Main entry:

Friedman, Marilyn F., 1945- author.

Title & Author:

Making America modern : interior design in the 1930s / Marilyn F. Friedman.

Publication:

New York : Bauer and Dean Publishers, [2018]
©2018

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Editor: Beth Daugherty. Design: Matthew Egan.
Includes selected bibliography (pages 223-230) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris -- 1926 traveling exhibition of selected objects from the 1925 Paris Exposition -- Paul T. Frankl, The Livable House Transformed at Abraham & Straus, 1928 -- William Lescaze, two model rooms at Frederick Loeser & Co., 1928 -- An Exposition of Modern French Decorative Art at Lord and Taylor, 1928 -- An International Exposition of Art in Industry at R.H. Macy & Co., 1928 -- Eugene Schoen, living room -- William Lescaze and Ilonka Karasz, penthouse -- Kem Weber, living room/bedroom -- Kem Weber, dining room at Rike-Kumler department store, 1928 -- First annual exhibition of modern American decorative arts at the Art Center, 1928 -- Alon Bement, bedroom -- First exhibition organized by American Designers' Gallery, 1928 -- Herman Rosse, dining room -- Donald Deskey, man's room -- Second exhibition organized by American Designers' Gallery, 1929
Note continued: Herman Rosse, single bedroom -- Eleventh exhibition of American industrial arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929 -- Contempora exhibition of Harmonized Rooms at the Art Center, 1929 -- 1930 -- Art Alliance of America exhibition at the Art Center -- Alexander Kachinsky, young girl's bedroom -- Twelfth annual Home Show at the Grand Central Palace -- Donald Deskey, penthouse living room -- Frederick Kiesler, reception room -- Jacques Schnier, lounge at the decorative arts exhibition, San Francisco -- Cedric Gibbons, house for himself and Dolores Del Rio -- Lee Simonson, apartment for William Paley -- William Lescaze, apartment for Evangeline and Leopold Stokowski -- William Muschenheim, apartment for John Atkinson Dunbar -- Robert Heller, apartment for himself -- 1931 -- AUDAC exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum -- Donald Deskey, guest bedroom -- Paul T. Frankl, living room and bedroom -- Kem Weber, suite of rooms
Note continued: Gilbert Rohde, corner of a hotel writing room -- Hugo Gnam, woman's dressing room -- Norman Bel Geddes, The House of Tomorrow for Ladies' Home Journal -- Jules Bouy, dining room at Mrs. Ehrich's Galleries -- Donald Deskey, with Diane Tate and Marian Hall, Inc., living room for Evelyn and Frederick B. Patterson -- Hammond Kroll, apartment for Florence and Robert Ackerman -- 1932 -- Design for the Machine exhibition at the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia -- Howe & Lescaze, drawing room -- Russel Wright, breakfast alcove -- Kem Weber, dining room -- Eugene Schoen, dining room -- Gilbert Rohde, man's study -- Permanent Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Crafts (PEDAC) at Rockefeller Center -- Donald Deskey, apartment for Samuel L. Rothafel at Radio City Music Hall -- Joseph Urban and Irvin L. Scott, apartment for Katherine Brush and Hubert C. Winans -- Joseph Aronson, apartment for himself and his wife, Henriette -- 1933
Note continued: Model houses at the Home and Industrial Arts Group, A Century of Progress, Chicago World's Fair, 1933 -- George Keck, Irene K. Hyman, and J. Leland Atwood, House of Tomorrow -- Gilbert Rohde, Design for Living -- James S. Kuhne and Percival Goodman, Florida Tropical Home -- Gilbert Rohde, Modern Home at James McCreery & Company -- Freda Diamond, two model houses at Stern Brothers -- Forward House at R.H. Macy & Company -- Frederick Kiesler, Space House at Modernage Furniture Company -- Donald Deskey, apartment for Abby Rockefeller Milton and David Milton -- Rudolph Schindler, house for Stephanie and William (Bill) Oliver -- 1934 -- National Alliance of Art and Industry exhibition at Rockefeller Center -- Russel Wright, model rooms at Bloomingdale's -- Paul T. Frankl, model room at the Miracles of Chemistry exhibition, Newark Museum -- Paul T. Frankl, apartment for Hannah and Roger Wolfe Kahn
Note continued: Donald Deskey, Chinese modern furniture for Valentine-Seaver, Kroehler Furniture Manufacturing Company -- Donald Deskey, house for Eleanor and George C. Rand -- Donald Deskey, house for Dorothy and Richard Mandel -- Eleanor Le Maire, House of Planes at Abraham & Straus -- Eleanor Le Maire, apartment for Louella and Clarence J. Shearn -- Thirteenth exhibition of American industrial arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- John Wellborn Root, living room -- Eliel Saarinen, room for a lady -- Irvin L. Scott, woman's dressing room -- Eugene Schoen, dining room -- Donald Deskey, dining room -- Walter Dorwin Teague, dining room -- 1935 -- National Alliance of Art and Industry exhibition, A Preview of Prosperity, at Rockefeller Center -- Rudolph Schindler, house for Elizabeth Van Patten -- William Lescaze, brownstone for Helen and Benjamin Buttenwieser -- Joseph Aronson, apartment for Harry Friedman -- Madame Majeska, house for Rosita and Norman K. Winston
Note continued: Alexander Girard, brownstone for himself -- Frederick Kiesler, apartment for Marguerita and Charles Mergentime -- Raymond Loewy, apartment for himself -- Future House at Rockefeller Center -- 1936 -- Kem Weber, house for Angeline and Walter Edwin Bixby Sr. -- Paul T. Frankl, house for May Wilfley -- George Fred Keck, house for Irma and Bertram J. Cahn -- Forward House at R.H. Macy & Company -- Virginia Conner, dining room at Grosfeld House -- Paul MacAlister and James Folger, model apartment for Rockefeller Apartments -- Eugene Schoen, house for Gwendolyn and Morris Cafritz -- 1937 -- Paul MacAlister, house for Lucille and George W. Vanderbilt -- Paul MacAlister, living room at Grosfeld House -- Ottilie Heuer, Bride's House at Savoy-Plaza Hotel for House Beautiful -- Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, apartment for Walter H. Annenberg -- Joseph Aronson, apartment for Katherine and Alan M. Stroock
Note continued: Russel Wright, penthouse for himself and his wife, Mary -- J. R. Davidson, house for Mary and Herbert Stothart -- International Exposition of Arts and Technics Applied to Modern Life, Paris 1937 -- Virginia Conner, living room at Decorators Picture Gallery exhibition -- Fifth annual House of Years at W. and J. Sloane -- 1938 -- Designed for Living exhibition at Bloomingdale's -- Model rooms at Modernage Furniture Company -- William Pahlmann, Swedish modern apartment at Lord & Taylor -- Tommi Parzinger, bedroom set for Charak Furniture Company -- Paul T. Frankl, house for Eleanor and Joe Penner -- Virginia Conner, house for Judy King -- Walter Dorwin Teague, apartment for himself and his wife, Ruth -- 1939 -- San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition -- William (Billy) Haines, desert living room -- House of Glass -- New York World's Fair -- House of Glass in the Town of Tomorrow, with interiors by Modernage
Note continued: Living room and dining room at the Glass Center -- Model rooms by the Good Housekeeping staff at the Glass Center -- William Pahlmann, Rooms of Tomorrow at Lord & Taylor -- William Lescaze, house for Alfred Loomis -- Gregory Ain, house for Urcel Daniel -- EPILOGUE: 1940 -- America at Home exhibition at the New York World's Fair -- Gilbert Rohde, Unit for Living -- Donald Deskey, Sportshack -- George Howe and Wharton Esherick, Pennsylvania Hill House -- Michael Hare and John B. Manzer, Coffee and Cigars in 16-B -- William Muschenheim, Parents' Retreat -- Virginia Conner, Seven Days -- Harwell Hamilton Harris and Carl Anderson, South of the Golden Gate -- Allmon Fordyce, Living Kitchen -- John Vassos, Musicorner.

Summary:

This comprehensive study of more than one hundred private commissions, model homes, and exhibition displays is a valuable resource for design professionals, historians, and enthusiasts alike, chronicling the development of modern interior design in the United States in the 1930s and featuring interiors by 50 designers, including Virginia Conner, Donald Deskey, Paul T. Frankl, Cedric Gibbons, Percival Goodman, Frederick Kiesler, Eleanor Le Maire, William Lescaze, Tommi Parzinger, Gilbert Tohde, Eugene Schoen, Walter Dorwin Teague, Joseph Urban, Kem Weber, and Russel Wright. More than 200 photographs and renderings illustrate how designers working in the United States in the 1930s forged a quintessentially American modern interior design, using both traditional and innovative materials while incorporating influences as varied as art deco, the Bauhaus, the Viennese Secession, Shintoism, and streamlining. Interiors span the economic spectrum, from those created for wealthy patrons who embraced the modernist aesthetic, such as Walter Annenberg, William Paley, and Abby Rockefeller Milton, to those designed with affordable furniture and furnishings in mind.

ISBN:

9780983863236 (cloth)
0983863237 (cloth)

Subject:

Interior decoration United States History 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) United States History 20th century.
Interior decorators United States.
Décoration intérieure États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Esthétique) États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Décorateurs d'intérieurs États-Unis.
Interior decoration
Interior decorators
Modernism (Aesthetics)
House and Home.
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

United States New York New York.

Interior design in the 1930s

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300707
Call No.: BIB 246926
Status: Available