Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
;Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years. Produced by Stevenson Manufacturing Company, La
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye "Measured Time" Clock and Kitchen Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
/kitchen timer called “Measured Time,” and then the baby monitor “Radio Nurse” and accompanying “Guardian
Metal
$3,250
H 6 in W 5.5 in D 3.5 in
Isamu Noguchi Mid-Century Modern Hawkeye Measured Time Clock & Timer, circa 1932
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
1932. A handful of years later he would design his famous "Radio Nurse" baby monitor. This work has
Metal
Extremely Rare 1932 Isamu Noguchi “Measured Time” Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, the “Measured Time” clock and kitchen timer predates his more famous commercial "Radio Nurse" baby
Bakelite
Measured Time Clock by Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
go into mass production before his iconic "Radio Nurse" baby monitor design from 1936. Produced by
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
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
Plastic
Isamu Noguchi "Measured Time" Clock or Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Toronto, Ontario
as the very first design piece by Noguchi. This clock predates the radio nurse. Odd as the form and
Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Designed Stevenson Hawkeye Measured Time Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
reminiscent of Noguchi's "Radio Nurse" design for Zenith. This example features a black bakelite casing free
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
Bakelite
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
designed the Zenith Radio Nurse, the iconic original baby monitor now held in many museum collections. The
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
for the reintegration of the arts. He designed the Zenith Radio Nurse, the iconic original baby
Aluminum
Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the "Radio Nurse". This simple and sculptural piece of art was crafted in the early 1930s and led
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
"Radio Nurse" baby monitor. This work has the requisite produced by Stevenson Manufacturing Company
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Measured Time Clock and Kitchen Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in New York, NY
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
Extremely rare original brochure for the radio nurse designed by Isamu Noguchi for Zenith. Also
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
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. Originally
Metal
Isamu Noguchi Art Deco Bakelite Hawkeye Measured Time Clock / Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dallas, TX
Design from 1932, pre-dating the iconic Radio Nurse by several years. Recently confirmed by the Noguchi
Bakelite
1970’s Kirsch Hamilton Aurora Clock Restored
By Kirsch/Hamilton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A vintage 1970s Aurora clock. These stunning clocks are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in NY. Developed in the 1970s by a NASA engineer and an architect these stu...
Aluminum
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
$2,540 / 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
$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
$5,039 / item
H 56.11 in W 25.6 in D 19.1 in
Arcate sideboard, in Canaletto walnut by Accardibuccheri Medulum for Medulum
By Mauro Accardi & Silvia Buccheri
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Il settimanale Arcate fa parte di una collezione esclusiva che include comodini e comò, ideata dal rinomato studio milanese Accardi Buccheri per il brand MEDULUM. La scocca, realizza...
Walnut
$592 / item
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
Set of 2 Brutalist Whitewashed Reclaimed Wood Collage Tiles by Peter Glassford
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
A sculptural White wash collage tiles by Peter Glassford, handcrafted from reclaimed wood fragments and assembled into a richly textured, one-of-a-kind composition. Each tile measure...
Wood
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
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
$12,351Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 32.68 in W 110.24 in D 40.56 in
Art Deco Sofa by Munna Design Studio with Velvet Upholstery
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This sofa features a wonderfully elegant fan-shaped motif, with its accentuated curvy lines with decadent and lavish finish. The feminine curves are ravishingly enhanced by the diffe...
Velvet
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp.
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp. New York, Circa 1910 Base signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 584, Height 22 Inches Shade signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1439, Diameter 16....
Bronze
$1,777 / 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
Gino Sarfatti Model No. 2065 Ceiling Light for Astep
By Gino Sarfatti, Flos, Astep
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model no. 2065 ceiling lamp for Astep. Designed in 1950, this is an authorized re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gino Sarfatti, who applies his grandfathe...
Aluminum
Crackle Textured Handmade Ceramic Mushroom Lamp, Blue
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
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
$3,990 / item
H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in
Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...
Fabric, Beech, Velvet
$536Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 9.8 in Dm 19.6 in
Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture, Model 50EN Ceiling Lamp
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Centreville, VA
Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of 1950s modern design. Designed by Noguchi beginning in 1951 and handmade for a half century by the original manufacture...
Bamboo, Paper
Art Deco Table Clock Jaeger LeCoultre
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco Table Clock Jaeger LeCoultre Origin: Switzerland Materials: Gilt bronze and acrylic 8-day winding (mechanism) Excellent condition – Working Mid-Century Dimensions: 21 x 18 x...
Bronze
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.