Paul Mccobb Style
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Birch
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Slipper Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Travertine, Iron
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fruitwood, Upholstery
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vitrines
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Hardwood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Iron
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wrought Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Walnut
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Maple
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Fabric, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Slipper Chairs
Walnut, Fabric
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Maple
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Nickel
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Maps
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Slate, Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks
Maple
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Mounted Objects
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Metal
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Velvet, Wood
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Brass
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Walnut
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Paul Mccobb Style For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Paul Mccobb Style?
A Close Look at mid-century-modern Furniture
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern American furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century designers caught the spirit.
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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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