Edward Wormley never needed to shout. While his contemporaries were busy breaking with the past, Wormley quietly bridged it—folding 18th-century proportions and Asian influences into sleek, modern forms that felt both inevitable and new. As lead designer for Dunbar Furniture for over three decades, he brought a level of craftsmanship—hand-fitted joinery, exotic woods, brass and cane detailing—that elevated American modernism beyond the factory floor into something you wanted to touch, to live with, to keep. His pieces don't announce themselves; they settle into a room like they've always belonged there, which is exactly why collectors still hunt for them today.