By Paul Evans
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Very rare Paul Evans stalagmite dining room table and 6 matching sculpted armless chairs coming from the estate of the original owner. They purchased the set from Directional Furniture in 1975 as seen on the delivery receipt. This brutalist stalagmite base dining table is model PE102 and it is signed PE75 for Paul Evans 1975. To create the stalagmite design, he used epoxy with applied bronze over a steel frame. The bronze and resin composite base is in good condition and has its deep dark bronze patina. The table comes a rectangular glass top measuring 47 1/2" deep x 95 3/4" wide. The base without the top is approximately 64 1/2" by 21 1/2".
The sculpted structural armless chairs are Paul Evans model PE106. They measure 33" tall x 21" wide x 19.5" deep. The seat height is 17.25". The have been reupholstered in a red fabric which is in good condition.
Paul Evans Biography from Wikipedia:
Paul Evans was born in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied at several institutions, including the Philadelphia Textile Institute (1950), Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, in Rochester, New York (1950), and Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (1952).
Settling in New Hope, Evans set up a collaboration with Powell. Without much money, the partners would get their wood from the reject pile of their neighbor, the woodworker and furniture designer George Nakashima.[1]
In the 1950s, Evans began making copper chests and followed with sculpted steel-front cabinets. Evans had a two-man show in 1961 at America House, an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York (now the Museum of Arts & Design). In 1964, Evans became a featured designer for manufacturer Directional Furniture. With Directional Furniture, Evans introduced several furniture lines, such as Argente series, Sculpted Bronze series, Sculptured and Painted Steel, Patchwork Copper, Pewter and Brass, and the popular Cityscape series. According to the New York Times, Evans "understood fashion, embraced youth culture and built custom pieces for celebrities like the ventriloquist Shari Lewis and the singer Roy Orbison...
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1970s American Brutalist Vintage Paul Evans Dining Room Sets