milo-baughman-mid-century-bedroom-suite
Lot 87
Milo Baughman Mid Century Bedroom Suite
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(6) pieces to include: triple dresser, wardrobe, nightstand, mirror and two single headboards. Each piece handsomely veneered with book-matched rosewood fronts, chrome accents along the edges and drawer pulls, and black finished top and side surfaces. The dresser (30 x 75 x 19 in.) has six drawers and a central cabinet with three interior drawers. The wardrobe (55.5 x 40 x 19 in.) has a two door cabinet over two drawers, the upper cabinet having two interior drawers and a shelf. The night stand (23 x 26 x 16 in.) has one drawer over a two door cabinet. The mirror (28 x 46 in.) is rectangular with a chrome and rosewood frame. The two headboards (36 x 38.5 in.) are rectangular in form with chrome frames and a central chrome strip through the center. "W & J Sloan" is marked inside the nightstand drawer. Accompanying the lot is a bill of purchase from W & J Sloan of Fifth Ave New York, 1971. Noted designer, Milo Baughman (American, 1923 - 2003) began his work in Southern California before joining Drexel of North Carolina. His designs were featured in the 1985 Whitney Musuem exhibition: "High Styles: Twentieth Century American Design," and at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The triple dresser and wardrobe have some light surface scratches to the tops; the wardrobe having some light flaking to the left and right bases; the nightstand has surface scratches to the top and wear to the top and base edges; mirror with dent to one chrome corner.

$2,000 - 2,500