Topic guide

Furniture & Objects

Guides to mid-century furniture, lighting, ceramics, glass and domestic objects.

A close-reading archive for furniture, lighting, ceramics, glass and the ordinary objects through which modernism entered daily life.

Guides in preparation

  • Chair anatomy: frames, shells, joints and upholstery
  • A guide to mid-century furniture labels and marks
  • Lesser-known British storage furniture
  • How lighting manufacturers shaped modern interiors
  • Ceramics and glass beyond decorative styling

In this section

Stories filed here.

Everything published so far under Furniture & Objects.

A quiet monthly letter

One object. One building. One designer.

A concise monthly note for people who want to look more closely at twentieth-century design. No daily churn.

The first letter is in preparation.