Silas Seandel creates captivating works in metal that range from sculptural tables in sumptuous living rooms to abstract sculptures that adorn the walls of hotel lobbies and museums. His brutalist and modernist pieces have a sensuous appeal. Working primarily with two methods — welded sheet metal and metal casting — his one-of-a-kind copper, bronze, brass and steel pieces evoke flowing movement.
Born in New York City in 1937, Seandel enjoyed working with his hands at a young age, often modeling with clay and creating kinetic mobiles. He was particularly drawn to the work of Alexander Calder. He graduated in 1959 from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics. He then enrolled in business school and studied law.
While exploring the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, he wandered into its “Sculptors of the 1950s” exhibit, which included works by Richard Stankiewicz, John Chamberlain and Jason Seley. Their metal art subsequently inspired a shift in his career. Seandel taught himself to weld from a how-to book and opened his first studio in 1963.
To support his income, he worked in the furniture department at B. Altman & Co. He would talk about metal sculpting with the designers who frequented the floor. One who was refurbishing the dining room of a country club commissioned Seandel to create a wall sculpture that resulted in acclaim for the artist. Since that first commission, he has worked almost exclusively with engineers, interior designers and architects.
Seandel witnessed the September 11, 2001, attacks from his New York City studio; what he saw influenced many of his works. In 2012, the designer’s studio was damaged in the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy. Water is now a recurring theme in his pieces.
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Brutalist Cathedral Coffee Table by Silas Seandel
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
Impressive brutalist cathedral coffee table by Silas Seandel, circa 1970s. The table features a thick (.75 in.) round plate glass top (shows inc...
Brass, Bronze
Silas Seandel Clustered Cocktail Table, Brass & Copper, Signed, 1970
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
Silas Seandel clustered cocktail table, brass copper, signed. Described in Seandel's 1970 Catalogue as: "Clustered: A modular multi-leveled cocktail table executed in braised copper ...
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Silas Seandel Hand-Welded Steel Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Silas Seandel
Located in Bradenton, FL
Sculptural Silas Seandel (American, 1937-2021) Hand-Welded Coffee Table. Table features a dramatic, hand-welded steel base composed of stacked, organic ring forms with a burnished pa...
Steel
Silas Seandel Brutalist Mid Century Glass and Gilt Bronze Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Silas Seandel Brutalist Mid Century Glass and Gilt Bronze Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 59.5 wide x 29.5 deep x 15.75 inches high Excellent Vintage Condition. We take o...
Bronze
1970s Silas Seandel Bronze Sculptural Coffee Table, Signed
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, Silas Seandel, Paul Evans
Located in Raleigh, NC
This extraordinary Silas Seandel coffee table, a unique example, exemplifies the renowned sculptor's mastery of bronze and his ability to transform functional furniture into captiva...
Bronze
Silas Seandel "Volcano" Coffee Table, 1977
By Silas Seandel
Located in Hamburg, PA
This sculptural Mid-Century Modern "Volcano" coffee or cocktail table features a striking gold patinated bronze surface, evoking a high-end gallery aesthetic. Custom-made by the reno...
Bronze, Steel
Brutalist Coffee Table by Silas Seandel
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
Torch cut iron base, with original plate glass top (.5"). Unusual to find signed and dated examples ( Seandel '75). Coffee, Cocktail table, iron with original faux bronze finish. Cl...
Iron
Silas Seandel Silver Leafed Brutalist Torch Cut Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Dallas, TX
Silver leafed torch cut coffee table by Silas Seandel. Retains original glass top. Base measures: 44 x 21".
Metal
Silas Seandel Modernist Cocktail Table, NY, NY, USA, 1970
By Silas Seandel
Located in Hamburg, PA
A rare modernist patinated Bronze Cocktail or Low Table by the artist Silas Seandel, NY, NY. USA. Craftsman and Metalsmith who has been producing works for 50 years for interior desi...
Bronze
Classic Silas Seandel Brutalist Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
Polychrome brass foliate base supports a large plate glass top, glass top as is, metal base is in great original condition. Brutalist coffee, cocktail table by recognized master, Sil...
Brass
Silas Seandel Faux Stone Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Dallas, TX
An unusual faux stone coffee table in fiberglass by Silas Seandel.
Fiberglass
Silas Seandel, Freeform Coffee Table, Polished Steel, Studio, America, 1968
By Silas Seandel
Located in High Point, NC
A polished stainless steel coffee table designed and produced by Silas Seandel, New York, America, 1968. Signed.
Stainless Steel
Silas Seandel Sculptural Bronze Floral Coffee Table, 1974
By Silas Seandel
Located in Hamburg, PA
An exceptional sculptural coffee table designed and handcrafted by American artist Silas Seandel in 1974. This striking piece features a dramatic, organic base of torch-cut and weld...
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel
Silas Seandel, Large Coffee Table, Bronze, Glass, USA, 1980s
By Silas Seandel
Located in High Point, NC
A large and sculptural bronze and glass coffee table designed and produced by Silas Seandel, USA, c. 1980s. Dimensions: 16.75” H x 93.75” W x 71.75” D
Bronze
Silas Seandel Coffee Table, Bronze, Brass, Copper, Glass
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
Silas Seandel coffee table, copper, bronze, brass, glass. Large scale hand welded sculptural coffee table with 4 curved sides and decorated with a single horizontal band of copper. M...
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Excellent Silas Seandel Brutalist Torch Cut Nail Coffee Table Mid-Century Modern
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Magnificent signed Silas Seandel torch cut nail coffee table. We just love the brutalist mixed metal rectangular torchcut pieces expertly pair with the brass nails-see photos. This...
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Silas Seandel Woodland Brutalist Cocktail Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Houston, TX
A rare brutalist coffee table by Silas Seandel, signed, circa early 1970s. From his "Woodland Series" of tables and furniture that portrayed natural forms. Featuring intricate torch-...
Metal, Bronze
Silas Seandel Brutalist Iron Torch Cut Cocktail Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic mid-century modern coffee or cocktail table hand-crafted from thick torch-cut iron in the brutalist/modern or industrial/avant-garden style by Silas Seandel (American b. 19...
Iron
Silas Seandel, Coffee Table, Enamelled Metal, Glass, USA, 1970s
By Silas Seandel
Located in High Point, NC
An enamelled metal and glass coffee table designed by Silas Seandel, Artists Studio, New York, USA, 1970s.
Metal
Silas Seandel “Lily Pad” Cocktail Table, Circa 1975
By Silas Seandel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Silas Seandel - "Lilly Pad" Cocktail Table. Magnificent and superb Sculptural Welded Design from the 1970s, designed and sold by Silas Seandel. The heavy sculptural metal base is pai...
Metal
Silas Seandel Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A nice example of this form complete with the original glass top. Signed and dated on the base.
Bronze, Copper, Steel
Silas Seandel Signed 1969 Brutalist Copper Nailhead Coffee or Cocktail Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Signed and dated Silas Seandel 1969 (pictured) mixed metals flat nailhead and torchcut patchwork pieced mixed metals coffee table base in Brutalist style. Glass not included.
Metal, Brass, Copper
Silas Seandel Torch Cut Brass 'Cathedral' Cocktail Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Hanover, MA
Impressive brutalist torch cut brass/bronze sculptural base coffee table by Silas Seandel, circa 1975 from his Cathedral series, consisting of welded c...
Brass, Bronze
Silas Seandel Brutalist Mid Century Torch Cut Steel Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Silas Seandel Brutalist Mid Century Torch Cut Steel Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 54 wide x 32 deep x 15.25 inches high Great Vintage Condition. We take our photos in a...
Steel
Large Mid-Century Double Tier Bronze Coffee Table by Silas Seandel, 1970, Signed
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
A Large Mid-Century Modern Double Tier Coffee / Cocktail Table in Hand-Crafted Iron, Bronze, Brass, and Copper, signed by Silas Seandel circa 1970. Seandel works are beautiful myster...
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Iron
1970’s Bronze Ribbon Coffee Table Base by Silas Seandel
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
1970’s patinated bronze Ribbon coffee table base designed by Silas Seandel.
Bronze
Silas Seandel Ortago Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Silas Seandel Ortago coffee table Steel and Bronze Replaced Glass Top.
Steel
Silas Seandel Brutalist Mixed Metal Side End Dynasty Coffee Glass Top Table Base
By Silas Seandel
Located in Wayne, NJ
A rare part of the Designers Dynasty Collection table base. It is signed Silas Seandal . It can either be used as a base for a Side / end table or s...
Metal
Midcentury Brutalist Handcrafted Sculptural Cocktail Table by Silas Seandel
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural cocktail table was designed by Silas Seandel and handcrafted by his New York City studio, circa 1980. The table has an amorphic shaped steel base from which four gent...
Bronze, Copper, Steel
Signed Silas Seandel Ribbon Steel Cocktail / Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Signed Silas Seandel Ribbon Steel Cocktail / Coffee Table Base w/o glass: 14" D x 45" W x 14.75" H
Metal, Steel
1970s Vintage Brutalist Signed Silas Seandel “Cathedral” Torch Cut Brass Coffee
By Silas Seandel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Make a bold statement with this vintage Brutalist "Cathedral" coffee table by renowned artist Silas Seandel. Featuring a torch-cut brass base with striking architectural details, thi...
Glass
Stunning Silas Seandel Brutalist Mixed Metal Coffee Table Mid-Century
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Gorgeous hammered mixed metal and glass coffee table designed by Silas Seandel, Artists Studio, New York, USA, 1970s.
Brass, Steel
Silas Seandel Mid Century Modern Brass Base Glass Top Brutalist Coffee Table
By Paul Evans, Silas Seandel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Silas Seandel Mid Century Modern Brass Base 3/4" Thick Glass Top Brutalist Coffee Table MINT!
Brass
Silas Seandel American Brutalist Mixed Metals Cocktail / Coffee Table Frame
By Silas Seandel
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Furniture/Brutalist (circa 1974) square coffee table frame made of textured mixed metals in copper and brass tones. (signed, SILAS SEANDEL, \'74) Frame only, missing gl...
Brass
Silas Seandel Brutalist 'Tortured' Ribbon Steel Cocktail / Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century Brutalist (1974) 'Tortured' ribbon steel coffee table with a rectangular clear glass table top. (signed, SILAS SEANDEL, '74)
Metal, Steel
Silas Seandel Brutalist Coffee Table, Metal and Steel, 1963
By Silas Seandel
Located in Oirlo, LI
Silas Seandel’s work is not merely furniture—it is sculpture, history, and craftsmanship fused into one-of-a-kind statement pieces. Born in New York City in 1937, Seandel studied bot...
Metal, Steel
Silas Seandel Ribbon Coffee Table, 1977
By Silas Seandel
Located in Hamburg, PA
A signed Silas Seandel ribbon coffee table from New York City-based metal sculptor. Made of glass and steel with brass or bronze fini...
Steel
Faux Stone “Miro” Sculpture Coffee Table, Silas Seandel 1970 Mid-Century Modern
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Outstanding Silas Seandel ribbon "Miro" faux cast stone Brutalist coffee table. This table was designed as a faux cast stone series of tables Silas Sean...
Glass, Fiberglass
Brutalist Tubular Steel Coffee Table with a Glass Top by Silas Seandel, c. 1970
By Silas Seandel
Located in Deland, FL
This extraordinary dining table is the epitome of one of a kind. Hand-crafted by Silas Seandel himself, this exquisite coffee table is the only one of it's kind in existence. Famous ...
Metal
Silas Seandel, Lily Pad, Coffee Table, United States, circa 1975
By Silas Seandel
Located in New York, NY
A playful table in an assemblage of metals and glass.
Wrought Iron
Outstanding Silas Seandel Ribbon Faux Cast Stone Brutalist Miro Coffee Table
By Silas Seandel
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Outstanding Silas Seandel ribbon faux cast stone Brutalist coffee table. This table was designed as a faux cast stone series of tables Silas Seandel did...
Fiberglass
Brutalist coffee table after Silas Seandel
By Silas Seandel
Located in Chicago, IL
Brutalist coffee table after Silas Seandel. Glass not included. This form can take a variety of round glass tops. Structurally sound to handle the weight. The height of the metal ...
Metal