Nov 4, 2010 | Designs and Designers
Acrylic The synthetic polymer polymethyl methacrylate (acrylic) was developed in 1928. While most acrylic items are often referred to as lucite or plexiglas, Lucite is the brand name of the polymer developed by DuPont and Plexiglas is the brand name of the Rohm &...
Nov 1, 2010 | Designs and Designers
Lee Reynolds Lee Reynolds is another FAB example of the 60s trend of art for the masses. Artist Lee Reynolds Burr founded Vanguard Studios in 1964. Like C. Jeré and Artisan House, Vanguard Studios employed numerous artists to duplicate original paintings. ...
Oct 26, 2010 | Designs and Designers
Karl Springer Karl Springer (1930-1991) was a German born, French educated, New York City based designer and manufacturer of luxury furniture and accessories. He established his first workshop in the early 1960s and began concentrating on furniture design in...
Oct 20, 2010 | Designs and Designers
Chinese Chippendales English furniture designer Thomas Chippendale was the first non-monarch to have a style named for him in the mid-18th Century. Chippendale was already well known for his elegant mahogany furniture when he applied the newly popular Chinoiserie...
Oct 11, 2010 | Designs and Designers
C. Jeré Curtis Jeré is a compound nom-de-plume of artists Jerry Fels and Curtis Freiler. Fels made a name for himself in the 1940s with his successful Renoir and Matisse lines of copper jewelry. Jerry Fels and Curtis Freiler founded Artisan House in 1964. The goal...