Rare and Important LaVerne Cabinet, "Les Femmes"

Stacked and fastened "Studio Group" modular units composed of walnut, angled steel, and lacquered masonite. with sliding doors at top and an open compartment at bottom. The “Curtainw...

Early catalog for Laverne Originals, the modern design company founded by Estelle and Erwine Laverne in 1938. From its modest origins producing primarily wallpapers and textiles, Lav...

Unit furniture of Philippine mahogany with white Masonite panels consisting of a module with sliding Masonite doors and a double wide module with an open front. Designed by Harvard-educated, Boston-area architect, designer, and urban planner Carl Koch as a corollary to his prefabricated Techbuilt houses and produced in 1955. Koch was a pioneering champion of prefabrication in housing in mid-century America, first with his much-publicized but ill-fated all-steel Lustron houses in the late 1930’s, then with his more successful wooden Tech-Built houses, introduced in 1953. In At Home with Tomorrow, his 1958 paean to prefabrication, he lays out his opposition to the traditional hammer-and-handsaw construction methods that remained dominant even with conceptually modernist structures. His designs generally hewed to a regional brand of modernism rather than orthodox international style, taking into account local topography and climate—his iconic form is an A-frame with a pitched roof, more sensible in New England winters than a flat roof (though there are such Techbuilt designs). The basic Techbuilt formula suggested that modular, industrial production methods of the components combined with knock-down shipping and on-site assembly equalled lower cost and less waste. Variety and individuality could be achieved in how the elements were combined. This underlying philosophy involving modularity, flexibility, and industrial production methods applied to Spacemaking furniture as well, although interestingly enough, the furniture design preceded the architectural application, as Koch (et al) had submitted a version to the 1947 MoMA Low-Cost Furniture Competition (and so these units also preceded the famous 1951 Eames Storage Unit, a conceptually similar idea executed with metal framing). The furniture line began with requests for freestanding wardrobe...

Foundational tome on modern graphic design, tracing the field from its origins in the 19th century through the late 1950’s. Published in 1959 by Arthur Niggli in Switzerland with tex...

Very rare room divider and pass through storage system by Le Corbusier out of the housing complex in Firminy, France. The "unite d´habitation" in Firminy, which was created between 1...

This exquisite large cabinet is by James Mont. The cabinet is a beautiful cerused oak and has a slight trapezoidal shape. In the centre of the cabinet there is a wonderful fish medallion which when pushed the rotating door...

This amazing and rare restored and two part cabinet, buffet, console is beautiful. It is by Grosfeld House and rarely seen. It is from the 1940s and is Hollywood Regency yet modern and remains so very elegant. All of the brass hardware is original and has been beautifully polished. There are four drawers on the bottom and the top part of the cabinet houses four glass shelves with original doors. The brass design of the doors is so fabulous with its original grill work. There is an overlay of glass over the grill work. The two part cabinet is connected with screws. It is truly a dream piece of glorious...

A magnificent piece of design history, this vintage cabinet / highboard is designed by the famous Belgium designer: Alfred Hendrickx for Belform. However this is a special one of a k...