Warren McArthur Lounge Chairs

American Art Deco Biltmore lounge chair by Warren McArthur in aluminum with pink mohair cushions. This design was created for the famed Arizona Biltmore Hotel. While most metal furni...

Warren McArthur Lounge Chairs by Warren McArthur Corporation aluminum frame , upholstery Great Plains woven wool, rubber feet Dimensions: 31"high 26" wide 30" deep

Art Deco aluminum and black leather lounge chair with hockey puck feet by Warren McArthur, circa 1930s. The chair frame and feet are in great original condition while the upholstery has been recently replaced with gorgeous black leather. What a looker! The chair measures 25.75"W x 32"D x 31.5"H with a seat height of 16". This is a very rare and hard to find chair and would be the focal point of any art deco or machine age room! Check out our period side tables that would look fabulous with this chair! #3094 Warren McArthur (1885–1961) was an American industrial and furniture designer who specialized in aluminum tubular furniture during the 1930s. Warren McArthur, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois to Warren McArthur, Sr., a successful businessman, and Minnie Jewel McArthur. Frank Lloyd Wright was a friend of the McArthur family. In 1892, Wright designed the house for the McArthur family, located in Chicago. McArthur attended Cornell University where he studied engineering. In the late 1920s, McArthur began his career as an industrial designer by creating furniture for the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, which was designed by his brother Albert Chase McArthur. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Arizona Biltmore failed, and McArthur moved to Los Angeles, California to create a furniture fabrication company. In the early 1930s, aluminum became a popular industrial design material, and McArthur developed a specialization in designing and making aluminum tubular furniture, including chairs, tables, sofas, lamps, and ashtrays. McArthur soon began to receive commissions from prominent architects. Paul R. Williams commissioned McArthur to design 30 pieces of aluminum furniture for the Cord family who owned the Cord automobile company. He was also commissioned to make aluminum furniture for Rudolph Schindler's design for Sardi's restaurant location in Los Angeles. So too, McArthur's aluminum furniture was popular with Hollywood stars and producers of the 1930s. His clients included Jack L. Warner, Marlene Dietrich, Fredric March...

Warren McArthur bronze anodized armchair labeled: Patent Applied For,Rome ,New York. c. 1932/33 Upholstered in Mohair 20+ years ago .Matching settee and additional armchair available.

Warren McArthur bronze anodized armchair labeled: Patent Applied For,Rome ,New York. c. 1932/33 Upholstered in Mohair 20+ years ago  

Warren McArthur for Namco lounge chair in original leather.

A pair of petite lounge chairs designed by Warren McArthur for the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, 1929.

Pair of lounge chairs model no. 1044-A in tubular aluminum with upholstered seat and back sections by Warren McArthur, American 1930's. (label on the bottom of the stretcher that rea...

A Warren McArthur model 1017 lounge chair frame. The employees had this furniture after the factory closed in 1948. I was fortunate to purchase this frame from a retiree of the Wa...

A pair of Warren McArthur "Arizona Biltmore" chairs and a single ottoman in stainless steel. This is the 2nd lounge chair Style No. 1002 AUR (Arm Upholstered Round) that he designed ...

Warren McArthur lounge chair with splayed legs manufactured in Rome, NY between 1933-1935. A chair frame assembled of arced tubes spaced on four vertical arching supports formed fro...

A pair of lounge chairs by the Warren McArthur Corporation from the mid-1930s with stainless steel frames. Union Carbide commissioned this pair of lounge chairs with 14 other McA...