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Period: 1940s
Creator: Edward Wormley
Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Swiveling Stool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sweet early Wormley modern design makes a perfect vanity or desk chair. The fully upholstered seat swivels over dark stained mahogany legs joined by dowel stretches, with capped...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Chairs

Materials

Brass

Edward Wormley Chair for Dunbar Model 2424B
Located in New York, NY
Sleekly sculptural chair with a radically slender, curved seat back designed by Edward Wormley and produced by Dunbar Furniture, c. 1940. An early modernist design by Wormley, in an organic design idiom, that transforms a traditional wingback chair...
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American Organic Modern Vintage 1940s Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

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Swivel Chair by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Priced Low for Reupholstery, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
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Located in Hamburg, PA
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Edward Wormley for Dunbar Bleached Mahogany & Cane Swivel Vanity Stool c. 1950
Located in Saint Louis, MO
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Edward Wormley for Dunbar Swivel Chairs in Grey Alpaca Velvet, C. 1950s
Located in Westport, CT
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Swiveling Stool by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
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Located in South Bend, IN
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Located in Chicago, IL
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in North Miami, FL
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