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<p>[QUOTE="jonas, post: 411757, member: 8784"]Hi, a new member here! I grew up with <i>Tom & Jerry</i> and I've always loved the way the furniture looked in the 1940-1949 cartoons. Once the 50s came with the mid-century modern I found the furniture in the cartoon got a bit too angular for my liking so to say.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I haven't found a definition of that specifically 1940s furniture style that was popular in between the Art Deco and MCM eras. I've seen the early 40s called Late Art Deco, while the late 40s get called Eearly MCM, but imo it seems to ignore the fact that the 40s had a different feel of their own in the US. Sort of a simpler (less excessive) look than Art Deco & previous styles, yet not as angular and space-age-like as the MCM and other 50s and 60s trends. Now the fun part, some examples. I can see some things are earlier, 30s style, but the sofas and armchairs are deffinitely 40s:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/a8/d9/a5a8d9fcf7e808b18c2b86e35afa6a0a.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/a8/d9/a5a8d9fcf7e808b18c2b86e35afa6a0a.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/a8/d9/a5a8d9fcf7e808b18c2b86e35afa6a0a.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9J-4QHZHNftiARyXg9Q8xTTKNk0ETNbKr97AOsI3pYwfAbTx4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9J-4QHZHNftiARyXg9Q8xTTKNk0ETNbKr97AOsI3pYwfAbTx4" rel="nofollow">https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9J-4QHZHNftiARyXg9Q8xTTKNk0ETNbKr97AOsI3pYwfAbTx4</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb8jTvSwJbw/hqdefault.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb8jTvSwJbw/hqdefault.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb8jTvSwJbw/hqdefault.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzc4NTRkMTEtY2FlZi00MmRhLTliN2UtYTJjNDdjMWI2NjdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc0NjY1ODk@._V1_SY240_SX320_AL_.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzc4NTRkMTEtY2FlZi00MmRhLTliN2UtYTJjNDdjMWI2NjdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc0NjY1ODk@._V1_SY240_SX320_AL_.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzc4NTRkMTEtY2FlZi00MmRhLTliN2UtYTJjNDdjMWI2NjdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc0NjY1ODk@._V1_SY240_SX320_AL_.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I really want my house to portray that era but it's easier to find pure 30s Art Deco or 50s MCM pieces as I don't now what keywords to look for. I don't care for the UK/Europe's Utility Furniture, I'm a fan of the 1940s American furniture style. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jonas, post: 411757, member: 8784"]Hi, a new member here! I grew up with [I]Tom & Jerry[/I] and I've always loved the way the furniture looked in the 1940-1949 cartoons. Once the 50s came with the mid-century modern I found the furniture in the cartoon got a bit too angular for my liking so to say. However, I haven't found a definition of that specifically 1940s furniture style that was popular in between the Art Deco and MCM eras. I've seen the early 40s called Late Art Deco, while the late 40s get called Eearly MCM, but imo it seems to ignore the fact that the 40s had a different feel of their own in the US. Sort of a simpler (less excessive) look than Art Deco & previous styles, yet not as angular and space-age-like as the MCM and other 50s and 60s trends. Now the fun part, some examples. I can see some things are earlier, 30s style, but the sofas and armchairs are deffinitely 40s: [URL]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a5/a8/d9/a5a8d9fcf7e808b18c2b86e35afa6a0a.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9J-4QHZHNftiARyXg9Q8xTTKNk0ETNbKr97AOsI3pYwfAbTx4[/URL] [URL]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb8jTvSwJbw/hqdefault.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzc4NTRkMTEtY2FlZi00MmRhLTliN2UtYTJjNDdjMWI2NjdjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc0NjY1ODk@._V1_SY240_SX320_AL_.jpg[/URL] I really want my house to portray that era but it's easier to find pure 30s Art Deco or 50s MCM pieces as I don't now what keywords to look for. I don't care for the UK/Europe's Utility Furniture, I'm a fan of the 1940s American furniture style. :)[/QUOTE]
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