In its striking curtain wall of glass and modernist steel columns, Gordon Bunshaft’s International-style design for the Lever House — cocreated with Natalie de Blois — garnered widespread acclaim. The Pritzker Prize-winner was a legendary American architect, and his influence can be found today in city skylines all over the world.
Bunshaft studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before undertaking fellowships in Europe and North Africa. In 1937, he joined New York City architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill where he worked until his retirement in 1979.
Bunshaft shared the same interest in modernist furniture as Florence Knoll, an architect and furniture designer who had a subtle but profound influence on the course of mid-century American modernism and who helped make Knoll Inc. a leading firm in its field. Bunshaft recommended that Knoll be placed in charge of interiors when, while at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he designed the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company’s headquarters in the mid-1950s.
Bunshaft’s projects drew heavily on the pioneering architectural work of Le Corbusier as well as Mies van der Rohe, an iconic furniture designer and fellow proponent of modernist architecture.
Celebrated architectural marvels created by Bunshaft include the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library for Yale University and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Research Building for the University of Texas. Completed in 1974, Bunshaft designed the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and finished the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1983. The National Commercial Bank was his last project.
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1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table 19x19"
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important ...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen for SOM Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-47, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an i...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Stainless Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-72, designed and produced in 1966 by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill L...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Stainless Steel Side Table with Glass Top
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Glass and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important archi...
Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important ...
Marble, Steel
1960s Lehigh-Leopold Walnut Side/End Table w/ Legs Attributed to Gordon Bunshaft
By Lehigh Leopold, Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a square side table, featuring a chromed-steel frame with a walnut top, produced in the 1960s by the Lehigh-Leopold Corporation in the USA. It is believed to have been custom...
Steel, Chrome
1969 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen of SOM Side / End Table with Teak Top
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an NTA-200 Side / End Table, originally designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). This particular example was produced in 1969. The...
Steel
1974 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Steel and Glass Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a steel and glass side table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important architectur...
Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Marble & Stainless Side Table, TA-73 (2x)
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-73, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is ...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Stainless Steel Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Glass and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important a...
Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen for Marble & TA-39 Stainless Steel Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-39, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is ...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Marble & Stainless Side Table (3x)
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-47, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is ...
Marble, Steel
1965 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM TA-39 Marble and Steel Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a sophisticated marble and stainless steel side table, Model TA-39, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft of SOM. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is a hugely important archi...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Brown Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-46, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is ...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Green Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-47, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an i...
Marble, Steel
1960s Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft Round Side Table Stainless w/ Marble Top
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Round Side Table, designed by Davis Allen under the leadership of Gordon Bunshaft within SOM. Its possible that Nicos Zographos played a role in the execution of this, thou...
Marble, Steel
1965 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM TA-39 Marble and Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a sophisticated marble and stainless steel side table, Model TA-39, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft of SOM. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is a hugely important archi...
Marble, Steel
C. 1985 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen of SOM for Treitel Gratz Side/End Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a round side table, designed by Davis Allen under the leadership of Gordon Bunshaft within SOM for Treitel Gratz. This particular example dates back to circa 1985. This sophi...
Marble, Steel
1980s Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Side/End Table in Solid Stainless and Marble
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Round Side Table, designed by Davis Allen under the leadership of Gordon Bunshaft within SOM for Treitel Gratz. This particular example dates back to the 1980s. This sophis...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important ...
Marble, Steel
Pair of Marble and Stainless Steel Two-Tier Side Tables
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Amazing pair of two tier marble and polish stainless steel side tables. The marble piece just sit on the frame. In good condition, with minor wear consistent with age. Measurem...
Marble, Stainless Steel
$9,450
H 18 in W 28 in D 24.25 in
Polished Steel Transition Side Table Bimetal Brass Stainless Steel Top
By Corinna Warm, WARM
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A side table as part of the Transition collection, featuring a unique, artistic mirror polished tabletop, crafted from brass and stainless steel on a tubular base. Measures: H 18”. ...
Brass, Stainless Steel, Metal, Bronze, Sheet Metal
Lawrence Peabody, Side Tables, Walnut, USA, 1960s
By Lawrence Peabody
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of walnut side tables designed by Lawrence Peabody and produced by Richardson Nemschoff, United States, c. 1960s.
Walnut
$2,600 / set
H 13.5 in W 16 in D 16 in
Pair of Midcentury Walnut Plinth Base Side Tables Attributed to Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Low, cube end / side tables in walnut with an ebonized plinth-base (circa 1960s, USA). Finished on all sides, each with different walnut grain. Refinished condition; only minor wear ...
Wood, Walnut
$1,900
H 18.25 in Dm 19.13 in
Green Marble and Polished Stainless Steel Round Tripod Side Table by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Round tripod solid polished stainless steel with a green marble top side table by Brueton. In beautiful original vintage condition. ...
Marble, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Fontana Arte, Side Table, Walnut, Glass, Italy, 1960s
By Fontana Arte
Located in High Point, NC
A walnut and smoked glass side table designed and produced by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1960s. Minor scuffing to legs. Overall Dimensions (inches): 12.7"H x 22.5"W x 18.5"D All items s...
Glass, Walnut
$9,950
H 22 in W 28 in D 24.25 in
Polished Stainless Transition Side Table Bimetal Brass Stainless Top
By Corinna Warm, WARM
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A side table as part of the Transition collection, featuring a unique, artistic mirror polished tabletop, crafted from brass and stainless steel on a tubular base. Measures: H 22”. ...
Brass, Stainless Steel
Black Marble Stainless Steel Acrylic Squared Side Table
Located in Paris, FR
These simple, geometrically shaped table tops are inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky. It combines four different marble tops with two different structures. A full thin metal s...
Marble, Stainless Steel
Rattan and Cane Side Table by Davis Allen for McGuire, a Pair
By Davis Allen, McGuire
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A pair of side tables designed by Davis Allen for McGuire of San Francisco. Made from rattan and cane, finished with a glass top. A delicate and handsome design, however the table it...
Cane, Rattan, Glass
1960s Mid Century Modern Walnut Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
1967 walnut wood end table with with one drawer. It has the original brass handle. Table measures 22.5"W x 28"D x 21" H. Table is in good condition. We have the matching coffee tabl...
Walnut
Bronze Side Table with Round Glass Top
By André Arbus
Located in Ballard, CA
The handcrafted bronze Domani side table has tapered legs held by a triangular hand-sculpted bronze stretcher. Bronze decorative squares fasten the 3/4 inch glass top. Custom sizes a...
Bronze
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 28 in D 22 in
1960s Milo Baughman Attributed Smoked Glass and Chrome End Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Madison, WI
For sale here is a stunner. This minimalist, 1960s modern table in the manner of the legendary Milo Baughman would look great in a Modern or Mid-Century decor. This mid Century Moder...
Chrome