Walnut Base Glass Top Snail Table
View Similar Items
Walnut Base Glass Top Snail Table
About the Item
- Creator:Vladimir Kagan (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 37 in (93.98 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1970s
- Condition:super clean vintage condition.
- Seller Location:Rockaway, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU883722315822
Vladimir Kagan
The pioneers of modern furniture design in America in the mid-20th century all had their moments of flamboyance: Charles and Ray Eames produced the startling, biomorphic La Chaise; George Nelson’s firm created the Marshmallow sofa; Edward Wormley had his decadent Listen to Me chaise. But no designer of the day steadily offered works with more verve and dynamism than Vladimir Kagan. While others, it seems, designed with suburban households in mind, Kagan aimed to suit the tastes of young, sophisticated city-dwellers. With signature designs that feature sleekly curved frames and others that have dramatic out-thrust legs, Kagan made furniture sexy.
Kagan’s father was a Russian master cabinetmaker who took his family first to Germany (where Vladimir was born) and then to New York in 1938. After studying architecture at Columbia University, Kagan opened a design firm at age 22 and immediately made a splash with his long, low and sinuous Serpentine sofa. Furniture lines such as the Tri-symmetric group of glass-topped, three-legged tables and the vivacious Contours chairs soon followed.
Kagan’s choices of form and materials evolved through subsequent decades, embracing lucite, aluminum and burl-wood veneers. By the late 1960s, Kagan was designing austere, asymmetrical cabinets and his Omnibus group of modular sofas and chairs. For all his aesthetic élan, Kagan said that throughout his career, his touchstone was comfort. “A lot of modern furniture was not comfortable. And so comfort is: form follows function. The function was to make it comfortable,” he once commented. “I created what I called vessels for the human body.”
A diverse group of bodies have made themselves at home with Kagan designs. Among the famous names who commissioned and collected his designs are Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper, Andy Warhol, David Lynch, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, and firms such as Gucci and Giorgio Armani. His work is in numerous museum collections, including those of the Victoria & Albert and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Because of its idiosyncrasy, Kagan’s work did not lend itself to mass-production. Kagan never signed on with any of the major furniture-making corporations, and examples of his designs are relatively rare. As you will see from the offerings on 1stDibs, even decades after their conception, Kagan pieces still command the eye, with their freshness, energy, sensuality and wit.
- Square Walnut Top Ebonized Base Center Coffee TableBy Harvey Probber, DirectionalLocated in Rockaway, NJMid-Century Modern walnut top ebonized base square coffee table. Harvey Probber and Directional influence.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- Glass X Cross Base Coffee Table w/ Marble TopBy Charles Hollis Jones, Pace CollectionLocated in Rockaway, NJMid century modern square marble top coffee table.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMarble, Brass
- Smoked Glass Round Top X-Base Coffee TableBy Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, KnollLocated in Rockaway, NJMid-Century Modern smoked bronze glass round top coffee table. Barcelona style.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsSteel
- Massive Large Square Walnut Top Chrome Base Coffee TableBy Artifort, KnollLocated in Rockaway, NJUnusual splay leg Mid Century Modern style walnut top square coffee table. Measures: 32 x 32".Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsAluminum
- Mid-Century Modern Around Walnut Spider Base Coffee Table White Milk Glass TopBy Adrian PearsallLocated in Rockaway, NJStunning Mid-Century Modern white Vitrolite glass top walnut base spider round coffee table.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMilk Glass, Walnut
- Stacked Lucite Base Rectangular Glass Top Coffee TableBy Karl SpringerLocated in Rockaway, NJMid-Century Modern heavy stacked Lucite base glass top coffee table.Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass, Lucite
- Ometto-130 Coffee Table with Walnut Base and Round Glass Top by ZanaboniBy ZanaboniLocated in MEDA, ITOmetto modern Italian coffee table with Canaletto walnut solidwood base and round crystal glass top Measure: Diameter cm 120. Please Note: - If the item is to be shipped to the US...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood
- Elica Coffee Table with Canaletto Walnut Wood Base and Glass Top by ZanaboniBy ZanaboniLocated in MEDA, ITElica modern Italian coffee table with Canaletto walnut wood base, chromed-steel disc and crystal glass top. Measures: cm 120 x 120. Please Note: - If the item is to be shipped to ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWood
- Wonderful Mid Century Lucite Snail Base Glass Top Cocktail Coffee TableBy Vladimir KaganLocated in Pemberton, NJWonderful snail base design lucite base with a 3 /4" thick coffee table in style of V. Kagan. This table measures 15.25"t x 48"l x 28"dCategory
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsGlass, Lucite
- 1970's Mid-Century Modern Ibex Coffee Table with Bronze Base & Glass TopLocated in Los Angeles, CAIntroducing our extraordinary mid-century modern ibex coffee table, a hand-crafted masterpiece that combines artistic design with functionality. Expe...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBronze, Brass
$1,725 Sale Price40% Off - Glass Top TableLocated in New York, NYHigh quality construction consists of thick (1") plate glass top, heavy cast brass caps, and think lucite legs.Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsBrass
$2,800 - 1970's Heavy Chrome Coffee Table with Curved Base and Thick Plate Glass TopBy Tri-MarkLocated in Los Angeles, CAThis Mod 1970's coffee table has a striking, heavy chrome frame with curved legs and a thick plate glass top. It's in original condition with visible wear, ...Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsChrome
