Esoteric Survey

  I finally found the Tibor book in a hardcover. I'm always happy to get another Bolt A Best tray. This pattern is by Abel Sorensen. I'm also always happy to get another Nelson Bubble.  Do It Yourself Modern

While in Michigan, I visited the MillerKnoll Archives .  Amy Auscherman, Director of Archives and Brand Heritage at MillerKnoll, has been hard at work since I was there a decade ago. In addition to adding the Knoll archive to her workload, there is now a full fledged design museum. The collection starts in the 1920s and includes contemporary pieces.  Charles and Eero are sort of back together now. I guess Florence Knoll was stockpiling sculptures by her Cranbrook buddy, Harry Bertoia. There were several stashed away in a warehouse in Pennsylvania. They came with the Knoll archive when Herman Miller acquired the company in 2021. This is so good and rare Gilbert Rohde The strap area with Rapson rocker, Risom high chair and the rest is Sorensen.  I believe this is the same chair Eliel Saarinen died in at his house in Cranbrook. The death womb! It was the second Womb Chair ever made.  Eero gave it to his mother,  Loja. This chair sold at Wright from the collection o...

  Abel Sorensen, Glenn of California and Barney Reid Wilmer James and Tony Hill. I found the James on Saturday and the Hill in a different city on Sunday.  As you might recall from  this post , James and Hill were business partners.  More on this in a future post. Henry Dreyfuss