Mcguire San Francisco
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Dining Room Tables
Bamboo
Vintage 1970s American Armchairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Rattan, Oak
Vintage 1970s American Armchairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Wood
Late 20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Cane, Rattan, Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Stools
Brass
Late 20th Century American Chairs
Leather, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Club Chairs
Fabric, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Dining Room Tables
Crystal, Metal
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Cane
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Rattan
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Living Room Sets
Leather, Fabric, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Chairs
Brass
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Organic Modern Stools
Brass
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Rattan, Fabric
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Pedestals
Faux Bamboo
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs
Bamboo, Cane
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Iron
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Vintage 1970s Philippine Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs
Upholstery, Cane, Rattan
Vintage 1980s American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Stools
Brass
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Tables
Rattan, Leather, Glass
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cane, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1970s American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Bamboo, Rattan
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Rattan, Fabric
20th Century American Organic Modern Armchairs
Leather, Fabric, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan, Down
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Bamboo, Rattan
Early 2000s American Modern Side Chairs
Fabric, Bamboo, Rattan, Wicker
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Rattan, Oak
Late 20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Rattan, Glass
20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Textile, Cane, Rattan, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric, Rattan
Vintage 1970s Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Center Tables
Bamboo
20th Century American Organic Modern Armchairs
Leather, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
20th Century American Organic Modern Console Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Glass
20th Century American Organic Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Side Tables
Leather, Rattan, Oak
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Glass, Fabric, Bamboo
Vintage 1970s American Modern Magazine Racks and Stands
Bamboo, Cane
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Side Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Bamboo
Vintage 1960s American Chinese Chippendale Shelves
Paint, Rattan
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Bamboo
20th Century American Organic Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Rattan
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Like so many artists and designers, husband and wife John McGuire (1920–2013) and Elinor Stevenson (1914–2005) became masters in their trade by accident. For the founders of McGuire Furniture Company, well, furniture wasn’t actually in the plans.
The couple met just before the start of World War II (during which John was in the U.S. Navy and Elinor was a navigation instructor) and got married after it ended. They settled down in San Francisco where John held a couple of jobs — among them selling newspaper ads for the San Francisco Examiner while Elinor worked for Boeing Aircraft. Soon, an old Navy buddy of John’s asked him to help sell a bunch of rattan furniture and, needing the money, John agreed. His side business became so successful that John decided to quit his ad-sales job and work full-time in design.
In 1948, McGuire Furniture Company was born. Alongside the mid-century modern furniture designs then gaining popularity in the United States, John introduced an unconventional idea: traditional armchairs, stools and tables made of natural materials such as bamboo, which was strong yet could be rendered pliable when steamed, that were intended for the indoors rather than the front porch.
The brand’s first success was the now famous Director’s X-Chair by Leonard Linden. The military-campaign-style solid oak folding chair launched in 1956 and saw rattan binded with rawhide strips and a high-grade leather slug seat and back that eliminated the need for a plush cushion. Elinor, too, designed some of the brand’s popular pieces, such as 1968’s Cracked Ice chair. With its rattan oval back a dazzling celebration of geometric forms that give it its charming moniker, the Cracked Ice chair was an instant classic and is one of the brand’s most recognizable designs.
Today, McGuire and another American furniture manufacturer, Baker Furniture Company, comprise Baker Interiors Group. McGuire remains true to the founders’ ideals and commitment to crafting the kind of organic modern furnishings that are synonymous with the warm and relaxed feel of California design. The company has collaborated with interior designers Steven Volpe, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy and Nicole Hollis, and, as of 2019, its luxury furnishings share a 16,500-square-foot showroom with Baker’s in San Francisco. Some of the earliest McGuire Furniture Company designs are part of the permanent collection at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.
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