Initially known as Spanish Metal Arts — a supplier of fencing for stately homes on Long Island — the principals at New York furniture manufacturer Brueton were artistically minded from the start, ensuring that their furniture company would become a major player in the world of stylish, modern stainless steel-based design. The company’s sculptural glass-topped dining tables and vintage mid-century modern chrome-framed armchairs are welcome additions to any contemporary interior.
Brueton got its start with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building in Manhattan. When award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft of engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was designing what would become a modernist marvel in the 1950s — a structure that traded sleek glass facades for the stone columns typically associated with banks — SOM worked with Spanish Metal Arts’s Bruno Saudino and Tony Vitale to furnish the property.
For Bruno and Tony, it marked the start of the aptly named Brueton — the pair produced understated side tables and seating made of glass and aluminum for SOM’s project. Revolutionary for its time, instead of traditional narrow windows, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building was practically transparent — allowing passers-by to see the vault from the outside. (Celebrated photographer Ezra Stoller, who chronicled iconic New York buildings like Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and the soaring silhouette of Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal, shot the building in 1954.)
Much like the material associated with so many of its offerings, Brueton built a reputation of being a strong, dependable and polished manufacturer. The brand worked with designers such as J. Wade Beam, who created cylindrical tables of polished chrome and exquisite marble mirrors during the 1970s, as well as Massimo and Lella Vignelli, a pair of innovative polymaths who left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture.
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$4,320Sale Price|20% Off
Set of 6 Brueton Brno Chairs
By Brueton, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Pasadena, TX
Set of 6 Brueton Industries Brno Tubular Chairs Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Stainless steel tubular frames. MFG label underneath. Seat...
Stainless Steel
Stanley J Friedman Moon Chair on Casters for Brueton
By Brueton, Stanley Jay Friedman
Located in Miami, FL
Original Moon chair on casters designed by Stanley J Friedman for Brueton circa 1980s. The chair maintains the original teal fabric and the frame is polish...
Chrome
$1,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
Sleek Midcentury Leather Chrome Chairs
By Brueton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of polished chrome chairs with cantilever base. Made by Brueton, featuring handsome lines and comfortable cushioned seat and back. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - ...
Leather
Pair of White Bent Rattan Side or Club Chairs on Casters
By Distinctive Furniture By Stanley
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and traditional pair of Stanley Furniture Hampton Preserve white bent rattan dining, side or club chairs. Each chair is super comfortable and sturdy with mortise and tenon c...
Upholstery, Rattan
Mies van der Rohe Set of 8 Brno Chairs for Knoll
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of 8 Tubular Brno Chairs with black upholstery. These are from a Knoll employee's home, purchased in 1992. Chrome is very nice, but fabric shows typical signs of use but overal...
Chrome
Mid century vintage Mies Van Der Rohe Brno chairs by Knoll
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Allentown, PA
Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe in the 1930s for his renowned Tugendhat house in Brno Czechoslovakia, the Brno chair reflects the simplicity of its original environment. He is consider...
Metal
$9,995 / set
H 32.5 in W 23 in D 24 in
1970s Flat-Bar Brass Plated Set of Six Dining Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the iconic Brno chairs, these hefty flat bar cantilevered chairs by Brueton. Distinguished by its flowing lines, featuring stainless steel frames in a rare brass plated f...
Brass
543 Broadway Chair, Gaetano Pesce for Bernini S.p.A. 1993
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Designed in 1993 by Gaetano Pesce, the 543 Broadway Chair is a rejection of hyper-rational industrial design. A master of resin and color, the Broadway chair features molded resin se...
Chrome
Safari Chair by Elias Svedberg for NK
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet), Elias Svedberg
Located in Kramfors, SE
Safari chair by Elias Svedberg for NK – Nordiska Kompaniet in Sweden. The chair is a part of the Trivia series and was designed and manufactured during the second part of the 20th century. It is an authentic Mid-Century Modern Swedish design chair...
Hardwood
Aldo Rossi 'Teatro' Chairs for Molteni, Italy c 1983
By Aldo Rossi, Molteni & C
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post-Modern 'Teatro' side chairs in solid beech wood designed by architect Aldo Rossi and Luca Meda and manufactured by Italian furniture company Molteni circa 1980s. These beautiful...
Leather, Wood, Beech
Mies Van Der Rohe Calfskin Brno Chairs Set of 4
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Saint Louis, US
A set of 4 Mies Van der Rohe Brno chairs fully reupholstered in a California alabaster cowhide. The intelligent creative eye of Van der Rohe makes the chairs appear as if they are floating in thin air...
Stainless Steel
$1,275
H 37 in W 20 in D 23 in
Hand Carved Brocade Covered Chair with Casters in the Style of East lake
By Charles Locke Eastlake
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Hand-carved wooden chair in the style of Eastlake. The chair features a cream and yellow brocade fabric, upholstered tufted back and matching seat. The upholstery is in wonderful con...
Metal
Italian Midcentury Beechwood Armchair, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
A 20th century vintage Italian armchair designed with curved armrests and splayed and tapered front legs with stretchers. This design piece is fully restored with yellow velvet uphol...
Velvet, Beech
$23,300Sale Price / set|27% Off
H 38.5 in W 25 in D 24 in
Robert Venturi 'Queen Anne' Chair for Knoll International, C. 1985, Signed
By Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Knoll, Robert Venturi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare and sought after set of four (4) collectors pieces are called the 'Queen Anne' chairs by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown for Knoll International, circa 1985 and feature a faux olive burl design with tan leather seats. Post-Modern functional art ready to be used as stand-alone collectible sculptures or as chairs. Signed underneath three chairs with Knoll International labels. Please note, the color amongst the 4 chairs are consistent however due to the studio lighting they appear slightly different from chair to chair, this is simply due to the angle and position of the studio photography lights...
Laminate, Plywood
$4,800 / set
H 30 in W 30 in D 30 in
Pair of Charles Gibilterra for Brueton 'Plaza’ Lounge Chairs, 1980s USA
By Charles Gibilterra, Brueton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of Charles Gibilterra for Brueton 'Plaza’ Lounge Chairs, 1980s USA Pair of modern Charles Gibilterra for Brueton Industries “Plaza Lounge Chairs,” each designed with a button-t...
Stainless Steel
Mark Mascheroni for Brueton Cantilevered Chairs - A Pair
By Mark Mascheroni, Brueton
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair occasional chairs by Mark Mascheroni for Brueton, first designed in 1985. The two chairs have fully cantilevered seats, solid bar frames and compound bends as the metal twist...
Metal
Set of Four White Suede Cantilever Chrome Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Redding, CT
Set of four white Suede Cantilever chrome chairs by Brueton circa 1970. Heavy and extremely well made chairs. Sleek, sexy and very clean. Seat depth is 17.50".
Chrome
Brueton Postmodern Tripod Chairs, 1980s
By Brueton
Located in Chicago, IL
Brueton Post Modern Tripod Chairs, 1980’s. Stainless steel 3 leg frames with original black checkered postmodern upholstery.
Stainless Steel
Pair of Rams Head Dining Side Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of ram’s head dining side chairs by Brueton, 1990s Rare pair of Brueton side/dining chairs in grey ultrasuede. Dramatic back with detailing in black piping.
Ultrasuede
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H 31.5 in W 25.75 in D 22.5 in
Pair of Modern Mies Van Der Rohe for Brueton Chrome Brno Chairs in Blue Velvet
By Brueton, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of sleek modern chrome flat bar "Brno" chair by Mies Van Der Rohe for Brueton. Freshly upholstered in a lush deep blue velvet with partially upholstered arms.
Chrome
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H 32.5 in W 24 in D 16 in
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Klismos Form Occasional Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Klismos form occasional chairs by Brueton. This exquisite pair of occasional chairs by Brueton have an ebonized walnut frame with saber legs that splay...