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The Museum of Mid Century Material Culture

Explore other wonders of mid century homes and design. We love our 'wonderful oddities' -- inventions like the Electro-Sink Center, the GE Partio Cart, smokin' adorable mid century barbeques, and more. I love to write about mid century designers, some sorta... forgotten -- 'til here & now! Want to visit a midcentury house museum - we have about 60!

The Museum of Mid Century Material Culture

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A few favorites to tempt you to dive in even more!

hazel dell brown

Hazel Dell Brown of Armstrong Flooring — the most influential residential interior designer of the 20th Century (that you probably never heard of)

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Royal Barry Wills Associates Archive now online — 12,000+ items in Historic New England’s digital collection!

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59 Midcentury and Modern Historic Houses to visit across the U.S.

knotty pine living room

Pickwick pine paneling — the most popular knotty pine pattern in midcentury America?

The Museum of Mid Century Material Culture Topics

favorite mid century designers(25 posts)

favorite mid century designers

historic preservation(45 posts)

historic preservation

postwar culture(114 posts)

postwar culture

time capsule homes(127 posts)

time capsule homes

vacation spots, historic homes, museums(64 posts)

vacation spots, historic homes, museums

woddities: wonderful oddities(149 posts)

woddities: wonderful oddities

ALL The Museum of Mid Century Material Culture POSTS

Josef Frank exotic butterfly wallpaper from Schumacher

Josef Frank wallpaper — 12 historic Scandinavian Modern designs still available today

erica wilson owl kit

Erica Wilson: A Life in Stitches — Winterthur’s important online exhibit

1941 Standard brand Darlington porcelain bathroom dressing table

Rare and wonderful: 1941 Standard brand Darlington Dressing Table — porcelain china bathroom side table

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Vladimir Kagan + Erica Wilson Contour rocking chair — sells for $132,300 !

midcentury modern puzzle

1,000-piece midcentury modern jigsaw puzzles from Modern Puzzles

dishmaster bar boy

Dishmaster Bar Boy — a bar sink sold with a Dishmaster faucet, New Old Stock, yum!

green midcentury bathroom

From Hazel Dell Brown & Armstrong Cork Co. — 12 online catalogs from 1929-1951

hazel dell brown

Hazel Dell Brown of Armstrong Flooring — the most influential residential interior designer of the 20th Century (that you probably never heard of)

Armstrong flooring making linoleum

The history of Armstrong Flooring’s Pattern #5352 — the best-selling resilient flooring pattern of the 20th Century

vintage dishmaster new old stock

New old stock vintage Dishmaster kitchen faucet — happy birthday to me!

time capsule houses

The 1974 time capsule house that won the internet this week + four more houses from reader tips

royal barry wills house historic new england royal barry wills archive

Royal Barry Wills Associates Archive now online — 12,000+ items in Historic New England’s digital collection!

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