EDWARD WORMLEY for DUNBAR Wing Lounge chair Model 6016. Iconic lounge chair, designed by Edward WORMLEy circa 1960. One of a pair being sold at auction. Wear consistent with age & use. Frame is original condition. Light scuffs, original cane in good condition. Upholstery original to chair. Reads DUNBAR in repeat letter design. Original label though torn, still attached and reads DUNBAR FURNITURE CORP OF INDIANNA. LABEL also reads 6016 chair. Mahogany frame with cane panels. This pair of chairs was found in attic of Fairfield county Connecticut winery and removed for this auction. Height 34.5 inches width 27 inches, depth 31 inches. Seat height 17 inches. Mid century modern chair, MCM lounge chair, designer MCM, wing chair, Dunbar caned back wing chair, caned wing chair, Scandinavian design influence, architectural design, rare iconic MCM lounge chairs, club chairs. Edward Wormley was not only one of America’s most significant and influential modernist designers, but also one of its busiest. From 1932 until his retirement in the late 1960s—except for a brief stint with Drexel Furniture—Wormley was Dunbar’s in-house designer, responsible for producing up to two lines of this country’s most prestigious and expensive furniture per year. Born in a farming community in Illinois in 1907, Wormley became a self-taught man of the world. Cosmopolitan and urbane, by all accounts gregarious, witty, and charming, he read and traveled extensively, easily assimilating ideas, experiences, and even collected artifacts into his own design work. Wormley characteristically honored aesthetic qualities, following influences of Scandinavian modernism, while maintaining utilitarian qualities and “designing for the needs? of others. His work is timeless and of the highest quality. Wormley died in 1995, but his legacy is celebrated in collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Montreal. 6