1970s Dining Room Sets

Very rare Paul Evans stalagmite dining room table and 6 matching sculpted armless chairs coming from the estate of the original owner. They purchased the set from Directional Furniture in 1975 as seen on the delivery receipt. This brutalist stalagmite base dining table is model PE102 and it is signed PE75 for Paul Evans 1975. To create the stalagmite design, he used epoxy with applied bronze over a steel frame. The bronze and resin composite base is in good condition and has its deep dark bronze patina. The table comes a rectangular glass top measuring 47 1/2" deep x 95 3/4" wide. The base without the top is approximately 64 1/2" by 21 1/2". The sculpted structural armless chairs are Paul Evans model PE106. They measure 33" tall x 21" wide x 19.5" deep. The seat height is 17.25". The have been reupholstered in a red fabric which is in good condition. Paul Evans Biography from Wikipedia: Paul Evans was born in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied at several institutions, including the Philadelphia Textile Institute (1950), Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, in Rochester, New York (1950), and Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (1952). Settling in New Hope, Evans set up a collaboration with Powell. Without much money, the partners would get their wood from the reject pile of their neighbor, the woodworker and furniture designer George Nakashima.[1] In the 1950s, Evans began making copper chests and followed with sculpted steel-front cabinets. Evans had a two-man show in 1961 at America House, an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York (now the Museum of Arts & Design). In 1964, Evans became a featured designer for manufacturer Directional Furniture. With Directional Furniture, Evans introduced several furniture lines, such as Argente series, Sculpted Bronze series, Sculptured and Painted Steel, Patchwork Copper, Pewter and Brass, and the popular Cityscape series. According to the New York Times, Evans "understood fashion, embraced youth culture and built custom pieces for celebrities like the ventriloquist Shari Lewis and the singer Roy Orbison...

Paul Evans Studio for directional custom cityscape dining table, 1975 with custom colorway. Series PE 400; 3/4" polished plate glass...

Paul Evans Brutalist Stalagmite dining table Model No. PE102 made of bronze composite designed for Directional. Signed and dated P.E. '74. Furniture that truly is art, Paul Evans tra...

Complete sculpted bronze series dining room set by Paul Evans This extremely rare set consists of: One iconic stalagmite shape dining table with glass plate top, model PE 102. Signed and dated PE73 One set of eight dining room chairs, two armchairs and six side chairs, model PE105 and 106. Newly upholstered with silk chenille. One sideboard with exceptional abstract forms, solid volume and powerful shapes. Four doors concealing storage with shelves, three inset slate tops. Signed and dated PE72. Truly works of art by the greatest designer and sculptor of the American Studio Furniture movement, all in impeccable collector condition References and literature available Located in our store in Miami ready for shipping. Measures: Table 96"x 48" x 3/4" thick Sideboard 96...

Sculptural "Cityscape" model PE 209 dining table, by Paul Evans Studio for Directional, signed at leg, circa 1970s. This table expands from 84.25" length to an impressive 114.25" len...

Set of eight sculptural "Cityscape" dining chairs, designed by Paul Evans Studio for Directional, signed with label underneath one chair, circa 1970s. They have been reupholstered in...

This rare dining suite comprises a dining table, 6 side chairs, 2 arm chairs, and a bench. The whole was commissioned in 1971 by a client of Evans to be a unique custom group in Scul...