Milo Baughman was one of the most agile and adept modern American furniture designers of the late 20th century. 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, such as chairs, sofas and benches. He had a particular talent for lounge chairs, perhaps the most sociable piece of furniture.
Like his fellow adoptive Californians Charles and Ray Eames, Baughman’s furniture has a relaxed and breezy air. He was famously opposed to ostentatious and idiosyncratic designs that were made to excite attention. While many of his chair designs are enlivened by such effects as tufted upholstery, Baughman tended to let his materials carry the aesthetic weight, most often relying on seating and table frames made of sturdy and sleek flat-bar chromed metal, and chairs, tables and cabinets finished with highly-figured wood veneers.
Like his colleagues Karl Springer and the multifarious Pierre Cardin, Baughman’s designs are emblematic of the 1970s: sleek, sure and scintillating.
As you will see from the furniture presented on 1stDibs, Milo Baughman’s designs for the likes of Drexel Furniture, Glenn of California and — for five decades — Thayer Coggin are ably employed as either the heart of a décor or its focal point.
Milo Baughman Geometric Coffee Table with Bronze Frame, 1972
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (1972) geometric bronze frame coffee table with a faceted octagonal glass top. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR DIRECTIONAL)
Metal, Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table by A. Pittalis, Brass & Glass, 1970
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (circa 1970) \'Paperclip\' design coffee / cocktail table comprised of brass plated steel D-shaped sections arranged in a circle to form the table base supportin...
Brass
1960s Roger Sprunger Dunbar Coffee Table with Bronze Frame & Glass Top
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (1960s) rectangular cocktail / coffee table with an inset smoked glass top supported by a bronze cross-shaped frame with a stretcher base, resting on rosewood fe...
Metal, Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Lucite & Chrome Coffee Table, Geometric Design
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American Modern lucite and chrome rectangular glass topped coffee /end table in minimalist geometric form with a second lower shelf for optional glass placement. (in the ...
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table with Chrome Frame and Glass Tops
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century Modern two-tier coffee table with two circular clear glass table tops supported by a curved semi-circular chrome plated metal frame resting on two cylindrical feet. (Comp...
Chrome
Mid-Century Coffee Table with Bronze Frame and Glass Top, Curved Legs
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century square coffee / cocktail table with a bronze frame with curved legs ending in hoof feet and an X-stretcher base, supporting a thick clear glass tabletop. Chip to one cor...
Metal, Bronze
Milo Baughman for Directional Geometric Bronze Glass Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman, Directional
Located in Baltimore, MD
An extraordinary Geometric, glass, midcentury, Bronze-finish base coffee table by Milo Baughman for Directional, circa 1970s. Features original, octagonal, 3/4" thick glass resting o...
Metal
Milo Baughman for Directional MCM Geometric Bronze and Glass Coffee Table
By Directional, Milo Baughman
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman for Directional Mid Century Geometric Bronze and Glass Coffee Table This coffee table measures: 48 wide x 48 deep x 16.75 inches high All pieces of furniture can be h...
Bronze
Geometric Coffee Table by Milo Baughman for Directional
By Milo Baughman
Located in Denton, TX
Beautiful 1970s Geometric Bronze finish base with glass. Glass top is 47.75" Diameter and the base is 33.75" b...
Steel
Milo Baughman for Directional Bronze Coffee Table
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Milo Baughman for Directional Bronze Coffee Table
Bronze
Geometric Bronze Coffee Table by Milo Baughman for Directional
By Milo Baughman, Directional
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early 1970s geometric coffee table by Milo Baughman for Directional. Bronze-finished base with original, octagonal glass top, rare in its complete presentation. Dense, glass is 3/4" ...
Bronze
Large Brass and Glass Coffee Table, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Low coffee table of striking design. The brass base (hollow, and surprisingly light) is made up of four interlocked rectangles, supported by four feet, so that the rectangles are com...
Brass
