Weinberg Modern

The catalog comprises: First, an introductory paean to craftsmanship and the spirituality of woodworking culminating in Nakashima’s bold signature in ink, dated April 1962. Next, a full-page photo of the Conoid Studio followed by a succession of offerings with photos and descriptions including: Trestle Table, Cross-Legged Table, Round Turned-Leg table, Conoid Table, Turned-Leg Table, Round Clustered-Base Table, Round Pedestal Table, Frenchman’s Cove Square Table, Single Drop-Leaf Table, Boat-Shaped Table, Frenchman’s Cove No.2 Table (fold-out), Round Coffee Table, Conoid Coffee Table, Slab Coffee Table No. 2, Slab Coffee Table, Portsmouth End Table, Square or Rectangular End Table (with and without shelf), Cross-Legged Coffee Table, Conoid Studio End Tables, Conoid Desks, New Chairs, Mira Chairs, Lounge Chair, No Arm, Lounge Chair One-Arm, Grass-Seated Chair, Arm Chair, conoid Chair, New Chair plus Rockers and Arms, Lounge Chair plus Rockers and Arms, Conoid Benches, “Q” Bench, “R” Bench...

First edition of Bruno Munari’s innovative and interactive children’s picture book with pastedowns (and pastedowns within pastedowns) that open to reveal additional images and detail...

Promotional booklet advertising the Boda Glass Works and documenting the process of glass making at the Boda factory in southeastern Sweden. Published by Boda circa 1964. Showcases w...

Lighting catalog (#C3) published in March, 1959 for the Architectural Lighting Corporation, Eastern United States distributors for Sveld Wohlert, Inc. of San Francisco. Wohlert was t...

Early lighting brochure from the Koch & Low Mfg Company, founded in New York in 1946 by Czech immigrant Ernest Lowy. The Koch & Lowy company became known for innovative modernist lighting designs in aluminum, chrome and brass. The present catalog shows the Machine Age roots of the company, with floor lamps, gooseneck table lamps, and sconces related to contemporary work by Walter von Nessen and Kurt Versen. The catalog itself, a small oblong 8vo (8.75” x 3.25”) that folds out to five double-sided panels picturing 12 lamps...

Culinar series flatware set of stainless steel designed by Carl Aubock III (1924-1993) and manufactured by Collini, Austria in 1979. A five piece service for eight composed of the fo...

Prototype folding chair of tubular metal with plastic ball caps and its original yellow mesh fabric sling dating to the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. By architect and designer Henry Glass, an Austrian emigre who worked with Gilbert Rohde in New York City in the late 1930’s and then studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Glass was ahead of his time in his concerns with pre-fabrication, modularity, affordability, and ecological responsibility. He was known for his knock-down furniture designs–chairs and tables that folded, nested, or stacked for easy mobility and space-saving flexibility. Austere and visually interesting, these designs utilized inexpensive materials such as plywood, masonite, tubular steel, and canvas. The present piece, never produced, channels Gerrit Rietveld in proposing a low-cost mid-century outdoor chair...

Sixth printing, stated, of the first American edition of this classic children’s book. Published in 1943 by Reynal & Hitchcock with text and illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exuper...

Case with five drawers and a cabinet of cherry-stained wood with faux-grain plastic laminate top and facings, curved steel drop pulls, steel angle-iron legs, and a perforated transit...

Small format monograph on chair designs by French architect, artist, and designer Emilio Terry (1890-1969), published in 1996 by Reunion des Musee Nationaux. Pictorial boards, 28 pag...

Accordion brochure for Hansen Lamps listing locations in New York and Dallas. Presents work by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings, Stewart Ross James, Jane Kidder, and Clark Voorhees. Published ...

First edition of George Nelson's Problems of Design, published by Whitney Publications in 1957. An important consideration of the topic by one of America's most significant and influ...