Armless Chair by Warren McArthur

Invalid furniture war design in 1890's ,this example is from early 1920s folding bentwood chair partial paper label under the seat ,picture of this m...

Original condition, iconic swiveling cone shaped chair with four steel feet and black glides. Made by Fritz Hansen. Original vinyl upholstery.

Rare chair, curved back on birch legs. Distributed by Knoll in the 1940's for a few years. new upholstery made by NK original label restored reupholstered.

Rare design by Frits Henningsen and made by him 1930’s signed with design number and the date oak frame with cognac colour leather orly custom design.

Armchair designed by Uno Åhrén and Björn Trägårdh for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1930s. Linen upholstery.

Birch sculptural arms and legs with exposed edge upholstered in black linen fabric.

Pair of Warren McArthur pull-up chairs, 1930's Aluminum tubular frame with back-slats. Manufactured in Rome, New York Decal underside. We reupholstered with new Iron Cloth, a polye...

Warren McArthur pair of chairs a Revision of Sardi's chair, a collaboration with Rudolph Schindler. Model #1251 AR manufactured in Rome, New York i...

A beautifully patinated leather and aluminum armchair designed by Warren McArthur, 1930's.

Warren McArthur chair, Warren McArthur Corporation, aluminum, leather, copper, rubber, USA, 1930s. Measures: 33½ H × 17 W × 21 D in Provenance: Collection of Stuart Parr Private Collection Warren McArthur Jr. was an innovator in Machine Age/ Art Deco furniture design. McArthur moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1929 to pursue metal furniture manufacturing; . he founded the Warren McArthur Corporation there in 1930. His furniture designs while unique were true to the Machine Age aesthetic. Machine Age design emphasized sleek forms inspired by automobiles, locomotives and airplanes. These objects were symbols of progress and modernity to the American consumer and industrial designers began constructing furniture in streamlined designs from steel, chrome and aluminum. Prior to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, known as the “Century of Progress Exhibition.” The fair’s tagline, “See America Streamlined,” and the abundance of metal furniture and home goods exhibited finally presented the concept of utilizing metal designs in the typical American household. The Museum of Modern Art followed suit in subsequent years with exhibitions like "Machine Art," (1934), and "Bauhaus 1919-1928" (1938), further exposing the American public to this design style. The Warren McArthur Corporation moved manufacturing to Rome, New York in 1933, just as metal furniture was gaining popularity; the company’s products were sold out of a showroom in New York City on Park Avenue. As a manufacturer, McArthur filed numerous patent designs which he utilized in advertisements to exhibit the innovations he developed. The company also proudly printed patent numbers on furniture...

Original period turquoise upholstery Labels below. Only 1 available

Four Warren McArthur dining chairs. The aluminium shows wear and one of the chairs is missing its cross bar (picture attached). They have been newly reupholstered. They measure 17.5"...