Collector’sguides.
Designer histories and buyer’s guides from our shop.
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October 23, 2026
Helen Hobey Baker Furniture: The Collector's Guide
How to recognize Helen Hobey furniture made by Baker, which pieces turn up most, and what highboys, lowboys, nightstands and headboards are selling for today.
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October 16, 2026
United Furniture Diamond Front and Tiki: The Collector's Guide
A collector's guide to United Furniture of Lexington, North Carolina, covering the Diamond Front and Tiki looks, what they sell for today, and what to check before you buy.
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- May 5, 2026 Barney Flagg Furniture: The Complete Collector's Guide to Drexel Parallel Who Was Barney Flagg? Barney Flagg is among the most distinctive and underappreciated voices in American mid-century modern furniture design. Working primarily as an in-house designer for Drexel Furniture Company in t... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Jack Cartwright Furniture: The Complete Collector's Guide to Founders Furniture Who Was Jack Cartwright? Jack Cartwright is one of mid-century modern furniture design's great unsung heroes — an American designer whose Scandinavian-inflected sensibility helped bring sophisticated, architect-qualit... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Kai Kristiansen Furniture Collector's Guide | Danish Modern Design Kai Kristiansen (1929–2022) was one of the most gifted furniture designers to emerge from Denmark's golden age of mid-century modern design. A student of the legendary Kaare Klint at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine A... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Mies van der Rohe Furniture Collector's Guide What Is Mies van der Rohe Furniture? Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was a German-American architect and furniture designer whose work represents one of the purest expressions of modernist design ever created. Hi... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Børge Mogensen Furniture Collector's Guide What Is Børge Mogensen Furniture? Børge Mogensen (1914–1972) was one of the most influential Danish furniture designers of the 20th century — a designer whose work is defined by integrity, practicality, and an uncompr... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Finn Juhl Furniture Collector's Guide What Is Finn Juhl Furniture? Finn Juhl (1912–1989) was a Danish architect and furniture designer whose sculptural, organically curved pieces helped define the international image of Danish Modern design. Unlike many o... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Danish Modern Furniture Buyer's Guide: Designers, Styles & What to Buy What Is Danish Modern Furniture? Danish Modern is a design movement that emerged in Denmark in the 1940s and reached its peak influence in the 1950s and 1960s. Characterized by clean lines, organic forms, exceptional ... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Herman Miller Furniture Collector's Guide: Eames, Nelson & Beyond What Is Herman Miller? Herman Miller is one of America's most celebrated furniture manufacturers, founded in 1905 in Zeeland, Michigan. While the company began as a conventional furniture maker, it transformed into a ... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Knoll Furniture Collector's Guide: History, Designers & Authentication What Is Knoll? The Company Behind Mid-Century Modern's Greatest Pieces When collectors talk about the most important mid-century modern furniture manufacturer in history, one name stands above all others: Knoll. Found... Read the guide
- May 5, 2026 Harry Bertoia Furniture Collector's Guide Harry Bertoia (1915–1978) was an Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer whose wire furniture for Knoll Associates became some of the most recognizable icons of mid-century modern design. Though Bertoia thoug... Read the guide
