Paul Mccobb Connoisseur
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Cane, Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Aluminum
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Mahogany
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Aluminum
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Maple
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
20th Century Cabinets
Vintage 1950s American Cabinets
Bronze, Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Steel
Vintage 1960s Dining Room Tables
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Birch
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Card Tables and Tea Tables
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Metal
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Console Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
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Paul Mccobb Connoisseur For Sale on 1stDibs
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Paul McCobb for sale on 1stDibs
You could call Paul McCobb a man of parts. As a furniture designer, his work combined the attributes of many of his now better-known peers. Like Bauhaus designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, McCobb's furniture had purity of form and line. Like the designs of Florence Knoll and George Nelson and his associates, McCobb’s work was efficient and purposeful. And even like George Nakashima, he was adept at interpreting traditional forms, in particular those of chairs, for the 20th century.
More than any other designer beside Russel Wright, with his ubiquitous ceramic tableware, McCobb was arguably responsible for the introduction of modern design into middle-class American households — if for no other reason than that he designed the 1952 set for the original Today show. McCobb also designed cohesive lines of furnishings, such as his best-known Planner Group, that gave homes an instant “look.” McCobb designed for several companies, most notably Directional, the New York firm that also produced designs by other legends, such as Paul Evans and Vladimir Kagan.
The signal aesthetic attribute of McCobb designs is that he completely forsook ornament — his pieces have no flourishes. And yet, because they are honest — the chairs, desks and tables are made of solid wood, usually maple or birch, often paired with frames and legs of wrought iron; the cabinets are traditionally scaled; the seating pieces have historic antecedents such as the Windsor chair — McCobb’s mid-century modern work has warmth and presence.
As you can see from the offerings on 1stDibs, vintage Paul McCobb designs are the pin-striped suit, or the little black dress, of a décor: an essential.