About Lawton Mull
Cordelia Lawton and Patrick Mull met over 30 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 Nordic design of the first half of the 20th century, our collection includes Italian, French and American furniture, artworks and objects from Asia and Africa, contemporary Japanese ceramics and Swedish glassware...anyt...Read More
Established in 20101stDibs seller since 2025
Featured Pieces
1960s Jens Harald Quistgaard Richard Nissen Teak Folding Bar Cart
By Richard Nissen, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Long Island City, NY
A rare design from Jens Harald Quistgaard, produced by Richard Nissen in the 1960s. Constructed of solid teak, with wheels inset with teak hubs. Like Quistgaard’s household items, th...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Teak
Vintage Murano Glass Pendant Light, Adjustable Shade, Italian 1960s
Located in Long Island City, NY
A distinctive and playful pendant light with adjustable shade. The interior blown-glass is accentuated with white, subtly softening the cast of the light. An adjustable lacquered met...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
1950s Perforated Metal Wall Lamps, Manner of Pierre Gauriche
By Pierre Guariche
Located in Long Island City, NY
The red, perforated metal shades of these sconces appear to float above the black metal lamps. Together they are suspended from a bent steel arm and held away from the wall. In their...
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Mid-20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass, Steel
Swedish Art Deco Sideboard Attributed to Otto Schulz for Boet
By Boet, Otto Schulz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A sideboard that reflects the particular achievement of Schulz’s mature work at Boet — furniture that is neither purely Modernist nor nostalgically traditional, but that occupies a s...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Birch, Rosewood, Walnut
Frits Henningsen 1940s Tall Chest of Drawers, Oak
By Fritz Heningsen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Almost uniquely, Frits Henningsen was both a designer and a cabinet-maker. He cared deeply about quality, and was uncompromising in the execution of his designs, considering every de...
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Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dressers
Materials
Oak
Pair of Mid-20th Century Gilt Metal Sconces by Maison Baguès, France
By Maison Baguès
Located in Long Island City, NY
Maison Baguès was founded in 1840 by Noël Baguès and originally produced liturgical bronzes for cathedrals. The company soon expanded into lighting with the advent of electricity. It...
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Mid-20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Pair of Mahogany Lounge Chairs by Carl Malmsten, Sweden, 1950s
By Carl Malmsten
Located in Long Island City, NY
A handsome pair of “Erik Gustav/Jonas Love” chairs by Carl Malmsten, produced by his own studio. The barrel back opens generously, and the mahogany frame subtly flares where the arms...
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Curved Three-Seater Settee by Carl-Johan Boman
By Carl-Johan Boman
Located in Long Island City, NY
This sumptuous settee exemplifies Carl-Johan Boman’s mastery of furniture design. A work of functional sculpture, restored and reupholstered in a shiitake-colored mohair.
After grad...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sofas
Materials
Mohair, Upholstery, Birch
Vilhelm Lauritzen for Louis Poulsen Brass Two-Arm Desk Lamp
By Vilhelm Lauritzen, Louis Poulsen
Located in Long Island City, NY
This elegantly functional light has two swivel arms terminating in bell-form shades directing light down on your reading material or your supper. The brass surface is warmly patinate...
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Vintage 1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mahogany Wall Mirror, Tabernacle Form, Late 18th Century
Located in Long Island City, NY
A handsome mahogany wall mirror of tabernacle form, the glass lightly foxed.
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Pair of Rattan Stools
By Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, Peter Hvidt
Located in Long Island City, NY
These curvaceous rattan and bamboo stools are ready for summer. Their original cushions have been recovered in “Textile Stensöta” by GP&J Baker for Svenkst Tenn and trimmed with ...
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Rattan
Göran Malmvall Svensk Fur Cabinet
By Goran Malmvall
Located in Long Island City, NY
This handsomely executed pine cabinet, Model 810, has two fluted doors concealing four drawers and three shelves. It has an attractively well-aged surface, likely the result of havin...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Pine
