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.
1970s Milo Baughman Dining Table Polished Aluminum and Wood
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Milo Baughman Dining Table 42 D x 80 W x 28.5 T Polished aluminum and wood Preowned vintage condition. Scuffs and nicks present. Review all images.
Aluminum
$1,800
H 28 in W 72 in D 42 in
Milo Baughman Style, Expanding Dining Table, Chrome, Smoked Glass, USA, 1970s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Stamford, CT
Milo Baughman Style, American Mid-Century Modern, Expanding Dining Table, Chrome, Smoked Glass, USA, 1970s An interesting dining table often attributed to Milo Baughman and likely p...
Chrome
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 60 in D 38 in
Chromed Steel Parsons Style Dining Table In The Style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
Classic chromed steel and glass parsons style dining table in the style of Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin.
Chrome, Steel
$3,850
H 28 in W 77 in D 43 in
Lovely Milo Baughman Thick Chunky Aluminum Parson Style Dining Table Midcentury
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely Milo Baughman thick chunky aluminum dining table. This one piece dining table has a great mellow patina to the aluminum frame. We do have the original matching Baughman dining...
Aluminum
$4,146Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.11 in W 70.08 in D 38.19 in
Italian Design Impressive Dining Table by Mario Sabot, 1970's
By Willy Rizzo, Mario Sabot
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Italian Design Hollywood Regency Style Impressive Dining Table. Made in Italy 1970's. Attributed to Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot. This elegant dining table has olive burl wood...
Chrome
$4,400
H 30 in W 31.5 in D 87 in
Mid-Century Milo Baughman Style Glass Top Chrome Extension Dining Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-Century Milo Baughman Style Chrome Extension Dining Table. Featuring a polished chrome frame with maple inserts that hold the glass top. The table has a center frame that can be ...
Chrome
James de Wulf Vue Dining Table, 96"
By James de Wulf
Located in Paia, HI
Modern concrete dining table with brushed stainless steel base. Hand cast concrete is polished and finished for a smooth, subtle lustre. Concrete available in natural tone, light gr...
Concrete, Stainless Steel
$2,780Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.53 in W 40.16 in D 44.1 in
Postmodern 80s Milo Baughman Chrome + Glass Extendable Dining Table / Desk table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Basel, BS
Incredible postmodern extendable smoked glass and chrome dining table, also perfect for use as a desk table. Excellent size for any space, can form into a square when the leaves are...
Chrome
Expandable Dining Table by Milo Baughman for Directional, c. 1960s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Deland, FL
Seats up to 10 people. The dining table was designed by Baughman for Directional and is comprised of the finest hand selected fletches of book matched veneers in: walnut, rosewood, English brown oak...
Walnut
Tobia Scarpa "Andre" Square Dining Table for Gavina, 1968
By Tobia Scarpa, Gavina
Located in Sacile, PN
Andre square dining table designed by Tobia Scarpa for Gavina, dated 1968. Smoked glass top on chrome structure.
Chrome
Late 19th Century French Steel Large Industrial Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This very good table has all the elements associated with the finest of industrial furniture. Conceived at a time, circa 1890-1900 when art and industry were combined to create modern wonders of the age and who’s ideals had the intent of recreating for man a new way of life. The heavy metal supports are both industrial and neoclassical in design taking elements from Roman forms and marrying them to the new iron structures and manufacturing processes then being used in such things at the Effiel Tower...
Steel, Iron
Late 19th c. Roman Specimen Marble Topped Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine table made in Rome in the very late 19th or early 20th century is of dramatic design and using costly material. The base carved from solid travertine is in a Renaissan...
Stone, Travertine, Marble
American Period Art Moderne Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern vintage 1940s walnut coffee table is centered on a black glass top creating a dynamic play of light and dark contrasts. The wood grains are well-chosen to conform to the ...
Glass, Walnut
Vintage 50's End Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This end table design,most often seen as a coffee table, is after a design by Isamu Noguchi. Almost immediately considered a classical design of the time this table is most likely a...
Glass
Late 18th Century English Drop-Leaf Gate Leg Dinning Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This table, circa 1780, is made of mahogany and has a new finish and replacement casters. This form of table has been in use since the 1600 but has in each successive generation been...
Mahogany
English Edwardian Folding Games Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine and unusual games table is of rare form, circa 1900 and 1910, is made of mahogany and deal secondaries. The brass fittings have all been chrome-plated, a feature usually re...
Mahogany
