop, before moving on to the Badische Landes-Kunstschule in Karlsruhe.
, where he studied architecture. The well-known furniture professor also worked there at that time:
Fritz Spannagel (born Freiburg, 1891; settled Ittendorf Castle near Meersburg in 1938; died 1957).
burg (died 1957). In 1928, the gifted young architect received a teaching assignment at the
Karlsruhe School of Art, but he followed his teacher Spannagel to Berlin in the same year.
Berlin. He worked there as a teacher from 1928 to 1945, becoming a professor in 1931.
Berlin Tischler-Schule, later known as the Bauschule für Raumgestaltung.
The furniture he created in Berlin gained international recognition through numerous exhibitions and lectures.
He became nationally known and influential. His furniture designs ushered in a new era of German and European furniture design.
European furniture design. At the World Exhibition in Paris
in 1937, Prof. Nothelfer was awarded the Golden Medal for his work in the furniture sector.
For his work in the furniture sector. The first summary and evaluation of his furniture designs is presented in his seminal work,
Das Sitzmöbel, published in 1942, was the first compendium of its kind in the world.
world. In 1950, he published his second book, Furniture. Both books and a
series of brochures were published by Verlag Otto Maier in Ravensburg.
Karl Nothelfer continued to work intensively on seating furniture design in the years after 1945.
In 1950, he made the important invention of the two-legged skid-base chair, which has since become widely accepted.
Even the most distinguished American furniture companies, such as Miller and Knoll International,
, use the skid as the main design feature of desks and chairs. At the same time, N. was pioneering
in redesigning German school furniture and seating for industry.
He succeeded in adapting his furniture designs, which originated in woodworking and craftsmanship, to modern technical possibilities of the industry. He thus became a leading figure in the redesign of schoolroom furnishings.
The architect Nothelfer reflects on his own work,
that his main contribution was in the field of seating furniture, although this was not
really his profession.
After the war, Prof. Nothelfer, like so many others, had to start again from scratch. He settled
in his hometown of Hödingen on Lake Constance in 1945, working as a freelance architect.
involved in all areas of construction in the years after the war. As early as 1935, he had designed many
examples of American prefabricated buildings and recommended serial housing,
This was at a time when no one in Germany was even thinking about mass production. He developed
Several types of mass-produced houses were manufactured in Baiersbronn.
More than 800 of these houses were built in France (types Paris, Provence and Normandie).
In 1946, as part of the reparations in Strasbourg, there was an exhibition of houses featuring Swedish, Danish and French designs.
These included Swedish, Danish, Finnish, English and German houses, and the French occupation
For this exhibition, six different types were sent from the French occupation zone.
Nothelfer's house design was considered the best in the exhibition.
Karl Nothelfer was also involved in developing chipboard. In 1946, he founded the first
magazine, Bauen und Wohnen (Building and Living), after the war, and remained its co-editor for many years.
By presenting his own work, he interpreted what the magazine's essence was.
interpreted the essence of what the magazine wanted to be. Building in order to live in it and live humanely in the built environment. Karl Nothelfer designed his houses
The furniture and ground plans were designed with the need for living in mind. In 1948, he was appointed Honorary Senator of the State of Building
School in Holzminden.
Karl Nothelfer did not build much in Singen. The first post-war house was Haus
Fahr on the slope of the Hohentwiel (Domäne), for which the building materials were sourced from a demolished
log cabin that a French officer had built for himself on the Schienerberg.
nerberg. In 1952, he also constructed the administrative building for the aluminium rolling mill in Singen.
This building featured reliefs and wall paintings by C. G. Becker. In Überlingen, he built
Among others, he built the Buchinger Sanatorium and the Riese+Hähnel radio house.
various reconstructions in the old town, including Haus Kitt with the Glockenspiel. Haus Kitt with the Glockenspiel, the Haus mit dem
Bacchus in Überlingen village and the Dolphin Fountain in Hödingen (1975). Probably the most beautiful
The Haus Nothelfers, also known as the Haus Himmelheber, is located in Baiersbronn-Tonbach. On the airfield
In Mengen, Nothhelfer built the casino with the 30-square-metre faience painting 'Ikarus' by
C. G. Becker. In 1954, he established a second office in Düsseldorf with the architect Hans Schwingen.
This office primarily focused on housing construction, true to the motto: from the inside out.
planning from the outside'. The Minister of Housing awarded a prize for the best social housing project in North Rhine-Westphalia, and it came from the Nothelfer+Schwingen studio in Düsseldorf. The idea of Nothelfer+Schwingen also promoted the new idea of home ownership.
To celebrate the anniversary of the condominium ownership law,
In 1961, Nothelfer gave a lecture in Essen on condominium ownership in Europe, which was published as a brochure.
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