Seconda Giovinezza

Soriana Armchair

Sofas 1972

Seconda Chair

Delta Lamp

Soriana Velvet

Carlo Scarpa For Venini

Materials

Marble, Brass

Brass and glass ceiling lamp by Greco Illuminazione, Italy, 1960

$6,880

Brass and glass ceiling lamp by Greco Illuminazione, Italy, 1960

Located in Arezzo, Italy

Per questi ed altri arredi storici del design italiano seguite la nostra galleria SECONDA GIOVINEZZA, offriamo servizi di ricerca personalizzata e restauro.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Hilton ashtray, model 12983, made of brass by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1955

$6,880

Hilton ashtray, model 12983, made of brass by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, Italy, 1955

By Angelo Lelii

Located in Arezzo, Italy

Per questo e altri pezzi iconici del design storico italiano seguite la nostra galleria SECONDA GIOVINEZZA, offriamo servizio di restauro e ricerca personalizzata.

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Brass, Steel

"Diaframma" wall lamp in brass and glass by G&A Monti for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1968

$4,013

"Diaframma" wall lamp in brass and glass by G&A Monti for Fontana Arte, Italy, 1968

By Gianemilio Piero and Anna Monti

Located in Arezzo, Italy

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Materials

Steel

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$13,741

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Early Poul Henningsen Copper Table Lamp, 1930s

By Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen

Located in Copenhagen, DK

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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Copper

Chinoiserie Pagoda

$2,800

H 40.5 in W 16 in D 13 in

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By Renzo Mongiardino

Located in New York, NY

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20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Figurative Sculptures

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Gesso, Shell, Wood

$550,000

W 166 in L 181 in

Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug

Located in New York, NY

Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug Featuring an Adamesque central medallion set against a warm caramel ground, the composition is elegantly anchored by swa...

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Antique Early 19th Century Russian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

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Wool

H 34 in W 38 in D 13.25 in

1930's Italian Console & Stool

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Incredible 1930's Italian console or entry piece with matching stool. Bentwood with original rope detail on the sides and carved edges in original mahogany patina. Two Pull-out dr...

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Vintage 1930s Italian Console Tables

Materials

Bentwood

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Seconda Giovinezza For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the seconda giovinezza you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each seconda giovinezza for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and glass. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect seconda giovinezza — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each seconda giovinezza bearing mid-century modern hallmarks is very popular. Sergio Mazza, Tobia Scarpa and Aldo Jacober each produced at least one beautiful seconda giovinezza that is worth considering.

How Much is a Seconda Giovinezza?

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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
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

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.