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Mid-Century Modern Dining 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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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
Wendell Castle Dining Chairs Set of Eight
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of eight sculptural dining chairs, designed by Wendell Castle, American, circa 2010s. Signed with Wendell Castle's branded monogram on the leg. Wendell Castle licensed several of his designs for the Wendell Castle Collection...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather, Wood, Mahogany

Carlo Scarpa Marcel Breuer Naxos Marble “Delfi” Table for Studio Simon, 1969
Located in Vicenza, IT
Delfi” dining table, designed by Carlo Scarpa and Marcel Breuer and produced by the Italian manufacturer Studio Simon in 1969. Made of white Nax...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Marble

Wrought Iron Mid Century Garden Patio Set Five Pieces
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Five-piece wrought iron dining / patio set. One glass-topped table and four chairs. Painted green. Table measures: 42.5 in across.- 29-3/8 in high. - 29- 11/16 in high. With glass t...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wrought Iron

Six Pc. Mid Century Thaden Jordan Dining Set Table, Leaf and Four Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century dining set by the Thaden-Jordon Furniture Company ( Herbert Von Thaden and Donald Lewis Jordan ) circa 1947- 51. Constructed of bent plywood and thin birch veneer, th...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Birch, Plywood

Über Chic Italian Aldo Tura Tobacco Coloured Lacquered Goatskin / Parchment E
Located in Benington, Herts
An über chic Italian Aldo Tura tobacco coloured lacquered goatskin / parchment elliptically shaped dining table by renowned Italian Desinger Aldo Tura in the mid 20th Century, a fine...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Goatskin

Dining Room Set with Table and Four Chairs by Giotto Stoppino, Italy 1970s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Very nice dining room set by Giotto Stoppino from the 1970s in Italy. This set consists of a dining table and four matching dining room chairs. The table has a tubular, chrome-plated...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal, Chrome

Round Midcentury Spider Leg Dining Table
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Fabulous round dining table with an organic design and with a gold colored glass top. Produced in Italy in the 1950s in the manner of Augusto Romano. The legs have supreme craftsmans...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Glass, Walnut

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Set Including 1 Table and 5 Chairs + 1 circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
No description provided
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Aluminum

Set of 6 Dining Chairs and Table by Carlo Ratti, 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of a table and six Italian dining chairs was designed by Carlo Ratti in the 1950s. Both, the chairs and the matching table were manufactured by the company Industria Legni C...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass, Iron

Swing-Out Seat Outdoor Cafe Table Set
Located in Oakville, CT
The Get Back, Inc. outdoor industrial dining table. Taking our swing-out seats a step beyond their usual bar and kitchen counter duties, Tim Byrne, founder of get back, Inc. combined them with powder-coated steel pedestal bases and Ipé seats and slats to create a weather resistant revival of America’s Classic picnic table. Each swing out seat provides a warm interactive experience as it moves with the body, positioning you to the perfect spot. With the strength to withstand in excess of a thousand pounds per seat, and the ability to be bolted to the ground, the stability and quality can be felt and seen throughout. An exquisite alternative to standard outdoor kitchen, breakfast, dining and cafe seating...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal, Steel, Iron

Atelier C. Demoyen Dining Set with Table and Six Chairs in Solid Elm
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Atelier C. Demoyen, dining table with six dining chairs, solid elm, France, 1970s Atelier C. Demoyen (Claude de Moyen) gained prominence as a workshop recognized for crafting, among...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Elm

Pierre Cardin Dining Room Set, 6 Keyhole Back Arm Chairs #26406 Pedestal Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pierre Cardin dining room set, 6 keyhole back armchairs #26406 and pedestal table, 1989 Complete with six iconic Pierre Cardin keyhole back arm chairs #26406, each one signed in gold script on the back of the chair. Each chair measures: 17” W x 22” D x 43.75 H The leather seat measures 15”x 17" The arm height is 27.5" , the seat height is 19” The six chairs are available without the table for $7,500.00, LU1943319416722 The set is completed with a Pierre Cardin black lacquer and brass pedestal dining room table 72" x 42" Beveled glass top, Signed in script on base. Measures: 30” x 72” x 42” beveled edge/ The base alone measures lower column is 19”x 30” base, the measures top 16” D x 26.5" W x 29.5 H The Table is available without the 6 chairs for $7,500.00, LU1943319416742 Or the entire set can be purchased on this listing for $12,500.00 Provenance: Some chairs have the original Inventory labels, all chairs are signed in Gold Script 'Pierre Cardin' 'Frame #26406, walnut, black and brass...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Set of 4 pcs. Italian Mid-Century Giorgetti Dining Chairs from 1980 s
Located in Vilnius, LT
Italian mid-century Giorgetti set of 4 pcs. dining chairs. The chairs are created in black painted wood with walnut details and authentic excellent quality Pale Carmine color natural...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather, Wood

1960 s Knoll Style Black 5 Piece Dining Set Black Glass Scoop Back Seats
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Stunning Mid Century Modern 5 Piece Dining Set style of Knoll. Black glass on the table. 4 black gloss tulip form scoop back dining chairs. Black glass ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Art Glass

3 pc. Mid Century Dinette Kitchen Set after Umanoff McCobb c 1950/60 s
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid Century kitchen, or dinette set comprised of a small table and two side chairs. The table has a faux rosewood formica top, on black metal a pedestal base, the two chars ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wrought Iron

Restored Russell Woodard Vintage Spun Fiberglass Outdoor Dining Set
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This five-piece set of spun fiberglass patio furniture by Russell Woodard has been lovingly restored and exudes both sculptural elegance and durable charm. The pieces have been fresh...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Fabric, Fiberglass

Modern Venise Dining Table, American Oak, Shadow Onyx, Handmade by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Venise Dining Table, Hand-Crafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple The Venise dining table enhances any interior by taking exceptional craftsmanship to a new le...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Onyx, Quartz, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble

3 pc. Mid Century Dinette Kitchen Cafe Bistro Set after Paul McCobb c. 1950/60 s
Located in New York, NY
Classic Mid Century Dinette, Kitchen, Bistro, Cafe style table and chair set, including two chairs, and a table. The chairs feature wrought iron frames, brass ball finials, with upho...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

"Gemütlich" Leather Clad Table and 4 Burgundy Brentwood Chairs by William Haines
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This collection presents a rare opportunity to own a piece of Los Angeles design history. The house, originally designed by Paul Williams in 1933 was given the Haines touch when his clients a young family of five purchased and moved in in 1963. Haines made appropriate changes to the structure and being at the top of his game, both the architectural changes and the custom furnishings clearly illustrate this. He discreetly added a projection room to the front of the house so that the cleverly concealed projectors made for a movie going experience in the living room. Other Haines touches abound in this, a wonderful and thoughtful interior perfectly capturing a moment in time when life was glamorous. This set still in tact consists of the "good times" table surrounded by a set of 4 chairs, a variation on the "Brentwood" chair with an all upholstered back with channel quilting and biscuit tufted seating. Because Haines had a keen eye for detail the chairs also have a wonderful "cut" in the front legs accented with black enamel. The biscuit tufting on the seats is classic while the channeling on the backs make these unique. The table top is wrapped in tooled Ocher leather and rests on a hand carved base featuring 3 dolphin...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather, Fabric, Wood

John Risley Sculptural Patio Set with Two Lady Chairs and Wire Tulip Table 1960s
Located in Dallas, TX
Two solid steel lady chairs by mid-century sculptor John Risley (1919-2002). Handmade in his studio in Middletown, Ct circa 1960. Freshly powder-coated in a Calder red...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Steel

Early Alvar Aalto Dining Set C.1940s
Located in Hudson, NY
Really beautiful, early and rare dining set by Alvar Aalto. Smart color combination and natural patina. Table and six chairs.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Birch

1970s Eames for Herman Miller Dining Suite with Platner-Edge Travertine Fossil
Located in TORQUAY, AU
A Collector's Eames Dining Suite with a Bespoke Platner-Edge Italian Travertine Top Showcasing an exceptional and unique seven-piece dining suite, pairing the iconic 1960s designs o...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Travertine, Marble, Aluminum

Paul McCobb for Calvin Dining Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Mid Century Dining Table, designed by Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture's Directional Line, American, circa 1960s. The table expands from a 48" round to a 68" width oval with ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Arthur Umanoff Mid-Century Modern Granada Dining Table with Four Chairs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous 5-piece dining set which includes 4 high back chairs and a round glass top table that is 29.5 height and 36 in diameter Set is designed by ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Iron

Dining Room Set by Paul McCobb, Irwin Collection, Circa 1950s
Located in Westport, CT
Elevate your dining experience with our exquisite seven-piece dining set, a vintage masterpiece designed by the renowned Paul McCobb for The Calvin Group, dating back to the illustri...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

MCM Set 4 Krueger Chairs Tulip Style Base Game or Dining Table Faux Wood Top
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern set of 4 Krueger chairs of molded fiberglass shell bodies with seats & backs of mottled creamy beige Naugahyde upholstery, and black painted sled...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

1950 s John Salterini Dining Set
Located in New York, NY
1950's Mid-Century Modern wrought iron dining set by John Salterini, newly painted with new glass top and new leather upholstery seats.
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Ebonized Dining Set in Olive Velvet by Edward Wormley, Dunbar, 1950 s
Located in Culver City, CA
This set is absolutely divine! Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar in the 1950's this set was manufactured to be of the absolute highest quality, and to last forever... which it ki...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Velvet, Mahogany

Nils Jonsson for Troeds – Double Extending Dining Table and Chair Set
Located in Seaford, GB
Nils Jonsson for Troeds – Double Extending Dining Table in Stained Teak with Chairs (c.1970) An elegant mid-century Scandinavian dining set featuring a double-extending teak dining ...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Teak

Paul McCobb Planner Group Dinette Set, Classic Modern.. Great "smaller" Size
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful little set...Mid-Century Modern square dining or game table with four chairs designed by Paul McCobb / Planner Group line for Winchendon Furniture. The table and chairs ret...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Birch

Armonia Walnut Dining Chair, Set of 8, Silvio Piattelli design made in Italy
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Introducing the Armonia Chair. This set of 8 Italian walnut chairs is an unique and timeless dining chair set. The chairs are made from...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather, Fabric, Velvet, Walnut

Modern Gimonde Dining Table, Patagonia Stone, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Organic Modern Gimonde Dining Table, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. The Gimonde marble dining table is a bold expression of exclusive desig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Granite, Onyx, Quartz, Marble, Brass

Midcentury Modern Italian Dining Set by Osvaldo Borsani, 1950s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Italian Midcentury Modern Mahogany and Rosewood Dining set, Osvaldo Borsani 1950s Exquisite dining set, designed by Borsani that includes a beautifully shaped dining table and six m...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Ritts Tropitan Bamboo Dining Set
By RITZ
Located in Pasadena, TX
By Ritts co, Tropitan, Herb Sr. and Shirley Ritts. Shirley was an American interior designer, furniture designer, and Movie Art Director, their company helped to popularize rattan fu...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Bamboo

Ritts Tropitan Bamboo Dining Set
Ritts Tropitan Bamboo Dining Set
$5,200 Sale Price / set
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5 Pc. Garden Patio Poolside Dining Set Att. to Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic mid century dinette set to include a rectangular glass top table and four armless chairs. All pieces are structurally sound and sturdy, al...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wrought Iron

Set of Round Table and Five Chairs attributed to Willy Rizzo, 1970 s
Located in Lisboa, PT
This set of table and chairs was designed by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, in Italy during the 1970's. The chairs are in lacquered wood, steel and reupholstered with a synthetic leath...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Frits Henningsen Danish Dining Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Danish Modern Mahogany dining table, designed by Frits Henningsen, Denmark, circa 1930s. This dining table is currently being refinished and the leaves will be re-veneered, as their veneer was missing when we purchased the set. It expands from a compact 43" circle to an impressive 108.5" oval with all three of it's leaves installed. We also have the matching dining chairs from the same estate currently listed on 1stdibs. Please see last photos. This listing and pricing is for the dining table only.
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1930s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Leather Basket Weave Wicker Style Square Dining Room Table 4 Chairs Glass Top
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Leather basket weave wicker style square dining room table 4 chairs glass top set. All new beige wool upholstery. Table measures 42 x 42 x ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Leather

Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Dining Set: Schionning Elgaard Chairs
Located in BERKEL EN RODENRIJS, NL
A stunning mid-century Danish dining set featuring six rare rosewood dining chairs designed by Schiønning & Elgaard for Randers, Denmark, paired with a beautiful Danish rosewood exte...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Faux Leather, Rosewood

Herman Miller Eames Dining Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous and bright set of Herman Miller Eames dining chairs and table. All authentic Herman Miller. Chairs are vintage but have been color coated in fun colors. New Eiffel bases fin...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Fiberglass, Laminate

Extendable Table by Maurice Pré, Designed in France in the 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Extendable dinning table by Maurice Pré, designed in France in the 1950s.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Rare Mid Century Garden Patio Dinette Set Attributed to Tempestini for Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Sophisticated architectural patio dining set to include a glass top table and four chairs, design attributed to Tempestini, for Salterini. This set includes a wrought iron base table with plate glass top ( top shows imperfections, and may not be original ) and four wrought iron and metal mesh chairs...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Wrought Iron

Holly Hunt Large 6 Diameter Round Ebonized Table Oak 4 Chairs Dining Set MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Holly Hunt Large 6' Diameter Round Ebonized Table Oak 4 Chairs Dining Set MINT! Table Dimensions: 72 x 72 x 30 Chair Dimensions: 24 x 20 x 40
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Oak, Leather

Vittorio Dassi Iconic Design Mid-Century Modern Italian Dining Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful table designed by the famous Italian Mid-Century Modern designer Vittorio Dassi, 1950. The exceptional woodwork is highlighted by the curved green glass top and the rounded...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Marble

T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings Dining Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant mid century dining table, designed by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, American, circa 1950s. Clean lined design with elegant splayed legs. It expands from 58-78" width...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Metal

Walnut Mohair Dining Set by Pier Luigi Colli for Fratelli Marelli, Italy, 1950
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Stunning walnut dining table and six matching dining chairs by Pier Luigi Colli, handmade by the famed 'Fratelli Marelli' atelier in Cantu, Italy circa 1950. The dining table is ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Brass

Set of Iconic Gerd Lange Table and 4 Lacquered Thonet Style Stools
Located in Tilburg, NL
Set of Iconic Gerd Lange Table and 4 Lacquered Thonet Stools. Gerd Lange 'Flex 2000' Table for Thonet, 1973 & a wonderful set of Thonet style stools in lacquered wood and webbing. ...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Plastic, Beech, Bentwood

1950s Danny Ho Fong Cafe Set Rare Southern California Design Vintage Modern
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Super cabin-modern and hard to find California design outdoor patio set. The wicker on all pieces is still in very good condition! All these pieces were procured together, and are in original unrestored condition. The upholstery on the 4 stools okay, two stools each have a puncture each to the tops, and one a hole/nick to the edge. It is recommended you recover the stools to match your situation/uses...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Iron

Mid-Century Modern Walnut Dining Set or Card Table by Adrian Pearsall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredible original set from the 1960s designed by Adrian Pearsall and produced by Craft Associates. The set features all solid walnut construction. Very clean and well cared for ...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Fabric, Glass, Walnut

Set Dining Room Bamboo Italian Midcentury Design Octagonal Table Glass Top, 1950
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Set dining room bamboo Italian midcentury design octagonal table glass top, 1950. Measures: Table diameter cm.141, height cm.77.
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1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Bamboo

Paolo Barracchia Italian Steel and Inlaid Wood Dinning Table by Roman Deco, 1978
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A large square Italian dining table designed by Paolo Barracchia. Featuring exquisite detailing including a thick brass band, double open legs and map...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Steel

Rare Blond Maple Round Expandable Dining Table 6 Chairs Set Set Denmark MINT!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Rare Blond Maple Round Expandable Dining Table 6 Chairs Set Set Denmark MINT! Table Dimensions Extended: 59x57.5x29 Chair Dimensions: 17.5 x 18 x 37
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

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Maple, Leather

Carlo Scarpa Cognac Leather “Kentucky” Dining Chair for Bernini, 1977, Set of 5
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of 5 mod. 783 “Kentucky” dining chairs, designed by Carlo Scarpa for the Italian manufacturer Bernini in 1977. Structure made from oak and walnut timber. Seats and backrest made from cognac leather. Excellent vintage condition. Carlo Scarpa designed this chair for the “Scuderia” series., the last project he made for Bernini. The architect took inspiration from the “shaker” movement. He designed the chair slightly inclined at the front. This feature allows you to swing backward (until you lean on a wall) and remain in balance. Born in Venice on June 2nd, 1906, Carlo Scarpa began working at a very early age. A year after he had first qualified as an architect in 1926, he began working for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin & Co. in a consultative capacity. From 1927, Carlo Scarpa began to experiment with the Murano glass, and this research not only gave him excellent results here but would also inform his progress for many years to come. Between 1935 and 1937, as he entered his thirties, Carlo Scarpa accepted his first important commission, the renovation of Venice’s Cà Foscari. He adapted the spaces of this stately University building that stands on the Grand Canal banks, creating rooms for the Dean’s offices and a new hall for academic ceremonies; Mario Sironi and Mario De Luigi were charged with doing the restoration work on the frescos. After 1945, Carlo Scarpa found himself constantly busy with new commissions, including various furnishings and designs for the renovation of Venice’s Hotel Bauer and designing a tall building in Padua and a residential area in Feltre, all worth mentioning. One of his key works, despite its relatively modest diminished proportions, was the [bookshop known as the] Padiglione del Libro, which stands in Venice’s Giardini di Castello and clearly shows Scarpa’s passion for the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the years which were to follow, after he had met the American architect, Scarpa repeated similar experiments on other occasions, as can be seen, in particular, in the sketches he drew up in 1953 for villa Zoppas in Conegliano, which show some of his most promising work. However, this work unfortunately never came to fruition. Carlo Scarpa later created three museum layouts to prove pivotal in terms of how twentieth-century museums were set up from then on. Between 1955 and 1957, he completed extension work on Treviso’s Gipsoteca Canoviana [the museum that houses Canova’s sculptures] in Possagno, taking a similar experimental approach to the one he used for the Venezuelan Pavilion at [Venice’s] Giardini di Castello which he was building at the same time (1954-56). In Possagno Carlo Scarpa was to create one of his most significant ever works, which inevitably bears comparison with two other museum layouts that he was working on over the same period, those of: – Galleria Nazionale di Sicilia, housed in the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo (1953-55) – Castelvecchio in Verona (1957- 1974), all of which were highly acclaimed, adding to his growing fame. Two other buildings, which are beautifully arranged in spatial terms, can be added to this long list of key works that were started and, in some cases, even completed during the nineteen fifties. After winning the Olivetti award for architecture in 1956, Scarpa began work in Venice’s Piazza San Marco on an area destined to house products made by the Industrial manufacturers Ivrea. Over the same period (1959-1963), he also worked on the renovation and restoration of the gardens and ground floor of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, which many consider one of his greatest works. While he busied himself working on-site at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Carlo Scarpa also began work building a villa in Udine for the Veritti family. To shed some light on the extent to which his work evolved over the years, it may perhaps be useful to compare this work with that of his very last building, villa Ottolenghi Bardolino, which was near to completion at the time of his sudden death in 1978. Upon completion of villa Veritti over the next ten years, without ever letting up on his work on renovation and layouts, Scarpa accepted some highly challenging commissions, working on the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa and another theatre in Vicenza. Towards the end of this decade, in 1969, Rina Brion commissioned Carlo Scarpa to build the Brion Mausoleum in San Vito d’Altivole (Treviso), a piece he continued to work on right up until the moment of his death. Nevertheless, even though he was totally absorbed by work on this mausoleum, there are plenty of other episodes which can offer some insight into the final years of his career. As work on the San Vito d’Altivole Mausoleum began to lessen from 1973, Carlo Scarpa started building the new headquarters for the Banca Popolare di Verona. He drew up plans that were surprisingly different from the work he was carrying out at the same time on the villa Ottolenghi. However, the plans Carlo Scarpa drew up, at different times, for a monument in Brescia’s Piazza della Loggia commemorating victims of the terrorist attack on May 28th, 1974, make a sharp contrast to the work he carried out in Verona, almost as if there is a certain hesitation after so many mannered excesses. The same Pietas that informs his designs for the Piazza Della Loggia can also be seen in the presence of the water that flows through the Brion Mausoleum, almost as if to give a concrete manifestation of pity in this twentieth-century work of art. Carlo Scarpa has put together a highly sophisticated collection of structures, occupying the mausoleum’s L-shaped space stretching across both sides of the old San Vito d’Altivole cemetery. A myriad of different forms and an equally large number of different pieces, all of which are separate and yet inextricably linked to form a chain that seems to offer no promise of continuity, rising up out of these are those whose only justification for being there is to bear the warning “si vis vitam, para mortem,” [if you wish to experience life prepare for death] as if to tell a tale that suggests the circle of time, joining together the commemoration of the dead with a celebration of life. At the entrance of the Brion Mausoleum stand the “propylaea” followed by a cloister which ends by a small chapel, with an arcosolium bearing the family sarcophagi, the main pavilion, held in place on broken cast iron supports, stands over a mirror-shaped stretch of water and occupies one end of the family’s burial space. The musical sound of the walkways teamed with the luminosity of these harmoniously blended spaces shows how, in keeping with his strong sense of vision, Carlo Scarpa could make the most of all of his many skills to come up with this truly magnificent space. As well as a great commitment to architectural work, with the many projects which we have already seen punctuating his career, Carlo Scarpa also made many equally important forays into the world of applied arts. Between 1926 and 1931, he worked for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin, later taking what he had learned with him when he went to work for the glassmakers Venini from 1933 until the 1950s. The story of how he came to work on furniture design is different, however, and began with the furniture he designed to replace lost furnishings during his renovation of Cà Foscari. The later mass-produced furniture started differently, given that many pieces were originally one-off designs “made to measure.” Industrial manufacturing using these designs as prototypes came into being thanks to the continuity afforded him by Dino Gavina, who, as well as this, also invited Carlo Scarpa to become president of the company Gavina SpA, later to become SIMON, a company Gavina founded eight years on, in partnership with Maria Simoncini (whose own name accounts for the choice of company name). Carlo Scarpa and Gavina forged a strong bond in 1968 as they began to put various models of his into production for Simon, such as the “Doge” table, which also formed the basis for the “Sarpi” and “Florian” tables. 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