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William Billy Haines Brass Klismos Leg Desk Table in Walnut and Cane circa 1950s

Name: William Billy Haines Brass Klismos Leg Desk Table in Walnut and Cane circa 1950s
Brand: William Billy Haines
Price: 8699.43 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (8 reviews)

About the Item

Remarkable and rare saber leg desk table by Hollywood legend William Billy Haines circa 1950s Walnut and brass construction with single drawer and cane front cabinet supported by Haines's signature brass Klismos legs Original goatskin surface and drawer lining have been updated in a Celedon blue vegan leather Suitable for use as a writing desk, vanity, or entryway table 42 inch width 18 inch depth 29.5 inch height

Creator:

William Billy Haines (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)

Style:

Hollywood Regency (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass,Cane,Naugahyde,Walnut

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1950s

Condition:

Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Lightly restored and polished with new surface and drawer interior. Retains original vintage wear and character commensurate with age and minor losses to cane.

Seller Location:

Troy, MI

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU8950240111402

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William Billy Haines

Plenty of prolific designers started off on slightly different tracks than those on which they ended up, but rarely did they begin their careers in a totally separate industry like William “Billy” Haines did. Before he gained a reputation as a furniture designer and decorator to Hollywood’s biggest and brightest, Haines was himself a star of the silver screen.

After leaving his native Virginia as a young man, Haines earned modeling and acting jobs in New York City and then won a Goldwyn Studios talent contest in the early 1920s. The next frontier was California, where he would go on to appear in more than 50 films. His acting career was halted abruptly in 1933, allegedly because he refused to leave his partner, British footballer Jimmy Shields, at the request of his representation at MGM Studios. Whether it was the fact that Haines was one half of Hollywood’s first openly gay marriage or that there were other factors at play, MGM cofounder Louis B. Mayer canceled his contract.

Luckily for Haines, he had nurtured a side career that kept him on Hollywood’s radar: He was a prominent antiques dealer on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Haines dedicated himself full-time to both dealing and designing furniture as soon as his tenure as a leading man came to an end.

Haines collaborated with the era’s biggest names in architecture and created a desert living room for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco that featured walls made of California Joshua wood and a painting by Georgia O’ Keeffe. He paid close attention to lighting design, employed hand-painted wallpaper and favored featuring Chinese ceramics alongside Chippendale chairs and ottomans for entertaining. His most famous clients included Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard, Betsy Bloomingdale and more. Crawford played a significant role in kick-starting his career when she commissioned Haines to decorate her entire home in Brentwood.

Haines was such an esteemed tastemaker that he’s among those credited with having cemented Hollywood Regency as a reputable design style. (Its origins are owed to influential interior decorator Dorothy Draper.) While he gravitated toward the look of chinoiserie and English furniture, his signature was low-level seating and giltwood accents. Haines’s interior design style was so in vogue that Nancy Reagan became one of his biggest fans and eventually enlisted Ted Graber, Haines’s successor following his death in 1973, to decorate several private and public rooms in the White House.

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