District Branch Manager, Eames Co. His company supplied stainless steel sinks for the Hagerty residence.
Architect, designer and filmmaker. With his wife, Ray, who he met while on fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield, Michigan, he designed furniture that exploited new technologies, ranging from plywood to molded plastic and metal wire. The Herman Miller Furniture Company employed them as designers after seeing their work in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1946. The pair also designed the...
Architect, designer and filmmaker. With her husband, Charles, who she met while a student at the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield, Michigan, she designed furniture that exploited new technologies, ranging from plywood to molded plastic and metal wire. The Herman Miller Furniture Company employed them as designers after seeing their work in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. The pair also designed the Case Study...
John Lewis and Co. Ltd. His company agreed to set up a stand displaying Isokon furniture in their store.
President, Michigan Drilling Co. His company conducted soil test borings for the site of the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Employee, Venesta Ltd. His company manufactured the plywood furniture that Breuer designed for Isokon.
Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. His company developed the Stuyvesant Town housing development, for which Breuer created an alternate proposal that he called Stuyvesant Six.
Photographer. He proposed taking aerial photographs of the Scott House and Breuer's cottage in Wellfleet.
Architect and engineer. He hoped to work on Gropius and Breuer's Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Worked for both Société Industrielle d'Ameublement - Société Anonyme (SIDAM) and Thonet. At SIDAM, he was involved in negotiations to acquire the right to sell Breuer furniture in Belgium, Belgian colonies and Luxemburg.
Plus Studio. He sent Breuer photographs of his lamps, hoping they might be included in the House in the Museum Garden.
Employee, National Business Equipment Co. His company supplied lockers and steel desks for the Weintraub Agency offices.
Operations Manager, Horn Brothers Inc., contractors for the remodeling of the Bandler House.
District Representative, General Electric Co. His company supplied kitchen equipment for the House in the Museum Garden among other projects.
Employee, Atlas Tile and Marble Works. His company supplied slate and marble for numerous projects, including the first Stillman House and Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
Employee, Dextone Co. Dextone was a product used on the exterior of the Abraham and Straus department store.
Employee, Wm. H. Jackson Co. His company supplied fireplace screens and accessories for projects such as the Pack House.
Employee, John Lewis and Co. Ltd. His company agreed to set up a stand displaying Isokon furniture in their store.
Acquaintance from Breuer's hometown of Pécs, Hungary. In 1950, Engel de Janosi hoped to manufacture some of Breuer's furniture in Canada. However, Breuer did not have any designs developed to the manufacturing stage.
Employee, Modern Venetian Blinds, Inc. His company supplied blinds for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Englar wrote to Breuer requesting information about the post-war prefabricated housing industry.
Client. He commissioned a house in Pleasantville, NY. He was unhappy with the house and Breuer's supervision of the construction and the matter had to be taken to arbitration.
Employee, Herman Miller Furniture Co. Herman Miller was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture for many of Breuer's projects, including the Clark House and the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Employee, Herman Miller Furniture Co. Herman Miller was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture for many of Breuer's projects, including the Clark House and the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Employee, Cumberland Furniture Corp. His company supplied vertical blinds for the Starkey House.
Director, Construction Division, Department of the Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks.
Employee, Bantam Electric Co. His company was the electrical subcontractor for the first Gagarin House.
Editor, Industrial Arts Magazine. At the suggestion of Herbert Bayer, he invited Breuer to write articles on modern furniture and housing.
Director-General, UNESCO (1953-1958). He oversaw the construction of the new headquarters complex designed by Breuer, Nervi and Zehrfuss. Before joining UNESCO, he directed the Historical Records Survey for the Works Project Administration and worked at the Library of Congress.
New Zealand architect who was the principal draftsman in the Breuer and Yorke office in London.
Black Mountain College. Evarts publicized the Lake Eden Inn and hoped Breuer would be able to help advertise the inn at the 1939 World's Fair.
Patent agent with the firm Gill, Jennings and Every-Clayton who helped Breuer and Isokon file patents on their plywood furniture.
Step-daughter of Bernard Zehrfuss, one of Breuer's partners on the UNESCO headquarters complex. Breuer supported her application for an American Field Service scholarship.