Vintage Mid-Century Modern Iron Rod Side Chair | Forest Green Tweed Back | Black Vinyl Seat | Paul McCobb / Arbuck Manner | c. 1950s

A quietly commanding mid-century modern side chair in black enameled iron rod, executed in the manner of Paul McCobb's influential furniture for Arbuck Inc. of Brooklyn — and distinguished from the canonical gray-tweed version of this form by its deep forest green back pad, a color choice that gives this chair a richer, more saturated personality while maintaining the lean industrial precision of the design tradition. The combination of matte black iron rod, black vinyl seat, and hunter green salt-and-pepper tweed is sophisticated, unexpected, and entirely of its mid-century moment — while simultaneously feeling completely current.

The chair presents the resolved formal geometry of the American MCM iron idiom at its best: four angled legs with minimal cross-bracing, a generous black vinyl seat cushion, and a floating back pad on two vertical iron uprights, positioned at a slightly reclined angle that provides genuine lumbar support while maintaining the visual openness and lightness that defines quality iron seating of the period. Seen from the rear, the black iron frame is particularly compelling in its spare precision — every element doing exactly what it needs to do and nothing more.

No maker's markings are present, consistent with the production practices of American iron rod seating of this period. The chair is structurally sound and in very good vintage condition. An exceptional piece of genuine mid-century design character that works as a dining chair, desk chair, side chair, or sculptural accent — and that pairs with the full range of American MCM furniture as well as with contemporary interiors that appreciate the rigorous understatement of real mid-century design.

Dimensions: 20w 22d 30h 15sh

Condition: age appropriate wear, vintage finish worn, scuffs/scratches, edge wear, discoloration, see photos.

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