Walter Lamb Chaise Longues
American
Forward-looking architect Walter Lamb is best known for his revolutionary and widely loved patio furniture — he salvaged metal tubing from sunken ships in Pearl Harbor in the 1940s to create alluring chaise longues and other pieces for the backyard. His vintage furniture designs have been adorning patios worldwide for almost a century.
Trained as an architect at the University of California Berkeley campus, Lamb found himself in Hawaii during the 1940s. This period was a time of growth for furniture designers and manufacturers, as veterans were returning to the United States, getting married and starting families. These folks needed practical furniture for their new homes, and as the movement we now call mid-century modern took shape, imaginative architects and furniture makers would fill that need. Lamb was one such innovator.
Lamb worked the shaped tubing and fittings he’d gathered from battleship wreckage into proper frames and wrapped the structures in marine-grade cotton cording to create comfortable, element-proof outdoor furniture. Today his patio furniture has an esteemed place in the history of design. In fact, furniture enthusiasts are eager to restore and collect his iconic aged furniture rather than purchase reproductions.
Postwar California would become reputable as a manufacturing center for versatile furniture intended for both indoor and outdoor spaces. Seating, tables and other items — often made with rattan — produced by the likes of McGuire and Brown Jordan became a defining feature of organic modern living, a style that still characterizes many California interiors and influences innumerable design firms. Pasadena’s then-new Brown Jordan picked up Lamb’s designs, which eventually included dining tables, side tables and coffee and cocktail tables. And along with these furnishings, Lamb's sculptural vintage seating — his curvaceous lounge chairs and armchairs with cotton cord seats — while perfect for your fire pit, shouldn’t be relegated to outdoors-only settings.
Lamb received much acclaim for his work. The Museum of Modern Art in New York recognized his 1940s-era outdoor furniture for Brown Jordan with a design award.
On 1stDibs, find a noteworthy collection of vintage Walter Lamb furniture.
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Creator: Walter Lamb
Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan Rope "Waikiki" Bronze Patio Chaise Lounge
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Walter Lamb, Chaise Longue, Bronze, Fabric, USA, 1955
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Bronze Chaise by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan ca' 1950's
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walter Lamb Chaise Longues
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Waikiki Rocking Chaise Lounge by Walter Lamb
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Bronze rocking lounge chair designed by Walter Lamb and produced by Brown Jordan. The design, referred to as the “Waikiki” chair, has a boat-like shape in tubular bronze with a sinuo...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Chaise Longues
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Bronze 'S Chaise' by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan, c 1970s, Signed
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Sculptural 'S'-Chaise longue by Walter Lamb for Brown Jordan, circa late 1960s to mid 1970s and is signed with an early Brown Jordan label. This curvy collectors piece features a tubular bronze frame light verdigris patinated finish...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Walter Lamb Chaise Longues
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Pair of Waikiki Rocking Chaise Lounges by Walter Lamb
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A pair of bronze rocking lounge chairs designed by Walter Lamb and produced by Brown Jordan. The design, referred to as the “Waikiki” chair, has a boat-like shape in tubular bronze w...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Walter Lamb Chaise Longues
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Walter Lamb chaise longues for sale on 1stDibs.
Walter Lamb chaise longues are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Walter Lamb chaise longues, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original chaise longues by Walter Lamb were created in the mid-century modern style in united states during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider chaise longues by Paul McCobb, Russell Woodard, and Charles and Ray Eames. Prices for Walter Lamb chaise longues can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $6,800 and can go as high as $15,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $8,700.