Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Expandable Chrome Patchwork Table
View Similar Items
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Expandable Chrome Patchwork Table
About the Item
- Creator:Milo Baughman (Designer),Thayer Coggin (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 66 in (167.64 cm)Depth: 44 in (111.76 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1970
- Condition:
- Seller Location:BROOKLYN, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1793211805681
Milo Baughman
Milo Baughman was one of the most agile and adept modern American furniture designers of the late 20th century. A prolific lecturer and writer on the benefits of good design — he taught for years at Brigham Young University — Baughman (whose often-scrambled surname is pronounced BAWF-man) focused almost exclusively on residential furnishings, such as chairs, sofas and benches. He had a particular talent for lounge chairs, perhaps the most sociable piece of furniture.
Like his fellow adoptive Californians Charles and Ray Eames, Baughman’s furniture has a relaxed and breezy air. He was famously opposed to ostentatious and idiosyncratic designs that were made to excite attention. While many of his chair designs are enlivened by such effects as tufted upholstery, Baughman tended to let his materials carry the aesthetic weight, most often relying on seating and table frames made of sturdy and sleek flat-bar chromed metal, and chairs, tables and cabinets finished with highly-figured wood veneers.
Like his colleagues Karl Springer and the multifarious Pierre Cardin, Baughman’s designs are emblematic of the 1970s: sleek, sure and scintillating.
As you will see from the furniture presented on 1stDibs, Milo Baughman’s designs for the likes of Drexel Furniture, Glenn of California and — for five decades — Thayer Coggin are ably employed as either the heart of a décor or its focal point.
Thayer Coggin
Few friendships last a lifetime, but Milo Baughman (1923–2003) and Thayer Coggin (1922–2003) were united by their desire to craft American furniture with timeless heirloom appeal. Today vintage Thayer Coggin sofas, coffee tables, alluring chrome-framed chairs and other furnishings are recognized as masterpieces of good design and remain highly sought after by collectors near and far.
Having both served in the military during World War II and coming from humble backgrounds — Coggin from Denton, North Carolina, and Baughman from Goodland, Kansas (but raised in California) — they shared a passion for simple, modern design in home furnishings. In 1953, after showing his prescient designs to a number of companies (who turned him down) in the furniture center of High Point, North Carolina, Baughman decided to pay a last-minute visit to Coggin, who had just founded his eponymous brand. After a nearly hour-long meeting in which Coggin shot out of his seat exclaiming he had never seen anything like Baughman's work, the two men shook hands. They would be friends and collaborators for the next 50 years.
Coggin let Baughman pursue his singular vision, while the Thayer Coggin company benefited from its close relationship with the ever more prominent Baughman, the manufacturer’s lead designer and an architect of California modernism who also collaborated with Drexel Furniture, Glenn of California and others during his career.
In 1968, New York Times critic Rita Reif hailed Baughman’s work for its elegance and sophistication. “With this furniture,” she wrote of his new collection, Environment 70 produced by Thayer Coggin, “who needs a decorator?” Baughman’s name became synonymous with sleekly modern, comfortable furniture the whole family could enjoy — stylish seating upholstered with impossibly cozy bouclé fabric and dashing case pieces that reflected the venturesome sensibility associated with mid-century modernism as well as the functionality of the Bauhaus.
Although its founder died in 2003, Thayer Coggin remains an esteemed family-run brand in High Point. Each item of furniture is bench-made by a single craftsperson to ensure “continuity among related pieces,” the company says, and comes in a vast array of upholstery fabrics, wood and metal finishes. Like the friendship that defined it, Thayer Coggin furniture is built to last.
Find a unique collection of new and vintage Thayer Coggin furniture today on 1stDibs.
- Set of 8 Milo Baughman Thayer Coggin 1188 Thin Line Chrome Dining ChairsBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in BROOKLYN, NYSet of (8) Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin 1188 "Thin Line" Dining Chairs. Set of chrome thin square tube steel frame. (8) chairs total - (2) Arm chairs - (6) Side chairs with no arm...Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs
MaterialsChrome
- Midcentury Tri-Wood Expandable Dining Table by Milo Baughman with '2' LeavesBy Milo BaughmanLocated in BROOKLYN, NYMid-Century Modern American Danish style dining table by Milo Baughman. Beautiful tri-wood veneer table made in USA. Amazing teak, rosewood and walnut table. Made circa 1960 all blac...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsRosewood, Teak, Walnut
$3,465 Sale Price30% Off - Mid-Century Post Modern Parsons White 3 Seat Sofa Thayer CogginBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in BROOKLYN, NYMid-Century Post Modern 3 seat Parsons sofa designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Beautiful Rounded waterfall arms white textured upholstery. Sits chrome base with 4 fully uph...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
MaterialsUpholstery
$2,438 Sale Price24% Off - Mid-Century Modern Long flat bar chrome frame White 3 Seat Sofa Milo BaughmanBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in BROOKLYN, NYBeautiful Mid-Century Modern 3 seat long low sofa with flat bar chrome metal base designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Beautiful shape with herringbone cream white upholstery...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
MaterialsMetal
$3,375 Sale Price / item25% Off - Midcentury Elliptical Oval Teak Expandable Dining TableBy Svend Åge MadsenLocated in BROOKLYN, NYFor your consideration is this gorgeous teak dining table designed by Svend Madsen. Featuring hidden butterfly leaf with no fading. Closed the table is 63''. The table fully extended...Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsTeak
- Stunning mid century chrome dining table with burl top 2 leavesBy Milo BaughmanLocated in BROOKLYN, NYBeautiful mid century chrome dining table with burl top 2 leaves. Amazing burl top with square chrome tube frame parsons style table. Style of Milo Baughman. This table is very high ...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsSteel, Chrome
- Milo Baughman Dining Table for Thayer CogginBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in Chicago, ILMilo Baughman for Thayer Coggin, dining table with exotic ash diamond patterned book-matched veneer and chrome-plated pedestal base. Table has one 22? leaf.Fully extended 88" Ima...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Milo Baughman Dining Table for Thayer CogginBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in Chicago, ILMilo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Dining table with diamond patterned book-matched veneer and chrome-plated pedestal base. Table has one 22" leaf. Fully extended 88”Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Midcentury Burlwood and Chrome Dining TableBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in Countryside, ILMilo Baughman for Thayer Coggin midcentury Burlwood and Chrome Dining Table This table measures: 66 wide x 39 deep x 29.25 high, with a chair clearance of 25.75 inches, the leaf m...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Milo Baughman Burl Wood Expandable Dining Table for Thayer CogginBy Milo BaughmanLocated in Cincinnati, OHA wonderfully striking parson styled dining table in Olive burlwood with two 19.5" leaves making for seating up to 8 - 10 depending on the chairs you choose . With the leaves out the...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsBurl
- Milo Baughman Thayer Coggin Dining Table in Parquetry Oak & Chrome with 2 LeavesBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in Philadelphia, PADesigned in the late 1960s by Milo Baughman, this table was made by Thayer Coggin. Since then, this design has been copied and thousands of contemporary versions have been produced. ...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Chrome Coffee Table by Milo Baughman for Thayer CogginBy Milo Baughman, Thayer CogginLocated in Palm Springs, CAChrome and walnut veneer coffee table designed by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Institutional Inc. Walnut veneer top measures 45" diameter...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsChrome