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Famous Modern Furniture Timeline 1950 - 1959
After World War II, the public as a whole looked to warmer and softer furniture, organic forms, warmer products like timber and upholstered chairs. They wanted to be cared for by their furniture, feel comfortable and most of all have some luxury that had long be missing.
Designers like the Eameses, Gio Ponti, Harry Bertoia, Arne Jaconsen and Eero Saarinen led the way in the modernist organic style embrassing the new technology that had been advanced during the war to try and make enough quality furniture for the high demand required by the public.
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| 1950 Antelope - Earnest Race
1950 EMTable- Jean Prouve 1950 Antony Chair- Jean Prouve 1950 Eames Storage Units- Eames 1950 RAR Rocking Chair- Eames 1950-53 DAR Chair- Dining Armchair Rod- Eames 1951 Elliptical Table- Eames 1951-1953 Wire Mesh Chair - Charles and Ray Eames 1951-1957 Superleggera, Model no.699 - Gio Ponti 1952 Wire Collection- Harry Bertoia 1952 Ant Chair- Arne Jacobsen 1954 Rocking Stool - Isamu Noguchi |
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1954 - 1957 Mezzadro - Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni 1956 670 Lounge Chair and 671 Ottoman- Eames 1956 Utrech Sofa- Gerrit Rietveld 1956 Marshmallow Sofa- George Nelson and Irving 1956 Friedman House- Frank Lloyd Wright 1956 PK22- Paul Kjaerholm 1957 3107 Series 7 Chair- Arne Jacobsen 1957 3316 Aeeget Egg Chair- Arne Jacobsen 1957 Swan Chair- Arne Jacobsen 1956/57 Tulip Chairs and Pedestal Table- Eero Saarinen 1957 Sella - Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni 1958 Comprehensive Storage System- George Nelson 1958 Aluminium Group- Eames |
