Mid-Century Modern Furniture
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
Period: 1940s
French Armchair, 1940s
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
This Colonial-style armchair was designed in the 1950s. They are made up of a solid mahogany structure and a cane seat and backrest.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Cane
$3,167
Art Deco Table Lamp made in Sweden, 1940s
By ASEA
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Genuinely nice Art Deco Swedish table lamp made in the 1940s . With a brass chrome base and a leather rod. The top gifted with brass and opaline glass.
Good condition with some wea...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Freeform Sofa by Isamu Noguchi for Vitra Design Museum
Located in Centreville, VA
Freeform Sofa
Designer: Isamu Noguchi
Design Year: 1946
Isamu Noguchi’s Freeform Sofa blends sculpture and function in a fluid, organic form.
Inspired by natural shapes, its asymme...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Beech, Maple
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
1940s Oregon Pine Coat Rack with Pegs by André Sornay French Art Deco Modernist
By Andre Sornay
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
1940s Wall coat rack by French designer André Sornay. Structure in solid Oregon wood and veneer highlighted by a system of brass nails perfectly aligned underlining the sober and pur...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Early 20th Century French Mirror, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Early 20th century French Mirror.
Manufactured France, circa 1940.
Materials:
Wood, mirror
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
$806 Sale Price
52% Off
Large Italian 1940s Brass Extendable Wall Lamp
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milan, IT
Large Italian 1940s Brass Extendable Wall Lamp. Similar examples were produced by Casa & Giardino in Milan and common in Gio Ponti interiors.
Lamp shade measurements Dia 54 cm
Maximu...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Luigi Brusotti Mid-Century Modern Italian Bar Cabinet with Decorated Mirror, 40s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Spectacular and rare bar cabinet or sideboard with mirror. Designed in Italy by Luigi Brusotti in the 1940s. The front is entirely covered with precious Murano glass. The tiles are d...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Walnut
huge Wingback Chair with floral silk fabric, Italy, 1940s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This wing chair was designed in Italy in the 1940s. The well-upholstered furniture body is covered with the extravagant and very striking original cover with floral motif. The armcha...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce
516
Table Lamps
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, table lamps, model ‘516’, brass, marble, enameled aluminum, Italy, 1948
These desk lamps, model 516, is designed by the influential designer in the field...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Brass
$55,000 / set
Swedish Designer, Floor Lamp, Brass, Wood, Fabric, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A curved brass, wood and fabric floor lamp designed and produced by a Swedish Designer, Sweden, 1940s.
Socket takes standard E-26 medium base bulb.
There is no maximum wattage ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Designer, Wall Lights, Metal, Fabric, France, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of gold-painted metal and yellow fabric wall lights designed and produced in France, c. 1940s.
Metal presents with heavy loss of color to gold paint
Vintage shade presents w...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Rocking Chair in Pine, Göran Malmvall, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
Rocking chair, made in solid pine, designed by Göran Malmvall for Svensk Fur, Sweden.
Modernist design in traditional Swedish workmanship, made to adapt to the new era in the late ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Pine
Amsterdam School Style Coat Rack Wood and Metal Hooks, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Add a touch of vintage charm and functionality to your entryway with this Amsterdam School style coat rack. Crafted circa 1940 and manufactured in Holland, this piece showcases the rationalist design principles prominent during that era.
Made of wood and adorned with metal hooks...
Category
1940s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
$777 Sale Price
44% Off
Magnificent Rare Modern Commode by John Stuart, circa 1940 - Pair Available
By John Stuart
Located in Atlanta, GA
This majestic commode has undergone a meticulous complete restoration. The chest may be re-lacquered in another Ben Moore color in advance of shipment, if so desired.
A stellar ex...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Crystal Flower Vase, English, Cut Glass, Bouquet, Sleeve, Circa 1940
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage crystal flower vase, with attractive cut glass detail and fine English craftsmanship, dating to the mid 20th century, cir...
Category
1940s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Pernilla Lounge Chair and Ottoman by Bruno Mathsson
Located in New York, NY
The Iconic Pernilla lounge chair and Ottoman by Bruno Mathsson for Firma Karl Mathsson. From the late 1940’s/early 1950s with the sig...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Beech
Single Edward Wormley for Drexel Precedent Collection - Side Table Dark Stain
Located in St. Louis, MO
Edward Wormley side table designed for the Precedent Collection angular legs, lower shelf, circa 1947. Only a single available. Silver Elm, to be refinished prior to shipping. Custom...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Elm
Pair Easy Chairs in Sheepskin in the manner of Erik Bertil Karlén, Sweden 1940s
By Eric Karlén
Located in Utrecht, NL
This pair of easy chairs exemplifies the craftsmanship of Swedish modern furniture and its understated luxury. The 1940s saw a departure from the ornate and glamorous Art Deco era to...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Sheepskin, Wood
Danish Cabinetmaker Lounge Chair in a Patterned Bouclé Fabric, Denmark 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This beautiful Danish cabinetmaker lounge chair recalls the peak of Danish Mid-Century Modern design. Thanks to its curved shape, this model is exceptionally cosy and elegant. Curved chairs like this are statement pieces in any space, but they can also adapt to a variety of styles thanks to their universal appeal.
With its classic shape paired with modern design, the generous size, and fully upholstered body, this lounge chair is outstanding, even when measured to the many beautiful models created in Denmark during the mid-century era. The large, curved design is reminiscent of the Chesterfield style, with rolled arms and a curving back, short feet, and button tufting. While the impression may recall the historic style, it is its more streamlined, modern interpretation with fewer decorative elements and a much lighter colour palette. The stitches on the back create a scalloped look that sections the back, enhancing the voluptuous size. The Danish design idiom, among other things, was centred on gentle yet robust support for the spine - a quality that engender contentment and well-being, a defining characteristic of Danish culture. The visual appearance however, is not the only thing that echoes Danish design, but also the exquisite craftsmanship under the fully upholstered body. The short, mismatched stained beech legs add a modern, organic feel, balancing out the voluptuous profile of the sofa. The front legs differ in their angle and shape from the back ones, adding visual interest, while the masterful sense of proportions and the soft upholstery guarantee functionality and comfort.
Condition:
In good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use. The sofa has been reupholstered recently in a premium bouclé fabric. Each of our items can be re-upholstered by our in-house atelier in a fabric of choice. Please reach out for more information.
Dimensions:
37.2 in W x 40.55 in D x 35.03 in H; Seat height 16.33 in; Arm height 23.62 in
94.5 cm W x 103 cm D x 89 cm H; Seat height 41.5 cm; Arm height 60 cm
About the Designer:
This Danish-made sofa...
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
Italian Designer, Floor Lamp, Brass, Fabric, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable brass and off-white fabric floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, c. 1940s.
Dramatic oxidation present to lamp.
Replaced lampshade.
Overall Dimensions (inches): ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Rocking chair par Joaquim Tenreiro
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare rocking chair par Joaquim Tenreiro, vers 1947.
Category
1940s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
1940 Jindrich Halabala "Spider" Coffee Table in Walnut Finish, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Carefully refurbished
- sturdy and stable
- minor veneer defects
- Legs are made of solid beech wood
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beech, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Game Table With Double Drop-Leaf Top – France 1940
Located in Girona, Girona
Game table with double drop-leaf top, maple and Macassar ebony veneer on the outside and mahogany on the inside. French polish.
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Macassar, Mahogany, Maple
Italian Olive Burlwood Cigarette or Dresser Box by Argenteria Alignani
Located in Chicago, IL
A nice olive burl wood Italian cigarette or dresser box with original label by Argenteria Alignani. The top of the box is silver-plate and the sides have copper edging.
Beautifully ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Fritz Hansen Model 1582 Wingback Lounge Chair Danish Mid-Century
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Very cool low swung wing back lounge chair made by Fritz Hansen in Copenhagen, Denmark as model 1582. The wooden armrests and legs are made of varnished oak wood showing great grain ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Oak
Set of 12 Steuben Glass 7-Inch Plates No. 7644 with Original Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of glass plates.
By Steuben.
In clear glass.
Pattern No. 7644.
Each plate slightly recessed plate and with a thick foot.
This set dates to the 1940s. Each marked t...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Pair of Olive Green Fabric Armchairs by Paolo Buffa with Walnut Frame, Italy
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
The armchairs feature a walnut frame and is upholstered in a high-quality olive green fabric, which is original and in excellent condition.
They are probably ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
2 Big Table Lamps "Rebhuhn" by J.T. Kalmar around 1940s
Located in Wien, AT
2 Big Table Lamps "Rebhuhn" by J.T. Kalmar around 1940s
Brass polished and stove enameled
The fabric shades are replaced ( new )
Category
1940s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fritz Hansen 1940s Sofa or Settee with Open Armrests by Soren Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fantastic 1940s Fritz Hansen sofa designed by Soren Hansen in the company's characteristic style of open armrests. Made from stained beech wood showing great blond color and with coi...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wool, Beech
Ilmari Tapiovaara, "Domus" Lounge Chair, Plywood, Finland, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A moulded plywood "Domus" lounge chair designed by Ilmari Tapiovaara and produced by Keravan Puuteollisuus, Finland, 1940s.
Seat Height (inches): 12"
Arm Height (inches): 21.63"
A...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Plywood
Hollywood Regency Art Deco Murano Glass 3 Arm, 4 Lights Chandelier, Italy, 1940s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning and beautiful chandelier. Made in Murano, Italy, in the late 1940s. The Chandelier requires four European E27 / 110 Volt Edison bulbs, each bulb up to 60 watts. It is a real...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vittorio Valabrega, Beige Velvet, Bentwood, Lounge Chairs, Italy, 1940s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Vittorio Valabrega, Beige Velvet, Bentwood, Lounge Chairs, Italy, 1940s
Pair of rare armchairs designed and produced by Vittorio Valabrega (1861– 1952) in Italy c. 1940s. Each examp...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Bentwood
Wall mirror with aluminum frame, Italy, 1940s.
Located in Palermo, PA
Wall mirror with aluminum frame, Italian production circa 1940s.
Brisk edges in the full Italian style of the last century.
Solid frame, frame in perfect condition, defective glass, ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Art and Trade Shop Unit Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Custom and well-crafted modular sliding-door cabinet produced by Eric R.E. Schuster of the Art and Trade Shop of New York City in the early 1940s. Styl...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Birch
1940s Kaare Klint 3-Seat Sofa for Rud. Rasmussen, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
This rare three-seater sofa is a masterpiece of Danish Modern design by the legendary architect Kaare Klint. Produced by the prestigious furniture maker Rud. Rasmussen, this sofa is ...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Textile, Upholstery
French Designer, Wall Mirror, Wood, Metal, France, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A cerused oak and metal wall mirror likely designed and produced in France, c. 1940s.
Provenance: Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti
Oxidation present to metal
Wear consistent wit...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Thaden-Jordan 1940’s Herbert Von Thaden Mid-Century Modern Table/Chairs 5pc Set
Located in Thiensville, WI
Thaden-Jordan 1940’s Herbert Von Thaden Mid-Century Modern table & chairs 5pc set
• As designed by Herbert Von Thaden & Donald Lewis Jordan
• Manufactured by Thaden-Jordan Furniture...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Bentwood, Plywood
Early Herman Miller LCM Lounge Chair, Labeled
Located in Antwerp, BE
Iconic LCM lounge chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. Beautifully bent seat and backrest. Chrome base with shock-mounts in exce...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$1,775 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Designer, Wall Mirror, Oak, Mirror Glass, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden wall mirror with ornamental brass details, designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1950s-1960s.
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Rare Desk with Chair by Brown Saltman
Located in Torrance, CA
Brown Saltman, desk with chair, wood, United States, circa 1940s
A cubist desk with chair. This set holds a similar idiom with clear forms and lines. Both the chair and the desk ...
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Brass Electric Candelabra Lamps, Italy, 1940-1949
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gorgeous Mid-Century Italian Table Lamps. Sold as a pair and made of solid brass, these graceful, modernist three socket candelabra lamps are mounted on rectangular bases. With a bea...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian 1940s Sculpted Wood Nut Cracker with Hammer
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1940s Sculpted Wood Nut Cracker with Hammer
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
Russel Wright Mid Century Seafoam American Modern Stem Glasses Morgantown 16 pcs
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century grouping of 16 Seafoam American Modern goblets designed by Russel Wright and manufactured by Morgantown. Consisting of Seafoam stem...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Glass
Maison Bagues Gold
Silver Flowers Glass Balls French Sconces, c 1940 Signed
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing 2 lights each. These will be newly rewired with stamped US UL certified sockets for the USA or appropriate sockets for all other countries and ready to hang. Rare double fl...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Paolo Buffa grissinato wood desk with four drawers, Italy 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid and essential Paolo Buffa Desk in grissinato wood with four drawers and saber legs.
Iconic Paolo Buffa design manufactured by Galdino Maspero, Italy 1940s
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Designer, Floor Lamp, Wood, Fabric, Brass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
An adjustable wood, brass and white fabric floor lamp designed and produced in Italy, c. 1940s.
Brand new lampshade and socket.
Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 63.0"H x 18....
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Large 1940s Console by Paolo Buffa in Oak and Green Alpi Marble
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A rare and elegant console table designed by Paolo Buffa in the 1940s, showcasing his unmistakable design language and exceptional Italian craftsmanship. This piece features a stunni...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair Metal Base (LCM), 1950s
Located in Centreville, VA
The Eames LCM (Lounge Chair Metal) features sheets of premium face veneer on both sides of the seat and back. The wide variety of wood available adds to the versatility and beauty of...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Plywood
20th Century, Gio Ponti for Fontana Arte Pendant Lamp, 1940
Located in Turin, Turin
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Italian Designer, Wall Lights, Brass, Metal, Glass, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of brass, cream-lacquered metal and Pulegoso glass wall lights designed and produced in Italy, c. 1940s.
Moderate oxidation present throughout brass.
Overall Dimensions (Inc...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
French Designer, Table Lamp, Iron, Brass, France, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-painted iron and brass table lamp designed and produced in France, c. 1940s.
Wear consistent with age and use
Dimensions of Shade (inches): 9” Top Diameter x 10” Bottom Dia...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Rare Jens Risom Sideboard / Dresser
By Jens Risom
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Model S-240 bachelor's chests in blonde cerused oak by Jens Risom, likely produced in his NYC workshop c. 1949. This pairwood finishing technique that creates a two-toned look, where...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak
Brass Chandelier By Josef Frank For J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass frame with 3 arms fitted with E27 sockets each with silk shades. Designed by Josef Frank in the 1930s for J.T. Kalmar produced in the 1940s.
The chandelier is fully restored w...
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1940s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bauhaus / Functionalism UFO Pendant by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of metal
- re-polished
- fully functional
- good, original condition.
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
Paolo Malchiodi Wingback Chair in Yellow Ochre Fabric and Walnut, Italy, 1940s
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare armchair was designed by Paolo Malchiodi for a private residence near Florence in the late 1940s.
With its sensual, organic curves and strikingly positioned tapered legs, t...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Upholstery, Walnut
Midcentury Seguso wall light, Italy 1940
By Seguso
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Seguso wall lamp in Pulegoso Murano glass in shades of green, elegant finishes made of enamelled brass.
Extraordinary large size.
Italy, 1940
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Kaare Klint Armchair
By Kaare Klint
Located in San Francisco, CA
A “Barcelona” or “Red” chair in black leather with nail head trim. Designed in 927 by Kaare Klint for the lecture hall of the Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen. The chair c...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
$7,500
1940s Murano Handkerchief Vase
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A stunning example of mid-20th century Venetian glassmaking, this Murano vase is executed in the fazzoletto style—named for its resemblance to a handkerchief caught mid-twirl. The un...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Art Glass
René Prou - Inspired - Floor Lamp - Oak
Rope - 1940s - France
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
Introducing an exquisite floor lamp that seamlessly blends softness, elegance, and tradition. Crafted in France in 1940, this captivating piece showcases a twisted oak base that exud...
Category
1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Oak, Rope
Mid-Century Modern by Archimede Seguso Couple of Italian Wall Lamps, Sconces
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Pair of midcentury Italian wall lights designed and produced by Archimede Seguso in 1940. These midcentury wall lights stand out for their ribbed Murano glass construction on a metal structure. They are elegant and sophisticated pieces that add a touch of luxury to any space. Their unique design creates captivating interplays of shadows and reflections, while their soft and ambient lighting sets a charming atmosphere. These midcentury wall lights represent the history and tradition of Italian design, making them a treasure for midcentury enthusiasts, interior design lovers, and collectors alike.
Every item LA Studio...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Materials
Metal
$2,505 Sale Price / set
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Mid-century Modern furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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 lighting, seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Cassina, Fabio Ltd, Knoll, and Edward Wormley. 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.
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