Mid-Century Modern

American furniture and architecture, roughly the 1940s through the 1960s, developed alongside postwar manufacturing advances that made materials like molded plywood and fiberglass available at scale. Charles and Ray Eames produced molded plywood chairs originally developed for military use during World War II, later adapted for commercial sale through Herman Miller. Eero Saarinen's Tulip chair used a single pedestal base. Mustard and burnt orange were common, alongside more natural wood tones in earlier pieces. The style resurfaced hard in the early 2000s and hasn't really gone away since, original pieces from Eames and Saarinen still sell today, priced closer to design objects than furniture.