Eames La Fonda

Eames Chrome

Herman Miller Shell Chair H Base

Eames Coffee Table For Herman Miller

Eames 1970

Eames Side Table Midcentury

Herman Miller 1960s Eames Chair

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass

$6,500

1967 Prototype Alexander Girard/Ray Eames/Charles Eames Coffee Table

By Alexander Girard, Herman Miller

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The base was then designed by Ray and Charles Eames (and the Eames office) and matches other La Fonda table bases.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

La Fonda Padded Armchair by Charles and Ray Eames

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H 29 in W 25 in D 22 in

La Fonda Padded Armchair by Charles and Ray Eames

By Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, Herman Miller

Located in Brooklyn, NY

1960s black, padded Naugahyde armchair on gray, powder-coated aluminum pedestal base by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. This chair was originally designed for the interior o...

Materials

Marble, Chrome

$4,193

H 31.5 in W 20.87 in D 24.02 in

ES101/Intermediate chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller - 1960s

Located in Uccle, Bruxelles

Magnificent ES101 office chair, also known as the "Intermediate Chair," designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller in the late 1960s. This particular chair is a Mobilier In...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Velvet

$1,380 / set

H 29.5 in W 24 in D 17.5 in

A pair of Postmodern Pink Formica Waterfall Nightstands. Circa 1980s

Located in Miami, FL

A pair of Vintage Custom Made Postmodern Pink Waterfall Formica Nightstands. Circa 1980s Features three drawers with hidden pulls, a waterfall front design, and a laminated light pi...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Dressers

Materials

Formica, Wood

Jindřich Halabala Art Deco Stool in Walnut Burl and Cowhide, 1930s

$4,500

H 20.08 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in

Jindřich Halabala Art Deco Stool in Walnut Burl and Cowhide, 1930s

By Up Závody, Jindřich Halabala

Located in Prague, New Town

Art Deco stool, designed by Jindřich Halabala. Produced by Spojené UP závody Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1930s. Frame in solid beech with walnut burl veneer. Recently restored and reuphols...

Category

Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Stools

Materials

Cowhide, Walnut, Burl

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Wall Units by William Watting for Scanflex, 1960s

$3,620Sale Price / set|20% Off

$965 / item

H 19.69 in Dm 16.93 in

Fidji Side Table in Rattan and Kaki Green Cotton Velvet by POPUS EDITIONS

By Popus Editions

Located in Geneve, CH

Fidji Side Table in Rattan and HR Foam by POPUS EDITIONS. Dimensions: Ø 43 x H 50 cm. Materials: rattan and HR foam. Fabric: Dolce vita 4848 Available in COM. Please contact us for...

Category

2010s French Post-Modern Side Tables

Materials

Foam, Rattan

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Eames La Fonda For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the eames la fonda you’re looking for. Each eames la fonda for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, plastic and fiberglass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer eames la fonda, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right eames la fonda, those designed in mid-century modern and modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made eames la fonda has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller and Charles Eames are consistently popular.

How Much is a Eames La Fonda?

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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.