1940s Archives - American Modern Design

Title Image

QwkDog Gay Fad Studios Glassware

May 16, 2026

Gay Fad Studios: Hand-Painted Glassware and the Mid-Century Table

QwkDog Design Reglor of California Lamp

May 15, 2026

Reglor of California: Theatrical Lamps for the Postwar Interior

Continental Arts Lamp

May 13, 2026

Continental Art Company Lamps: Mid-Century Drama

QwkDog Design Moss Lamp

May 13, 2026

Moss Lamps: Mid-Century Lighting at Full Volume

Willow and Reed Catalog Cover

May 10, 2026

Willow & Reed Rattan Catalogs 1940-50s

QwkDog Design Heywood Wakefield C3980C Arm Chairs

May 4, 2026

Restoring a Pair of Heywood-Wakefield C3980C Streamline Arm Chairs

QwkDog Design Heywood Wakefield CX Arm Chair - Finished

May 4, 2026

A Streamline Survivor: Reupholstering a Rare Heywood-Wakefield Chair

Qwkdog Design Douglas Dinettes 1947 Catalog

April 25, 2026

Douglas and the Rise of the American Dinette

Qwkdog Design Arvin Dinettes 1949 Catalog

April 25, 2026

Arvin Dinette Sets, 1949: Chrome, Color, and the Modern Kitchen

Royal Haeger Lamps 1941 Catalog Cover

April 7, 2026

Royal Haeger Lamp Catalog 1941C

Empire Furniture Catalog 1949

April 7, 2026

Empire Furniture Manufacturing, 1949 Dinette Catalog

QwkDog Bauer Pottery Artware Floral Design Ogden

August 14, 2021

Bauer Pottery Artware Floral Designs