Esoteric Survey

 Tork, Laura Andreson, Emil Milan and Kurt Versen Luther Conover Tepper-Meyer Baby Jade Snow Wong and Emil Milan Here's another look at the Emil Milan bird. I've never seen that stand before. William Armbruster and more iron

William Armbruster isn't a name you hear very much these days. It's curious since he was in so many of  the  mid-century design  bibles:   Modern Furnishings for the Home, Furniture Forum,  George Nelson Chairs, An Exhibition for Modern Living,  Good Design, and the list goes on and on.   Just look at the who  he's  listed with here on the book jacket of New Furniture . Armbruster was the designer and owner of  Edgewood Furniture in New York City, which he  founded in 1947.  The designs seem to have  mostly been  available to  the trade only and Edgewood was more focused on commercial contract furniture as time went on. A letter from Armbruster to Marcel Breuer's peeps.  Source: Breuer Digital Archives  Once in a while an Armbruster piece turns up, like this "Dounut Stool" that was at   20th Century Interiors And this past weekend I saw this lounge cha...