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20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Rattan, Leather, Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary American Armchairs
Resin, Upholstery
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Organic Modern Stools
Brass
Vintage 1980s Unknown Hollywood Regency Dining Room Sets
Hide, Rattan
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Settees
Leather, Chenille, Rattan
20th Century Philippine British Colonial Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Stools
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Tables
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Oak
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Rattan
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Wood
Late 20th Century North American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bamboo
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Lounge Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
Antique 19th Century Mexican Rustic Vases
Clay, Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Side Tables
Leather, Rattan, Oak
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Cane
20th Century American Organic Modern Console Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Leather, Rattan, Oak
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Rattan, Fabric
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
20th Century American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Grasscloth, Cane, Raffia, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century American Industrial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Steel
20th Century American Organic Modern Settees
Leather, Fabric, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Armchairs
Leather, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Brass
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
20th Century American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Faux Leather, Rattan, Oak
20th Century American Organic Modern Sofas
Leather, Fabric, Grasscloth, Cane, Raffia, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Brass
20th Century American Organic Modern Console Tables
Iron
20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Brass
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Campaign Armchairs
Brass
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Leather, Rattan, Fabric
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Brass
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Settees
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Leather, Bamboo
20th Century American Organic Modern Armchairs
Leather, Rattan, Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Brass
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Side Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Leather, Rattan, Formica, Wood
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
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McGuire for sale on 1stDibs
Like so many artists and designers, husband and wife John McGuire (1920–2013) and Elinor Stevenson (1914–2005) became masters in their trade by accident. For the founders of McGuire Furniture Company, well, furniture wasn’t actually in the plans.
The couple met just before the start of World War II (during which John was in the U.S. Navy and Elinor was a navigation instructor) and got married after it ended. They settled down in San Francisco where John held a couple of jobs — among them selling newspaper ads for the San Francisco Examiner while Elinor worked for Boeing Aircraft. Soon, an old Navy buddy of John’s asked him to help sell a bunch of rattan furniture and, needing the money, John agreed. His side business became so successful that John decided to quit his ad-sales job and work full-time in design.
In 1948, McGuire Furniture Company was born. Alongside the mid-century modern furniture designs then gaining popularity in the United States, John introduced an unconventional idea: traditional armchairs, stools and tables made of natural materials such as bamboo, which was strong yet could be rendered pliable when steamed, that were intended for the indoors rather than the front porch.
The brand’s first success was the now famous Director’s X-Chair by Leonard Linden. The military-campaign-style solid oak folding chair launched in 1956 and saw rattan binded with rawhide strips and a high-grade leather slug seat and back that eliminated the need for a plush cushion. Elinor, too, designed some of the brand’s popular pieces, such as 1968’s Cracked Ice chair. With its rattan oval back a dazzling celebration of geometric forms that give it its charming moniker, the Cracked Ice chair was an instant classic and is one of the brand’s most recognizable designs.
Today, McGuire and another American furniture manufacturer, Baker Furniture Company, comprise Baker Interiors Group. McGuire remains true to the founders’ ideals and commitment to crafting the kind of organic modern furnishings that are synonymous with the warm and relaxed feel of California design. The company has collaborated with interior designers Steven Volpe, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy and Nicole Hollis, and, as of 2019, its luxury furnishings share a 16,500-square-foot showroom with Baker’s in San Francisco. Some of the earliest McGuire Furniture Company designs are part of the permanent collection at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.
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A Close Look at organic-modern Furniture
Organic modern furniture is characterized by clean lines, an overall uncomplicated aesthetic and a prioritizing of natural, sustainable materials, such as wood and stone. There are lots of earth tones and natural-world textures rather than bright color palettes or fabrics embellished with busy patterns.
Organic furniture is minimalist and, owing to the ideas of venerable architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed for warm spaces that promote harmony between human habitation and the great outdoors. Organic modern design, including in furniture and architecture, emerged in the 1930s.
Designers such as Andrianna Shamaris, Alguacil & Perkoff and Jörg Pietschmann — all known for organic modern design — have created furniture that brings dynamic and unpredictable energy to home interiors while emphasizing the importance of a relationship with the natural world.
Striking an appealing balance between our living spaces and nature doesn't have to be an arduous task — the broad selection of original organic modern furniture on 1stDibs includes solid wood tables, bamboo seating options, hand-knotted wall tapestries and more.