{"id":4891,"date":"2018-07-30T19:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T19:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/?p=4891"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:24:45","slug":"platners-spot-in-1960s-modernism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/platners-spot-in-1960s-modernism\/","title":{"rendered":"Platner&#8217;s Spot in 1960s Modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4892\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/store\/pc\/Wire-Frame-Round-Dining-Table-Platner-Style-p9898.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4892\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4892\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/platnerdining-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Platner Style Round Dining Table\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/platnerdining-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/platnerdining-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/platnerdining.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Platner Style Round Dining Table<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having worked for Eero Saarinen early in his career, it is clear Warren Platner drew influence from him by the soft curves of his furniture designs.\u00a0\u00a0Still able to make a name for himself, the American designer created a revolutionary method of welding dozens of steel rods onto a circular frame, giving his collection of furniture a strong and beautiful structure and an icon of 1960s modernism.<\/p>\n<p>Our Platner-Style Round Dining Table closely matches the dimensions of his original design.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Though he originally created the base from nickel-plated steel rods, today we have the option to use the more resilient and durable option of stainless steel for our base.\u00a0\u00a0With a 5\/8\u201d inch tempered glass top, our\u00a0version of this iconic table is the perfect focal point for any dining room!<\/p>\n<p>Come check out this icon of 1960s Modernism plus more of what we have to offer in our <a href=\"\/mc-showroom-bellingham.html\" data-blogger-escaped-target=\"_blank\">Bellingham<\/a>\u00a0showroom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having worked for Eero Saarinen early in his career, it is clear Warren Platner drew influence from him by the soft curves of his furniture designs.\u00a0\u00a0Still able to make a name for himself, the American designer created a revolutionary method of welding dozens of steel rods onto a circular frame, giving his collection of furniture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6,1,28],"tags":[38,94,74,86,326],"class_list":["post-4891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warren-platner","category-designer-notes","category-furniture-notes","category-modernism-notes","tag-closer-looks","tag-entertaining","tag-modern","tag-modern-furniture","tag-warren-platner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4891"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5264,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4891\/revisions\/5264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.modernclassics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}