Esoteric Survey

Robert Swanson candelabra and Alvar Aalto stools Robert Swanson designed the candelabra  to compliment the Saarinen-Swanson Group.  The line, designed in collaboration with his wife Pipsan, included furniture, textiles, lamps, glassware and ceramics.  Source: House & Garden, July 1947 Robert F. Swanson, Pipsan and her father Eliel Saarinen, Marianne Strengell, Benjamin Baldwin, Charles Dusenbury, and ceramicist Lydia K Winston all collaborated on the Saarinen Swanson Group. Source: House & Garden, July 1947 The interesting thing is that mine is iron, possibly to compliment the Sol-Air group by Pipsan and Robert.   More about the candelabra: MIA & Cranbrook Also, according to the original owner, it was purchased at VKG. I was so happy to get this. Now I need to figure out what it went to. James Lovera and Harry Handler (see more here ) A great ikebana container, Robert C Fritz, James Lovera and Ted Saito Howard Miller clock, Heath ladle, Gustavsberg ...

The Visionease by General Lighting Company  Arts & Architecture (1949) Louis Danziger designed this ad, which ran in  Arts and Architecture in 1949.  The Marv Rand photo was taken in Case Study House 8 (The Eames House), while it was under construction.    Merit specified for the Case Study House Program  J.R. Davidson House (1950) Source: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute Ladislav Sutnar design for  General Lighting Company Source: MoMa Although we know some great designers worked on the graphics for General Lighting, many of the lamp designs are just credited to the General Lighting Company, with no specific designer named. That's often the case when in-house designers are used. One of those in-house designers was the company's president, Harry Handler (I bet that name was rough in junior high).  He designed several versions of this gooseneck lamp for his compa...