Weekend / Stuff
Joe Nyiri, Jade Snow Ong, Carl Aubock, Heath and Peter Shire I picked up a pair of these interesting and surprisingly comfortable iron rockers and stoos. Plus, a Hans Sumpf hose pot Harry Lawenda
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Lawenda / Not Lawenda
Sofa, tables, and lamp by Harry Lawenda for Kneedler-Fauchere My new Lawenda lamp Kneedler-Fauchere ad (more on them here ) This was an expensive lamp. $80 in 1952 equals about $700 today. The lamp with the triangular base (although the top looks square so I'm not sure how the base is triangular) is by Lawenda. The one to the left is by Paul Mayen. Although the form is similar, this lamp was NOT designed by Harry Lawenda. It was produced by Verplex. Tony Paul designed lamps for Verplex, though I don't know if he designed this particular model. In the eBay listing these photos came from, the description explains the seller's mom said the lamp was designed by Tony Paul. I guess that's a better source than some sellers use. I still have my doubts. Source: eBay The lamp is marked Verplex in two places and the shade is also marked Verplex. Source: eBay Verplex was based in Essex, Connecticut. Th...
Lawenda / Kneedler-Fauchere
Harry Lawenda chair for Kneedler-Fauchere (1951) It was in my car and I was in the neighborhood. Still dorky, I know. In 1948 Dorothy Kneedler co-founded Kneedler-Fauchere with Lucienne Fauchere in San Francisco. Kneedler and Fauchere had met in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation. Dorothy, her husband at the time, and their children spent time in an internment camp in the Philippines. They were allowed back into the US in 1945. Kneedler and Fauchere then started a business in San Francisco importing the oriental fabrics they had fell in love with overseas. Dorothy, in 1949, hired designer Harry Lawenda. The Parsons-trained architect from the University of Pennsylvania was previously the head of the decorating department at Modernage. Harry and Dorothy married in 1950 and w hen Fauchere left the business, Lawenda became Dorothy's business partner. Dorothy encouraged Harry to create designs to comp...
