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Mid Century Modern Expandable Slatted Coffee Table/Bench by John Keal
By Brown Saltman, John Keal
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful and versatile expandable mid century minimalist walnut slat bench designed by John Keal
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By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
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Located in Astoria, NY
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By John Keal, Brown Saltman
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Vintage John Keal Expandable Slat Bench Coffee Table for Brown Saltman
By John Keal, Brown Saltman
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Mid century minimalist slat bench designed by John Keal for Brown Saltman. This versatile
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By John Keal, Brown Saltman
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Large Mid-Century Modern expandable slat bench on tapered dowel cone legs.
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Expanding Vintage Slat Bench
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind vintage modern slat bench that extends in width. A great piece for any entryway or
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Sweet Mid-Century Modern expandable bench! Tapered legs and brass capped feet. 60" fully expanded
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Mid Century Modern Expandable Slatted Wood Bench by John Keal
By John Keal
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Exuding timeless appeal, this slatted wood bench by renowned mid-century modern designer John Keal
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Located in Pasadena, TX
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By Herman Miller, George Nelson
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Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Expandable Slat Bench For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the expandable slat bench you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and mahogany, every expandable slat bench was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer expandable slat bench, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An expandable slat bench is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made expandable slat bench over the years, but those crafted by Brown Saltman and John Keal are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Expandable Slat Bench?
Prices for an expandable slat bench can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $790 and can go as high as $3,800, while the average can fetch as much as $1,740.
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- Emerged during the mid-20th century
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The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
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Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Mid-century modern benches from George Nakashima, Charlotte Perriand and the pared-down Platform bench by George Nelson for Herman Miller are classics of innovation, but maybe you’re looking for an unconventional design approach to your home's seating. Opt for something totally outside the box — an antique pine church-pew bench paired with a vintage wool throw and stationed under the mounted coatrack in your mudroom is a distinctive touch.
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