Modest Designs

Paul McCobb

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

Handsome solid maple dining table with two leaves and six spindleback chairs made for the Winchendon Furniture Company. The table without leaves is 60”, and expands to a total of 84”...

M. Singer & Sons

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Butterfly-form mahogany headboard with cantelievered floating bedside stands that can be installed to accommodate either a queen or king-size mattress. Designer unknown, but Singer a...

Gilbert Rohde

Vintage 1930s American Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Very early Gilbert Rohde tall chest showcases the streamlined glamour of American Art Deco. White Holly cabinet inlaid with black walnut, bakelite handles and chromed tube metal base...

Gabriella Crespi

Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Bowls

Wonderful mix of organic and space age materials. Raw cork gives a rough-hewn texture to the bowl exterior, which is rimmed with a sleek chromed brass lip. Rim bears incised maker's ...

Vicke Lindstrand

Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Vases

Large 13" vase with stylized image of a rider dismounting from his horse. This is an early and influencial modernist design from Lindstrand, included in the 1990 museum retrospective...

Louis Majorelle

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sideboards

Macassar, Bronze, Mahogany, Abalone, Ebony

Magnificantly crafted cabinet of bookmatched Macassar ebony veneer, cast bronze hardware, carved mahogany secondary wood, and an intricate Macassar marquetry patchwork with inset aba...

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

Vintage 1960s Greek Slipper Chairs

Greek walnut and leather strapped side chair with graceful curving back and exaggerated sabre legs. A modern interpretation of seating depicted on ancient pottery. With metal label a...

Paul W. Eshelman

Vintage 1950s American Decorative Bowls

Large teak lathe turned bowl by studio Craft legend Paul Eshelman. Eshelman was part of the first generation studio woodworkers who sought to find artistic expression in simple, util...

Ernst Schwadron

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Club Chairs

Classic Schwadron lounge chairs with carved walnut legs in a vintage striped cotton velvet.

Vintage 1940s Italian Side Chairs

Graceful neoclassical Italian lacquered metal and brass chairs with hand-caned seats.

Ejvind A. Johansson

Vintage 1950s Side Chairs

Four ebonized wood side chairs with bentwood cutout back. Stamped to underside.

Pedro Friedeberg

Vintage 1960s Candle Holders

Rare early work consists of hand-carved and gilded five stem candelabrum in the form of surrealistically joined hands and feet. Can be hung via the moon stem or used on the table. Si...