Ebonized Ash Chair By Ray Komai c. 1940
By Ray Komai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ebonized ash wood chair by Ray Komai for JG Furniture Company c. 1949 featuring steel details.
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Materials
Steel
Ray Komai
1950s Ray Komai White Boucle Chair Mid Century Modern Eames Knoll
By Ray Komai, J.G. Furniture Company
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A 1950s Ray Komai chair in solid iron and new white boucle manufactured by J.G.
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1950s Pair of Ray Komai Side / Dining Chairs for JG Furniture Co
By J.G. Furniture Company, Ray Komai
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a rare and original pair of fully upholstered dining and side chairs, designed by Ray Komai, produced by J.G. Furniture Company. These are highly unusual chairs, in that Koma...
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Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture 1950s MCM Bentwood Plywood Chair - Pair Available -
By Don Knorr, J.G. Furniture Company, Ray Komai
Located in St. Louis, MO
I have two rare Ray Komai masterpieces of Mid-Century Design, model #939 molded rotary cut ash veneer bent plywood chairs on chrome legs, first manufactured in Brooklyn NY, in 1949 a...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
1950s Ray Komai Mahogany and Iron Chair Mid Century Modern Eames Knoll
By Ray Komai, J.G. Furniture Company
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A 1950s Ray Komai chair by J.G. Furniture Company in Brooklyn, New York.
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By Laverne Originals
Located in New York, NY
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Located in Lambertville, NJ
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1950s Bent Plwood Chair by Ray Komai JG Furniture Inc. Mid-Century Architect
By Ray Komai
Located in Zagreb, HR
A collectible piece, very important Chair in US Design History designed by American designer Ray Komai, very rare early production. This chair was shown in the US Pavillon on the ...
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Sculptural Ray Komai Occasional Chair
By Ray Komai
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Sculptural Ray Komai Occasional chair circa early 1950's. This iconic example has a bentwood walnut frame inlaid satin finished steel on the back with the same sarin finished steel l...
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Ray Komai Chairs
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A pair of molded walnut plywood shell chairs designed by Ray Komai with satin chrome legs and metal back strap detail.Model number 939 manufactured by JG Furniture Co.
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Materials
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Ray Komai Molded Walnut Side Chair
By Ray Komai
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern side chair designed by Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture in 1949, model #939.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Chairs
Materials
Chrome
A Molded Plywood Lounge Chair by Ray Komai
Located in Ferndale, MI
A Molded Plywood Lounge Chair by Ray Komai for J G Manufacturing Co.
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Vintage 1940s American Chairs
1 Ray Komai for J. G. Molded Walnut Plywood Side Chair
By Ray Komai
Located in Pasadena, TX
Ray Komai`s molded plywood chair was manufactured in Brooklyn in 1949, using the latest American technology.The chairs are a molded walnut plywood, and features a metal base with a b...
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Ray Komai Molded Plywood Side Chair, 1949
By Ray Komai, J.G. Furniture Company
Located in Coronado, CA
An uncommon side chair designed by Ray Komai and manufactured by J.G. Furniture Company in Brooklyn, New York in 1949.
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
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1940s Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture Company Bent Walnut Plywood Chair
By J.G. Furniture Company, Ray Komai
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Created out of a single piece of molded plywood is this side chair designed by Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture in 1949. After his interment from Manzanar, Komai went to Brooklyn and sta...
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Pair of Chairs by Ray Komai
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 60's Classic X 3. Done in a lovely mauve loopy wool fabric.
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By Ray Komai
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A beautiful matching set of bent walnut dining chairs with fantastic wood grain ,sculptural design with opening to the back and joined split to the seat bottom all sitting on chromed...
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1940s Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture Company Bent Walnut Plywood Chair
By Ray Komai
Located in Buffalo, NY
Created out of a single piece of molded plywood is this side chair designed by Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture in 1949. After his interment from Manzanar, Komai went to Brooklyn and sta...
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1950s Bent Plwood Chair by Ray Komai JG Furniture Inc. Mid-Century Architect
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1950s Bent Plwood Chair by Ray Komai JG Furniture Inc. Mid-Century Architect
By Ray Komai
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare 1949 model #939 bent plywood masterpiece of design mfg. by JG Furniture Company Inc. of Brooklyn, New York. Ray Komai's molded plywood chair was manufactured in Brooklyn in 194...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Eventually Everything Connects
Located in New York, NY
Essential figures such as Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, and Eero Saarinen are represented alongside other women and designers of color that have been historic...
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Paper
Selection of Graphic Midcentury Rugs
By Ray Komai
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of graphic midcentury rugs, American, circa 1950s. The rug on the left measures: 35.5" x 24.25". It is priced at $650. The rug on the right measures: 23" x 25". It is pri...
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Modern Furnishings For The Home (1st edition)
By Charles Eames
Located in New York, NY
Showcases work by both iconic and lesser-known American designers including Franco Albini, William Armbruster, Benjamin Baldwin, Milo Baughman, Alexander Calder, Serge Chermanyeff, N...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Ray Komai Plywood Chair
By Ray Komai
Located in San Francisco, CA
Created out of a single piece of molded plywood is this side chair designed by Ray Komai for JG Furniture in 1949. After his interment from Manzanar, Komai went to Brooklyn and start...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Ray Komai Plywood Side Chair 1949
By Ray Komai
Located in Easton, PA
Iconic plywood side chair designed by Ray Komai for JG Furniture Company in 1949. Included in the permanent collection of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Vintage 1940s American Side Chairs
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Ray Komai Side Chair
Located in Seattle, WA
Model #939 designed by Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture. 1949.
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Vintage 1940s American Side Chairs
Ray Komai Plywood Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
plywood side chair (number 939) by Ray Komai for JG Furniture
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Vintage 1940s American Chairs
Materials
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Ray Komai Bentwood Walnut Chair
By J.G. Furniture Company, Ray Komai
Located in Pasadena, CA
This lesser-known, mid-century classic by Ray Komai was manufactured in Brooklyn in 1949.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Ray Komai Molded Plywood Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Rare to Market original pair of Ray Komai molded plywood Chairs Ca. 1949.All Original and both labeled with J.G. furniture Co.labels.
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20th Century American Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Ray Komai Walnut Side Chair
By Ray Komai
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic plywood side chair designed by Ray Komai for JG Furniture Company in 1949. Included in the permanent collection of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Vintage 1950s American Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
Molded Walnut Plywood Chair by Ray Komai
By Ray Komai
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Rare molded walnut side chair by Ray Komai for J.G. Furniture, Brooklyn 1949. In the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
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