Mcguire San Francisco
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Rattan, Formica
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Living Room Sets
Wicker, Rattan, Reed
Vintage 1970s Organic Modern Stools
Brass
Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Side Tables
Bamboo, Cane
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Glass
20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Settees
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
Late 20th Century American Living Room Sets
Fabric, Wicker, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Glass, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Game Tables
Rattan, Oak
20th Century American Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs
Bamboo, Cane
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Stools
Hide, Abalone, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Stools
Upholstery, Wood
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Rattan, Rubber, Wood, Hide, Fabric
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Armchairs
Leather, Fabric, Upholstery, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Game Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood, Oak, Leather
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century American Armchairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Modern Armchairs
Brass
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
Vintage 1980s American Stools
Leather, Rattan, Velvet
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Stools
Brass
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cane, Rattan
1990s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Mahogany
1990s American Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Organic Modern Daybeds
Leather, Chenille, Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Faux Leather, Naugahyde, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Velvet, Rattan
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Armchairs
Leather, Down, Rattan, Cane, Bamboo, Fabric
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rattan, Oak
20th Century American Dining Room Sets
Brass
Vintage 1980s American Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cane, Rattan, Oak
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Upholstery, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Bamboo, Formica
Early 2000s American Club Chairs
Fabric, Reed, Foam, Wood, Down
21st Century and Contemporary American Stools
Brass
20th Century American Armchairs
Bamboo, Textile
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Club Chairs
Leather, Linen, Bamboo
20th Century American Benches
Bamboo, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Organic Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
20th Century American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Rattan
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Bamboo, Leather, Wood
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Like so many artists and designers, husband and wife John McGuire (1920–2013) and Elinor Stevenson (1914–2005) became masters in their trade by accident. For the founders of McGuire Furniture Company, well, furniture wasn’t actually in the plans.
The couple met just before the start of World War II (during which John was in the U.S. Navy and Elinor was a navigation instructor) and got married after it ended. They settled down in San Francisco where John held a couple of jobs — among them selling newspaper ads for the San Francisco Examiner while Elinor worked for Boeing Aircraft. Soon, an old Navy buddy of John’s asked him to help sell a bunch of rattan furniture and, needing the money, John agreed. His side business became so successful that John decided to quit his ad-sales job and work full-time in design.
In 1948, McGuire Furniture Company was born. Alongside the mid-century modern furniture designs then gaining popularity in the United States, John introduced an unconventional idea: traditional armchairs, stools and tables made of natural materials such as bamboo, which was strong yet could be rendered pliable when steamed, that were intended for the indoors rather than the front porch.
The brand’s first success was the now famous Director’s X-Chair by Leonard Linden. The military-campaign-style solid oak folding chair launched in 1956 and saw rattan binded with rawhide strips and a high-grade leather slug seat and back that eliminated the need for a plush cushion. Elinor, too, designed some of the brand’s popular pieces, such as 1968’s Cracked Ice chair. With its rattan oval back a dazzling celebration of geometric forms that give it its charming moniker, the Cracked Ice chair was an instant classic and is one of the brand’s most recognizable designs.
Today, McGuire and another American furniture manufacturer, Baker Furniture Company, comprise Baker Interiors Group. McGuire remains true to the founders’ ideals and commitment to crafting the kind of organic modern furnishings that are synonymous with the warm and relaxed feel of California design. The company has collaborated with interior designers Steven Volpe, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy and Nicole Hollis, and, as of 2019, its luxury furnishings share a 16,500-square-foot showroom with Baker’s in San Francisco. Some of the earliest McGuire Furniture Company designs are part of the permanent collection at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.
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