$3,795
H 37.5 in W 27 in D 24.5 in
Vintage Machine Age, McKay Craft Cantilevered Leather Sling Lounge Chairs
By McKay Furniture Corp., Salvatore Bevelacqua
Located in Portland, OR
for McKay Craft Furniture Company. Featuring impressive chromium plated steel arms, iron base, and
Steel, Chrome, Iron
Green Sling Lounge Chair by Mckay Craft
By John McKay, McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Miami, FL
McKay Craft cantilever sling lounge chair designed by John McKay, in all original condition
Steel, Chrome
Unavailable
H 36 in W 24.5 in D 28 in
Machine Age Art Deco McKay Craft Cantilevered Sling Lounge Chair McKaycraft
By McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Dallas, TX
Machine Age Art Deco McKay Craft Cantilevered Sling Lounge Chair McKaycraft You see them
Enamel, Chrome
Unavailable
H 25 in W 26.5 in D 26 in
Machine Age Art Deco McKay Craft Streamline Pair of Cantilevered Lounge Chairs
By McKay Furniture Corp., William R. Mcgowan
Located in Dallas, TX
Machine Age Art Deco McKay Craft streamline pair of cantilevered lounge chairs. PRICE REDUCED
Chrome, Enamel, Steel
Machine Age, Art Deco McKay Craft Cantilevered Sling Lounge Chairs
By John McKay, McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Machine Age Art Deco McKay craft cantilevered sling lounge chair McKaycraft You see them
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
Sold
H 40 in W 24 in D 26 in
Art Deco Machine Age McKay Craft Cantilever Chrome Sling Armchair 1930s Black
By McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a phenomenal, sling, cantilever chrome armchair, with a high back and
Chrome
Pair of Cantilever Sling Chairs
By John McKay
Located in Winnetka, IL
Pair of cantilever sling chairs designed by industrial designer John McKay.
Chrome, Iron
Pair of Cantilever Spring Steel Poolside Lounge Chairs
By McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Cantilever Spring Steel Poolside Lounge Chairs. McKay Company Springer Base with Canvas
McKay Cantilever Rocker
By McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Boasting a modern white upholstery with grommets all along the backside's edge and a pair of button tufts on the frontside of the chair, this 1960s rocker is a rare and wonderful pie...
Steel
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$5,575 / item
H 31.5 in W 26 in D 37.5 in
Tropical Hardwood and Rattan, Butaque Chair, Outdoor Use, Licensed Reedition
By Clara Porset, Luteca Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-born Clara Porset was a pioneer for modern design in Mexico. Having studied architecture in New York and then Paris, she finally settled in Mexico devoting her life to champion...
Rattan, Hardwood
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$6,235 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE (LARGE) floor lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant‘s Foot– for the prominent shape at its ...
Textile, Wood, Linen, Fiberglass
$12,500 / set
H 34.5 in W 25.75 in D 60 in
Gilbert Rohde for Troy Sunshade 3 Position Lounge Chair and Ottoman
By Gilbert Rohde, Troy Sunshade Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gilbert Rohde for Troy Sunshade Chrome and Leather 3 Position Lounge Chair. Rohde did some of his most amazing designs for Troy Sunshade. Designed in 1934 this early example, later m...
Chrome
$4,639 / item
H 31.5 in W 24.5 in D 29 in
Clara Porset's Mexican Butaque Chair, licensed reedition by Luteca
By Luteca Furniture, Clara Porset
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-born Clara Porset was a pioneer for modern design in Mexico. Having studied architecture in New York and then Paris, she finally settled in Mexico devoting her life to champion...
Hide, Maple
$2,235
H 30.71 in W 14.97 in D 1.97 in
Charlotte Perriand Set of 6 Kitchen Doors from an Arcs 1600 Apartment
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Charlotte Perriand Set of 6 kitchen doors from an Arcs 1600 apartment, complete with 6 handles and 12 original hinges. State of use, small high furniture, and large under sink. ...
Wood
$3,600 / set
H 32 in W 27 in D 34 in
Pair of Art Deco Tubular Chrome Lounge Chairs, K E M Weber, Lloyd
By Kem Weber
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of Art Deco tubular chrome lounge chairs designed by K E M Weber for Lloyd Manufacturing Co., Classic streamline design. Extremely comfortable, retains original Lloyd labels as ...
Chrome
Petite Mexican Butaque in the Style of Clara Porset
By Clara Porset
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Petite Mexican Butaquein the style of Clara Porset, circa 1950.
Wood
2 Gilbert Rohde Styled Art Deco Z Sitting Chairs (A)
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A set of two sculptural chromed framed sitting chairs in the design manner of Gilbert Rohde's Z chairs . Upholstered in a satin black soft and smooth leatherette fabric which makes t...
Chrome
$3,500Sale Price|25% Off
H 11 in W 22 in D 10 in
McKay Co. Machine Age Art Deco Chrome and Painted Steel Magazine Holder
By John Waring Carpenter, McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Chrome and steel magazine holder by John Waring Carpenter for McKay Co. 1933 Worlds Fair Century of Progress. The McKay Company was founded by Pittsburgh Industrialist James McKay (1...
Chrome, Steel
$2,200
H 18.25 in Dm 24 in
Art Deco Machine Age Chrome Table by McKay Craft Furniture Made in USA c 1930's
By Salvatore Bevelacqua, McKay Furniture Corp.
Located in New York, NY
Rare Machine Age side, or end table, made by Mc Kay Furniture Company, circa 1930's, design sometimes attributed to Salvatore Bevalacqua, however we cannot document that. This exampl...
Chrome
$4,900
H 31 in W 44 in D 24 in
Art Deco / Machine Age Secretary , Desk designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann / Howell
By Howell, Wolfgang Hoffmann
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare Art Deco machine age Modernist #459 Secretary / desk sedigned by Wolfgang Hoffmann for Howell c.1934. ck photos from original Howell catalog. Chromed steel lipstick ha...
Chrome
$1,440Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 34 in W 24 in D 22 in
Pr. 1930's Machine Age Art Deco Arm Side Dining Chairs possibly Prototypes
By McKay Furniture Corp., John Carpenter
Located in New York, NY
Unusual pair of period Machine Age arm chairs, having chrome plated steel frames, wood seating backrests, and leather upholstered armrests. We believe these could be early prototypes...
Steel
Machine Age John McKay Springer Lounge Chair
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Extremely rare springer lounge chair with a cream leather sling seat on polished chrome and cream enameled flat steel base. The design of this chair was done for the Miami Pavilion o...
Leather
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