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Helmut Magg for WK Möbel Elm Compass Leg Desk with Drawer and Cubby, 1950s
By WK Möbel, Helmut Magg, WK Wohnen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 1950s elm desk on compass-style legs with drawer and cubby, designed by German architect Helmut
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Laminate, Elm
Jean Prouvé, Compass Table, circa 1950
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984),
compass table,
circa 1950.
"Compass" legs in black lacquered
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tables
Materials
Steel
Danish Modern Compass Vanity Desk in Teak
Located in Washington, DC
Vintage Danish or Swedish Compass leg desk/vanity in teak with fold up lid. Interior compartment
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks
Materials
Teak
Lovely French Table, France, 1950s
Located in Sylacauga, AL
A lovely mahogany dining table with compass legs, France, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Two Tiered Italian Bar/ Cabinet
Located in Newburgh, NY
Elegant pair of walnut bar with brass compass legs and glass upper tablet.
Category
20th Century Italian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Greta Grossman Nested Tables
Located in Southampton, NY
compass legs.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Tables
Materials
Iron
Arthur Umanoff Magazine Table, 1950s
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in San Diego, CA
Arthur Umanoff side table with compass legs. Metal display rack for magazines. Iron frame around
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Iron
Pair of Erik Kirkegaard for Høng Stolefabrik No. 52 Teak Compass Armchairs, 1960
By Erik Kirkegaard, Høng Stolefabrik
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptionally handsome pair of teak No. 52 compass-leg armchairs with black faux leather
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Teak, Bentwood
Interesting Barrel Shaped Roll-top Desk
Located in New York, NY
Small-scale and unusual barrel shaped desk with compass legs and tambour roll-top. Has slots for
Category
Vintage 1960s American Desks
Materials
Walnut
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Flip-Top Console/Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
design, with visible support bars, austere lines and compass legs, calls to mind Nakashima's work for
Category
Vintage 1950s American Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Sideboard by E.W. Bach for Sejling Skabe publisher, Denmark, 1960
s
By E.W. Bach
Located in Brussels , BE
of furniture, set on compass legs, opens with 4 sliding doors revealing ample storage space. Very
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Danish Teak Planter, 1960s
By Poul Volther
Located in Nyborg, DK
beautifully delicate compass legs. This piece comes with its original aluminium liner. In very good vintage
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Teak
Wooden and Brass Chest of Drawers from the 1950s
Located in Tourcoing, FR
drawers with interior in midnight blue velvet, chrome metal handles and compass legs decorated with golden
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
Rare Jon Jansen Set of Cork Top Stacking Tables
By Jon Jansen, Bob Roukema
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jansen.
Cool-toned ivory-colored bleached mahogany frames feature compass legs that stack flush upon
Category
Vintage 1950s New Zealand Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking...
Materials
Mahogany, Cork
Pair of Folke Ohlsson for DUX Teak Armchairs, 1960s
By Folke Ohlsson, Dux of Sweden
Located in San Francisco, CA
handsome and well-crafted solid teak frame with dramatically sculptural back and compass legs. Thin
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak, Bentwood
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Walnut Sideboard with Op-Art Pattern, 1960s
Located in Warsaw, PL
pattern in Op-Art style and modern brass handles. This piece has a tapered compass legs from solid wood
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Scandinavian Single Pedestal Writing Desk in Pine, Paul McCobb style 60s
By Paul McCobb
Located in Leamington Spa, GB
Writing Desk
Structure and compass legs in pitch pine
Sides in beech wood.
Black leatherette inserted
Category
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Faux Leather, Beech, Pine
Rare Modernist Italian Dining Room Set in the Style of Ico Parisi from the 1960s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Paris, FR
edge and a gorgeous wood base made of compass legs.
Combined with six matching chairs made of wood and
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Midcentury Scandinavian Console Cabinet with Drawers and Hand Painted Pattern
Located in Warsaw, PL
in light blue and white. The chest has been mounted on tall and tapered compass legs in black
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Pierre Jeanneret Daybed Upholstered
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Altwies, LU
Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967)
daybed upholstered with black hair skin, compass legs.
Restoration
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Benches
Materials
Teak
Baltic Karelian Birch Sofa Table, circa 1820
Located in Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
An early 19th century Baltic drop leaf sofa table, veneered in Karelian Birch, with compass legs
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Baltic Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Birch
Mid century G Plan sideboard
By G Plan Furniture
Located in BRUNOY, FR
Vintage G Plan sideboard with compass legs (Fresco range), Scandinavian style from the 1970s-80s
Category
Mid-20th Century British Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Rosewood and Walnut Low Sideboard, 1970s
Located in Warsaw, PL
sliding doors, shelves inside and compass legs.
The cabinet is in vintage condition, wood has undergone
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Wood
"Compass" desk with tube legs, 1955 by Jean Prouvé
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
"Compass" desk with tube legs, 1955
Bent sheet steel, steel tube and laminated wood
73 x 140 x 66
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Copper and Brass Metal Dutch Design Hanging Bar Cabinet by Belgo Chrome
By Belgo Chrome
Located in Tourcoing, FR
will be seduced, for sure, here, by this hanging bar-cabinet, clad in copper-plated metal, with compass
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Dry Bars
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Glamour Burl Rosewood Sideboard with Drawers, 1960s
Located in Warsaw, PL
billiard fabric. It has a angular compass legs.
This sideboard was made in the vein of Hollywood Regency
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Materials
Rosewood
A Round French Brass
Glass Compass Gueridon.
Located in New York, NY
The circular top in the form of a working compass, raised on tripod legs.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Fritz of California Euro Art Walnut Freestanding Modular Storage System, 1958
Located in San Francisco, CA
.
Endlessly customizable, it consists of six ebonized upright supports with asymmetrical compass legs, four
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Shelves
Materials
Brass
Vintage Erik Kirkegaard for Høng Stolefabrik Teak Compass Armchair
By Erik Kirkegaard, Høng Stolefabrik
Located in San Francisco, CA
, with compass-style legs supporting a sculptural cantilevered back with wrap-around arms. Broad, low
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Teak
Vintage Compass Chair by Kai Kristiansen in Solid Teak and Wool, Denmark, 1950s
By Kai Kristiansen, SVA Møbler
Located in Hamburg, DE
legs that remind of the legs from a compass.
+ The armchair is particularly comfortable due to the
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wool, Teak
6 Vintage Compass Chairs by Kai Kristiansen in Solid Oak and Wool, Denmark 1950s
By SVA Møbler, Kai Kristiansen
Located in Hamburg, DE
organically shaped legs that remind of the legs from a compass.
+ The armchair is particularly comfortable
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wool, Oak
Asymmetry V Legs Pair of Easy Armchairs Designed Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in London, GB
delightful illustration of the Jeanneret’s iconic “compass” style, featuring triangular-section legs. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood, Teak
Bent Plywood Medea Chair
Located in Verona, IT
Rare Chair in bent plywood, with metal legs.
Golden Compass 1956
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Side Chairs
Guilmet , Mystery Clock with Conical Pendulum, Paris, 1880
Located in Mexico City, D.F.
Mystery clock by Andre Romain Guilmet, circa 1880, three legs compass on world clock.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Industrial Clocks
Materials
Nickel, Brass
English Inlaid Arts
Crafts Low Table
By A. Belokopytoff
Located in Southampton, NY
GREAT OCCASIONAL LOW TABLE - INLAID WITH COMPASS & DIAMOND PATTERNS -- OCTAGONAL LEGS JOINED BY X
Category
20th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Oak, Ebony, Satinwood
Set of 12 Friso Kramer chairs
Located in New York, NY
A set of 12 chairs by Friso Kramer with faux bois shell seats and black metal compass style legs.
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Chairs
Materials
Metal
Danish Poul Volther Teak Cabinet, 1960s
By Poul Volther
Located in Nyborg, DK
Poul Volther small cabinet with drawer and two sliding doors with maple interior. Sits on 'compass
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Modern Glass Tripod Table, 1950s
Located in Vienna, Austria
condition. Plate shows minor signs of use. Wood and golden brass legs with compass feet.
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Suite of 6 Chairs "Dining Chairs" by Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Altwies, LU
Solid teak chairs with double side legs of compass type joined by two spacers.
Backrest and seat
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Chairs
Materials
Wood
$47,357 / set
"Senate-Committee Chairs" circa 1955 by Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Altwies, LU
Set of two Senate-committee teak chairs, flat inclined backrest, compass base with tapered legs
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Corner Chairs
Materials
Teak
"Senate Committee Chairs" by Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Altwies, LU
Set of two Senate-committee teak chairs, flat inclined backrest, compass base with tapered legs
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$34,090 / set
Pierre Jeanneret Coffee Table, circa 1955
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Paris, FR
with two superimposed plates. Opened compartment with an upper glass plate. Side compass-shaped legs
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Teak
Jean Prouvé, "Marcoule" Bench, circa 1956
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Paris, FR
lacquered sheet steel structure.
Double compass-shaped legs on flattened circular pads.
Dimensions : H
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Benches
Materials
Steel
"Table Compas" by Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early example of the Prouvé Model No. 512 table -- the famous "Compass Table" -- has legs
Category
Vintage 1950s French Dining Room Tables
John Morley Clavichord 4 octave Mahogany c1979
Located in London, GB
John Morley Clavichord in mahogany on turned and fluted legs
Compass 4 octaves C to D
No.2971
Category
20th Century English Musical Instruments
Pierre Jeanneret, Set of Two Easy Armchairs
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Altwies, LU
backrests and bent seat.
Detected and profiled armrests and side compass design legs.
Cane seat and
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Lounge Chairs
Materials
Teak
Pierre Jeanneret, Set of Two Easy Armchairs
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Altwies, LU
backrests and bent seat.
Detected and profiled armrests and side compass design legs.
Cane seat and
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Armchairs
Materials
Teak
Danish Midcentury Teak Cabinet by Poul Volther
By Poul Volther
Located in Nyborg, DK
Poul Volther small cabinet with drawer and two sliding doors with maple interior. Sits on 'compass
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Maple, Teak
Set of Two "Senate-Committee Chairs" Kiwy
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Altwies, LU
Set of two "Senate-committee" teak chairs, flat inclined backrest, compass base with tapered legs
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Lounge Chairs
Materials
Teak
Pierre Jeanneret Set of Two "Senate-Committee" Chairs
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Altwies, LU
Set of two "Senate-committee" teak chairs, flat inclined backrest, compass base with
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Bergere Chairs
Pair of Armchairs by Pierre JEANNERET (1896-1967)
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Altwies, LU
sloping backseats, side compass structure with tapered legs. Detached armrests, upholstered cuffs. Seat
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Chairs
Materials
Teak
Rare and Stunning Pair of Pierre Jeanneret ‘Easy Low’ Armchairs
Located in Alton, GB
braided cane work with signature "Compass" style double side leg inverted ‘V’ assembly, the legs united by
Category
Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Teak
Jean Prouvé Garden Bench 1950s
By Jean Prouvé
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
the ideal bench for your garden
the bench is totally original from the 1950s with its 2 compass
Category
Mid-20th Century French Garden Ornaments
Materials
Iron
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-010806 ‘Easy Lounge’ Armchairs Chandigarh, Circa 1958-59
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
inclined and raised on signature Jeanneret ‘Compass’ inverted V legs in solid teak with flat profiled sides
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Teak
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-010806 ‘Easy Lounge’ Sofa Chandigarh, Circa 1958-59
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
‘Compass’ inverted V legs in solid teak with flat profiled sides, the rear legs united by a supporting
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Teak
Pierre Jeanneret Model: PJ010104T Easy Low Armchairs Pair Set 1, Circa 1953-54
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
braided cane work with signature "Compass" style double side leg inverted ‘V’ assembly, the legs united by
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Pierre Jeanneret Model PJ010104T ‘Easy Low’ Armchair Set 2 Circa 1953-54
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
signature "Compass" style double side leg inverted ‘V’ assembly, the legs united by two stretchers which
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
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