Esoteric Survey

Inco Product stools, Edmund Ronaky vase and Tony Paul candlesticks Smalls   The SC Johnson Research Tower,  by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950 I first thought it was a matchbook.  They turned out to be mini emery boards, compliments of L ucile Bush.   It turns out Lucile was kind of a big deal.  Source: Iowa Homemaker, November 1954

The Fontenell, also known as the Max Factor Compound, 1957  James and Frances Kopecky were the original owners of the Fontenell. Unfortunately the San Diegan passed away of a heart attack in 1959 while vacationing in Canada.  It was then purchased by Max Factor in 1960 and was used as his Palm Springs family retreat.  US Modernist  and a couple of other sources state William F. Cody was the architect.  I wasn't able to track down any period references to the architect and I can't find a reference in his CalPoly archives. One source that doesn't list the project is  Master of the Midcentury: The Architecture of William F. Cody .  US Modernist is usually on point with their information. Also, Cody was living and working in San Diego around this time. The Kopecky family was from San Diego so they could have known each other. If I find out anything for sure, I'll update this post. UPDATE:  Charles W.  Doty,  (1927-2011) designed the apartmen...

Ben Seibel  Roseville /Raymor Informal bean pots Architectural Pottery, Ben Sebel and Don Shoemaker Maurice Grossman Yard Art

  Carl Auböck and Claire Falkenstein Baby Gainey Ceramics C-4 and a David Cressey Pro Artisan on a Malcolm Leland form