Mid-Century Design Photographs

One great reason to be an antiques dealer is that one is always finding interesting things that are unexpected or that one knows nothing about.
Take these photographs for instance.

We purchased a collection of vintage black and white design photos recently from the estate of the architect Paul MacAlister.  He was a famous designer who was a favorite of Cornelius Vanderbilt and designed interiors of their many apartments in New York.

Many of the photos are of the moderne period--after art deco in the late 1930s.  Think Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man movies type of furniture.  While art deco was angular, moderne had some roundness to the look.

I will put my hands on some more photos--including a bathroom with sea life on the walls and a dining room with custom chairs that depict different African animals.  Really quite timeless and quirky--and show off so much better in black and white.