Incollect Magazine - Issue 12

Incollect Magazine 93 pieces, and still do. It’s a part of the history of modern furniture design, so I keep it near and dear.” Zarra Young continues to stock Baughman pieces in the showroom and sells them regularly to trade and retail clients. “There is a great respect for Baughman in the industry. He is iconic within mid-century design, and designers and collectors who value this period want to own at least one piece by him.” The Roxy swivel-tilt tub chair stands out to her as an iconic, original piece of mid-century design and is characteristic of Baughman’s California design casualness and comfort, with a swivel mechanism and button tufting. “It is a chair that works in any kind of room or environment,” Zarra Young says, “it’s incredibly versatile.” But her personal favorite is the Cruisin’ lounge chair and ottoman with a laid-back, reclined leather seat suspended within a metal frame, a cylindrical headrest and padded armrests. It has been widely emulated for decades. The Cruisin’ lounge chair remains one of Baughman’s most original and popular designs and has undergone a revival in popularity in recent years, Zarra Young says, after a pristine vintage edition of this chair appeared in a cover image for A vignette from the showroom at circa20c: A truly spectacular circular 3-piece sectional party sofa with rosewood platform base, wrapped around a rotating Lazy Susan cocktail table in rosewood with black granite base. Both, Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin, circa 1968. Oh, the stories they could tell! Photo courtesy circa20c.