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George Nakashima. George Katsutoshi Nakashima (Japanese: 中島勝寿 Nakashima Katsutoshi, May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement [citation needed]. In 1983, he accepted the ...
Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company. The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company (1852–1940) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over the years produced Art Brass tables, call bells, candlestick holders, clocks, match safes, lamps, architectural grilles, railings, etc. Overall the company patented 238 designs and mechanical devices.
Mainly in North America, Brazil and Europe [1] Mid-century modern (MCM) is a movement in interior design, product design, graphic design, architecture and urban development that was present in all the world, but more popular in North America, Brazil and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1970 during the United States's post-World War II period. [2]
Rosanne Somerson (born June 21, 1954) is an American-born woodworker, furniture designer/maker, educator, and former President of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). An artist connected with the early years of the Studio Furniture, her work and career have been influential to the field.
The Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, was an Italian design and architecture group founded by Ettore Sottsass. It was active from 1980 to 1987. [1] The group designed postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass and metal objects. The Memphis Group's work often incorporated plastic laminate and terrazzo materials ...
The Noguchi table was an evolution of a rosewood and glass table Noguchi designed in 1939 for A. Conger Goodyear, president of the Museum of Modern Art. [1] The design team at Herman Miller was so impressed by the table's use of biomorphism that they recruited Noguchi to design a similar table with a freeform sculptural base and biomorphic glass top for use in both residential and office ...
Illustrations from the James Shoolbred & Company's 1876 catalogue. James Shoolbred and Company was a draper and later a department store, located on Tottenham Court Road, London. [1] James Shoolbred and Co. (aka Jas Shoolbred) were established in the 1820s at 155 Tottenham Court Road. It was originally a drapers supplying the furniture trade.
André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February 1732), [1] le joailler du meuble (the "furniture jeweller"), [2] became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, [3] also known as "inlay". [4] Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers". [5]