Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Noguchi's first mass-produced design, completed circa 1932, predating his design for the "Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years.
Metal
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Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye "Measured Time" Clock and Kitchen Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
In his autobiography, Isamu Noguchi mentions that his first Industrial Design was a series of cake molds (which are believed to never have been put into production), followed by the ...
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Mid-Century Modern Hawkeye Measured Time Clock & Timer, circa 1932
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
A handful of years later he would design his famous "Radio Nurse" baby monitor. This work has the requisite produced by Stevenson Manufacturing Company, La Porte, Indiana tag on the...
Metal
Extremely Rare 1932 Isamu Noguchi “Measured Time” Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed in 1932, the “Measured Time” clock and kitchen timer predates his more famous commercial "Radio Nurse" baby monitor designed in 1936. Tested and working.
Bakelite
Measured Time Clock by Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This work was Noguchi's first design to go into mass production before his iconic "Radio Nurse" baby monitor design from 1936. Produced by Stevenson Manufacturing Company, La Porte, ...
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
An exceptionally rare Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse for Zenith ca. 1937. This beautiful sculptural piece was Noguchi's first major industrial commission.
Metal
Radio Nurse by Isamu Noguchi for Zenith Radio Corporation, 1937
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A highly expressive baby monitor/ radio nurse designed by the artist Isamu Noguchi in bakelite, its modernist form evocative of an abstracted human head and traditional Japanese Kend...
Plastic
Isamu Noguchi "Measured Time" Clock or Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
This clock predates the radio nurse. Odd as the form and materials scream Noguchi in every way.
Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Designed Stevenson Hawkeye Measured Time Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
The organic casing for the clock was designed in the 1930's and is reminiscent of Noguchi's "Radio Nurse" design for Zenith. This example features a black bakelite casing free of cra...
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A clean example of Isamu Noguchi's iconic "Radio Nurse" for Zenith, circa 1937. Originally commissioned by the President of Zenith at the time to monitor his daughter on his yacht...
Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
He designed the Zenith Radio Nurse, the iconic original baby monitor now held in many museum collections.
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
He designed the Zenith Radio Nurse, the iconic original baby monitor now held in many museum collections.
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A rare windup Hawkeye "Measured Timer" the first mass produced industrial design by Noguchi before the "Radio Nurse". This simple and sculptural piece of art was crafted in the early...
Bakelite
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H 6 in W 5.5 in D 3.5 in
Isamu Noguchi Midcentury Pristine Measured Hawkeye Time Clock/ Timer, circa 1932
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
A handful of years later he would design his famous "Radio Nurse" baby monitor. This work has the requisite produced by Stevenson Manufacturing Company, La Porte, Indiana tag on t...
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Measured Time Clock and Kitchen Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in New York, NY
Noguchi's first mass-production design, preceding and prefiguring the Radio Nurse monitor of 1936. Printed marks to face; manufacturer's label on back.
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear
By Zenith, Isamu Noguchi
Located in Frankfurt, Hessen, DE
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear in Bakelite Case. Manufactured for Zentih Plastic Corp.
Bakelite
Original Brochure for Isamu Noguchi's Radio Nurse for Zenith
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Also, registration papers for "radio nurse girl".
Paper
1937 Zenith Radio Nurse – Designed by Isamu Noguchi
Located in Kensington, MD
1937 Zenith Radio Nurse designed by Isamu Noguchi
Bakelite
Iconic Original Radio Nurse w/ Guardian Ear by Noguchi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great example of the iconic Radio Nurse that Noguchi designed for Zenith Radio Co. of Chicago.
Steel
Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse and Guardian Ear Made by Zenith
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Bakelite radio nurse with the guardian ear designed by Isamu Noguchi for Zenith.
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Art Deco Bakelite Hawkeye Measured Time Clock / Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dallas, TX
An early Noguchi Industrial Design from 1932, pre-dating the iconic Radio Nurse by several years. Recently confirmed by the Noguchi Foundation.
Bakelite
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
$2,533 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 21.66 in
Mustard Mohair Velvet Round Ottoman with Oak Feet, Modern UK Design
Located in London, England
Dagmar Design - Round Ottoman Custom-made ottoman developed & produced at our workshops in London using the highest quality materials. These examples are upholstered in a mustar...
Oak, Mohair, Velvet
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
$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
The 'Matisse' Etagere
Located in London, GB
The 'Matisse' wrought iron side table. A hand made and patinated wrought iron etagere with whimsical Matisse style cut-out decoration. Made to order based on a 1960s original. Avail...
Wrought Iron
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
Brass
$34,145
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Giltwood, Paint
Art Nouveau Conifer Clock by Joself Kratina
By Josef Kratnia
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Czech artist Josef Kratina lived in Paris for several years and was a student of Auguste Rodin. He lived in New York from around 1907 onwards. Note: We highly recommend shipping thr...
Brass
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Streicher Goods, Ethan Streicher
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Every mushroom lamp is hand-made and hand-painted by Ethan Streicher, the founder and designer behind the Streicher Goods brand in Brooklyn, NY. The lamp's silhouette is simple and c...
Brass
Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...
Wood
$2,838 / item
H 24 in W 24 in D 24 in
Modern Fabric Pendant Light by Studio Mirei, Nebula 60, from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Nebula collection is drawn out of the interstellar clouds of dust and gas in space - regions where stars begin to form. Made of a woven natural fiber from the banana tree, which ...
Natural Fiber
$6,450 / set
H 32.88 in W 78.75 in D 63.19 in
Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Set with Table, Bench, Set of Chairs
By Rainer Daumiller
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining room set consisting of a dining table, bench, and pair of chairs, solid beech, Scandinavia, 1980s This expansive dining room set is a rare find, distinguished by its exceptio...
Beech
$16,565 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
$1,749 / item
H 32.29 in W 18.12 in D 9.06 in
Murano Art Glass and Brass Pink Color Wall Light and Sconces, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
This charming wall lamp is entirely handmade in Murano. Each single leaf is handcrafted in high quality Murano blown glass; that's why each leaf is slightly different from the other....
Brass
$2,300 / item
H 20.5 in W 14 in D 67 in
HIFI Vinyl LP Storage Bench / Record Shelf Mid-Century Modern Walnut Pete Deeble
By Pete Deeble
Located in Long Beach, CA
This bench is the ideal solution to having records sitting all over your house and no place to sit. This is an original design, but with a strong influence of Mid Century Danish Mode...
Walnut
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
A sculptor, painter, ceramicist and furniture and lighting designer, Isamu Noguchi was one of the most prolific and protean creative forces of the 20th century and a key figure in the development of organic modernism. Noguchi’s sculptures and designs — his chairs and tables as well as his timeless Akari lamp and other lighting fixtures — share a common spirit: one of lyrical abstraction, tempo and flow and harmonious balance.
Noguchi was born in Los Angeles to an American mother and Japanese father, and spent most of his childhood in Japan. He returned to the United States at age 13, went to high school in Indiana and enrolled at Columbia University to study medicine. At the same time, he took night courses in sculpture.
Within three months, Noguchi left college to pursue art full time. Noguchi was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927 and traveled to Paris to work under Constantin Brancusi. It marked a turning point. Inspired by Brancusi, Noguchi embraced abstraction and began to sculpt in the expressive, rhythmic style that would be the hallmark of his work.
Once back in New York, Noguchi was introduced to design by what would become a lifelong collaboration creating sets for choreographer Martha Graham. His first industrial designs were in Bakelite: the sleek Measured Time kitchen timer created circa 1932, and his famed Zenith Radio Nurse intercom, from 1937.
Ten years later, Herman Miller introduced Noguchi’s now-iconic glass-topped coffee table with an articulated wooden base. His washi paper and bamboo Akari light sculptures, handmade in Japan, debuted in 1951. In the late 1950s, Noguchi designed for Knoll, creating such pieces as his dynamic Cyclone table and rocking stool.
For collectors, Noguchi’s furniture and lighting designs remain his most accessible work — they have the same power and presence that Noguchi brought to his art.
Find vintage Isamu Noguchi floor lamps, table lamps, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.