Mid-Century Vladimir Kagan Design Snail Cocktail Table
View Similar Items
Mid-Century Vladimir Kagan Design Snail Cocktail Table
About the Item
- Creator:Vladimir Kagan (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Diameter: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1960
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor structural damages.
- Seller Location:Las Vegas, NV
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU119527141333
Vladimir Kagan
The pioneers of modern furniture design in America in the mid-20th century all had their moments of flamboyance: Charles and Ray Eames produced the startling, biomorphic La Chaise; George Nelson’s firm created the Marshmallow sofa; Edward Wormley had his decadent Listen to Me chaise. But no designer of the day steadily offered works with more verve and dynamism than Vladimir Kagan. While others, it seems, designed with suburban households in mind, Kagan aimed to suit the tastes of young, sophisticated city-dwellers. With signature designs that feature sleekly curved frames and others that have dramatic out-thrust legs, Kagan made furniture sexy.
Kagan’s father was a Russian master cabinetmaker who took his family first to Germany (where Vladimir was born) and then to New York in 1938. After studying architecture at Columbia University, Kagan opened a design firm at age 22 and immediately made a splash with his long, low and sinuous Serpentine sofa. Furniture lines such as the Tri-symmetric group of glass-topped, three-legged tables and the vivacious Contours chairs soon followed.
Kagan’s choices of form and materials evolved through subsequent decades, embracing lucite, aluminum and burl-wood veneers. By the late 1960s, Kagan was designing austere, asymmetrical cabinets and his Omnibus group of modular sofas and chairs. For all his aesthetic élan, Kagan said that throughout his career, his touchstone was comfort. “A lot of modern furniture was not comfortable. And so comfort is: form follows function. The function was to make it comfortable,” he once commented. “I created what I called vessels for the human body.”
A diverse group of bodies have made themselves at home with Kagan designs. Among the famous names who commissioned and collected his designs are Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper, Andy Warhol, David Lynch, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and firms such as Gucci and Giorgio Armani. His work is in numerous museum collections, including those of the Victoria & Albert and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Because of its idiosyncrasy, Kagan’s work did not lend itself to mass-production. Kagan never signed on with any of the major furniture-making corporations, and examples of his designs are relatively rare. As you will see from the offerings on 1stDibs, even decades after their conception, Kagan pieces still command the eye, with their freshness, energy, sensuality and wit.
- Mid-Century Elegant Brass Wire and Framed Glass Cocktail Tray TableBy Warren PlatnerLocated in Las Vegas, NVAesthetically pleasing brass wire and framed glass tray coffee table. Exceptional quality, circa 1960's. 47" wide x 16.5" tall. Both base and top are in very clean and well cared f...Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBrass, Steel
$1,900 Sale Price50% Off - Mid Century Brutalist Abstract Art Sculpture Coffee Table, circa 1960sBy Silas SeandelLocated in Las Vegas, NVAmazing 1960s welded abstract dripping bronze sculpture coffee table. In the manner of Silas Seandel studios but not signed that I can find. Exquisitely constructed with layered de...Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMetal
- Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Sculpture Coffee Table by Ray Leach, 1950sBy Ray LeachLocated in Las Vegas, NVAmazing biomorphic sculptural coffee table buy designer Ray Leach, circa 1950. A spectacular piece of art furniture. Each piece by Ray was individually crafted and unique. Sculpted o...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood
- Mid-Century Modern 10 Foot Coffee Table or Bench, circa 1950, CustomBy Harvey ProbberLocated in Las Vegas, NVThis is a solid and well crafted, custom, 8 leg cocktail table or bench from 1950's. Polished black Formica top and edge trim veneer over plywood. Measures 117 in. long, just shy o...Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsFormica, Plywood
- 1950's Danish Modern Sculpted Leg Surfboard Cocktail Table by Kurt ØstervigBy Kurt ØstervigLocated in Las Vegas, NVIncredible large coffee table by Danish furniture designer Kurt Østervig (1912-1986). This very large coffee table is completely original including finish. It was well cared for wi...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsTeak
$1,900 Sale Price32% Off - Mid-Century Fritz Hansen design Spider Leg Side TablesBy Fritz HansenLocated in Las Vegas, NVA pair of spider leg side table designed by Fritz Hansen for the lounge at Scandinavian Airlines in Denmark. Nickel-plated base with enameled wo...Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
MaterialsMetal
- Vladimir Kagan Snail TableBy Vladimir KaganLocated in New Haven, CTThis iconic design by Vladimir Kagan of his snail coffee table is handmade. Original unaltered walnut Veneer. Sold by Selig. The coffee table base is shown without the glass top. Not...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- Mid Century Modern Sculptural "Radius" Cocktail Table by Vladimir KaganBy Vladimir KaganLocated in Port Jervis, NYFabulous Radius cocktail table by Vladimir Kagan. Three sided curved walnut slabs connected by a chromed steel spoke. Glass top is 30" diameter. Hgt is 14.5 In excellent vintage cond...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
- Mid-Century Modern Radius Table by Vladimir KaganBy Vladimir KaganLocated in Port Jervis, NYExceptional and a beautiful table designed by Vladimir Kagan. Created from curved walnut panels connected by a polished chrome tri-star designed spoke. Glass is flawless.Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Mid-Century Modern Cocktail Table by Vladimir Kagan # 6703 Glass & Chrome BaseBy Vladimir KaganLocated in Port Jervis, NYFabulous and rare piece. Straight from the Dakota apartment building in NYC. 41.5 square glass top with a curved and straight edge chrome Base. #6703 ...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
- Vladimir Kagan Mosaic Venetian Glass Cocktail Table, SignedBy Vladimir KaganLocated in Dallas, TXBeautiful and very hard to find mosaic top venetian glass cocktail table by Vladmir Kagan for Kagan- Dreyfuss. Table top is venetian tiles assembled in a...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBrass
- Vladimir Kagan Coffee TableBy Vladimir KaganLocated in San Francisco, CAA Vladimir Kagan "Snail" coffee table made of a walnut veneer base with original rectangular glass top.Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass, Walnut