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Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan Bronze Patio Coffee Table
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- CreatorWalter Lamb (Designer),Brown Jordan (Manufacturer)
- DimensionsHeight: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 41.5 in (105.41 cm)Depth: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Seat Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacture1950s
- ConditionWear consistent with age and use.
- Seller LocationLos Angeles, CA
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU1645222330162
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingShips From: Los Angeles, CA
- Return Policy
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About the Designer
Walter Lamb
Forward-looking architect Walter Lamb is best known for his revolutionary and widely loved patio furniture — he salvaged metal tubing from sunken ships in Pearl Harbor in the 1940s to create alluring chaise longues and other pieces for the backyard. His vintage furniture designs have been adorning patios worldwide for almost a century.
Trained as an architect at the University of California Berkeley campus, Lamb found himself in Hawaii during the 1940s. This period was a time of growth for furniture designers and manufacturers, as veterans were returning to the United States, getting married and starting families. These folks needed practical furniture for their new homes, and as the movement we now call mid-century modern took shape, imaginative architects and furniture makers would fill that need. Lamb was one such innovator.
Lamb worked the shaped tubing and fittings he’d gathered from battleship wreckage into proper frames and wrapped the structures in marine-grade cotton cording to create comfortable, element-proof outdoor furniture. Today his patio furniture has an esteemed place in the history of design. In fact, furniture enthusiasts are eager to restore and collect his iconic aged furniture rather than purchase reproductions.
Postwar California would become reputable as a manufacturing center for versatile furniture intended for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Seating, tables and other items — often made with rattan — produced by the likes of McGuire and Brown Jordan became a defining feature of organic modern living, a style that still characterizes many California interiors and influences innumerable design firms. Pasadena’s then-new Brown Jordan picked up Lamb’s designs, which eventually included dining tables, side tables and coffee and cocktail tables. And along with these furnishings, Lamb's sculptural vintage seating — his curvaceous lounge chairs and armchairs with cotton cord seats — while perfect for your fire pit, shouldn’t be relegated to outdoors-only settings.
Lamb received much acclaim for his work. The Museum of Modern Art in New York recognized his 1940s-era outdoor furniture for Brown Jordan with a design award.
On 1stDibs, find a noteworthy collection of vintage Walter Lamb furniture.
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- Waikiki Rocking Chaise Lounge by Walter LambBy Brown Jordan, Walter LambLocated in Los Angeles, CABronze rocking lounge chair designed by Walter Lamb and produced by Brown Jordan. The design, referred to as the “Waikiki” chair, has a boat-like shape in tubular bronze with a sinuo...Category
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- Walter Lamb Style Patinated Bronze Wind ChimesBy Walter LambLocated in Los Angeles, CAWalter Lamb style bronze wind chimes. This set of wind chimes feature five long bronze tubes attached together with nylon rope. The top hanging portion features a patinated bronze bu...Category
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- Walter Lamb Style Patinated Bronze Wind ChimesBy Walter LambLocated in Los Angeles, CAWalter Lamb style bronze wind chimes. This set of wind chimes features three thin patinated bronze tubes attached together with nylon rope, and a lower hanging diamond shaped piece o...Category
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