Brueton Benches
Initially known as Spanish Metal Arts — a supplier of fencing for stately homes on Long Island — the principals at New York furniture manufacturer Brueton were artistically minded from the start, ensuring that their furniture company would become a major player in the world of stylish, modern stainless steel-based design. The company’s sculptural glass-topped dining tables and vintage mid-century modern chrome-framed armchairs are welcome additions to any contemporary interior.
Brueton got its start with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building in Manhattan. When award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft of engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was designing what would become a modernist marvel in the 1950s — a structure that traded sleek glass facades for the stone columns typically associated with banks — SOM worked with Spanish Metal Arts’s Bruno Saudino and Tony Vitale to furnish the property.
For Bruno and Tony, it marked the start of the aptly named Brueton — the pair produced understated side tables and seating made of glass and aluminum for SOM’s project. Revolutionary for its time, instead of traditional narrow windows, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building was practically transparent — allowing passers-by to see the vault from the outside. (Celebrated photographer Ezra Stoller, who chronicled iconic New York buildings like Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and the soaring silhouette of Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal, shot the building in 1954.)
Much like the material associated with so many of its offerings, Brueton built a reputation of being a strong, dependable and polished manufacturer. The brand worked with designers such as J. Wade Beam, who created cylindrical tables of polished chrome and exquisite marble mirrors during the 1970s, as well as Massimo and Lella Vignelli, a pair of innovative polymaths who left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Brueton case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and seating on 1stDibs.
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel
1980s American Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Brueton Benches
Chrome
2010s Unknown Modern Brueton Benches
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Brueton Benches
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Metal, Bronze
1980s American Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Brueton Benches
Velvet, Wood, Ebony
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Brueton Benches
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brueton Benches
Chrome
Late 20th Century Modern Brueton Benches
Fabric, Oak, Bentwood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brueton Benches
Fabric, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Antique Brueton Benches
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Upholstery, Wood
2010s Danish Modern Brueton Benches
Steel
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Aluminum
1990s American Post-Modern Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel
1980s American Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel
1980s American Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel
1980s American Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Brueton Benches
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brueton Benches
Stainless Steel, Chrome
1960s American Vintage Brueton Benches
Steel
20th Century American Brueton Benches
Chrome