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Set of Four Vintage Mid-Century Paul McCobb Shovel Dining Chairs

Name: Set of Four Vintage Mid-Century Paul McCobb Shovel Dining Chairs
Brand: Paul McCobb
Rating: 4.6 (83 reviews)

About the Item

Paul McCobb`s furniture and interior designs of the 1950s rank alongside Russell Wright, Gustav Stickley, and Heywood-Wakefield as marked staples in modern design. Paul McCobb`s Directional Designs furniture line exhibits the low-cost, functional, and versatile furniture components, storage units, and interiors that earned McCobb the title of "America`s decorator" during the mid-twentieth century. Set of four Paul Mccobb Winchendon Dining Chairs American 1950s Chair is constructed in solid maple, it features a shovel seat, and ladder backrest, on a painted iron frame. Measures: 18.5" width x 21.5" depth x 34" height seat height 18"

Creator:
Paul McCobb (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Depth: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Seat Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 4
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Maple
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
Seller Location:
Pasadena, TX
Reference Number:
Seller: MR124461stDibs: LU86717379043

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Paul McCobb

The single aesthetic attribute of vintage Paul McCobb furniture is that the designer completely forsook ornament — his pieces have no flourishes. And yet, because they are honest — McCobb’s chairs, desks and dining tables are made of solid wood, usually maple or birch, often paired with frames and legs of wrought iron; the cabinets are traditionally scaled; the seating pieces have historic antecedents such as the Windsor chair — his mid-century modern work has warmth and presence.

You could call the Massachusetts-born McCobb a man of parts. As a furniture designer, his work combined the attributes of many of his now better-known peers.

Like the work of Bauhaus designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, McCobb's furniture had purity of form and line. Like the designs of Florence Knoll and George Nelson and his associates, McCobb’s work was efficient and purposeful. And even like George Nakashima, he was adept at interpreting traditional forms, in particular those of chairs, for the 20th century.

More than any other designer besides Russel Wright, with his ubiquitous ceramic tableware, McCobb was arguably responsible for the introduction of modern design into middle-class American households — if for no other reason than that he designed the 1952 set for the original Today show.

McCobb, a repeat recipient of the Good Design Award from the Museum of Modern Art, also designed cohesive lines of furnishings, such as his best-known Planner Group, that gave homes an instant “look.” He designed for several companies, most notably Directional, which was home to McCobb’s Origami chair.

In 1949, in partnership with New York furniture salesman B.G. Mesberg, McCobb set up the Directional Furniture Company, a brand known to vintage mid-century modern furniture collectors everywhere. Directional opened its doors after McCobb created the high-end Directional Modern line of sofas distributed by the New York-based Modernage Company. Directional also produced designs by other legends such as Paul Evans and Vladimir Kagan.

As you can see from the offerings on 1stDibs, McCobb designs are the pin-striped suit, or the little black dress, of a decor: an essential.

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