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Brutalist Furniture

BRUTALIST STYLE

The design of brutalist furniture encompasses that which is crafted, hewn and worked by hand — an aesthetic rebuke (or, at least, a counterpoint) to furniture that is created using 21st-century materials and technology. Lately, the word “brutalist” has been adopted by the realms of furniture design and the decorative arts to refer to chairs, cabinets, tables and accessory pieces such as mirror frames and lighting that are made of rougher, deeply textured metals and other materials that are the visual and palpable antithesis of the sleek, smooth and suave. 

ORIGINS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGN 

  • Use of industrial materials — tubular steel, concrete, glass, granite
  • Prioritizes functionalism, minimalism and utilization of negative space
  • Spare silhouettes, pronounced geometric shapes
  • Stripped-down, natural look; rugged textures, modular construction
  • Interiors featuring airy visual flow and reliance on neutral palettes

BRUTALIST FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE BRUTALIST FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The term brutalism — which derives from the French word brut, meaning “raw” — was coined by architecture critic Reyner Banham to describe an architectural style that emerged in the 1950s featuring monumental buildings, usually made of unornamented concrete, whose design was meant to project an air of strength and solidity.

Le Corbusier essentially created the brutalist style; its best-known iterations in the United States are the Whitney Museum of American Art, which was designed by Marcel Breuer, and Paul Rudolph's Yale Art and Architecture Building. The severe style might have been the most criticized architectural movement of the 20th century, even if it was an honest attempt to celebrate the beauty of raw material. But while the brutalist government buildings in Washington, D.C., seemingly bask in their un-beauty, brutalist interior design and decor is much more lyrical, at times taking on a whimsical, romantic quality that its exterior counterparts lack.

Paul Evans is Exhibit A for brutalist furniture design. His Sculpture Front cabinets laced with high-relief patinated steel mounts have become collector's items nonpareil, while the chairs, coffee table and dining table in his later Cityscape series and Sculpted Bronze series for Directional Furniture are perhaps the most expressive, attention-grabbing pieces in American modern design. Other exemplary brutalist designers are Silas Seandel, the idiosyncratic New York furniture designer and sculptor whose works in metal — in particular his tables — have a kind of brawny lyricism, and Curtis Jere, a nom-de-trade for the California team of Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, the bold makers of expressive scorched and sheared copper and brass mirror frames and wall-mounted sculptures.

Brutalist furniture and sculptures remain popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.

Find authentic vintage brutalist chairs, coffee tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Item Ships From: New York
Style: Brutalist
Belgian Midcentury Expandable Dining Table + 4 Chairs M. L. Baugniet
Located in New York City, NY
An original Belgian Art Deco dining table featuring a parquetry inlaid table top defined by expert woodworking and a curved double pedestal base with polished aluminum decorative acc...
Category

20th Century Belgian Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Hand Made Metal Brutalist Bonsai Tree in Rust Finish
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist hand made iron Bonsai tree sculpture. The sculpture has wonderful all over rust finish, gained from years of outdoor life, this piece was origina...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Brutalist Axis Cube Sculpture, Cut Steel, Marc Weinstein
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by his father's scrap yard, Marc Weinstein launched Marc Creates Inc. in 1967. He and later his sons went on to create countless metal sculptures, furniture, and wall assemb...
Category

1970s North American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Cut Steel

Adlin 1971 Smaller Art Studio Wall Mirror in Oxidized Cast Aluminium Mercury
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Adlin molded Aluminium, Art Glass, Oxidized Mercury Wall Relief Mirror. Featuring handcrafted, textural sculpted cast aluminium, blackened details, round inserted mercury reflector. ...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Zabihi Collection Persian Mohtasham Kashan Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 19th century Mohtasham Kashan rug zipper closure and poly fill insert provided 20'' x 20''
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Foam

Odd Resin Wall Mount Bull
Located in New York, NY
Hand Made Wall Mount Resin Bull. One of a kind, unique item. Expressionist Brutalist School Sculpture. One horn has been repaired.
Category

20th Century Unknown Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Resin

Set of 4 Danish Brutalist Pine Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Danish set of 4 Brutalist dining chairs in old growth pine. Beautiful structural profile and with clean lines and slightly concave seats.
Category

1970s Danish Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Pine

Tall Marcello Fantoni for Raymor Bronzed Brutalist "Branch" Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Marcello Fantoni for Raymor Brutalist Bronzed Metal and Walnut Table Lamp. Featuring a sculptural and welded, torch cut Bronzed metal, branch like, organic tree form desi...
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal

Silas Seandel Sculptural Coffee Table with Glass Top 1970s Signed
Located in New York, NY
Coffee table with organic shape base in cast solid resin to resemble concrete with thick glass top by Silas Seandel, American 1970's ...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Glass, Resin

Monumental Bijan of California for Laurel Brazed Brass "Setterah" Table Lamp
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Substantial Bijan of California for Laurel Lamp Company “Setarrah” H-927 Table Lamp. Featuring a tubular (3/8D) Brass column, "original Brass sculpture" with four handcrafted torch ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass

Torch Cut Mixed Metal Brutalist Mirror
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Torch cut mixed metal brutalist mirror in the style of C. Jere and Silas Seandel.
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal

Brutalist Style Trench Art Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brutalist style trench art vase made from a retired shell casing. Hand hammered abstract pattern. Pair available. Sold separately. Sourced in Rome, Italy.
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal

Brutalist Style Trench Art Vase
Brutalist Style Trench Art Vase
$350 Sale Price
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Pair Rare French Mid-Century Modern Craftsman Floor Lamps, Jean Charles Moreux
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of rare and poetic French Mid-Century Modern Craftsman floor lamps, handmade from roots of trees and, hewn together into an organic, naturalist sculptural form. These unique, dramatic works express a reverence for nature while using the language of organic modernism. They are in the style of French surrealists Jean-Charles Moreux and Bolette Natanson...
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1930s French Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Twig, Hardwood

Parchment and Glass Coffee Table in the style of Aldo Tura c 1970 s
Located in New York, NY
Voguish, chic and sophisticated coffee table having a faux metal finish pedestal base composed of parchment paper over wood, which supports the original thick ( .75 in. ) round glass...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Glass, Wood, Parchment Paper

Peter Lipman-Wulf Sculptural Vessel
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural, hand-formed vessel of painted and glazed clay, likely for use as a bird bath, by German/American artist and educator Peter Lipman-Wulf. Born i...
Category

1960s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Clay

Brutalist Pendant Light by Nanny Still - McKinney for Raak Finland c 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist hanging pendant by noted artist Nanny Still - McKinney made in Finland for Raak. The cylindrical copper clad body features a serie...
Category

Mid-20th Century Finnish Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Copper

Brutalist Wrought Iron Sculptural Table Lamp in Style of Paul Evans, Ca. 1970s
Located in New York, NY
American Brutalism In the Style of Paul Evans Sculptural Table Lamp Wrought Iron Circa 1970s DIMENSONS Height: 26 in (66.04 cm) Diameter: 8 in (20.32 cm) CONDITION Good vintage c...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Persian Mohtasham Kashan Pillow with Lazy Lines
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from a 19th century Mohtasham Kashan rug with lazy line texture. zipper closure and poly fill insert provided 14'' x 17''
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Foam

Felipe Delfinger for Feders Brutalist Metal Stained Glass Pendant 1970s Mexico
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury Brutalist \ forged metal and stained glass pendant light fixture by Felipe Delfinger for Feders, 1970s Latin American Modern. St...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Iron

Italian Brutalist Perforated Black Lacquer Gold Brass Modern Round Mirror
Located in New York, NY
This custom round mirror is an Italian contemporary work, entirely handmade. The design in perforated lace brass is unique. The stepped round frame is edged...
Category

2010s Italian Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass, Metal

Abstract Copper Table Lamp, France 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Heavy hammered copper table lamp with an abstract decor. Base size only 16x10x4. 18x26 as shown.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass, Copper

Sculptural Vessels in Gray by Sonja Duo-Meyer
By Sonja Duó-Meyer
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural vessels in an ovoid form with walled aperture. Hand-built of gray chamotte Limoges porcelain by Swiss ceramic artist Sonja Duo-Meyer (b. 1953) and executed circa 1995. The...
Category

1990s Swiss Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Brutalist Art Pottery Studio Sculpture Man with Gun Riding a Camel signed
Located in New York, NY
1970's Brutalist Studio Art Pottery sculpture depicting a Arab man, carrying a rife, riding a camel. The sculpture is signed illegibly on its base, this example is in very good, or...
Category

Late 20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Exceptionally Large Albert Tormos Stone “Sphere” lamp, France 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Solid carved Pierre du Gard table lamp in a spherical shape with holes letting the light through. Amazing scale
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Stone

Musical Motif Brutalist Wrought Iron Chandelier Made in Hungary
Located in New York, NY
Great Brutalist wrought iron six light chandelier having a musical note, clef, and staff motif. Marked Made in Hungary, circa 1970's, newly professionally rewired.
Category

Mid-20th Century Hungarian Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Large Curved Ceramic Lamp in Metallic Glaze, France 1950’s
Located in New York, NY
Dynamic ceramic lamp with concentric rings emanating from an ex-centered hole acting as the focal point. Salt metallic glaze. Base only 12x7x3. Illegible signature to base.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Freestanding Brutalist Metal Sculpture after Jere
Located in New York, NY
Impressive freestanding Brutalist sculpture in the manner of Jere, Evans, unsigned. The piece has an organic form top (10 inch in diameter,) which stands on metal rods, which are att...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Steel, Wrought Iron

Mammouth Brutalist Wall Garden Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Phenomenal Brutalist sculpture in the form of a wind blown tree. The sculpture has a wrought iron tree trunk and branches with copper leaves, it is designed to be installed on a wall...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Copper, Wrought Iron

Brutalist Style Round bronze Studded Mirror, Compatible pair
Located in Plainview, NY
Brutalist Style Round bronze Mirror, Compatible pair : This elegant pair of round mirrors exudes a refined Brutalist sensibility, masterfully handcrafted in bronze. Each mirror is...
Category

20th Century Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Brutalist Steel and Brass Faux Bamboo and Glass Coffee Table after Evans c 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist coffee table, having a faux bamboo steel and brass base, which supports a thick tempered square glass top ( 36 x 36 in. ). Executed in the style of Paul Evans, Silas Seand...
Category

Late 20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass, Steel

Pair of mid century black oak and steel Laurel lamps
Located in Liberty, NY
Great pair of steel and black oak Laurel lamps. The measurement of 40" height is to top of harps, they measure 27.5" to top of sockets. Nice vintage condition, the harps show some o...
Category

1960s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Steel

Elegant Hourglass Form Verdigris Stewart James for Hansen Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist verdigris finish on bronze hourglass form table lamp base. Designed by Stewart James for Hansen Lighting Company, circa 1950s. Fine, untouched, original, ready to use condi...
Category

1950s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Minotaurs Carved Solid Stone Coffee Table, France 1940 s
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional solid carved stone coffee table, the top is a single stone 35’’ in diameter by 5’’ thick with a deep recess carved motif of 5 min...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Stone

Patinated Iron Tree Form Sculpture
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
This tree can of course be used as a decorative piece. Also used as a clothing/hat rack, etc.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Iron

Brutalist Sculpture of a Knight with Sword
Located in New York, NY
Impressive freestanding sculpture of a Knight with his sword drawn. The figure is constructed of various bits of metal, screws, washers, gears etc which at fist glance appear to be r...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal

Monumental Brutalist Stacked Cube Steel Garden Sculptures, after David Smith
By David Smith, Paul Evans
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental Brutalist Stacked Cube Steel Garden Sculpture, after David Smith / Paul Evans.. Signed and dated bUT unfortunately illegible. Amazing use of color, texture and space, Eigh...
Category

Late 20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Steel

Atelier Sonja Wasseur Handmade Leather Lounge Chair and Ottoman Set, Netherlands
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Atelier Sonja Wasseur Handmade Leather Lounge Chair and Ottoman Set, Netherlands. In 1982, Wasseur set up her own design studio in Amsterdam, concentrating on the design of carpets ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Leather, Wood

Burl Wood Table Lamp, France 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved burlwood lamp with a engraved finish. Base only 12x8
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Burl

Custom Architect Executed Brutalist Welded Steel Chandelier
By Bruelher
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist school chandelier, signed and dated, by the maker, architect "Bruelher 1976" Impressive presence, scale and quality. Unique item, not "produced" or ma...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Steel

Petter Ellery Earth Tone Ceramic Table Lamps, UK 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Brown glazed “Scraffito” Table lamps. Base size only 16x10x4.
Category

Mid-20th Century British Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Paul Evans Patchwork Brutalist Center, Coffee or Cocktail Table for Directional
Located in Plainview, NY
Mid-Century Modern iconic patchwork design table by Paul Evans (American 1931-1987). The modern brutalist table base is made of welded and patinat...
Category

Mid-20th Century Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Copper, Steel

Paul Evans Style Brutalist Iron Brazed Brass Drip Square Vase, circa 1970
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Handcrafted Brutalist Brazed and Flowed Brass on Iron Vase, 1970's Featuring a rectangular form, hand poured brazed Brass atop Metal in mottled Black, Brown, Rust, Gold, and Deep Gre...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass, Iron

Large Lane Mosaic Pattern Brutalist Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Wood frame with dimensional block decorative motif. Manufactured by Lane Furniture Company, can be hung vertically or horizontally.
Category

1960s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Bronze Sculpture Romantic Dreams by Susanne Vertel
Located in New York, NY
Stylized cast bronze sculpture depicting three women in reclining position by noted sculptor Susanne Vertel. This sculpture is part of a limited edition...
Category

Early 2000s North American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Brutalist Oak Lamp, France 1950 s
Located in New York, NY
Solid wood base heavily carved in natural patterns with a dark patina. Base size only 14x6x6. As shown 18x24.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass

Brutalist Wrought Iron Floor Lamp Made in Portugal
Located in New York, NY
Interesting wrought iron floor lamp, having candle cup arms which extend off main center piece. The lamp has two standard size sockets ( working ). Marked Mad...
Category

Mid-20th Century Portuguese Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Monumental Brutalist Metal Wall Sculpture by Mark Weinstein "MARK CREATES"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental Brutalist / Mid Century Modern / Metal Wall Sculpture by Mark Weinstein "MARK CREATES" c 1970s.. Stunning 3- dimensional sculpture,, can be hung vertically or horizontal...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal, Iron

Heavy Earthenware Vide Poche with Enmeled Fused Glass Decor, France 1960 s
Located in New York, NY
Heavy earthenware vessel with a fused red glass decor.
Category

Mid-20th Century Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Earthenware, Art Glass

Mid Century Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Standing Tree Stump Log
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular Brutalist expression of a standing tree stump log in Bronze. Artist unknown, but definitely from the early 1970s. Amazing artistic craftsmanship. The stump is well balan...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Brutalist Hanging Wall Sculpture by Bill Heise, Found Objects
Located in Buffalo, NY
Brutalist hanging wall sculpture by Bill Heise. Found objects, hand executed from found objects, welded The pieces are crafted from turn-of-the-century farm equipment collected from the fields of Vermont, maritime parts salvaged from around the Bay Area, and railroad components, antique tools, and other vintage metal found throughout America. The delicate lines and whimsical nature of Heise sculptures often defy the rugged origins of each component part. Railroad spikes, plough discs, pitchforks, shovel blades, and a myriad of other parts are transformed into birds in flight, cows out to pasture, tropical fish, and a variety of other wildlife forms. And there's always an interesting story behind each piece, be it the eighty something farmer who helped me retrieve equipment from the "back forty," frozen hands from digging a hay rake...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal, Steel

Bernard Rooke Pottery Lamp, UK 1970 s
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist pottery lamp by Bernard Rooke in dual glaze. Size is of the base only. No shade included.
Category

Late 20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass

Pair of Mid Century Modern Sculptural Brutalist Torch Cut Steel Table Lamps
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large, 45 inches to the top of the shade. Torch cut and welded steel panels in a random rectilinear form. Sprayed black and in excellent vintage condition with minimal w...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Steel

Mid Century Modern Brutalist Mixed Metals Figurative Sculpture of a Woman C1970
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic steel & iron figurative sculpture of a lifesize nude woman created by artist Hy Suchman. Sculpture is approximately 5ft 2 inches tall with a width and depth of 24 X 20. Am...
Category

1970s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel, Iron

Abstract Brutalist Wire Horse Sculpture Marcello Fantoni for Raymor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century, abstract, Brutalist, horse sculpture by Marcello Fantoni for Raymor is a mixed metal wire sculpture mounted on a walnut base with copper label signed Fantoni Italy for R...
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal

Patchwork of Brass Copper Saavedra Mirror, Spain 1980 s
Located in New York, NY
Patchwork mirror by Saavedra of Spain, brass and copper with copper nails and patinated.
Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Brass, Copper

Brutalist Wrought Iron Slate End Table, France 1950 s
Located in New York, NY
Brutalist slate top table banded in riveted wrought iron on solid wrought iron “bat” legs. Pair available. Sold individually.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Slate, Wrought Iron

Maison Regain Elm and Slate Brutalist Coffee Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
Maison Regain elm and slate brutalist coffee table c. 1960.
Category

1960s French Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Slate

Pair of Antique Chain Link Floor Lamps
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing PAIR of tall antique chain link floor lamps will include the shades shown. FULLY rewired with silk twist cable and step switch and plug...
Category

20th Century American Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Iron

Rare brutalist table lamp by Fantoni
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Rare single brutalist style pierced metal table lamp by Fantoni.
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Metal

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Granite Bookends
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous hand chisiled pair of gray green granite bookends in a Brutalist style. Very supportive and elegant. In excellent vintage condition.
Category

1960s American Vintage Brutalist Furniture

Materials

Granite

Brutalist furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Brutalist furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, decorative objects, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Brutalist furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Sóha, Paul Evans, Joel Escalona, and David Marshall. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $29 and tops out at $450,000 while the average work can sell for $2,520.

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