Walter Lamb Tables
American
Forward-looking architect Walter Lamb is best known for his revolutionary and widely loved patio furniture — he salvaged metal tubing from sunken ships in Pearl Harbor in the 1940s to create alluring chaise longues and other pieces for the backyard. His vintage furniture designs have been adorning patios worldwide for almost a century.
Trained as an architect at the University of California Berkeley campus, Lamb found himself in Hawaii during the 1940s. This period was a time of growth for furniture designers and manufacturers, as veterans were returning to the United States, getting married and starting families. These folks needed practical furniture for their new homes, and as the movement we now call mid-century modern took shape, imaginative architects and furniture makers would fill that need. Lamb was one such innovator.
Lamb worked the shaped tubing and fittings he’d gathered from battleship wreckage into proper frames and wrapped the structures in marine-grade cotton cording to create comfortable, element-proof outdoor furniture. Today his patio furniture has an esteemed place in the history of design. In fact, furniture enthusiasts are eager to restore and collect his iconic aged furniture rather than purchase reproductions.
Postwar California would become reputable as a manufacturing center for versatile furniture intended for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Seating, tables and other items — often made with rattan — produced by the likes of McGuire and Brown Jordan became a defining feature of organic modern living, a style that still characterizes many California interiors and influences innumerable design firms. Pasadena’s then-new Brown Jordan picked up Lamb’s designs, which eventually included dining tables, side tables and coffee and cocktail tables. And along with these furnishings, Lamb's sculptural vintage seating — his curvaceous lounge chairs and armchairs with cotton cord seats — while perfect for your fire pit, shouldn’t be relegated to outdoors-only settings.
Lamb received much acclaim for his work. The Museum of Modern Art in New York recognized his 1940s-era outdoor furniture for Brown Jordan with a design award.
On 1stDibs, find a noteworthy collection of vintage Walter Lamb furniture.
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Creator: Walter Lamb
Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan Bronze Patio Side Table
By Walter Lamb, Brown Jordan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patio side table designed by Walter Lamb and produced by Brown Jordan. The table frame is bronze tubing with a verdigris patina with an inset hammered glass tabletop. Two curved rail...
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Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan Round Bronze Patio Coffee Table
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Tables
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Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan Rectangular Bronze Patio Dining Table with Wood Top
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Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan Bronze Patio Console Table
By Walter Lamb, Brown Jordan
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A patio console table in patinated bronze designed by Walter Lamb and produced by Brown Jordan. The table has a rectangular shape with rounded corners, supported by bunt tubular in m...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Tables
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Bronze Patio Beach Table with Wood Top by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan
By Walter Lamb, Brown Jordan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WT-3715 Beach Table designed by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan features a tubular bronze frame and a new oak slatted wood tabletop. Recalling Lamb’s earlier work, the table has mol...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Tables
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Bronze Patio Beach Table with Wood Top by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan
By Walter Lamb, Brown Jordan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WT-3715 Beach Table designed by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan features a tubular bronze frame and a slatted wood tabletop in Philippine Mahogany. Recalling Lamb’s earlier work, the table has molded curves in the runners that act as the feet of the piece.
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Original Vintage Walter Lamb Large Round Coffee Table
By Walter Lamb
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter lamb large round coffee table.
Original textured Glass. 2 chips as noted in photos.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Tables
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Walter Lamb Hawaiian Cafe Tables, circa 1945
By Walter Lamb
Located in Camden, ME
Early example of Walter Lamb manufactured in Hawaii prior to Walter moving back to California in 1947. Koa wood top on a thin tube base from the cafe of a Miami Marina.
This table ...
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Early Walter Lamb Bronze Patio Dining Table with Glass Top
By Walter Lamb, Brown Jordan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Tables
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Bronze
Walter Lamb Side Table
By Walter Lamb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walter Lamb side table with glass inset top, mid-20th century.
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Bronze
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Walter Lamb tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Walter Lamb tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Walter Lamb tables, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tables by Walter Lamb were created in the mid-century modern style in united states during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by Danny Ho Fong, H. Sacks & Sons, and Maurizio Tempestini. Prices for Walter Lamb tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $4,000 and can go as high as $32,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,500.