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.
Mid Century Walnut Coffee Table by Josef Otmar in the style of Danish Modern (A)
By Otmar
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well- crafted square walnut Mid - Century coffee table with smoked glass top, lower platform shelve having stunning graining to the wood. Handmade by Josef Otmar known for his...
Smoked Glass, Walnut
Milo Baughman Rosewood / Chrome Curved Sofa Table for Thayer Coggin
By Milo Baughman
Located in Cincinnati, OH
An exceptionally stunning Brazilian rosewood curved sofa table with squared tubed chrome base. The slightly curved contours of the table work perfec...
Chrome
Bodil Kjaer Danish Rosewood Coffee Table for E. Pedersen & Sons, Denmark
By Bodil Kjaer
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A rich and well grained dark Brazilian rosewood square coffee table with chromed nickeled legs . Retains the original manufactures label designed by Bodil Kjaer for E. Pedersen and S...
Rosewood
Yngve Ekstrom Flip Top Danish styled Coffee Table for Swedese Pastoe Sweden
By Yngve Ekström
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A great functional coffee table with a flipping top , one side is a well grained teak wood and the other is in white Laminate . Having a solid teak base with crisscrossing leg struct...
Laminate, Teak
Yngve Ekstrom Flip Top Teak / Laminate Danish Style Coffee Table for Swedese
By Yngve Ekström
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted teak wood flip top coffee table with easy lifting from the tops inset spaces revealing a white Laminate surface to the reverse side . The solid teak frame is very...
Laminate, Teak
Danish Rosewood Flip Top Side Table or Coffee Table Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A dark and wonderfully grained very unique Brazilian rosewood side table with satin chromed frame, when slid and flipped it turns into a coffee table. A great piece for that special ...
Rosewood
Mid-Century Rosewood Coffee Table
Located in London, England
Large Rosewood topped mid-century coffee table with later painted pine legs. Some fading to the table top. U.K circa 1960. H 40cm x W 110cm x D 110cm Please be in touch for an accura...
Rosewood
1960s Johannes Anderson Circular Rosewood Coffee Table For CFC Silkeborg
By CFC Silkeborg
Located in London, GB
A striking circular rosewood coffee table by Danish designer Johannes Andersen, made for CFC Silkeborg circa the 1960s. Crafted in richly grained Rio rosewood, this table exemplifies...
Rosewood
Milo Baughman Rosewood Coffee Table for Thayer Coggin, Circa 1970
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century (circa 1970) rectangular 'Minimalist' coffee table with a rosewood top supported on a chrome plated steel frame. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR THAYER COGGIN)
Steel, Chrome
1970s Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Rosewood and Lucite Square Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a modern coffee table by American designer Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin, circa the 1970. Thayer Coggin is a staple for luxury home furnishings and the...
Lucite, Rosewood
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Coffee Table, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Coffee Table, 1960s. Wonderful Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern coffee table in rosewood/palisander in the shape of a traditional Butler's Tray tab...
Santos Rosewood
Vintage Modern Rosewood Coffee Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vintage modern coffee table features a unique design and an unusually long rectangular shape. The substantial chrome base wonderfully compliments the marquetry of the natural wo...
Rosewood
