Designer Eero Saarinen, year 1956 There is some doubt regarding the chronology of the pedestal series. However, it is certain that the chair were developed before the tables. It has been said that Saarinen began drawing the chairs as early as 1953. However, Don Petit, Saarinen's assistant is reported as saying that the first sketches…
Designer Eero Saarinen, year 1956 There is some doubt regarding the chronology of the pedestal series. However, it is certain that the chair were developed before the tables. It has been said that Saarinen began drawing the chairs as early as 1953. However, Don Petit, Saarinen's assistant is reported as saying that the first sketches…
Home Designer Breur, year 1925/26 Breuer made a series of stools in the Bauhaus carpentery shop. The small size was used as a seat in the Bauhaus canteen. It also appears in the photographs of the Dessau Bauhaus apartment of Walter Gropius. It was first put into production by Standard- Mobel in gratuated sizes as…
Designer Chareau, year 1932 This table was shown at he third Salon U.A.M. (Union des Artistes Moderne) as a "conversation piece" for a Living Room or small winter garden. Chareau also used it in the Maison de Verre 679 Side table with painted tubular steel frame. Glass top 15 mm thick. Ø H. 64…
Patterned after the design of Charles Eames, year 1950 Photographs of this " Ellipse" table have been published in most books treating the design of the 1950's. Long out of production in the United States, this simple, yet extraordinary table is a greatly admired and much sought-after collector's item. Charles Eames made this table of undisguides industrial materials that…
Patterned after the design of Charles Eames, year 1946 This table was first produced by the Evans Products Company of Los Angeles. It was included in the 1946 Museum of Modern Art Show dedicated to the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames. The original production was of ash plywood. Later this table was offered with the top colored red…
Patterned after the design of Charles Eames, year 1948 This small table was used in the living room of the Eames House at Pacific Palisades. The base is the same as that of the large eliptical table (see art. 759) and the top was made of the same material. It appears that very few pieces of this table were…
Designer Chareau, year 1929 Chareau began a collaboration with the iron worker Louis Dalbert in 1924. The result was a series of striking desks, tables, lamps, planters, etc. in which rought iron predominated. This table appears to have been made for the Maison de Verre and probably dates from around 1929. Chareau had already…
Designer Eileen Gray, year 1927 This table was designed by Eileen Gray as a bedside breakfast table for the guest room of E-1027, the villa which she and Jean Badovici designed at Roquebrune in 1927. Badovici, a Roumanian intellectual, was a friend of and apparently the person most responsible for convincing Eileen Gray to turn…
Designer Eileen Gray, year 1928 Six versions of this small table are known. In all probability, more were made. Some were lacquered while others were done in unpainted plywood. One was veneered. This model was obviously a favorite of Eileen Gray since she placed it in practically every house associated with her name. It appears…
