Rare Vladimir Kagan Console and Drop Leaf Dining Table

This is a very rare early Vladimir Kagan Console Table or Dining Table designed in 1950. This is one of Vladimir Kagan's early designs and the only one currently for sale in the world. These were produced in a very small number and hand-built. This is the ultimate transformer. It can be used as a console table with incredible geometric lines and then extends on either side, creating a dining table that can seat 4 comfortably.

Burn mark under table indicating authenticity. In addition, the table can be found on page 59 of The Complete Kagan Book.

Dimensions: 66L X 19.5 W X 29.5 H

Each leave adds 11.5 on each side making the total width of the table 42.5 W

About the designer:
"Vladimir Kagan was an illustrious American furniture designer whose historic career spanned nearly 65 years. Born in Germany in 1927, he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1938 fleeing from the rise of the Nazi regime. He studied architecture at Columbia and later apprenticed with his father, a master cabinetmaker, in his woodworking shop. In 1949, Kagan opened his own shop in New York, shortly thereafter releasing his first furniture collection, receiving the Museum of Modern Art, New York Good Design Award for his wrought-iron chair. His work is well-known for its avant-garde craftsmanship combined with comfort and functionality. The sensuous, organic forms take on human-like characteristics through exaggerated, curved lines. Kagan’s designs are produced with varying materials including brass, acrylic, aluminum and, most notably, wood.

Over the course of his career, his work was highly sought after by celebrity clientele from Marilyn Monroe to Tom Ford, and he lent his design to projects such as Disneyland’s Monsanto House of the Future in 1964 and the Downtown Los Angeles Standard Hotel lobby redesign in 2002. Kagan lectured extensively on the history of modern furniture design at institutions including Parsons School of Design, Yale and Philadelphia University. A highly honored designer, he was elected president of the American Society of Interior Designers New York Chapter in 1990, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, and the American Society of Furniture Designers. In 2009, Kagan was inducted into the Interior Designer Hall of Fame.

Vladimir Kagan died in 2016, leaving behind an artistic legacy and lifetime of creative achievement."