The first half of the 20th century was in many ways a testing ground for modern furniture ideas that only became reality in succeeding generations, benefiting from the huge technological advances made during the Second World War and from the dynamic force of consumer demand. New materials and techniques created previously undreamed-of possibilities that were exploited to the full by innovative furniture designers. The exciting results began in 1945 with such achievements as the highly sculptural molded plywood chairs of Charles and Ray Eames, who were among the first to use organic shapes derived from the natural world. We feature many exquisite 20th Century modern classic furniture reproductions in tribute to some of the most famous designers of the 20th century including Le Corbusier, Charles Eames, Mies van der Rohe, Philippe Stark, Arne Jacobsen, George Nelson, and Eileen Gray.
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