The showrooms at Boston’s Machine Age will soon shutter, but inside its walls sit hundreds of one-of-a-kind, well-preserved pieces of furniture and décor crafted in the mid-20th century.
For 34 years, owner Normand Mainville has been in the business of sourcing and selling mid-century modern furnishings ranging in origin mostly from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Mainville is now on the cusp of retiring and has plans to close Machine Age’s storefront at 121 Boston St. — located right on the dividing line between South Boston and Dorchester — early this year.
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However, due to continued customer demand, the store has stayed open longer than its original anticipated closing date of November 2025…