Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
American
Few 20th-century designers had influential furniture that regularly flew at 30,000 feet, but Warren McArthur did. His work — and the work of his company, the Warren McArthur Corporation — on seating for military aircraft came near the end of his career, following decades of Machine Age furniture shaped from tubular forms and made of steel, chrome and aluminum.
Warren McArthur Jr. graduated with an engineering degree from Cornell University in 1908. After moving to Los Angeles in 1929, he founded the Warren McArthur Corporation a year later. His initial output of sleek, metal designs were popular in offices and hotels.
At the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, Americans witnessed a new “Streamlined America” campaign, which included everyday furniture made from metal, opening the door for McArthur and other Machine Age designers to a residential audience. With this increase in demand for metal furniture, the Warren McArthur Corporation relocated to Rome, New York, and sold their aluminum furnishings out of a showroom on Park Avenue in New York City.
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Fredric March and Clark Gable were among his A-list clientele. McArthur also produced furniture for the dining cars on the Union Pacific Railroad and the Chrysler Headquarters. His designs were featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 1934 exhibition “Contemporary American Industrial Art.”
During World War II, McArthur pivoted production after a ban on the private use of aluminum. McArthur made an estimated three-quarters of all American military aircraft seating, including adjustable seats for the Beechcraft C-45 and revolving seats for navigators aboard the Grumman HU-16 Albatross.
Warren McArthur closed his business in 1948. He died in 1961.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Warren McArthur armchairs, tables and other seating.
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Warren McArthur Industrial Design Side Chair with Sling Back, c. 1935
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur Industrial Design Side Chair with Sling Back, c. 1935
Aluminum, Rubber Feet and Upholstery (cotton-poly blend)
A rare example of early American industrial design by W...
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Warren McArthur Custom Model 1642-5 Glass Top Console 1935 Table Rome, NY
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
vWarren McArthur custom ordered console/display table for the B&M Department Store of Peoria, Illinois with its attached Rome NY order label dated 2/35.
The standard dimensions of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$6,150 Sale Price
25% Off
Warren McArthur Occasional Table, 1942
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur Occasional Table, 1942
Stained maplewood top with black-painted edge over a lightweight aluminum frame. The tubular structure is engineered with McArthur’s signature ...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Maple
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Warren McArthur Armchairs, for McArthur Corporation 1933
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of Six Warren McArthur Armchairs for McArthur Corporation, 1933
Aluminum frames with woven linoleum upholstery and rubber elements.
Set includes four examples of model 1047-A and...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Warren McArthur Pair of Console Tables 1933
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur Pair of Console Tables
Warren McArthur Corporation, c. 1933
Aluminum frame with painted wood tops and rubber components.
Dimensions: 30¼ h × 35¼ w × 14 d in (77 × 90 ...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$6,800 / set
Rare Warren McArthur Two-Tier Desk with Drawers, Reversible, Machine Age 1930s
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur two-tier desk with drawers
Aluminum and black lacquered wood
Warren McArthur Corporation, 1930s
Measures: 48" x 24" x 30" desk height
D...
Category
1930s Machine Age Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Warren McArthur for Warren McArthur Corporation Table or Desk
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur for Warren McArthur Corporation Table or Desk from the Virginia State Library, Richmond V.A.
Aluminum base, wood top with laminate surface
Dimensions:
30¼"high
50½" w...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Warren McArthur Low Lounge Version of Chair Model 1132 ASU Rome, NY 1936
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
An unusual Warren McArthur lounge chair, a low version of Warren McArthur's standard Style No. 1132ASU, exemplifies the innovative engineering and modernist elegance that defined McA...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Rare Warren McArthur Console / Hall Table, Art Deco, Machine Age, 1930
s
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare demilune console table designed by Warren McArthur. Amazing design, proportion, table has been re-painted (at some point) Retains remnants of original label, Also orig...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Warren McArthur Pair of Matched Sofas Style No. 917-3 C. 1938
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Camden, ME
A Warren McArthur Corporation matched pair of Style No. 917-3 3-seater sofas from the late 30s.
A stunning example of Art Moderne or Machine Age design, this pair of Warren McArthur...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$12,562 Sale Price / set
51% Off
Warren McArthur Aluminium Armchair Style No 1170 AU, circa 1939
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Camden, ME
A Warren McArthur aluminium armchair style no 1170 AU in excellent vintage condition.
This chair is a classic example of Warren's mastery of tube bending.
The elongated S of the b...
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$2,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Aluminum Warren McArthur Sling Lounge Chairs Style No. 1000-A, 1938
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Camden, ME
Pair of lounge chairs by Warren McArthur manufactured at his factory in Connecticut in the late 1930s.
The designs that Warren introduced in the very beginning of his furniture making he referred to as "suspension chairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bauhaus Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$9,375 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Warren McArthur Desk Chair
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur Desk Chair, Aluminum frame with upholstrey.
Reupholstered
Seat height 20"
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Warren McArthur Reclining Shampoo Chair, Custom Wood-Base Model, 1930s
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Camden, ME
This exceptionally rare reclining shampoo chair was created by Warren McArthur, confirmed through its patented tubular-aluminum construction and the surviving shadow remnant of the o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Warren McArthur Pull-Up Chairs, 1930
s
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Warren McArthur pull-up chairs, 1930's Aluminum tubular frame with back-slats.
Manufactured in Rome, New York Decal underside.
We reupholstered with new Iron Cloth, a polye...
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$6,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Warren McArthur Console Sky Blue Cafolite Top c. 1935
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Camden, ME
Unusual Warren McArthur console or perhaps a work table from a department store or beauty salon cosmetic cubicle.
The sky blue Cafolite top was produced for the Warren McArthur Corp...
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$3,900 Sale Price
25% Off
Warren McArthur Vanity Stool Style No. 1131, circa 1936
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
Warren McArthur aluminum vanity stool from the mid- 1930s.
The stool is worn and has a separation crack on the inside edge of one of the floor tube. Early McArthur is made from weld...
Category
1930s American Bauhaus Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Warren McArthur Dining Table 42" x 42"
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
This square table by Warren McArthur, dating to circa 1938, embodies the refined industrial elegance that defines the designer’s most sought-after work. With its compact yet generous...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Warren McArthur Occasional Table, 1933
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Chicago, IL
Warren McArthur Occasional Table,1933 Model 1551
Warren McArthur Corporation
Aluminum frame with laminated top. Distinctive tubular construction characteristic of McArthur’s early m...
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$5,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Warren McArthur Four Lounge Chairs, Circa 1939
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
Warren McArthur suite of four lounge chairs circa late 1930s. These seldom seen examples retain their original finish to their tubular aluminum fram...
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$15,500 / set
Warren McArthur Side Table Anodized Aluminum Black Cafolite One Park Avenue 1938
By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
This Warren McArthur side table represents the designer’s most sophisticated period of production between 1936 and 1940. Featuring a black Cafolite top—a phenolic resin surface prize...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$3,900 Sale Price
25% Off
Warren McArthur Modified Revolving Stool Aircraft Seat 1947/2024
By Warren McArthur, Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Camden, ME
.A rotating stool made from a Warren McArthur designed aircraft navigational stool created in 1947 for Grumman Aircraft Corporation.
The Grumman Albatross SA-16 was deve...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Machine Age / American Art Deco Warren McArthur Aluminum Cocktail Table
By Warren McArthur Corporation
Located in Buffalo, NY
Machine Age / American Art Deco Warren McArthur cocktail table, c.1935, Classic design, aluminum base, black laminate top, aluminum banding. R...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Warren McArthur Corporation Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
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Warren McArthur Corporation Model 1541-2 Two Drawer Desk Rome. NY c.1934/35
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EAn early Warren McArthur Corporation desk, manufactured during the first years of Rome, NY production (1933–1934).
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Warren McArthur Rolling Cart Yellow and Green Anodized Rings, circa 1938
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A wonderful Warren McArthur club chair and ottoman that personify the comfort of his furniture.
Warren's patented compression assembly was designed to provide flexibility in the frame to add more comfort via a slight flex in addition to the cushions.
The aluminum strap back added to this flexibility in contrast to the rigid welded steel tube frame that was the standard of McArthur's contemporaries.
This club chair and ottoman were manufactured at the Warren McArthur Furniture Company in Los Angeles between 1931/33.
The chair's design, while similar in overall look, predates Warren McArthur's classic Park Avenue Lounge (Style No. 1003 EAU p. 9 of his 1936 corporation catalog) by at least two years.
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By Warren McArthur Corporation, Warren McArthur
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Rare Warren McArthur Bronze Anodize Settee Style No 947 Rome, NY C. 1933/34
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The label ending in "PATS APPLIED FOR" identifies the bar as being manufactured in Rome between 1933/34.
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Warren Mcarthur Corporation furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Warren McArthur Corporation furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Warren McArthur Corporation furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Warren McArthur Corporation were created in the Art Deco style in united states during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by McKay Furniture Corp., Rose Tarlow, and Wolfgang Hoffmann. Prices for Warren McArthur Corporation furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,000 and can go as high as $14,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,950.