Cesca Modern Cantilever Chair
Like the MR the Cesca was designed on the cantilever principle which was capturing the imagination of architects and engineers at the time and was subse...
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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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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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UP 1 modern chair
Gaetano Pesce is an architect, graphic artist and furniture designer. His Up 1 chair solved several problems in a unique and amusing way.
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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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Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer
Named after the painter Wassily Kandinsky, for whose home at the Bauhaus it was made, the Wassily has a most complex arrangement of parts, with thin str...
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La Chaise by Charles and Ray Eames
Charles and Ray Eames designed La Chaise for MoMA’s 1948 furniture competition, drawing on Gaston Lachaise’s Floating Figure sculpture.
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Paul McCobb Mid Century Modern Occasional Furniture
OCCASIONAL FURNITURE AND TABLES / The group in this section provides the interesting and functional accent pieces needed to complement any living area.
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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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Paul McCobb midcentury modern bedroom furniture
BEDROOM / Designs in this section include headboards, night tables, dressing tables and benches.
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Paul McCobb Mid-Century Modern Directional Desk
DESKS / Directional desks are designed to satisfy every work or study requirement of the home, particularly in the living room, library or bedroom.
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Paul McCobb Mid Century Modern Storage
STORAGE / The storage units in the Directional collection are all illustrated in this section. These versatile designs provide a multiplicity of possibl...
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Bentwood modern design armchair
In 1840 Michael Thonet invented a process for bending wood which revolutionized the mass production of furniture. He soon established a range of bentwoo...
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The Basket of Apples by Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne's The Basket of Apples builds an unstable tabletop arrangement from fruit, folded cloth, and shifting viewpoints.
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Le Corbusier Chaise Lounge
Designed by Le Corbusier in association with his partner, Charlotte Periand, and used in the furnishing of his Villa d'Avray, this is the first chaise t...
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Salk Institute, La Jolla
Louis Kahn arranged adaptable laboratories and quiet study towers around a travertine courtyard facing the Pacific at the Salk Institute.
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Edward Elliot Mid Century Modern Birmingham, Michigan House
OWNER: Mrs. D. K. Roosevelt COST FACTS:$19,500 in 1951. 1490 square feet (counting carport, etc. as one-third) at $13.10 per square foot, including stor...
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David Henken Modern Pleasantville, New York Round House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. George Brody COST FACTS: $20,000 in 1950-51, including built-in furniture and carport masonry. Square footage: house 1080; basement...
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Mid Century Modern Sausalito, California House
COST FACTS:$17,000 in 1950. House 1250 square feet (carport 400; stair, deck and storage 500; figured at one-half), at $10 per square foot.
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Henry Hebbeln Mid Century Modern Tryon, North Carolina House
COST FACTS: $9,000 in 1949. 760 square feet at $12 per square foot. Cost includes built-in furniture.
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Modern Norman Nagle Washington County, Minnesota House
COST FACTS: $18,900 in 1951, including all built-in furniture. 1400 square feet at $13.50 per square foot.
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Mid Century Modern West Los Angeles, California House
OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rubin COST FACTS:$19,300 in 1952. Square footage: 1650 for house, 400 carport, 35 for storage. About $11 per square foot.
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Regency TR-1 transistor radio
The 1954 Regency TR-1 used four transistors in a compact plastic case, helping establish the radio as a portable personal object.
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Sony TR-55 transistor radio
Sony’s TR-55 of 1955 used five transistors developed in-house, bringing a compact portable radio into Japan’s postwar consumer landscape.
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Braun T 1000 world receiver
Braun’s T 1000 world receiver combines numerous radio bands and precise controls in a portable case designed by Dieter Rams and dated 1963 by SFMOMA.
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Braun TP 1 portable radio and phonograph
Dieter Rams’s Braun TP 1 of 1959 joins a portable transistor radio and record player in a compact aluminum frame with a leather carrying strap.
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Sony TV8-301 portable television
Sony’s TV8-301, announced in 1959 and sold from May 1960, brought an eight-inch screen and transistor circuitry to portable television.
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Braun RT 20 tabletop radio
Dieter Rams’s 1961 Braun RT 20 arranges a circular speaker grille, vertical tuning scale, and pale controls across a restrained rectangular front.
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Braun SK 2 tabletop radio
The Braun SK 2, designed by Fritz Eichler and Artur Braun in 1955, places a circular tuning dial within a pale perforated front.
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Brionvega TS502 radiocubo
Brionvega’s 1964 TS502 radiocubo opens two rounded plastic volumes to reveal the speaker and controls, turning a portable radio into a folding object.
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Danish Modern Design
Architect Rodney Friedman and his wife, Shirley, sit at their dining room table on "wishbone" chairs by Danish designer Hans Wegner they purchased 45 ye...
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Brionvega Algol portable television
The 1964 Brionvega Algol by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper tilts its screen upward within a rounded portable television case.
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Olivetti Lettera 22 portable typewriter
Marcello Nizzoli’s 1950 Olivetti Lettera 22 combines a low enameled-metal body and compact keyboard in a typewriter designed for portable use.
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Modern Design Stores and Merchants
An archived directory of modern design stores and merchants, preserving the original list of furniture, art, and design retailers.
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Tizio desk lamp
Richard Sapper’s Tizio lamp, produced by Artemide from 1972, uses counterbalanced arms to position a small light source above a work surface.
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Olivetti Valentine portable typewriter
Ettore Sottsass and Perry King’s Olivetti Valentine pairs a red plastic body with a carrying case, bringing 1960s color to portable writing.
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Braun T3 pocket radio
The Braun T3 pocket radio, dated 1958 by MoMA, applies a restrained plastic case and clear geometric controls to portable listening.
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Glass House, New Canaan
Philip Johnson’s 1949 Glass House in New Canaan uses transparent walls and carefully placed furniture to frame its wooded landscape.
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