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Classic Designer pieces for your home
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items Furniture pieces created by great designers. These are for those who can appreciate good design and excellent craftmanship. These are pieces I would buy….if I had the money
Inspired by the curving handlebars of the Adler bicycle, the Wassily’s chrome-finished tubular steel frame is seamless in its assemblage. Named for Wassily Kandinsky, the father of abstract painting and a colleague of Breuer's at the Bauhaus, the Was...
Wassily Chair
Charles and Ray Eames had ideas about making a better world, one in which things were designed to bring greater pleasure to our lives. Their iconic Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman (1956) began with a desire to create a chair with “the warm, receptive ...
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
While his peers were experimenting with industrial materials, Arne Jacobsen focused on the upholstered armchair, believing it could be reinterpreted through a modernist lens. The Egg (1958) proves so. A molded piece of foam sits beneath the upholster...
Egg Chair
The airy seats of the Bertoia Seating Collection (1952) have a delicate, filigreed construction and a relaxed sit. Sculpted out of supremely strong steel rods, the collection was an extension of Harry Bertoia's work in sculpture and remains one of th...
Bertoia Diamond Lounge Chair, Seat Pad
The airy seats of the Bertoia Seating Collection (1952) have a delicate, filigreed construction and a relaxed sit. Sculpted out of supremely strong steel rods, the collection was an extension of Harry Bertoia's work in sculpture and remains one of th...
Bertoia Diamond Lounge Chair, Full Cover
The airy seats of the Bertoia Seating Collection (1952) have a delicate, filigreed construction and a relaxed sit. Sculpted out of supremely strong steel rods, the collection was an extension of Harry Bertoia's work in sculpture and remains one of th...
Bertoia Bird Lounge Chair
Originally created for the king and queen of Spain, the Barcelona Chair (1929) continues to endure as an icon of modernism and master craft. It’s upholstered using a single Spinneybeck cowhide and supported by a polished chrome frame hand-buffed to p...
Barcelona Chair
The expressive sculptural forms of the Eero Saarinen Womb Chair and Ottoman (1946) can also be found in his architecture, from the TWA Terminal (now the TWA Hotel) at New York's JFK Airport to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. In 1940, the Finnish Ameri...
Womb Chair and Ottoman
Architect Eero Saarinen was a genius at creating expressive sculptural forms. From his TWA Terminal (now the TWA Hotel) at New York’s JFK Airport to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to his Pedestal Table (1956), there’s a magic in everything he created....
Saarinen Dining Table, Round
Architect Eero Saarinen was a genius at creating expressive sculptural forms. From his TWA Terminal (now the TWA Hotel) at New York’s JFK Airport to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, there’s a magic in everything he created. The Saarinen Tulip Armchair ...
Saarinen Tulip Armchair, Upholstered Seat
Eero Saarinen called himself a “form giver,” and everything he designed – from the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to the TWA Terminal (now the TWA Hotel) at New York's JFK Airport – had a strong sculptural quality. In a 1956 cover story in Time magazine, ...
Saarinen Tulip Side Chair, Upholstered Seat
Warren Platner worked with design giants I.M. Pei and Eero Saarinen before developing his Platner Collection (1966), which reflects his belief that there’s room in modernism “for the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful design that appeared in a peri...
Platner Armchair
Warren Platner worked with design giants I.M. Pei and Eero Saarinen before developing his Platner Collection (1966), which reflects his belief that there’s room in modernism “for the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful design that appeared in a peri...
Platner Easy Chair
Warren Platner worked with design giants I.M. Pei and Eero Saarinen before developing his Platner Collection (1966), which reflects his belief that there’s room in modernism “for the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful design that appeared in a peri...
Platner Lounge Chair
The steel and leather Pollock Armchair (1960) is a sleek sling-style chair that’s marked by a refined combination of materials and finishes.
Pollock Armchair
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, this iconic modern chair appeared as a prototype in MoMA’s 1948 International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design, and it’s been in continuous production – and enjoyed in homes, offices, and restaurants worldw...
Eames Molded Plastic Side Chair
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames, this iconic modern chair appeared as a prototype in MoMA’s 1948 International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design, and it’s been in continuous production – and enjoyed in homes, offices, and restaurants worldw...
Eames Molded Plastic Armchair
Using the best natural materials and refined steam-bent methods, Wishbone is made to last for generations. In 1944, Hans Wegner began a series of chairs that were inspired by portraits of Danish merchants sitting in Ming Chairs. One of these chairs w...
Wishbone Chair
The Eames Molded Plywood Dining Chair (1946) began as an experiment in Charles and Ray Eameses’ apartment and became one of the world’s most widely recognized and highly coveted chairs.
Eames Molded Plywood Dining Chair Wood Base (DCW), Non Upholstered
The PK24™ Wicker Lounge Chair (1965) by designer and architect Poul Kjærholm represents a dynamic moment in Danish design. A trained cabinetmaker, Kjærholm created this comfortable, sinuous marvel of engineering using a streamlined, organically curve...
PK24 Wicker Lounge Chair
Designed for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, for which designer Arne Jacobsen was the architect, the Swan Chair (1958) permitted guests to spin on its swivel base, thus becoming active participants in the busy hotel atmosphere.
Swan Chair, Leather
The human form was the inspiration for the PK9™ Dining Chair (1960) – specifically, an imprint in the sand made by designer Poul Kjærholm’s wife while sitting at the beach. Hanne Kjærholm, the ultimate good sport, then sat in boxes of clay to help he...
PK9 Dining Chair
The Series 7 Chair (1955) features an ideal shape for the human body, with a back that offers a bit of give to keep your upper body comfortable and a waterfall seat that supports your legs without pressing into them. Arne Jacobsen shaped the core of ...
Series 7 Chair
The Saarinen Executive Chair (1946) was originally made of fiberglass but was later updated in polyurethane. The feel remains unchanged as the molded shell flexes slightly with the sitter.
Saarinen Executive Armchair
The Barcelona Couch (1930) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe continues to endure as an icon of modernism and master craft.
Barcelona Couch
Warren Platner worked with design giants I.M. Pei and Eero Saarinen before developing his Platner Collection (1966), which reflects his belief that there’s room in modernism “for the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful design that appeared in a peri...
Platner Dining Table, 54
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic MR Collection began in 1927 with two chairs submitted to the seminal Weissenhof exhibit in Stuttgart, Germany. Over the next five years he continued to add to the collection, including the MR Chaise.
MR Chaise
Florence Knoll took a holistic view of interior space planning. As director of the Knoll Planning Unit in the 1950s, her “total design” approach embraced everything about a space – including the furniture. The Florence Knoll Table (1954) has the simp...
Florence Knoll Table, Rectangular
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic MR Collection began in 1927 with two chairs submitted to the seminal Weissenhof exhibit in Stuttgart, Germany. Over the next five years he continued to add to the collection, including the MR Lounge Chair.
MR Lounge Armchair
Inspired by the “Floating Figure” sculpture by Gaston Lachaise, Charles and Ray Eames used their fascination with molded shell chairs to create one of the most celebrated pieces of organic design. Their lounge chair La Chaise (1948) is a graceful for...
Eames La Chaise
The Saarinen Executive Chair (1946) was originally made of fiberglass but was later updated in polyurethane. The feel remains unchanged as the molded shell flexes slightly with the sitter.
Saarinen Executive Side Chair
Sometimes called the “smiling chair,” Hans Wegner’s Shell Chair (1963) achieves a floating lightness with its wing-like seat and arching curved legs.
Shell Chair