Sammy P. Gee

I ran across a post about jewelry designer Sammy Gee on Modernist Jewelry, and I was instantly smitten by his work. Gee lived and worked in Berkeley and San Francisco in the 1950s and 1960s but died in the late 60s/early 70s without leaving much biographical information behind. Luckily, his work speaks for itself.

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Pendant
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Pearl ring
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Pendants
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Sammy Gee's mark
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The iconic kidney table

Mid-century designers, from the famous to the anonymous, loved natural forms and shapes. It's no surprise, then, that the human body served as a source of inspiration. After all, what's more organic than an organ?

The kidney shaped table was an iconic design piece in the 1950s. Made of wood, glass, metal, tile or Formica, it graced both mansions and tiny apartments. Take a look back at a few of them.

Adrian Pearsall kidney table
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Isamu Noguchi table
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Enzo Mari kidney tables
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Victor DiNovi kidney table
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Charlotte Perriand kidney tables
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Italian lazy susan kidney table
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Mosaic kidney table
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Formica kidney table
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Kidney table by Lane
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