Employees at Mason Manufacturing Company hand painting decorative floral designs onto furniture. Ca. May, 1929. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library Photgraphy Collection.

click on any image below to see it enlarged Classic period drop-front desk, old wood finish Classic period drop-front with 3 drawers, old wood finish with painted panels Classic period game table, old wood finish Classic period bedroom set, straw ivory finish Monterey crackle-painted old red finish wing-back chair with decorated side panels and orange painted iron Monterey double door buffet with sunburst painted panels. Old wood finish NOTE: These particular items may no longer be available, but are representative of the type and quality we offer. Please contact us for current inventory [Home] [Monterey Furniture] [Monterey Book] [Spanish Revival] [Period Furniture] [Paintings] [Lighting] [Santos & Devotional] [Other Furniture] [Sell Your Antiques & Paintings] [Contact Us] ©2000-2007 Roger Renick Fine Arts

Monterey Furniture was created in Los Angeles, California in 1929 by Mason Mfg. and is a direct result of the California Spanish Revival movement of the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Its initial influences are strongly rooted in 16th & 17th Spanish and the early California mission era furniture design. The furniture was instantly popular and fashionable estates filled their homes with the unique forms that were sold through Barker Bros. Furniture stores. Celebrities such as Will Rogers, Clark Gable, Bela Lugosi, Gene Autry, Walt Disney and William Randolph Hearst are just a few that owned collections of Monterey Furniture.

Complex old wood and painted finishes on distressed lumber with wrought iron strapping and hardware were indicative of the Monterey look. A full line of furniture and accessories were produced. The Monterey line continued through 1943 but it is the earlier examples that are highly sought after today.

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Although fine examples are limited due to a small regional market, short period of production and pieces neglected or destroyed in the days it was considered unfashionable,
Roger Renick Fine Arts, featured twice in Architectural Digest for Monterey Furniture, has established themselves as the primary source for quality early examples. In 1999 Roger Renick was guest curator of the exhibition "Monterey – California Spanish Revival" at the California Heritage Museum". Roger Renick also co-authored and edited a 175-page book based on the exhibition and published by Schiffer Books titled "Monterey – Furnishings of California’s Spanish Revival."