Machine Age / American Art Deco Warren McArthur Aluminum Cocktail Table

Extremely rare demilune console table designed by Warren McArthur. Amazing design, proportion, table has been re-painted (at some point) Retains remnants of original label, Also orig...

Matched pair of Art Deco. Machine Age aluminium lounge chairs by Warren McArthur, original unmolested condition, retains original cut mohair fabric upholstery as well as McArthur lab...

One of the rarer forms,,Stunning Art Deco,Machine Age Center table,designed by Warren McArthur.Aluminum in Beautiful original condition, free of dents,,scratches etc. Original vitrol...

Stunning Art Deco, Machine Age aluminum cigarette lighter collection, new or old stock, never used, all in perfect working order. Beautiful design, polished aluminum sculptures...

Art Deco, Machine Age brushed aluminum "Bullit' hanging pendant chandelier, amazing design and quality. Recently salvaged from Downtown Buff...

Classic Art Deco / Machine Age triple cone aluminum & chrome torchere's. All electrical tested and working. One replaced on/off switch. One of the best examples I have ever owned. Ag...

Warren McArthur Coffee table, model 1559-s Warren McArthur Corporation USA, c. 1930 enameled aluminum, laminate 18½ h × 30 dia in (47 × 76 cm) literature: Warren McArthur Corporation, Donnelly, pg. 50 Warren McArthur Jr. was an innovator in Machine Age/ Art Deco furniture design. McArthur moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1929 to pursue metal furniture manufacturing; he founded the Warren McArthur Corporation there in 1930. His furniture designs while unique were true to the Machine Age aesthetic. Machine Age design emphasized sleek forms inspired by automobiles, locomotives and airplanes. These objects were symbols of progress and modernity to the American consumer and industrial designers began constructing furniture in streamlined designs from steel, chrome and aluminum. Prior to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, known as the “Century of Progress Exhibition.” The fair’s tagline, “See America Streamlined,” and the abundance of metal furniture and home goods exhibited finally presented the concept of utilizing metal designs in the typical American household. The Museum of Modern Art followed suit in subsequent years with exhibitions like "Machine Art," (1934), and "Bauhaus 1919-1928" (1938), further exposing the American public to this design style. The Warren McArthur Corporation moved manufacturing to Rome, New York in 1933, just as metal furniture was gaining popularity; the company’s products were sold out of a showroom in New York City on Park Avenue. As a manufacturer, McArthur filed numerous patent designs which he utilized in advertisements to exhibit the innovations he developed. The company also proudly printed patent numbers on furniture...

Fabulous lacquered cocktail table with an architectural base that appears to be floating above the brass spacers. Art Deco styling with a mottled lacquered top and base. In excellent...

Sophisticated round coffee table, with tinted glass top (shows chips at edge) and stylized aluminum base. Design reminiscent of McArthur, Von Nessen and Deskey. Aluminum base shows s...

Unusual Warren McArthur coffee table with architectural, machine age base and original formica black top. Signed underneath.

This sleek and highly sophisticated Art Deco Machine Age Bullet Form Cocktail Table in Bookmatched Walnut W/ Black Lacquer Accents & Glass Top originates from the United States, Circ...

A ebonized and polished Aluminum side table by Warren McArthur. This side table is almost certainly from 1929, showing the prevalence of the triangle in McArthurs work around the tim...