Pay a visit to the town of High Point, North Carolina — long the capital of American-made furniture — and, from nearly any location in the city, you’ll see a tall smokestack bearing the name Tomlinson. It’s a name with deep roots there: In 1901, Sidney Halstead Tomlinson, Sr., and his brother founded the Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Co., producing adaptations of 19th-century European antiques for an enthusiastic American audience. Later the Tomlinson Furniture Company grew rapidly over the ensuing decades, becoming a significant contributor to High Point’s thriving manufacturing economy.
Although Tomlinson began with a focus on antique-style furniture, by the middle of the century the company had adopted aesthetics from the modern style that was rapidly growing in popularity around the world.
Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Tomlinson Furniture produced coffee tables, storage cabinets and seating in the low-slung, sleek silhouettes that were typically characteristic of what we now know as mid-century modern designs.
Working with designers like John Lubberts and Lambert Mulder, the company experimented with materials like woven cane and unique styles such as neoclassical lounge chairs in cherrywood that were seen as thoughtful modern interpretations of Biedermeier furniture.
During the mid-1950s, Tomlinson Furniture introduced its dramatic and decorative Sophisticate line, a collection of case pieces, seating, tables and more, available in a variety of woods. Today, designs that originated in the collection, such as its pecan-framed chairs with seats and backs of woven leather straps, are increasingly sought after by collectors.
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Set of Three Danish Mid Century Modern Teak Nesting Side Coffee Tables 1960s
Located in Portland, OR
A good set of three Danish Mid Century Modern teak nesting side tables, circa 1965. This very stylish set of three teak nesting tables where made in the mid 1960s, each table is rai...
Teak
Mid Century Modern Danish Style Teak Butterfly Leaf Extending Dining Table 1960
By William Lawrence of Nottingham
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine Mid Century Modern Danish style Teak extending dining table with a butterfly leaf This elegant and streamlined Mid Century dining table is in excellent condition. It is...
Teak
Mid Century Modern Danish Style Square Teak Coffee Table GPlan Kofod Larsen 1960
By G Plan Furniture, Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Portland, OR
A very stylish mid century modern Danish style teak coffee table, designed by lb Koford Larsen for G Plan in the 1960s The table of square form and made from teak, the top with very ...
Teak
American Mid Century Modern 54" Circular Coffee Table by Tomlinson Sophisticate
By Tomlinson, John Lubberts and Lambert Mulder
Located in Portland, OR
A fine Mid Century Modern 54" coffee table designed by John Lubberts & Lambert Mulder for Tomlinson & signed "Tomlinson Sophisticate" 1959. A rare 54" circular coffee table from Tomlinson's "Sophisticate" line, the impressive 54" diameter six-leg coffee table made of book-matched butternut and pecan woods. The table having a dished top edge with sunburst pattern figured butternut & pecan wood, with specialized butterfly joinery (bow-tie inlays) along the outer ring . This table came in two sizes 40" and 54", the table listed is the larger 54" model, this iconic American MCM coffee table...
Wood
Mid Century Modern Danish Rosewood Dining Table Seats 8-10 Farstrup Mobler 1965
By Farstrup
Located in Portland, OR
A very good Mid Century Modern Danish rosewood extending dining table with two leaves, by Farstrup Mobler, circa 1965. This very stylish Danish MCM table having gently curved sides &...
Rosewood
Mid Century Modern Danish Style Teak Extending Dining Table by MacIntosh 1965
By A.H. MacIntosh & Company
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine Mid Century Modern Danish style Teak extending dining table with a butterfly leaf by A.H. MacIntosh, Scotland circa 1965. This elegant and streamlined Mid Century dining...
Teak
RARE 1950s Maurice Bailey Monteverdi Young Card Table & 4 Maurice Bailey Chairs
By Monteverdi-Young, Maurice Bailey
Located in Monrovia, CA
1950s Maurice Bailey Monteverdi Young Card Table And 4 Maurice Bailey Chairs Set. Maurice Bailey For Monteverdi Young Leather Top Card Table and 4 Upholstered Chairs. Leather Top Has Some Wear And Use Throughout The Years Of Gin Rummy. Original Upholstery Is In Excellent Vintage Condition. Construction And Sturdiness Of The Chairs and Card Table Are In Excellent Vintage Condition. FYI: This Maurice Bailey For Monteverdi Young Card Table Set (And Many Other Maurice Bailey Items At The Time) Was Once Owned by Famous Architect Maurice Fleishman Purchase At His Beautiful Home / Estate . As a practicing architect with an office in Beverly Hills, California until his "unofficial" retirement in 2002, Maury was best known for his "mid century" modern style of civic buildings most notable being the Santa Monica Municipal Courts (1968), Beverly Hills Municipal Courts (1970), Malibu Administrative Center (1970) and the Los Angeles Criminal Courts building (1973) And He designed the Marina Del Rey...
Upholstery, Wood
Thaden-Jordan 1940’s Herbert Von Thaden Mid-Century Modern Table/Chairs 5pc Set
By Thaden-Jordan Furniture Co.
Located in Thiensville, WI
Thaden-Jordan 1940’s Herbert Von Thaden Mid-Century Modern table & chairs 5pc set • As designed by Herbert Von Thaden & Donald Lewis Jordan • Manufactured by Thaden-Jordan Furniture...
Bentwood, Plywood
5 pc Mid Century Dinette Set by Viko Baumritter c 1950’s
By Viko Baumritter
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century dinette set including four chairs and a dining table. This set was designed by Viko Baumritter circa 1950/1960’s. It is in good, original vintage condition showing some ...
Plastic, Wood
Mid-Century Modern 1960’s dining table and chairs set by Schreiber Furniture
By Schreiber
Located in London, GB
Founded in 1957 by Chaim Schreiber, Schreiber furniture was a British success story. The company was one of the biggest names in furniture in the 70s, rivalling G Plan, White & ...
Faux Leather, Formica, Beech
1950s Edward Wormley for Dunbar Extension Dining Set 6 Chairs 2 Leaves
By Edward Wormley
Located in Monrovia, CA
1950s Dunbar, designer Edward Wormley extention dining table with 2 leaves model 5462 with 6 chairs model 5480. Rare Mid-Century Modern 1950s Edward Wormley extension dining table...
Upholstery, Cane, Wood
Rolf Rastad & Adolf Relling for Gustav Bahus Solid Teak Coffee Tables
By Adolf Relling and Rolf Rastad
Located in Oakland, CA
Collection of three tables designed by Rolf Rastad & Adolf Relling for Gustav Bahus , 1955, Norway. Handcrafted of solid teak raised on sculpted turned legs, set includes one large ...
Teak
