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Kent Coffey Eloquence

Kent Coffey Eloquence Mid Century Modern Walnut Tall Chest Highboy Dresser
Kent Coffey Eloquence Mid Century Modern Walnut Tall Chest Highboy Dresser

Kent Coffey Eloquence Mid Century Modern Walnut Tall Chest Highboy Dresser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Kent Coffey Eloquence Mid Century Modern Walnut Tall Chest Highboy Dresser.

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

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Walnut

Eloquence Credenza in Dark Walnut by Kent Coffey, circa 1950s
Eloquence Credenza in Dark Walnut by Kent Coffey, circa 1950s

Eloquence Credenza in Dark Walnut by Kent Coffey, circa 1950s

By Kent-Coffey

Located in Westport, CT

A beautiful Mid-Century Modern credenza by Kent Coffey, circa 1950-1959. Executed in walnut, completely restored. Other designers from this period include Paul McCobb, Paul Frankl,...

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Kent Coffey Mid-Century "Eloquence" Walnut Dresser

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Located in Brooklyn, NY

An iconic piece of American mid-century modern design, this Kent Coffey "Eloquence" 9-Drawer Lowboy Dresser offers the perfect combination of sophisticated style, quality craftsmansh...

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Kent Coffey Mid Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut Tallboy Chest Dresser
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By Kent-Coffey

Located in Dayton, OH

Vintage scuptural shaped dersser by Kent Coffee. Made from continiental walnut with dovetailed drawers and tapered legs. Circa 1960s. #6900.      

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Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut End Nightstand Table
Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut End Nightstand Table

Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut End Nightstand Table

By Kent-Coffey

Located in Dayton, OH

Vintage sculptural shaped nightstand or end table by Kent Coffee. Made from continental walnut with dovetailed drawer and lower cubby with tapered legs, circa 1960s. #6900.   

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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

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Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut Mirror Dresser Buffet
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Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut Mirror Dresser Buffet

By Kent-Coffey

Located in Dayton, OH

Vintage sculptural shaped mirrored vanity, dresser or buffet by Kent Coffee. Made from continental walnut with dovetailed drawers, tapered legs and large mirrored back, circa 1960s. ...

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Mid-Century Modern Kent Coffey the Eloquence Sculpted Walnut Nightstand, a Pair
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Mid-Century Modern Kent Coffey the Eloquence Sculpted Walnut Nightstand, a Pair

By Kent-Coffey

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Mid-Century Modern Kent Coffey The Eloquence sculptural walnut nightstands - a pair.

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Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut Full Double Bed MCM
Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut Full Double Bed MCM

Kent Coffey Mid-Century Modern Eloquence Sculptural Walnut Full Double Bed MCM

Located in Dayton, OH

Vintage sculptural shaped full size bed by Kent Coffee. Made from continental walnut with tapered legs, circa 1960s. #6900. Measures: Rail height 9", interior dimensions: 54" x 75".

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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

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ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

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As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.