The now omnipresent design use of acrylic and Lucite owes much of its enduring popularity to seasoned creative Charles Hollis Jones. Nicknamed “Mr. Lucite,” the California-based furniture designer and artist made his reputation — and contributed to a lasting legacy for a material one might not immediately consider highbrow — with chairs, tables and other furnishings in the substance scientifically known as polymethyl methacrylate. But while the connecting thread through Jones’s body of work is the presence of translucent materials, his designs are anything but one-note.
The son of an Indiana carpenter, Jones has always been fascinated with structure and reinventing expected ones in new ways. He began working with furniture manufacturers while still a teenager and came to prominence in the 1960s and ’70s, researching and experimenting with techniques to shape acrylic into unconventional forms. “If I design a T-A-B-L-E without thinking of the name, then I can pretend I’ve never seen one,” he told PIN-UP magazine. His design combinations run the gamut from Lucite, brass and glass on elegant dining tables to more unusual applications of Lucite as legs for upholstered sofas and frames for Tibetan fur chairs.
Jones’s work is as varied as his client list, which has included Frank Sinatra, Sylvester Stallone and the Kardashians. For Tennessee Williams, he created a writing chair called the Wisteria chair. Jones also collaborated several times with modernist architect John Lautner, designing furniture that seemed to disappear into its surroundings.
He resides in Los Angeles, where he still designs today.
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Lucite and Aluminum Acrylic Wall Divider by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Lucite and aluminum folding wall divider designed by Charles Hollis Jones. The wall divider is a tri-fold panel screen, it has three partitions each 12" Wide and 60" Tall. This ...
Aluminum
$4,950 / set
H 37 in W 4.5 in D 3 in
Pair of 1880s Italian Carved Wooden Wall Carvings Depicting Pomegranates
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian carved wooden wall carvings from the late 19th century, depicting pomegranates. Created in Italy during the last quarter of the 1...
Wood
$3,450
H 15.5 in W 61 in D 1.25 in
Late 18th-Early 19th Century Italian Painted and Parcel-Gilt Architectural
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning late 18th-early 19th century Italian painted and parcel carved giltwood architectural over door, architectural element or fragment. A ...
Wood
$10,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 33 in W 53 in D 3 in
Imperial Crest Antique Shield Coat of Arm Wall Plaque Armorial LA Antique Dealer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Imperial Crest Antique Shield Coat of Arm Wall Plaque Armorial LA Antique Dealer , Beautiful Early 19th century Heavy Bronze Imperial Armorial Armoirie Coat...
Bronze
$3,975
H 19 in W 18 in D 3 in
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Amber Lucite and Brushed Aluminum Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid-Century Modern brutalist wall sculpture was realized in the United States, circa 1970. It features a patchwork mosaic of adjoined amber forms affixed to a brushed al...
Aluminum
Italian Florentine Style Giltwood Wall Bracket
Located in Sheffield, MA
Ornate Italian Florentine giltwood hand carved wall bracket. With feather plume motif.
Wood
Monumental 29” Rosenthal Versace Medusa Gilt Sunburst Wall Medallion Plaque
By Versace, Rosenthal
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a late 20th century gilded neo-classical ceiling medallion designed by Versace for Rosenthal. It has a great look! I believe it could act as wall art too. It is marked and in...
Composition
Modernist Sculptural Copper Wall Plate Signed Bolba H
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Brutalist/modernist sculptural copper wall plate signed Bolba H.
Copper
$3,273 / item
H 114.18 in W 15.75 in D 5.52 in
Monumental Maison Jansen Wall Decoration Obelisk, France, 1968
By Maison Jansen
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant and high quality Obelisk in chromed steel and brass from the interior of the Hotel Bar from the famous Munich Grand Hotel “Königshof”, they were made by Maison Jansen in 1968...
Brass, Chrome
$5,995
H 12.75 in W 49 in D 5 in
English 19th Century Carved Wooden Fragment with Fruits and Flower Garland
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English carved wooden fragment from the 19th century, with fruits and flowers garland. Created in England during the 19th century, this horizontal fragment captures our attention ...
Wood
Metal Wall Relief by Charles Pebworth
Located in Dallas, TX
While Texas artist Charles Pebworth created in various media he was best known for his relief work in metal. He worked primarily in aluminum, copper and bronze, sometimes adding acce...
Aluminum, Brass
Hand-Forged Iron Wall Hanging, 20th Century, Mizner Era, USA
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant wall hanging made of hand-forged and twisted iron pieces salvaged from the Mizner Era of Palm beach Florida estate ,great attractive wall decoration. . Treated for rust preve...
Iron
English Georgian Carved Gilt Wall Plaque, Coat of Arms, 1880s, UK
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian (18/19th century) green painted and carved gilt wall plaque of coat of arms with unicorn & lion and broken pediment top.
Wood
Black Charles Hollis Jones Handle
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Hollis Jones handle; black Lucite with satin chrome fittings.
Chrome
Pair of Charles Hollis Jones Lucite handles
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of oversized handles by Charles Hollis Jone; Lucite with polished chrome fittings.
Chrome