Famous Modern Furniture Timeline 1950 – 1959
After World War II, the public as a whole looked to warmer and softer furniture, organic forms, warmer products like timber and upholstered chairs. They wanted to be cared for by their furniture, feel comfortable and most of all have some luxury that had long be missing.
Designers like the Eameses, Gio Ponti, Harry Bertoia, Arne Jaconsen and Eero Saarinen led the way in the modernist organic style embrassing the new technology that had been advanced during the war to try and make enough quality furniture for the high demand required by the public.
Famous Modern Classic Furniture for the period of 1950 to 1959
1950 Antelope – Earnest Race
1950 EM Table– Jean Prouve
1950 Antony Chair– Jean Prouve
1950 Eames Storage Units– Eames
1950 RAR Rocking Chair– Eames
1950-53 DAR Chair- Dining Armchair Rod– Eames
1951 Elliptical Table– Eames
1951-1953 Wire Mesh Chair – Charles and Ray Eames
1951-1957 Superleggera, Model no.699 – Gio Ponti
1952 Wire Collection- Harry Bertoia
1952 Ant Chair- Arne Jacobsen
1954 Rocking Stool – Isamu Noguchi
1954 – 1957 Mezzadro – Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1956 670 Lounge Chair and 671 Ottoman– Eames
1956 Utrech Sofa- Gerrit Rietveld
1956 Marshmallow Sofa– George Nelson and Irving
1956 Friedman House- Frank Lloyd Wright
1956 PK22- Paul Kjaerholm
1957 3107 Series 7 Chair- Arne Jacobsen
1957 3316 Aeeget Egg Chair– Arne Jacobsen
1957 Swan Chair- Arne Jacobsen
1956/57 Tulip Chairs and Pedestal Table– Eero Saarinen
1957 Sella – Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1958 Comprehensive Storage System- George Nelson
1958 Aluminium Group– Eames
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