Shoji screens and Dunbar sectional sofas. Walls painted seafoam green or Persian melon. A massive Vasarely op art print beneath a Sputnik chandelier. And let’s not forget the bar – always a bar for those late-night deadline-chasers or hair-of-the-dog morning-after sufferers. This was the world of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, home to AMC TV’s Mad Men.
While the immensely watchable world of Don Draper and his dysfunctional ad agency cohorts is soon to disappear with the final season of Mad Men, the midcentury-cool design ethic it brought to the mainstream has had a dramatic effect on how people are decorating their homes and workspaces. The spirit of midcentury design adapts to any interior space, whether it’s a 500-square-foot pied-a-terre in the city or a glass-walled mountaintop mansion overlooking Aspen.
You’ll find everything you desire in online auctions. Here’s a mixed bag of pieces that might inspire a room in your home.
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[divider]Paolo Buffa[/divider]
You can start with an anchor piece in a neutral color, like this upholstered sofa attributed to Paolo Buffa.
[divider]Jens Risom[/divider]
A pair of Jens Risom for Knoll webbed armchairs embody that Scandinavian look that’s so cool.
[divider]Paul Evans[/divider]
Paul Evans – now there’s a name that’s setting the auction rooms on fire these days. Love this coffee table from Evans’ Cityscape line, which would be compatible with many types of living room suites.
[divider]Murano[/divider]
Italian Murano glass lamps are a fixture of midcentury design and add a pop of color if you’re sticking with neutral furniture.
[divider]George Nelson/Herman Miller[/divider]
What an imaginative concept – the Marshmallow Sofa, which George Nelson designed for Herman Miller.
[divider]Nakashima[/divider]
A classic for your dining room is this 1957 George Nakashima triple cabinet with slide-out drawers.
[divider]David Gibbs[/divider]
A very nice – but affordable – original artwork to hang above the cabinet is this 1973 painting by David Gibbs.
[divider]Robert Sonneman[/divider]
This plastic and metal chandelier by Robert Sonneman is huge – 29 inches in height, 21 inches across.
[divider]Peter Beard[/divider]
From out of Africa comes this original gelatin silver print taken by famed wildlife photographer Peter Beard, who signed and dated the picture in 1982.
[divider]After Paul Frankl[/divider]
The Beard print would pair up nicely with this rattan and wood tiki bar and stools in the manner of Paul Frankl.
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