Prairie Style – An American Original
This week The Appraisal Group is featuring the look book of 20th-century Americana. Today, we visit Prairie style. Solidly American, Prairie Style was an outgrowth of the American Arts and Crafts M...
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As a nation of style seekers, we have, for about the past fifteen years, embraced a new age of Minimalism. Young and mid-career collectors no doubt have fond memories of this furniture from their grandparents’ homes. Others simply admire the sleek, strong lines of mid-century taste. Interestingly, the spare look was originally a reaction to elaborate antiques. Some of it was designed by the architects like Meis van der Rohe and Charles and Ray Eames of the International style house so popular among the upper classes and modified for the tract-housing provided GIs.
American makers like Herman Miller, Gunlocke and Heywood Wakefield, Harry Bertoia, George Nelson, Issamu Noguichi and George Nakashima are among the top sellers today. European modernist designers include Corbusier, Jean Prouve, Ettore Scottsass, Marcel Breuer. There are more, many more. For a list of the Top 25, I suggest you look at Complex.com.
The original vintage designs can run into stratospheric numbers. So before you buy, take a tip or two from The Appraisal Group. This short list of things to know will help you purchase well and maintain your mid-century modern furniture for generations to come.
This week The Appraisal Group is featuring the look book of 20th-century Americana. Today, we visit Prairie style. Solidly American, Prairie Style was an outgrowth of the American Arts and Crafts M...
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