Esoteric Survey

California Designed - Exhibition catalog, 1955 Sponsored by the Long Beach Municipal Art Center In collaboration with the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
325 items- All designed or made in California
Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
Stanley Young- Frank Bros.
Sam Maloof, Ida Dean Grae, John Freeman and Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman 
Sundial table and chairs - Van Keppel Green

There was a recent post on LACMA's blog "Unframed" that   includes this Luther Conover chair, videos of John Kapel and  Kay Sekimachi, and information on Sam Maloof. The author of the post bought the Conover chair for $80! Check it out: What Is It About Chairs? 

Sam Maloof string chair and Natzler Bowl Sam Maloof and Art in the Pamona Valley, 1945-1985 Huntington Library Part of Pacific Standard Time