Mid Century Modern Collectibles

Jennifer — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:37:00 +0000

A friend of mine recently started a new site that covers Mid Century Modern home decor and collectibles; she’s posted some really adorable finds on her blog and if you’ve ever wanted to start collecting something that’s useful and eye-catching at the same time, then you might want to take a look at some of the furnishings featured there.

Here’s an example of a mid century modern chair – “Diamond Chair” by Harry Bertoia:

Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s

“Mid-Century modern” is an architectural, interior, and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments from around 1933 to 1965. The term was coined in 1983 by Cara Greenberg after the title of her book, Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s (Random House), celebrating the style which is now recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as a significant design movement. Greenberg begins the book with “The early 1950s was not the first time modern furniture had been offered to the American public, but it was the first time they lined up around the block to buy it.”

Mid-century architecture was an evolution of Frank Lloyd Wright’s principles of organic architecture combined with many elements of the International and Bauhaus movements.

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Mid Century Modern Collectibles