Tulip Style White Fiberglass Swivel Chairs and Table by Umanoff for Contemporary

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Tulip Style White Fiberglass Swivel Chairs and Table by Umanoff for Contemporary

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Handsome set of four tulip style white fiberglass swivel armchairs with black vinyl seat cushions and round dining table set by Arthur Umanoff for Contemporary Shells. These are era appropriate vintage chairs and table done in the style of Eero Saarinen for Knoll and subsequently Burke. They are in wonderful vintage condition. The fiberglass is in fabulous condition as is the black vinyl, Naugahyde, or faux leather seat cushions. The bases have been given a new coat of paint and the tabletop polished with laminate polish. There still may be a couple small nicks on the tabletop. Please see photos. Circa 1970s. This mid mod set is just the ticket for your eat-in kitchen. Or, for a smaller dining space. Maybe you will use it in a family room, great room, or living room as a game table. And, maybe you need a set in your garden room. It will be perfect! In the early part of the mid-20th century the tulip chairs and table were designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll. Subsequently Burke, Inc. and others came out with their own version. This set of four chairs and table were redesigned by Arthur Umanoff for Contemporary Shells, Inc. Umanoff was a skilled designer of the period with a huge following of his own. This set of four chairs are comprised of a fiberglass armed shell seat, with Contemporary Shells’ telltale chevron or inverted V. They swivel on their cast aluminum base and are each fitted with a black faux leather padded seat cushion for added comfort and style. They go perfectly with the white laminate topped round tulip table with which they were designed to be paired. Arthur Umanoff (1923-1985), a Pratt and American School of Design graduate, was a fabulous and prolific Mid-Century Modern and modern designer during the mid-late 20th century. He began his career in 1952 at The Elton Company. His designs include a wide range of décor items as well as furniture which focused for a time on fun bars and barstools and a variety of patio pieces in wrought iron and wood and laminates. Some of the companies he designed for include Shaver Howard, Washington Woodcraft, Howard Miller, Contemporary Shells, and Arleigh to name just a few. His designs are widely sought after today. This Mid-Century Modern table and chair set is spectacular! You need to make it yours. Chair size: • Height – 30.5 inches • Width – 25.25 inches • Depth – 21.5 inches • Seat height – 19.5 inches • Arm height – 24.5 inches • Inside seat width – 18.5 inches • Inside seat depth – 17 inches • Inside back height – 12.5 inches • Weight – 15.4 pounds each Table: • Height – 28 inches • Width – 48 inches • Depth – 48 inches • Weight – 74.4 pounds Crated Size: • Height – 37 inches • Width – 79 inches • Depth – 79 inches • Weight – 345 pounds.

Creator:
Contemporary Shells Inc. 1 (Maker),Arthur Umanoff (Designer)
Similar to:
Eero Saarinen (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Diameter: 48 in (121.92 cm)Seat Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 5
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Aluminum,Faux Leather,Fiberglass,Laminate,Cast
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1970
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In wonderful vintage condition. Fiberglass in fabulous condition and black vinyl seat cushions apart from patch to bottom of one of seats. Bases have been given new coat of paint and tabletop polished but there may be a couple small nicks on top.
Seller Location:
Topeka, KS
Reference Number:
Seller: 414-TBL-1661stDibs: LU1873317001452

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Arthur Umanoff

Though much of Arthur Umanoff’s furniture is marked by a no-frills simplicity common in American mid-century modern design, his work is anything but one-note. Over the course of a prolific career, Umanoff designed everything from case pieces to candleholders to dining chairs in iron, leather, walnut, wicker and more. With furnishings for a broad range of manufacturers throughout the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and early ’80s, Umanoff continued a thread of sculptural elegance and textural sensitivity through his designs.

After graduating from Pratt Institute in the early 1950s, Umanoff experimented mostly with wood furniture before landing a job at Post Modern Ltd, a New York manufacturer of wrought-iron furniture. There he produced furnishings that married wrought iron with wood and plastic, creating functional pieces free of utilitarian bulkiness. Umanoff continued his experimentation with mixed materials through a partnership with Shaver Howard, for whom he designed wine racks in combinations of iron, leather and wicker.

When Shaver Howard bought Boyeur Scott, Umanoff conceived several furniture designs for the brand, including the 1964 Granada collection, whose curlicue iron bases, visible through glass tops, stand out as some of his most ornate and decorative work. Indeed, much of Umanoff’s oeuvre is far more simplistic, like iron-and-pine armchairs for The Elton Co. or low-backed, slatted-seat barstools with slender iron legs for Raymor.

Umanoff was fluent, too, in the more sumptuous modernism of the era: In the mid-1960s, he designed the 2405 and 4449 armchairs for Madison Furniture Industries. Popular in offices, the walnut-framed, leather-upholstered seats, which could have been mistaken for the seductive Scandinavian modern seating of the era, were reportedly the jumping-off point for Captain Kirk’s iconic seat on Star Trek.

Even as he is among the mid-century modern designers you may not know, with work across such a range of styles and manufacturers (most no longer in business), Umanoff, who died in 1985, leaves a legacy that is fascinatingly diverse and at times enticingly elusive, making his work intriguing objects for collectors.

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