So....I see quite a few of these day beds offered as KEM Weber. While researching countless catalogs and period literature we were never able to verify ANYWHERE that this was KEM Weber designed. We welcome comments to the contrary. On Page # 282 of Ric Emmett's book, American Art Deco Furniture, he writes: "This chaise lounge for Lloyd is often sold as "Designed by KEM Weber". KEM Weber designed for Lloyd from 1935 - 1937. His designs stayed in their line to 1938.
I remember the first time I heard about Carpathian Elm Burl! Ric had brought in a piece of furntiure and I thought to myself what nice burled wood! After a while he handed me the copy that he wrote and he referred to "Carpathian Elm Burl" in a French vanity. As we were doing research in Grand Rapids for the book, I found this guide in the Home Furnishing Arts Spring and Summer issues in 1935. This great center fold has been quite useful in our appraisal business as well!
We worked on this book for 4 years. In the process, Ric was able to organize and document his 35 + years of buying, selling and collecting American Art Deco Furniture. I'm very proud that I was able to help with this project. The book is not only an excellent reference but also Ric's "work of art". If you wish to purchase one of the copies (about 600 left) please click here: www.modernism.com/book
American Art Deco Furniture is a Limited Edition book that covers the development of an American “style” of furniture that breaks from European tradition.
Mid century modern German made sideboard. Elegant design with easy gliding sliding doors concealing the left and right cabinets. The doors can also slide over to conceal the center cabinet. The left side of the cabinet features two adjustable height/removable glass shelves. The bottom most surface of the left cabinet is a charming robin egg blue color. The center bay is split into an upper and lower section. The top section is a lighted display area with glass sliding doors, and white lacquered back drop to enhance the illumination.
Chuck Dodson (1908 – 1993) was an architect turned sculptor. Known as one of the more colorful artists in the Miami area, he was for a time resident artist at the Grove House in Coconut Grove. His small, often erotic sculptures sometimes featured his wife Danielle, a retired ballerina. He is more famous for the mosaic murals he created for the Orange Bowl Stadium (demolished in 2008) and the bas relief sculptures he created in plaster and concrete for the Miami Dupont Plaza Hotel (demolished in 2005). He gained national prominence in the 1970’s when Playboy Magazine featured him in an
In 1866 George and Oliver Colie opened a paper manufacturing company in Buffalo, NY. In 1885 they opened a factory for handcrafted paper. In 1913 George Colie’s son in law, Irvine J. Kittinger, took over the company and it took on the name Kittinger and began producing furniture.
From 1937 to 1990 Kittinger had the exclusive rights for reproduction furniture for the colonial Williamsburg Foundation, making copies of 18th century furniture.
The McKay Company was founded by Pittsburgh Industrialist James McKay (1830-1906). From tire chains the company moved into auto bumpers. A 1926 magazine advertisement promotes McKay “Red Bead” auto bumpers. From bumpers the company began producing chrome furniture with the product owing a debt to the automobile bumpers of the period.
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