James Mont Furniture
American, Turkish, 1904-1978
James Mont’s life as an unmistakably talented furniture designer and interior decorator could fill the pages of a best-selling novel or be reimagined as a Hollywood feature film. From the 1930s through the 1960s, Tinseltown’s glitterati and Manhattan’s Mafia underworld coveted his sofas, coffee tables and table lamps.
Mont was born Demetrios Pecintoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1904 to a family of artists. He reportedly studied architecture and art in Spain and France, and during the 1920s, Mont immigrated with his family to the United States.
Mont and his family settled in New York, where he found work in a Brooklyn electrical supply shop. There he sold hardware and designed his own lighting fixtures. The latter caught the eye of a gangster named Frankie Yale, who commissioned him to refurnish his house. Mont’s opulent designs drew on Art Deco, Hollywood Regency and were occasionally marked by chinoiserie, then a very popular trend in decorating. He created the kind of low-profile side tables and sofas that are frequently associated with mid-century modernism, and he is credited today with helping popularize the integration of Asian influences in modern American design.
Mont soon attracted New York City’s most infamous crime bosses, including Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Frank Costello. For a range of mobsters, he created fashionable, functional and sophisticated pieces such as collapsible home bars that would fold down and out of view — a particularly convenient feature during Prohibition — and tables and desks with secret drawers, which were also handy to Mont’s shady clientele.
“You bought a bar from him, and he would also deliver booze in a baby carriage,” antiques dealer and furniture retailer Todd Merrill told New York about Mont in 2008.
Mont designed a room for the World’s Fair in 1939 and later befriended Hollywood celebrities such as Bob Hope, who was best man at his wedding, Irving Berlin and Lana Turner. During the 1940s and ‘50s, Mont continued designing furniture, mastering finishing techniques such as lacquering and incorporating a distinctive “leafing” print effect with silver and gold into his pieces.
Mont’s designs enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s, and his pieces continue to be sought after by collectors.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage James Mont sideboards, tables and storage cabinets.
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Creator: James Mont
Pair of Club Chairs by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Dallas, TX
These glamorous and elegant chairs by James Mont, circa 1950. Each chair sits low and has a channeled barrel back that curves around, a thick cushioned seat and ebonized feet. Origin...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
James Mont Architectural Side Table
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Architectural side table by James Mont.
Square side table with Architectural column details and banded with a Greek Key trim.
The table ret...
Category
1950s American Neoclassical Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
James Mont Mirrored Cabinet, 1950s
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 1950s mirrored cabinet by James Mont.
This beautifully executed mirrored cabinet has a hand-carved deeply beveled silver leaf and burnish frame. The cabinet features fou...
Category
1950s American Vintage James Mont Furniture
James Mont Chin Hua Hollywood Regency Buffet Cabinet
By James Mont
Located in Pasadena, TX
Chin Hua inspired buffet or cabinet designed by James Mont. Ebonized oak with silver leaf detailing. Four center drawers with carved pulls and two side doors with shelved storage.
Category
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of Brass and Nickel Lamps by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Pair of lamps by James Mont.
The faceted nickel lamp bodies are framed in brass with ornamental ring.
They sit up on wooden bases which have a pickled oak finish and are newly rewire...
Category
1950s American Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Substantial James Mont Pierced Column Ebonized Wood Table Lamp, C. 1950
By James Mont
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Monumental James Mont hand carved Black Pierced Column Table Lamp. Featuring a large, slight hourglass form in blackened carved wood with silvered details. Small footprint. Shade sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Spectacular Pair of Rare James Mont Scroll Cabinets
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully executed pair of James Mont cabinets with scroll handles.
The cabinets have been Newly restored in a glazed silver leaf finish
and are branded "JAMES MONT DESIGN".
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of James Mont Wall Brackets
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of stylized Asian modernist triangular wall mounted brackets in black lacquer and gold leaf by James Mont Designs.
Demilune display ledge is ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Large Cerused Oak Mirror by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful large cerused oak mirror in the original soft olive green stained finish.
The mirror is branded James Mont.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Vintage James Mont Style Black Lacquer Asian Ming Chairs - Pair
By James Mont
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage James Mont Style Black Lacquer Asian Ming Chairs - Pair
Featuring a pair of modern James Mont Style Black Lacquer Asian Chinoiserie Ming Chairs in green fabric. A touch of F...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Mid Century James Mont 2 Piece Asian Style Lacquered Sectional Sofa
By James Mont
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is this iconic two piece James Mont sofa sectional with a lacquered wood frame.
Dimensions: 85w x 39d x 25h Arm Height: 22" Seat Height: 18" Seat Depth: 22.5...
Category
20th Century Unknown James Mont Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Art Deco Influenced Dining Table by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco influenced dining table by James Mont.
The base is a dark cerused oak finis with ornate carving in the corners finish highlighted with a glazed silver leaf. The top is glas...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
James Mont Cocktail Table Ming Style With Brass Insets
By James Mont
Located in Los Angeles, CA
James Mont cocktail table in the Ming style with brass insets on the top surface. Original painted finish with very unique brass insets and a lowers shelf. This is an extremely rare ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
James Mont Console Cabinet
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Blonde polished lacquer console cabinet by James Mont (1904-1978), the father of "exotic modernism" who introduced "orientalis...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
James Mont Combed Oak KOI Credenza, Signed
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Rare, made to order Koi cabinet featuring solid oak construction which has a custom white/sand cerused, wire brush finish. Cabinet features 4 large deep dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of James Mont Style Mid-Century Lacquered Horseshoe Chairs by Century
By James Mont
Located in Chicago, IL
A lovely pair of large Chinese ming style horseshoe lounge chairs made by Century Furniture. Originally designed by James Mont these chairs epitomize his over the top dramatic mid-ce...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie James Mont Furniture
Materials
Textile, Wood
Ultra Rare Vintage Cerused Chest of Drawers from James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Hartville, OH
Extraordinary Find. Ultra Rare Cerused Chest the cream lacquered drawer fronts by James Mont. Beautiful piece. Signed.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of James Mont American Mid-Century Bedside Tables
By James Mont
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century beside tables with a rectangular molding design on the front resting on a pedestal base (PRICED AS PAIR) (JAMES MONT)
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
James Mont Dining Set, 7 pcs
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic 1960s Chinoiserie influenced dining set in silvered and gilded wood with polychromed details. Set includes four side chairs and two arm chairs with gilded fretwork backs an...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
James Mont Designs Asian Giltwood Panel
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
James Mont Asian mid-century modern carved giltwood fretwork wall panel with central circular stylized Orientalist carving with bamboo leaves and lotus trees, hand rubbed gold and silver leaf.
43" H x 45" W.
Provenance: Removed from a private residence decorated by James Mont at 370 East 76th Street, New York, NY.
James Mont frequently used such panels in his furniture and interior designs such as these lacquered console cabinets...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
James Mont Cinnabar Lacquered Wall Bracket
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
James Mont Design cinnabar lacquered wall bracket, removed from a private residence designed by James Mont at 370 East 76th Street, New York, NY circa...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
James Mont American High Style Green Lacquer and Glass Rectangular Cocktail
By James Mont
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century High Style (circa 1940) rectangular coffee table with a green lacquered wooden frame, a clear glass top, and a rectangular stretcher shelf. (JAMES MONT)
Some l...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paint
Classic James Mont Tall Back Chair
By James Mont
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic James Mont tall back chair, ca' 1950's. Lacquered frame with velvet upholstery.
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Console with Wall Mirror Designed by James Mont, circa 1935, Made in USA
By James Mont
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Console has a mirrored top that rests on a row of three drawers, a support at each end both with a single door that opens for storage.
The wall mirror has matching yellow lacquere...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage James Mont Furniture
American Mid-Century James Mont Tall Silver Lamp
By James Mont
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century tall tapered square chrome plated filigree scroll design table lamp (JAMES MONT)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Chrome
James Mont Chinoiserie Bamboo Dressers
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mint restored bleached/cerused oak dressers with chinoiserie inspired carved bamboo trim with an aged silver leaf finish. Stamped James Mont Designs.
Each chest has 3 drawers. On display at 200 Lexington...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
James Mont Cinnabar Lacquered Secretaire
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Extremely rare, possibly one of a kind, secretary cabinet with bookcase by the godfather of exotic modernism, James Mont, circa 1950. Hand rubbed cinnabar lacquered...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare Pair of Decorator Mid-Century Modern 3-Drawer Dressers by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Mid-Century Modern decorator signed dressers or bachelor chests by James Mont.
Silver drawer fronts with large ball shape pulls. Heavy solid birch waved shape block drawer f...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Birch
James Mont Carved, Silvered Column Lamp
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite carved wood column lamp with a silver leaf finish by James Mont. Rewired for use in the USA. 60W max each socket.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco James Mont Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
James Mont Console Cabinet
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Grand scale console cabinet in hand rubbed black lacquer finish by James Mont (1904-1978), the "godfather of exotic modernism" who introduced "orientalism" into Americ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
James Mont Hand-Carved Hollywood Regency Buddha Lamp
By James Mont
Located in Pasadena, TX
Hand carved Buddha with plaster details. The lamp features lovely details in gold patina. Lampshade is not original.
Example of a seated Buddha figure lamp by James Mont.
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Gold
James Mont Pair of Mirrored End Tables
By James Mont
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of end tables by James Mont. Fully mirrored with a brass urn shaped support.
Category
1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ebonized Coffee Table with Mottled Antique Glass by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Ebonized coffee table with mottled antique glass and retractable top by James Mont, American, 1940s. Table is 68 inches wide when top is fully opened.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
James Mont Huge Black Mirror in Cinnabar Lacquered Frame
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
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Oversize James Mont cinnabar flame lacquer finish framed wall mirror 66" H x 60" W x 2" D.
The mirrored glass itself is tinte...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Set of Six Leather James Mont "King Cole" Chairs
By James Mont
Located in Dallas, TX
Magnificently designed, James Mont style bent beechwood armchairs. Most famously used by James Mont in one of his most notable commissions, the King Cole Penthouse in Miami. Mont use...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Leather, Bentwood
20th Century James Mont "Natural Form" Table Lamp
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
A large James Mont (1904-1978) "Natural Form" Table Lamp having an intricate hand carved oak wood column with a stylized rockward base on a square plinth. Includes its original cerus...
Category
1960s Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of James Mont Asian Modern Brass Lamps
By The Marbro Lamp Company, Chapman Manufacturing Company, James Mont
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of James Mont Asian Modern brass lamps. These stunning heavyweight Hollywood Regency brass lamps feature Chinese characters, Greek keys a...
Category
1960s Chinese Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Cerused Oak Cabinets with Greek Key Frieze by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
A pair of cabinets designed by James Mont, custom made for a private client in New York. Made of black, cerused oak with a blind-fret Greek key border on three sides. Cabinet door op...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Oak
Silver Leaf Dining Table by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Stamford, CT
A silver leaf over wood dining table by James Mont. Includes two leaves measuring 12" each.
Measures: 42" diameter when closed.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
Hollywood Regency Silver Gilt and Upholstered Kiong Size bed by James Mont 1940s
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Hollywood Regency style king size headboard designed by James Mont, made in the USA, circa 1940's. The headboard features a silver gilt frame edge, which surrounds an uph...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency James Mont Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Beautiful Pair of Table Lamps by James Mont with Original Shade
By James Mont
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We have over 3000 antique sconces and over 1000 antique lights, if you need a specific pair of sconces or lights; use the "Contact Dealer" button to ask us, we might have it in our s...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of JAMES MONT Design Gilt Leafed Lamps
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of Wooden lamps with a beautiful gilt leafed finished.
The lamps have been Newly re gilded and rewired with adjustable polished
bras...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Iconic Bamboo Style Dresser by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo dresser designed by James Mont.
This is a beautiful example of his iconic bamboo style.
The casework is of Cerused oak and it has been newly refinished with the bamboo...
Category
1950s American Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Oak
An Impressive James Mont Lamp
By James Mont
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large, rare lamp by James Mont. Etched glass with stylized bamboo motif, laquered base. Original base and shade (recovered in green silk). Overall height including shade 39". Glass...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass
James Mont Occasional Pedestal Table Black Laquer
By James Mont
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An original James Mont, signed table in black lacquer, ca' 1950's. Very heavy, looks like a sculpture.
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare Pair of Lamps by James Mont with Chinese Warrior Figures
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous pair of table lamps by James Mont.
They have silver leafed oriental style pedestals that support polychromed wooden figurines of equestrian Chinese...
Category
1950s American Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Influenced Dining Table by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco influenced dining table by James Mont, stunning design. Retains original cerused green finish, produced in 1940s. Carved leaf details, pierced l...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Exceptional 1950's James Mont Mirrored Cabinet
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 1950s mirrored cabinet by James Mont.
This beautifully executed mirrored cabinet has a hand carved deeply beveled silver leaf and burnish frame. The cabinet features fou...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Mirror
Pair of Asian Modern Brass Lamps by James Mont
By The Marbro Lamp Company, Chapman Manufacturing Company, James Mont, Wildwood Lamp Company, Frederick Cooper
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Asian Modern brass lamps by James Mont. These stunning heavyweight Hollywood Regency brass lamps feature Chinese characters, Greek key...
Category
1960s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass
Blue / Black Cerused Oak Cabinet with Carved Bamboo Motif by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Stunning cabinet by James Mont. It is finished in a glamorous blue black cerused oak, and the small pedestals at each end have a gilded carved bamboo motif.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
James Mont Design, Signed, Pencil Reed Trapezoidal Cabinet
By James Mont
Located in Hanover, MA
James Mont Design, signed, trapezoidal single door cabinet in pencil reed, suitable as nightstand or side cabinet. Circa 1948.
Measures 24" H x 24"...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Reed
James Mont Mid Century Mottled Glass Coffee Table
By James Mont
Located in Countryside, IL
James Mont Mid Century Mottled Glass Coffee Table
This coffee table measures: 48 wide x 22 deep x 18.5 high, when extended the width is 66 inches
All pieces of furniture can be had...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
James Mont Cerused Oak, Silvered Bamboo Mirror, 1 of 2
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Custom finished bleached, white cerused oak framed mirror with a silver leaf bamboo frieze top. Mint restored condition. Currently a pair is available.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern James Mont Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
James Mont Cerused Oak Mirror
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
James Mont Cerused oak mirror.
The wood retains the original finish which is in excellent vintage condition.
The mirror can be hung horizontal...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Sideboard in Black Lacquer with Greek Key Detail by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Mid-Century Modern black lacquer sideboard was realized by the legendary designer James Mont in the United States circa 1950. The hind legs of the piece are straight, volumetric rectangular forms, while the front legs have two L-shaped embellishments shooting out from the central stem- offering additional support and obliquely recalling elements of historical antique Chinese design motifs. The center of the piece is recessed, while the two sides are fitted with doors that open to reveal recessed shelves on the left and drawers on the right. The front of the doors offer traditional Kantharos Greek urns with stylized handles culminating in Greek Key forms (a whimsical, tongue in cheek play on a classical motif). Additionally, there is a geometric border at the apex of the piece, suggesting a deconstructed Greek key motif. The piece is fitted with a smoked mirror top that offers a striking contrast to the black lacquer throughout the piece.
Mont was renowned for assimilating elements of classical, orientalist, and Art Deco design into a modern sensibility, using the most luxuriant materials available, a style he termed "Chinese Modern." Mont's pieces filled the interiors of the "who's who" in midcentury America, from East Coast Mafia tycoons to Hollywood's elite. This iconic and dramatic piece exemplifies the qualities that collectors treasure in Mont's practice. The high keyed contrast of the radiant black lacquer finish and gilt recalls the opulent interiors of an Oriental palace...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Glass, Lacquer
Rare "Rococo" Modern Mirror by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite rare Rococo modern mirror by James Mont.
This unusual mirror has an undulating frame retaining its original finish of silver leaf.
Wonderf...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Large Bamboo Dresser by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Large bamboo detailed dresser by James Mont.
This large 2-piece cabinet has been restored in a natural driftwood finish and is in Excellent condition and is accented by the beautifu...
Category
1950s American Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Wood
Lovely Wooden Wine Cooler by James Mont
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Lovely wooden wine cooler by James Mont.
The interior has a ceramic lining for use with ice.
The exterior has over scale brass fittings, with a nice patina.
Small decorative objec...
Category
1950s American Vintage James Mont Furniture
Materials
Brass
James Mont furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
James Mont furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of James Mont furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by James Mont were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Gerald Thurston, The Marbro Lamp Company, and Robert Sonneman.