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Located in Barcelona, ES
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By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in München, DE
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By Junghans Uhren GmbH
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Located in Turku, Finland
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Located in Vienna, AT
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Located in Vienna, AT
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Midcentury Junghans Ato-Mat Wall Clock, Purple, 1950s-1960s, Germany
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From the side it is a real 3D piece. Junghans electronic, ATO-MAT. Made in Germany. Batteries: 1.5 V, C Baby, LR 14 The clockwork can be put into a 'stop' position.
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Junghans Ato-Mat Lucite Brass Midcentury Sun Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful round modernist wall clock from the 1950s, executed by Junghans Germany. The clocks face is made of plexiglass, it has nice brass indices and beautiful golden hands. Diam...
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Beautiful Mid-Century Junghans Ato-Mat Teak Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
By Max Bill, Junghans Uhren GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
A square modernist wall clock in the style of Max Bill, executed in the 1950s by Junghans Germany. A beautiful piece with a square black and teak wood housing, a nice clocks face and...
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Elegant Mid-Century Junghans Ato-Mat Gold & Brass Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
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Elegant Mid-Century Junghans Ato-Mat Gold & Brass Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
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Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful square modernist brass wall clock in the style of Max Bill, executed in the 1950s by Junghans Germany. An elegant and decorative piece with a square golden metal housing,...
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Elegant Mid-Century Junghans Ato-Mat Gold Brass Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
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Elegant Mid-Century Junghans Ato-Mat Gold Brass Wall Clock, Germany, 1950s
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Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful square modernist brass wall clock in the style of Max Bill, executed in the 1950s by Junghans Germany. An elegant and decorative piece with a square golden metal housing,...
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Vintage Mid-Century Junghans Sunburst Starburst Brass Wall Clock Ato-Mat
By Junghans Uhren GmbH
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Stunning original 1960s Junghans ATO-MAT S sunburst starburst wall clock. Featuring beautiful brass sunburst surrounding illustrating perfectly the mood of the decade.
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Elegant Mid-Century Junghans Meister Ato-Mat Teak and Brass Wall Clock, Germany
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Elegant Mid-Century Junghans Meister Ato-Mat Teak and Brass Wall Clock, Germany
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Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant and straight modernist wall clock with beautiful brass hands, a round teak wood housing and a square brass frame around. Executed in the 1950s by Junghans Germany. Powered...
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Midcentury ATO-Mat Table Clock by Junghans Electronic Germany
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A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
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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
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- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
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- 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.
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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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