James Mont On Sale
Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Gold
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Giltwood, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Ming Lounge Chairs
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Wood
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Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
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Wool, Wood
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Silver Leaf
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Glass, Wood
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Wood
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Silver Leaf
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Wood
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Planters and Jardinieres
Wood
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Marble
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Velvet, Walnut
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Brass
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Wood
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Metal
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Ash
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Velvet
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Metal
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Leather
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Wood
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Brass
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Wood, Birch
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Hardwood
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Wood
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Brass
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Lacquer
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Hardwood
Vintage 1940s American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Wood
20th Century American Art Deco Table Mirrors
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Club Chairs
Lacquer
Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Living Room Sets
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood, Giltwood, Fruitwood
Vintage 1950s American Chinoiserie Cabinets
Hardwood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass
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Velvet, Wood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Bronze
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Upholstery, Cane, Beech
Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Driftwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
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Mohair
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Wood, Mahogany
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Brass
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Silk, Wood
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Metal
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Giltwood, Wood
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Tin
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Smoked Glass, Wood
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Giltwood
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Oak
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Upholstery
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Metal
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James Mont’s life as an unmistakably talented furniture designer and interior decorator could fill the pages of a best-selling novel or be reimagined as a Hollywood feature film. From the 1930s through the 1960s, Tinseltown’s glitterati and Manhattan’s Mafia underworld coveted his sofas, coffee tables and table lamps.
Mont was born Demetrios Pecintoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1904 to a family of artists. He reportedly studied architecture and art in Spain and France, and during the 1920s, Mont immigrated with his family to the United States.
Mont and his family settled in New York, where he found work in a Brooklyn electrical supply shop. There he sold hardware and designed his own lighting fixtures. The latter caught the eye of a gangster named Frankie Yale, who commissioned him to refurnish his house. Mont’s opulent designs drew on Art Deco, Hollywood Regency and were occasionally marked by chinoiserie, then a very popular trend in decorating. He created the kind of low-profile side tables and sofas that are frequently associated with mid-century modernism, and he is credited today with helping popularize the integration of Asian influences in modern American design.
Mont soon attracted New York City’s most infamous crime bosses, including Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Frank Costello. For a range of mobsters, he created fashionable, functional and sophisticated pieces such as collapsible home bars that would fold down and out of view — a particularly convenient feature during Prohibition — and tables and desks with secret drawers, which were also handy to Mont’s shady clientele.
“You bought a bar from him, and he would also deliver booze in a baby carriage,” antiques dealer and furniture retailer Todd Merrill told New York about Mont in 2008.
Mont designed a room for the World’s Fair in 1939 and later befriended Hollywood celebrities such as Bob Hope, who was best man at his wedding, Irving Berlin and Lana Turner. During the 1940s and ‘50s, Mont continued designing furniture, mastering finishing techniques such as lacquering and incorporating a distinctive “leafing” print effect with silver and gold into his pieces.
Mont’s designs enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s, and his pieces continue to be sought after by collectors.
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