MODERN FURNISHINGS FOR THE HOME 2 by William and Eliza Dornin Hennessey
Rare 1956 First Edition in Dust Jacket
368 Pages and 582 black and white photographs
William Hennessey, Eliza Dornin Hennessey [Associate]: MODERN FURNISHINGS FOR THE HOME 2. New York: Reinhold, 1956. Quarto. First edition. Green cloth stamped in black. Dust jacket. 368 pp. 582 black and white photographs. Jacket lightly worn ans scufffed. Large chip to spine crown and rear panel. Textblock well-thumbed. A truly rare book, never reprinted or reissued. A very good copy in a nearly very good dust jacket.
8.5 x 10.5 book, with 368 pages and 582 photographs illustrating classic midcentury furniture and decorative designs, produced between 1952 and 1956, including many rare examples of light fixtures and fabrics, two genres noticeably absent from most midcentury anthologies. All pieces are identified by name, designer, manufacturer, dimensions and finishes. I suspect this information could be useful to some people out there. Also includes a section on rugs! This sequel to the 1952 edition is impossible to find -- you have been warned.
Contents:
- Chairs
- Tables
- Storage
- Sofas and Beds
- Desks
- Budget
- Lighting
- Fabrics
- Rugs
- Manufacturers and Representatives
- Designers
- Photographers
Designers represented in volume two: Ruth Adler, Bengt Akerblom, William Armbruster, Joseph Baker, Robert Balonick, D. R. Bates, Milo Baughman, O. L. Baughman, William Beard, William Ward Beecher, Marc Berge, Helge Bibast, Julian Brogelton, Edward Daly Brown, Lewis Butler, Harry Carpenter, Serge Chermayeff, Warner Cleveland, Paul Colby, Baker Davis, Carlo De Carli, Morris De La Cerda, Freda Diamond, Nanna & Jorgen Ditzel, Hugo Dreyfuss, Charles Eames, Emma & Thomas Elsner, Carl Fagerland, Barney Flagg, Eleanor Forbes, Bertil Fridhagen, Alexander Girard, Harry Gitlin, Rex Goode, Allan Gould, Taylor Green, Jackson Gregory, Jr., Greta Grossman, Harry Handeler, Eszter Haraszty, Tatsuhiko Heima, Heritage Design Department, Arne Hiorth, Lorin Jackson, Arne Jacobsen, Harvey Jason, Finn Juhl, Vladimir Kagan, Richard Kelly, Florence Knoll, Knoll Planning Unit, Donn Knorr, Ib Kofodlarsen, Ostn Kristiansson, Boris Kroll, Darrell Landrum, Marcel La Riviere, Ejner Larsen, Leslie Larson, Harold Leeds, Lamartine Le Goullon, Dennis Lennon, Dorothy Liebes, Ernest Lowy, Stewart Mcdougall, Norman Fox Macgregor, A. Bender Madsen & Schubell, Dorie March, Sven Markelius, Paul Mayen, Paul McCobb, John C. collections Mcguire, George Mergenov, Maggie Miklas, Borge Mogensen, Thomas Moser, George Nelson, M. Lila Neuss, Erik Nitsche, Isamu Noguchi, Folke Ohlsson, Ico Parisi, Tommi Parzinger, Chalres Pechanec, Jr., Martin Perfit, J. Gordon Perlmutter, Warren Platner, Gio Ponti, Harvey Probbr, Sara Provan, Jens Risom, T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Edward A. Roffman, Bernard Rudofsky, Eero Saarinen, Shirley St. John, Adrianna Scalamandre, Franco Scalamandre, Gino Scalamandre, Bertha Shaefer, Richard Schultz, Harold M. Schwartz, Louise Schiffer, Leonard Simmen, Singer Design Staff, Abel Sorenson, Kipp Stewart, Robert Summo, The Svedberg, Alf Svensson, Pipsan Saarinen Swanson, Maurizio Tempestini, Herbert Ten Have, Angelo Testa, Azalea S. Thorpe, Gerald Thurston, Dick Tremulis, Homer Tremulis, Paavo Tynell, Arthur Umanoff, Hendrik Van Keppel, John Van Koert, Paolo Venini, Kurt Versen, Arne Vodder, Poul M. Volther, Hans Wegner, Lyda Weyl, David Whitcomb, Edward Wormley, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marco Zanuso, and Dave Zeese.
Manufacturers represented include Bonniers, Custom Craft Inc., Dunbar Furniture Company, Directional, Drexel, Dux, Edgewood Furniture Co., Ficks-Reed, Finland House, General Lighting, Glenn of California, Allan Gould Designs, Habitat, Hansen, Knoll Associates, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Koch & Lowy, LaVerne Originals, Lightolier, J. G. Furniture Inc., Konwiser Inc., Dorothy Liebes Studio, L. Anton Maix Inc., Nessen Studio, Pacific Overseas, Harvery Probber, Raymor, Jens Risom, Ben Rose, John B. Salterini, Schiffer Prints, F. Schumacher & Co., M. Singer & Sons, Van-Keppel-Green, Tecno, Angelo Testa, Kurt Versen, Vista Furniture, Widdicomb Furniture Inc., Winchendon Furniture Co. and many others.
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