Milo Baughman Shelves

Milo Baughman was one of the most agile and adept modern American furniture designers of the late 20th century. A prolific lecturer and writer on the benefits of good design — he taught for years at Brigham Young University — Baughman (whose often-scrambled surname is pronounced BAWF-man) focused almost exclusively on residential furnishings, having a particular talent for lounge chairs, perhaps the most sociable piece of furniture.
Like his fellow adoptive Californians Charles and Ray Eames, Baughman’s furniture has a relaxed and breezy air. Baughman was famously opposed to ostentatious and idiosyncratic designs that were made to excite attention. While many of his chair designs are enlivened by such effects as tufted upholstery, Baughman tended to let his materials carry the aesthetic weight, most often relying on chair and table frames made of sturdy and sleek flat-bar chromed metal, and chairs, tables and cabinets finished with highly-figured wood veneers.
Like his colleagues Karl Springer and the multifarious Pierre Cardin, Baughman’s designs are emblematic of the 1970s: sleek, sure and scintillating. As you will see from the furniture presented on these pages, Milo Baughman’s designs are ably employed as either the heart of a décor or its focal point.
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
1970s American Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Glass, Wrought Iron
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Glass, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Brass, Glass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Lucite
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Brass, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Glass, Chrome
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Glass, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Glass, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Laminate, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Brass, Burl
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Glass, Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Shelves
1960s American Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Shelves
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Stainless Steel, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Shelves
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Milo Baughman Shelves
Chrome