The now omnipresent design use of acrylic and Lucite owes much of its enduring popularity to seasoned creative Charles Hollis Jones. Nicknamed “Mr. Lucite,” the California-based furniture designer and artist made his reputation — and contributed to a lasting legacy for a material one might not immediately consider highbrow — with chairs, tables and other furnishings in the substance scientifically known as polymethyl methacrylate. But while the connecting thread through Jones’s body of work is the presence of translucent materials, his designs are anything but one-note.
The son of an Indiana carpenter, Jones has always been fascinated with structure and reinventing expected ones in new ways. He began working with furniture manufacturers while still a teenager and came to prominence in the 1960s and ’70s, researching and experimenting with techniques to shape acrylic into unconventional forms. “If I design a T-A-B-L-E without thinking of the name, then I can pretend I’ve never seen one,” he told PIN-UP magazine. His design combinations run the gamut from Lucite, brass and glass on elegant dining tables to more unusual applications of Lucite as legs for upholstered sofas and frames for Tibetan fur chairs.
Jones’s work is as varied as his client list, which has included Frank Sinatra, Sylvester Stallone and the Kardashians. For Tennessee Williams, he created a writing chair called the Wisteria chair. Jones also collaborated several times with modernist architect John Lautner, designing furniture that seemed to disappear into its surroundings.
He resides in Los Angeles, where he still designs today.
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Charles Hollis Jones Signed Lucite Console Table, Los Angeles, 1970
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional Lucite console table designed and made in Los Angeles, California by Charles Hollis Jones, signed and dated 1970. Crafted in 1.75-inch-thick Lucite, the table features...
Lucite
Monolithic Lucite Waterfall Console Table, American, circa 1970s
Located in San Carlos, CA
Executed in a single continuous sheet of thick optical-grade acrylic, this waterfall console table represents the apex of the Hollywood Regency modernist moment — a period when Ameri...
Acrylic
Signed 1974 Lucite Console Table by Charles Hollis Jones, Los Angeles
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional Lucite console table designed and handmade by Charles Hollis Jones in Los Angeles, California, signed and dated 1974. A striking example of Jones’s innovation and craftsm...
Lucite
Lucite Waterfall Table Stool Bench
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in New York, NY
A chic and substantial Lucite bench/stool or side/end table in the Modern style/Post-Modern period, styled after designer Charles Hollis Jones, circa late-20th century. Lucite is 1" ...
Lucite
Vintage Modern Peg Lucite Console Table Two Tier New Glass Tops
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Modern 1970s lucite peg console, entry way table, two tier glass tops. Glass tops are new. Dimensions: 60 L x 15 D x 29.25 H. This has been cleaned and polished.
Glass, Lucite
$1,480Sale Price|40% Off
H 16.5 in W 33.5 in D 20 in
Hollis Jones Style Lucite Waterfall Cocktail Table
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Lucite waterfall cocktail table in the manner of Hollis Jones. This exquisite rectangular Mid-Century Modern table sports thick lucite. The ta...
Lucite
Waterfall Style Console Table in Lucite and Bullnose Edges
By Cain Modern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful console table in the waterfall style and bull-nose edges manufactured by Cain Modern in 2015. The table is customizable and we can produce them with a 2 week lead time. Me...
Lucite
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 56 in D 25.75 in
Lucite Chrome and Glass Console Table Attributed to Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in New York, NY
Two-tier Lucite, chrome and plate glass console table, attributed to Charles Hollis Jones. Great usable size, very good original condition, stylish, chic and well constructed. The ch...
Chrome
Beautiful Lucite Console Table by Cain Modern
By Cain Modern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and beautiful console table designed and manufactured by the Cain Modern Studio. The table has wonderful lines, the table is 1 1/2" thick and a 3/8" bull-nose edges. The pi...
Lucite
Vintage Mid-Century Lucite Console Table with Beveled Glass Top
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A sleek and timeless mid-century console table featuring a sculptural lucite base topped with thick beveled glass. The transparent construction gives the piece a light, architectural...
Glass, Lucite
1960s Acrylic & Glass Side Table designed by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A acrylic side table with a inset glass top and chrome accents. New glass. The base had been professionally polished. Circa 1960s
Chrome
Acrylic and Glass Occasional Table by Les Prismatiques
By Les Prismatiques
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautifully designed acrylic with a 1/2" thick inset glass top occasional table by Les Prismatiques.
Acrylic, Glass
Lucite and Chrome Dining Table by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Glamorous 1970’s polish chrome and lucite ‘Metric Line’ dining table by American renowned designer Charles Hollis Jones. Newly professionally polished. Measurements: 60” Diameter,...
Chrome
Acrylic and Chrome Cocktail Table by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An early 1960s chrome cocktail table designed by Charles Hollis Jones. The crome is polished chrome with black leather straps that protect the 1.25" thick acrylic top from touching ...
Chrome
Pair of Acrylic "L'Ami" Side Tables by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A glamorous pair of acrylic "L'Ami" side tables designed by Charles Hollis Jones in 1975. Newly professionally polished. Some minor crazing, it's difficult to show in photos. D...
Acrylic, Lucite
Acrylic and Chrome Cocktail Table by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An early acrylic and polished chrome with a 1/2" thick 48"in diameter glass top Cocktail table designed by renowned American designers Charles Hollis Jones in the 1960s. The base h...
Chrome
