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Kristina Wilson
Description: Livable Modernism: Interior Decorating and Design during the Great Depression
Livable Modernism: Interior Decorating and Design during the Great Depression
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Kristina Wilson
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
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Advertising: 37, 49, 55, 58, 59–61. See also marketing
Advertising Arts trade journal, 74, 76
affordability, 6, 8, 9, 10
After the Thin Man (film), 113–14, 115
Allen, Lucy G., Table Service, 71, 71–72
aluminum: marketing of, 80—82
as material for
furniture, 35, 38, 38, 47
tablewares, 78, 79–83, 80–82, 84. See also metal furniture
Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), 10, 79
and Kensington Metal, 78, 79–83, 80–82
Wear-Ever line, 78, 79
American Home magazine, 10, 15, 16, 67, 80
American Modern line of furniture:
armchairs, 35, 36, 54, 134–35
for bedrooms, 105–7, 106, 107
modular units of, 30, 30, 32, 34, 39, 44, 44
American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation, bathroom sink, 12, 13
Ames, Kenneth, 62
Amodec line of furniture, 108, 140n.38, 145n.15
Architectural Record magazine, 61
armchairs, 4, 35–40, 36–38, 51, 51, 54, 54, 63, 104
Aronson, Joseph, 9, 49, 54, 70, 104–5, 111, 112
Arts and Decoration magazine, 67, 70, 117
The Arts magazine, 116
Bach, Alfons: armchair, 50, 51
dining room
furniture, 62, 62, 63, 64
Bakelite, 50, 51, 52, 53, 87, 87
bathrooms, 12, 103, 104
Bauhaus, 5, 8, 18, 134
bedrooms, 13, 102–4, 104, 105
for children, 107–9, 108, 131
clocks for, 118–21, 118–21
and gender stereotypes, 14, 121–30, 132
in Hollywood films, 113, 113–16
House of Tomorrow, 22, 22
and hygiene, 107, 109, 110
master bedrooms, 103, 104, 131
metal furniture for, 18, 109, 110
as retreat, 101–2, 104–7, 104–7, 130
and self-expression, 111–21, 117
as zone of privacy, 102–11, 130–32
Better Homes and Gardens magazine, 84, 104, 105
Big Ben Alarm Clock, 120, 121, 121
bookcases, modular, 31, 31, 32, 33
Breuer, Marcel, 5
Bridge, and game furniture, 49–50, 55
Brooks. Van Wyck, 10
Bruehl, Anton, 66, 122
budgets, and middle class culture, 15
buffet party, 60, 83–97
Buffet Server, 85, 87, 87–88, 96
bun warmer, 92, 92
Cambridge Glass Company, candleholders and
flower bowls, 70, 70–71
canapés: plates for, 18, 85, 88, 88–89, 93, 135
servingwares for, 81, 81–82, 92–94, 93
candleholders: Plume, 68–70, 69
Table Architecture, 70, 70–71
Vanity Fair, 78, 80, 81
card group furniture, 37, 49, 49–50
card playing, 49–50
chairs, and seating hierarchies, 63. See also armchairs
chaise longue, 122, 122
Chase Brass and Copper Company:
chrome-plated buffet accessories, 84, 85–89, 86–88, 92, 94, 96
Diplomat Coffee Service, 52, 53
Gaiety Cocktail Shaker and Cups, 89, 90
“The Rollaround,” cigarette box, 50, 51, 52
chests, for bedroom suites, 123, 123
Chicago World’s Fair, A Century of Progress International Exposition (1933–34):
Crystal House, 122, 122
Design for Living House, 28, 28, 29, 55, 123, 123
Florida Tropical Home, 104, 104
House of Tomorrow, 18, 19, 19–22, 118
Masonite House, 103, 103
and tubular metal furniture, 37–39
chrome-plated metal: buffet accessories, 84–89, 87–89
coffee service, 52, 53
and modernist furniture, 35, 37, 38, 42, 54
cigarette boxes and stands, 29, 50, 51, 52, 56
clocks, and modernist design, 118, 118–21, 119, 120, 121
cocktails, accessories for, 7, 7, 76, 76–77, 89, 90, 91, 91
coffee service, 52, 53, 55, 85
Colomina, Beatriz, 112
Colonial Revival, as decorating style, 3–4, 9–12, 14, 44
color, as design feature, 116–17
comfort, physical and psychological, 26, 43, 52, 54, 55
companionate marriage, and living room space, 40–43
Conant Ball Furniture Company, 30, 30–31, 31, 44, 104–7, 106, 107
Congoleum Rugs, advertisement for, 58, 59–60, 64, 71, 72
consumers: appeal of tradition to, 98, 134
middle-class, 14–17
and modernism, marketing to, 5, 13–14, 17, 116, 134, 155
women as, 40, 42
cosmetics, and vanity tables, 125, 128–29
Creative Design trade journal, 113
credit payment plans, 15
Crockery and Glass Journal trade journal, 10
Cromley, Elizabeth Collins, 102, 112
Crystal Housed A Century of Progress, 122, 122
Curtis-Wright “Sport Biplane,” and House of Tomorrow, Century of Progress, 19, 20
decorating magazines and guides, 10, 13, 15, 41, 42, 112
de Forest, Robert W., 6
department stores, and modern design, 6, 17
De Pree, DJ., 16
Design for Living Housed A Century of Progress, 28, 28, 29, 55, 123, 123
Deskey, Donald, 42
Amodec line, 108, 140n.38, 145n.15
bedroom furniture, 116–17, 117
dining room furniture, 61, 61–62, 63, 64
vanity table, 124, 125
Deutscher Werkbund, 6, 8, 134
de Wolfe, Elsie, The House in Good Taste, 110
digital clocks, 118, 120
dinettes, 62, 64
dining rooms:
conservative traditions of, 13, 14, 60, 97–98
furniture and space in, 58–67, 60–62, 65
gender and social hierarchies of, 62–63, 70, 71
House of Tomorrow, 19, 22
table settings for, 66, 67, 67–83, 71, 80
Dinner at Eight (film), 41
dinner parties, formal, 60, 67–68
Diplomat Coffee Service, 52, 53, 55, 85
display rooms, 17–18, 32, 32, 55–56
dressers, for bedroom suites, 123, 123
Dreyfuss, Henry, 120, 121, 121
Eames, Charles, 135
Eames, Ray, 135
East India Laurel Group, 32–35, 33, 34, 46
efficiency, and modernist design, 18, 26, 29–40, 41–42, 66, 84, 89
electric clocks, 118, 118–121, 119, 120, 121; 146n.60
English table Service, 58, 71, 97
ensemble displays, 17–18, 55–56, 73
Estey Furniture Company, vanity table, 124, 125
etiquette: and buffet party conventions, 84, 93–97
historical allusions to, 14, 63, 71–72, 93, 96–97
Ewen, Stuart, 50
Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (Paris, 1925), 5–6, 8, 17
films, and modernist design, 13, 41, 113–16
fireplace, open, 43, 52, 54, 55
Florida Tropical Home, A Century of Progress, 104, 104
flower bowls, 70, 70–71
Fostoria Glass Company, 10
Plume Candlestick, 68, 69, 70
stemware, 73–74, 75, 76, 79
Frankl, Paul T, designer, 52
furniture manufacturers, and modernist design, 10, 16
Furniture Record trade journal, 10, 17, 18
Gaiety Cocktail Shaker and Cups, 89, 90
Geddes, Norman Bel, 30
and bedroom
furniture, 109–10
House of Tomorrow, 27, 27–28
Oriole stove, 12, 12, 87
gender roles: in bedrooms, 14, 102, 121–30
at buffet parties, 96–97
in dining rooms, 60, 62–63, 134
in living rooms, 25–26, 40–43
and tobacco, 50, 52
General Electric Plastics Department, 50
Germany, and modernist design, 4, 5
Gerth, Ruth and William, 50, 51, 52
Gibbons, Cedrci 29
Glassgold, C. Adolph, 116
glass industry, and Repeal campaign, 73, 76–77, 97
glass stemware, 14, 73–79, 75, 76
Good Housekeeping magazine, 10, 15, 16, 64
Great Depression:
and Colonial Revival style, 9—10
and middle-class culture, 14–15
and modernist design, 8, 18, 83, 122, 134
and social conservatism, 97–98
guest bedrooms, 131, 145n.11
Guild, Lurelle, 10
aluminum tablewares, 79–83, 80–82
on bedroom atmosphere, 104, 111
buffet designs, 84
Buffet Server, 87, 87–88
canapé plate, 88, 88–89, 93, 135
on living rooms, 27, 40, 49
wine cooler, 88, 89
Zodiac plate, 80, 81
handicraft traditions, 3, 8, 92–93
Haskell, Douglas, 6, 7
Heisey Glass Company, and New Era line of
stemware, 76, 76, 77
Herman Miller Clock Company, 119, 119, 120, 121, 123
Herman Miller Furniture Company, 10, 16
bedroom furnishings, 22, 100, 101–2, 117, 117–18, 119
Design for Living House, 123, 123
dining room furniture, 65, 66
display rooms, 32, 32, 34, 55–56, 128
House of Tomorrow, 18, 19, 19, 21, 22
modular designs, 30, 31–35, 32–34, 38, 45, 46
vanity tables, 101, 101, 124, 125
Heywood-Wakefield Company, 30, 31
Design for Living House, 28, 29
historical forms, allusions to, 44–46, 92–93.
See also Colonial Revival, as decorating style
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 8
Hoffmann, Wolfgang:
and Howell Company, 37–38
Lounge Chair, 37, 38, 38, 39, 42
Rocking Chair, 54, 54, 55
Hollywood movies, and modernist interiors, 13, 41, 113–16
Home Furnishing Arts trade journal, 52, 117
home furnishing magazines, 10, 15–16, 42
home furnishings, and middle-class culture, 14–19
Hoover, Herbert, 5–6
House and Garden magazine, 10, 15, 16, 67, 94, 109, 122, 130
House Beautiful magazine, 15, 28, 28, 29, 64, 86, 103, 103, 109, 129–30, 131
House of Tomorrow: Norman Bel Geddes, 27, 27–28
Century of Progress, 18–22, 19, 22, 61, 118
housewives: and budgets, 15
as decorators, 10, 15, 17
and domestic responsibilities, 62–63
and table setting competitions, 73
Howell Company:
advertisements, 37, 46, 49
and metal furniture, 35, 37, 37–40, 38, 42, 49, 49, 54, 55
hygiene, domestic, 62, 107, 109
individuality, and self-expression, in bedrooms, 102, 113–16
industrial manufacture, and modernist design, 8–9, 11
International Style, 4–5, 11–12, 14, 135
Johnson, Philip, 8
Kahn, Ely Jacques, 8
Karasz, llonka, 108–9
Kasson, John, 72
Keck, George Fred, 18, 19, 20, 61
Kensington Incorporated, 78, 79–83, 80–82
Kent, Rockwell, 89
Kiesler, Frederick, 103–4
Kinchin, Juliet, 62
kitchens, and modernism, 12
Kroehler Manufacturing Company, 31
dining room furniture, 58, 59, 61, 61–62
multifunctional furniture, 64, 65, 66
Ladies’ Home Journal magazine, 15, 27, 27–28, 58, 78
Lawson Time, Inc., 118, 120
Le Corbusier, 8, 12, 18
Libbey Glass Company, 76, 76, 77
Life magazine, 14
livable modernism: and buffet parties, 84–85
characteristics of, 4–5, 11–14, 19, 21, 39–40, 48–49, 113
and comfort, 44, 52, 54, 55
legacy of, 134–35
marketing for, 11, 131–32, 135
and middle class culture, 14–19
social standards of, 79, 102
living-dining rooms, 64
living rooms:
architectural space of, 26–28, 29
as areas of comfort, 43–56
as companionate space, 40–43
Design for Living House, 28, 29
and efficiency, 29–40
and game furniture, 37, 49, 49–52
House of Tomorrow, 21, 22
modular furniture for, 18, 30–34, 30–35
Lloyd Manufacturing Company:
dinette, 62, 62, 63, 64
game furniture, 49
lounge chairs, 47–48, 48, 54–55
Loos, Adolf, 112
lounge chairs, 37–39, 38, 47, 47–48, 48, 54–55
luxury, references to, 46–48
Lynd, Helen and Robert, 49, 50, 122
Macy’s department store. See R. H. Macy and Company
magazines, popular, and middle-class culture, 14–16
Malmaison pattern, of stemware, 76, 77
marketing:
of bedroom furniture, 111
of dining room furniture and accessories, 63–64, 66–67, 72–73, 96
of modernist design, 10–12, 17–18, 38–39, 44–48, 85, 135
Masonite House, Century of Progress, 103, 103
master bedrooms, 104, 104, 131
McArthur, Warren, 29, 49
Light Lounge chair, 38, 38–40, 54–55
and metal furniture, 35, 38, 38–39
Old Point Comfort Lounge Chair, 47, 47
metal furniture:
for bedrooms, 109, 110
for living rooms, 35–39, 37, 38, 46–50, 47–49
and modernist design, 4, 8, 18, 35–39, 46–50
Metropolitan Museum of Art:
American Wing, 9, 17
exhibitions of, 6, 7, 8
Ruhlmann cabinet, 5, 5–6
middle class culture, and livable
modernism, 14–19
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 4, 4, 8
mirrors, on vanity tables, 126–30, 126–128, 131
mobility, and living-room design, 39–40
model rooms, and ensemble displays, 17–18, 55–56, 73
modernist design:
characteristics of, 5, 6, 8–9, 11, 18–19
and efficiency, 18, 29–40
gender associations, 25–26, 40–43
and individualism, 113–16
marketing and display of, 16–18, 135
Modern Priscilla decorating manual, 64, 112, 122
modular furniture, 18, 30–34, 30–35, 107—8, 108
Moore, John C.B., 28, 28
Mumford, Lewis, 41
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 17
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 8
Nash, A. Douglas, 76, 76, 77
Nelson, George, 135
Northumberland canapé plate, 81, 81–82
nursery furniture, 107–9, 108, 131
Nutting, Wallace, 9, 9
Old English table service, 58, 71, 97
open-plan living room, 27, 28, 29
Oriole stove, 12, 12, 87
Parents’ Magazine, 107
Paris exposition of 1925, 5–6, 8, 17
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition (1876), 9
Plume Candlestick, 68, 69, 70
Possessed (film), 129
Post, Emily:
on bedrooms, 112
on buffet party
conventions, 94, 94, 96, 97
on comfort of furnishings, 54
Etiquette, 71
The Personality of a House, 40, 49
privacy, of modernist bedrooms, 102, 103, 130–32
Prohibition: rebellion against, 7
repeal of, 73, 76–77, 97
R. H. Macy and Company:
American Modern line, 30, 32, 34, 39, 54
modern design exhibitions, 6
nursery furniture, 107
and table settings, 68
Reichenbach, Howard, designer, Gaiety Cocktail
Shaker and Cups, 89, 90
rocking chair, 54, 55
Rohde, Gilbert, 31–32
bedroom furniture, 22, 22, 117, 117–19, 123
Design for Living House, 28, 29, 55, 56, 123, 123
dining furniture, 19, 22, 58, 59, 61, 61–67, 65
drop front desk, 32, 33, 46
electric clocks, 119, 120–21, 123, 123
House of Tomorrow, 19, 19, 21, 22, 117, 117–19
living rooms, 21, 22, 30, 42, 43, 55
and modern design, 10, 30, 41, 45–46
modular furniture, 30–35, 32–34, 43
multi-functional furniture, 64, 65, 66, 67
nursery furniture, 107–8, 108
sectional sofa, 32, 32, 34–35, 43, 55
vanity tables, 100, 101–2, 124, 125, 135
Ruhlmann, Emile-Jacques, 5, 5–6, 7–8
Russian table service, 66, 67, 72, 78, 79, 97
Rutt, Anna, 49, 55, 139n.17
Ryan, Mary, 93
Sakier, George, 10
bathroom sink, 12, 13
Fostoria stemware, 73–74, 75, 76, 79
Plume
Candlestick, 68, 69, 70
The Saturday Evening Post, 16–17, 24, 25–26, 109, 116, 120
Schindler, R.M., 2, 3, 4
Sears, Roebuck, and Company, kit homes, and
dining room, 60, 61
self-expression, and modernism, 113, 115–16, 118–19, 132
Service à la Russe, 66, 67, 72, 78, 79, 97
side chairs, in the dining room, 63
Simmons Company: bedroom furniture, 109, 109–11, 116
vanity tables, 125, 126, 127, 130, 131
simplicity, and livable modernism, 10, 13, 27, 28, 59
Sironen, Marta K., 118–19
Slesinger. Tess, 41, 42, 43
Sloan, E.C., 50, 51
smoking accessories, 50, 51, 52, 56
sofa, sectional, 32, 32, 34–3 5, 43, 55
Standard Gas Equipment Company, 12, 12, 87
Stratford Compote, 82, 82–83
Stuart, Charles A., 110
Susman. Warren, 14, 21
table service, etiquette of, 71–72, 97
Old English, 58, 71–72, 97
Service à la Russe, 66, 67, 72, 78, 79, 97
table settings, 66, 67, 67–83, 71
tidbit trays, 92, 93, 96–97
time, expression of, and modernist design, 118–20
tobacco, social role of, 50, 52
trestle shelves, 31, 31, 35, 39
Trouble in Paradise (film), 113, 113–15, 121, 128
Valentine Seaver Furniture Company, 61, 61
vanity tables, 14, 101, 101–2, 123–30, 124, 126–29, 131
Vernon, Arthur and Hope, residence of, 2, 3–4
von Nessen, Walter, 52, 53
Walker, Ralph T., 7, 7–8
Ware, Susan, 15
Wear-Ever Aluminum, 78, 79, 81
Weber, Kem, 118, 120
Weissenhofsiedlung exhibition (Stuttgart, 1927), 6–7, 8, 31
Westclox Company Division, General Time
Instruments Corporation, 120, 121, 121
Widdicomb Furniture Company, 105, 105, 116–17, 117
Williamsburg, Colonial, 10
Wilson, Guy and Elisabeth, residence of, 2, 3
wine cooler, 85, 88, 89
women:
and decorating decisions, 10, 17, 42
and middle-class culture, 15–16.
See also gender roles; housewives
Wright, Gwendolyn, 27
Wright, Mary: and buffet party etiquette, 95, 96
as marketing strategist, 85, 96
Wright, Russel, 10, 11, 29
aluminum buffet wares, 79, 84, 85, 89–94, 91–94, 96
American Modern furniture, 30, 34, 38, 44, 105–7, 106, 107
armchairs, 35, 36, 39, 40, 54–55, 134–35
bedroom furniture, 105–7, 106, 107
historical references of, 44–45, 46, 52, 92–93
living-room furniture, 30, 30–31, 31
modular units, 30, 30–31, 31, 32, 34
secretary book case, 44, 44, 46
trestle shelves, 31, 31, 35, 39
Zephyr Electric Clock, 118, 120
Zodiac plates, 78, 80, 81