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Often while researching furniture design, people do not know exactly which designer they are looking for, when the designer lived, in what country, or how most furniture historians describe the designer’s style. Bienenstock Furniture Library offers this reference to help you to find the design information you seek.
The name of each furniture design genius listed here – beginning with Thomas Chippendale – is attached to a distinct design viewpoint (style). The designer’s work and name are interlocked and referenced accordingly. (Frequently, individual pieces of furniture are also named after their designer.)
FURNITURE DESIGN GENIUS | TIMELINE – a chronological listing of iconic furniture designers whose work bests represents international style periods, as recognized by furniture historians and scholars
18th Century Golden Age ———-
THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, 1718-1779, England | http://www.thechippendalesociety.co.uk
JOHN GODDARD, 1723-1785, United States | http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=4511
JOHN TOWNSEND, 1732-1805, United States | http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jtwn/hd_jtwn.htm
Neoclassical ———-
ROBERT ADAM, 1728-1792, England | http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/art
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JOHN DICKINSON SEATING SUITE
John Dickinson (1920-1982) sofa and pair of armchairs, circa 1967. Carved wood, leather upholstery (each mounted with Dickinson’s silk fabric label). Sofa H: 26” L: 61” D: 29”; armchairs H: 26” L: D: 33” 29” each. Provenance: John Dickinson, San Francisco; Carlene Safdie. $50,000
John Dickinson designed this low-slung sofa and matching pair of armchairs for his own home, an 1893 San Francisco firehouse that miraculously survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. The legs were hand-carved to resemble tree branches, and the original butterscotch-colored-leather upholstery remains, specked with tiny claw marks from Dickinson’s cats (his favorite, Bertie, short for Bertrand Russell, is seen in his arms in the photo). Discretely sewn to the frames beneath the cushions are labels that bear the designer’s name, location, and membership in the American Institute of Decorators, the precursor to the ASID. This clever conceit was inspired by fashion-brand labels — Dickinson himself favored Saville Row suits, Missoni, and Brooks Brothers – blurring the distinction between the design and fashion worlds, whic