Warren McArthur Dining Chairs
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Warren McArthur Dining Chairs
About the Item
- Creator:Warren McArthur (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Depth: 17 in (43.18 cm)Seat Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 6
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1930s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Very good original condition. Original upholstery has a couple spots of wear. Aluminum frames have various surface scratches and wear and a couple breaks in the aluminum discs at the joints, which are only seen upon close inspection.
- Seller Location:Atlanta, GA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU871812541921
Warren McArthur
Few 20th-century designers had influential furniture that regularly flew at 30,000 feet, but Warren McArthur did. His work on seating for military aircraft came near the end of his career, following decades of Machine Age furniture shaped from tubular forms and made of steel, chrome and aluminum.
Warren McArthur Jr. graduated with an engineering degree from Cornell University in 1908. After moving to Los Angeles in 1929, he founded the Warren McArthur Corporation a year later. His initial output of sleek, metal designs were popular in offices and hotels.
At the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, Americans witnessed a new “Streamlined America” campaign, which included everyday furniture made from metal, opening the door for McArthur and other Machine Age designers to a residential audience. With this increase in demand for metal furniture, the Warren McArthur Corporation relocated to Rome, New York, and sold their aluminum furnishings out of a showroom on Park Avenue in New York City.
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Fredric March and Clark Gable were among his A-list clientele. McArthur also produced furniture for the dining cars on the Union Pacific Railroad and the Chrysler Headquarters. His designs were featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 1934 exhibition “Contemporary American Industrial Art.”
During World War II, McArthur pivoted production after a ban on the private use of aluminum. McArthur made an estimated three-quarters of all American military aircraft seating, including adjustable seats for the Beechcraft C-45 and revolving seats for navigators aboard the Grumman HU-16 Albatross.
Warren McArthur closed his business in 1948. He died in 1961.
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