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While décor by needs-no-introduction design duo Charles and Ray Eames is ever as popular as it was five years ago, names like Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, and Arne Jacobsen have fallen out of favor. We asked antiques and vintage furniture marketplace 1stdibs for the most-searched and most-purchased midcentury modern furniture brands in the past year, and as we suspected, the lists show a new crop of designers gaining steam. Here are the designers you should know -- and why -- as well as some of their most sought-after pieces. [caption id="attachment_51951" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $1200, 1stdibs[/caption] Milo Baughman was a modern furniture designer known for his avant-garde, distinct, and unassuming designs. While he designed for a number of furniture companies starting in the 1940s, he is most famous for the designs made for the manufacturer Thayer Coggin. These chrome dining chairs, manufactured in the '60s, are a gorgeous example of his stream-lined shapes and luxurious use of metal.
Decoration(s): most searched, most purchased As seen in: Stylist Simone Harouche's Beverly Hills colonial home. [caption id="attachment_51960" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $16750, 1stdibs[/caption] Arguably the most important decorator of the 1930s and 1940s in the U.S., British-born T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings designed the homes of cosmetics legend Elizabeth Arden and tobacco heiress Doris Duke, as well as New York's exclusive River Club. The designer's reconstructions of classic Greek furniture shot him into the spotlight, but it's his designs for Widdicomb Furniture around 1946 that are so sought after today. As seen in: Young entrepreneur Lee Ledbetter's historic New Orleans home. [caption id="attachment_51968" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $8900, 1stdibs[/caption] Karl Springer began his career creating small, decorative objects covered in fine leathers, which attracted the eye of a Bergdorf Goodman. Soon enough, his small leather telephone table became an icon, after attracting praise from the Duchess of Windsor.
He is credited with reviving shagreen and celebrated for his work with inlaid-wood veneers, metals, faux finishes, and granite. This unique attention to detail, as well his gorgeous sense of scale and proportion, are what makes his pieces -- be it a polished table lamp or a snakeskin side table -- so treasured today. As seen in: Juice shop owner Amanda Chantal Bacon's earthy, modernist Venice home. [caption id="attachment_51971" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $8900, 1stdibs[/caption] Founded in 1946 by Bruno Gatta, Italian manufacturer Stilnovo was an influential part of a wave of post-WWII Italian design companies specializing in innovative yet mass-market lighting. The company worked with a number of celebrated designers, including Gaetano Scolari, Alberto Fraser, and Ettore Sottsass, but it also manufactured its own designs under the name Stilnovo. The brand is acclaimed for its use of new materials and advanced finishes, which today still look almost futuristic.
As seen in: S.R. Gambrel's Bridgehampton, NY beach house design. [caption id="attachment_51962" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , price upon request, 1stdibs[/caption] Danish architect, interior, and industrial designer Finn Juhl was the designer who introduced Danish Modern design to America in the 1940s, and he was a true leader in the Danish design movement. He was known for his expressive, sculptural, organic design, which were inspired by modern abstract art and, at the time, groundbreaking. He is the "father" of the Danish teak style we're so familiar with today. As seen in: Finn Juhl's own home outside of Copenhagen. [caption id="attachment_51966" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $35000, 1stdibs[/caption] Harvey Probber was an iconic American furniture designer and a true pioneer: he is credited with inventing sectional, modular seating in the 1940s. "The key to salvation was in bits and pieces of plane geometry," he once said. "They were meaningless alone, but when fused to conventional shapes, profoundly altered their character."
These disparate parts consisted of 19 different elements that could be assembled into any desired seating configuration. Needless to say, to own the first sectional sofa would be a major coup for your living room. As seen in: A Bridgehampton, NY living room designed by Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts. [caption id="attachment_51970" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $5500, 1stdibs[/caption] Furniture designer and decorator Paul McCobb made a name for himself in the design industry in the late '40s as an industrial designer, and he later launched a home furnishings line targeted at the middle-class community that made him a household name. His furniture was simple, practical, and affordable -- all essential to post-WWII families -- and he eventually ventured into wallpaper, lighting, and tech appliances. If you come across his sought-after casegoods or shelving, get your wallet ready. As seen in: Designer S. Russell Groves' West Village home. [caption id="attachment_51965" align="aligncenter" width="200"]
Flag Halyard Chair, $23500, 1stdibs[/caption] Hans Wegner was a world-renowned Danish designer whose modern designs emphasized functionality. He designed more than 500 chairs in his lifetime, many of which became design icons, including his Flag Halyard Chair. Wegner's wooden chairs featured traditional joinery techniques, and he often mixed materials such as wood, upholstery, caning, and papercord. As seen in: Glee creator Ali Adler's midcentury Beverly Hills home. [caption id="attachment_51967" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $1900, 1stdibs[/caption] Jean Prouvé was a French metal worker and self-taught architect and designer. Though his career wasn't devoted to furniture like many of his contemporaries, and he considered himself more of an engineer, Prouvé was one of the most influential furniture designers of the early modern design movement. Trained as metalsmith, he applied his intimate knowledge of metal to create now-classic pieces like the Standard Chair, using an innovative method of folding sheet metal.
As seen in: Architect Rodney Eggleston's modern Melbourne, Australia home. [caption id="attachment_51969" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $16500, 1stdibs[/caption] A major player in the Brutalism movement, Paul Evans was an American furniture designer, sculptor, and artist who became famous for his unusual sculpted metal furniture. He began making copper chests and sculpted steel-front cabinets, and, after making a name for himself, he became a featured designer for popular manufacturer Directional Furniture. Each of his designs was handmade and finished, and many were signed, making them special investments, both then and today. As seen in: TV mogul Darren Star's Hollywood residence. [caption id="attachment_51961" align="aligncenter" width="200"] , $8600, 1stdibs[/caption] Edward Wormley began his career as interior designer for Marshall Fields, but his legacy was truly cemented when he was hired by manufacturer Dunbar Furniture Co. to update the brand's product line.