About Lawton Mull
Cordelia Lawton and Patrick Mull met over 20 years ago at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where we discovered a shared obsession with beautiful things. We are dealers and designers of furniture, but we remain first and always storytellers, who build a compelling narrative in which furniture, art, and objects are the living elements. Although we focus on Scandinavian design of the first half of the 20th century, our inventory includes Italian, French and American furniture, artworks and objects from Asia and Africa...anything of unusual quality and beauty which we feel conver...Read More
Established in 20101stDibs seller since 2012
Featured Pieces
Falkenbergs Belysning Cylindrical Sconces
By Falkenbergs Belysning
Located in Long Island City, NY
Falkenbergs Belysning was founded in 1951 in the town of Falkenberg, Sweden. Through the end of the 20th century, the company produced a wide array of lighting designs characterized ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Arne Norell "Scirocco" Safari Chair
By Arne Norell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Arne Norell was one of the rare designers who both conceived and fabricated his own furniture. During the mid-20th century, his was a household name in European interior design. Insp...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Ash
Frits Henningsen Pair of Magazine Racks
By Frits Henningsen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two charming magazine stands by Frits Henningsen.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Beech
Bruno Mathsson "Berlin" Daybed
By Bruno Mathsson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bruno Matthson descended from five generations of master cabinetmakers in Sweden. “He carefully studied the ‘mechanics of sitting.’ For example, in search of the perfect seating curv...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Daybeds
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Edvin Ollers for Kosta Boda Pair of Glass Bowls
By Edvin Ollers, Kosta Boda
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of emerald green glass bowls by Edvin Ollers, a painter who also designed glass and pewter objects. We are particularly attracted to the glassware he designed for Kosta before...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Tall Antique Venetian Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A delicately etched venetian mirror decorated with floral and foliate motifs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Carl Malmsten and Yngve Ekström Pair of "Caryngo" Chairs
By Carl Malmsten, Yngve Ekström, Swedese
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Caryngo chair was a collaboration between the great Swedish designers Carl Malmsten and Yngve Ekström, for Ekström’s furniture manufacturing company Swedese. The original saddle ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Pair of 1930s 'Continent' Lounge Chairs for Asko
Located in Long Island City, NY
“Elegance is refusal.” Coco Chanel
These sleek “Continent” lounge chairs eschew unnecessary ornamentation in favor of an elegant modernity. The details are carefully chosen: just tw...
Category
Early 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chenille, Hardwood
Pair of Wrought Iron and Leather Curule Stools by Morgan Colt
By Morgan Colt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Morgan Colt (1876-1926) was an American architect, designer, craftsman, and painter. After studying and practicing architecture in New York, he moved to New Hope, PA, where he opened...
Category
Early 20th Century American Stools
Materials
Wrought Iron
Swedish Rococo Carved Pine Trågsoffa
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Swedish “trågsoffa” is a traditional wooden sofa of the Rococo and Gustavian periods, usually made of fir, and decoratively carved.
This example is beautifully ornamented with s...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Sofas
Materials
Pine
A Fine Carved and Gilt Gustavian Console Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
This carved and gilt console table is a fine example of Swedish neoclassical design. A honed slab of Statuary marble sits elegantly atop the spiral-turned painted and gilt legs. The ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Console Tables
Materials
Marble
Pierre Chapo S10 'Sahara' Chair
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Long Island City, NY
It’s not hard to see a few of Pierre Chapo’s sources of inspiration: Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, the Bauhaus. Before he and his wife Nicole created their atelier and gallery in...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Rope, Elm
