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Steltman Chair

A recently discovered Rietveld design of unknown date, this is quite a different concept from his Red-Blue and Berlin chairs with their delineation of l...

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Eames Aluminum Dining Chairs

Eames produced his Aluminium Group: chairs with a single fine seat/back element in horizontally seamed fabric or vinyl coverings over vinyl-coated fabri...

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Model Uptown 1947

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Mid Century Modern Seattle, Washington Family House

OWNER: Dwight H. Panchot COST FACTS:Approximately $20,000 in 1950 (not including special equipment). 1654 square feet at approximately $12 per square foot.

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Paul McCobb Directional Dining Furniture Collection

DINING / The Directional collection offers a wide selection of dining room furniture. The tables in this section range from small extension tables suita...

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Barcelona chair

This chair was designed by Mies van der Rohe for the German Government pavilion, which he designed for the Barcelona International Exhibition of 1929.

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Paul McCobb midcentury modern bedroom furniture

BEDROOM / Designs in this section include headboards, night tables, dressing tables and benches.

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Baseball Glove chair

Charles Eames, referring to the designing of his 1957 lounge chair once said he wanted to design a chair that would welcome the body, like a well-used b...

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George Nelson modern sofa

This sofa is included in a book of chairs, because it is considered to be the only sofa to rank with the chairs selected for this book, as a classic des...

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Calder Feathers sculpture

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Modern Design Museums and Auctions

American Craft Museum AmericanCraftMuseum.org

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Crawford From the Bridge 1942

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Morris Suspended Discs

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Hartley E Abstract painting

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Panton Stacking Plastic Modern Chair

This is the first single form plastic chair, and is still one of the most satisfying and sensible. Whether or not there was any direct influence, Panton...

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Le Corbusier Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp

Le Corbusier did not lose his way, on the contrary, l'Unite at Marseilles strengthened his dogged faith in his own creed. He felt that here at last was...

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Landi Chair by Hans Coray

Designed as a stacking park chair for the Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich in 1938, the Landi used the latest developments of the time in aluminium t...

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Modern Furniture and Accessories

Entertainment Center ContemporaryFurniture.com

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Feininger Vita Nova oil painting

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Vintage GE television set

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Smith Amusement Park sculpture

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Knaths Maritime

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Mid Century Modern Mario Corbett Vina, California House

OWNER: Moritz Thomsen COST FACTS: $16,500 in 1950. 1344 square feet at approximately $12 per square foot.

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Birth of the Auto Industry

This comprehensive article regarding the birth of automobile transportation has been scanned from October 1923 National Geographic magazine. It is very...

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T chair

One of the most significant team efforts in furniture design has been the range of pieces of which this is the key example.

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Soriana chair

The Scarpa's have here produced something close to the ultimate alternative to traditional upholstery. Upholstered chairs used to be made by skilled cra...

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Noguchi Sculpture The Gunas

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Lassaw Composition in Steel

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Tripolina chair

This design was patented by Joseph Fenby, an inventor, in 1877. The chair was later manufactured in Italy as the Tripolina and in the United States as t...

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Mid Century Modern Albuquerque, New Mexico Ranch

COST FACTS:$19,000 in 1951. 2500 square feet at $7.60 per square foot.

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Mid Century Modern Shelburne, Vermont House

OWNER: Mrs. Carlton Ryan COST FACTS:$18,932 in 1951. 1260 square feet at $15.02 per square foot.

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Le Corbusier Youth and Cultural Center, Firminy

The Youth and Cultural Center in Firminy, France. Designed by Le Corbusier.

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Carles Composition 3

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Midcentury Modern Art Books

1) GREGG, FREDERICK JAMES. For and against; views on the international exhibition held in New York and Chicago. New York, Association of American painte...

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Rietveld Berlin chair

In 1923 Rietveld and the De Stijl painter, Huszar, designed a model room for an exhibition in Berlin, Huszar planning the colour and Rietveld the furnit...

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Conrad Green North Kingstown, Rhode Island House

OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Crosby COST FACTS:$4,000 in 1949, exclusive of water supply system, cesspool and plumbing fixtures. The pump pit with pressur...

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