Milo Baughman Murray Furniture
His highly influential works continue to be copied reinvented and revived by contemporary furniture designers and dealers alike.
Milo baughman murray furniture. Thanks to this combination of simplicity and livability milo baughman chairs and furniture remains decidedly timeless and versatile today. During this time milo found time to run his own custom design shop with olga lee his wife at the time in los angeles from 1951 1953. Over the course of his career baughman also designed for other furniture companies like arch gordon design institute america directional george kovacs henredon the inco company mode furniture and murray furniture among others. And began to do commissions for various furniture companies.
Some of these included the info company mode furniture glenn of california murray furniture of winchendon and drexel. 1923 2003 was one of the leading modern furniture designers of the twentieth century. His american designs were forward thinking and distinctive yet unpretentious and affordable. Floating tuxedo style sofa in the manner of milo baughman.
Contemporary furniture designers and dealers continue to copy reinvent and revive his work in the new and secondary decorative arts markets. Milo baughman 1923 2003 was a pioneer in modern design and one of the leading modern furniture designers of the second half of the 20th century. Milo baughman modern chrome tub barrel bucket round lounge chair mid century 70s. In 1987 baughman was inducted in the furniture hall of fame.
The semi circular 825 sectional is classic hey it s in the name and is a timeless piece. 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 having a particular talent for lounge chairs. Milo baughman for murray furniture maple dresser mid century modern. Baughman worked with thayer coggin until his death in 2003 and the furniture manufacturer continues to produce a number of iconic baughman designs a testament to their ageless quality including his.
Following this murray furniture of winchendon massachusetts introduced the milo baughman collection in 1953. Milo ray baughman jr. Milo ray baughman jr. In 1947 he established milo baughman design inc.
His uniquely american designs were forward thinking and distinctive yet unpretentious and affordable. Baughman s uniquely american designs are forward thinking and distinctive yet unpretentious. Milo baughman was one of the most agile and adept modern american furniture designers of the late 20th century. At the time furniture by milo baughman was relatively inexpensive today you pay for the bragging rights as well and his sectional sofas were widely admired.