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Contributed an espresso machine featured in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

Manufacturer of Clapseal plaster.

1904

American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904.

Supplier of artists' materials and picture frames.

Memphis-based company manufacturing hardwood flooring and floor finishes, lumber, furniture.

Sales and project engineers. Breuer consulted Tarnoff regarding the noisy boiler at the first Gagarin House.

Contractor. Breuer invited them to submit a bid for the construction of the House in the Museum Garden, but the contract eventually went to the Murphy-Brinkworth Construction Corp.

Supplier of metal cabinets and kitchen equipment for residences such as the Fischer House and Studio and the Hagerty House.

American air line. In early 1929, Clement Keys, a former financial editor of The Wall Street Journal, purchased Pitcairn Aviation. The airline underwent various name changes as a result of sales and mergers, finally emerging as Eastern Air Lines in 1938. Flights between locations on the east coast formed the core of Eastern's business. Breuer designed ticket offices for the airline in the...

Cabinet makers. They expressed interest in bidding on the furniture commission for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.

Dealers in refrigeration, restaurant and kitchenette equipment. They hoped to supply equipment for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.

New York City-based manufacturer of custom furniture for projects such as the Pack House and the Wolfson Trailer House.

Argentinian publishing house that edited magazines such as Nuestra Arquitectura and Casas y Jardines.

German manufacturer of tubular steel furniture.

Supplier of lamps for projects like the Grosse Pointe Public Library and Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.

Furniture store. In 1949, Luker inquired into the manufacture of Breuer's furniture designs.

Bookseller who contributed a map and globe to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

Colombian newspaper that reported on Breuer's plans for the city of Bogotá.

Magazine published by Gage Publishing for "all those engaged in the engineering, design and production of electrically energized machines, appliances and equipment."

Manufacturer of metal tubes that Breuer considered using in designs for aluminum airplane chairs.

New York City-based hardware supplier. They provided hardware for numerous projects, including the first Breuer House in New Canaan, the first Gagarin and Hooper Houses, the Grosse Pointe Public Library and the first Stillman House.

Heating and air conditioning subcontractor that submitted estimates for a warm air heating system for the Englund House.

Furniture company that held exclusive license to manufacture Breuer's aluminum furniture in Switzerland.

Boston-based manufacturer of cast stone.

Radio manufacturer. They discussed the possibility of Breuer designing external casings for their four basic radio sets.

1898 - 1996

New York City architectural firm noted for the high-rise buildings they designed between the World Wars in New York. The firm was founded by Emery Roth in 1898 and renamed Emery Roth and Sons in 1938, when his sons became partners. The firm designed the building that housed the offices of the Weintraub Advertising Agency, later renovated by Breuer.

Supplier of hardware for the Potter House.

Millwork subcontractor that donated their services for the House in the Museum Garden.

New York City-based supplier of safes and office equipment.

1941 - 1974

Official magazine of the New York State Association of Architects, published between 1941 and 1974.

Educational consultant for the Torrington High School commission.

Furniture company that expressed interest in acquiring the license for Breuer's aluminum furniture for England and the British colonies.

Magazine serving the construction industry. The magazine resulted from the merger, in 1917, of two earlier publications, "Engineer and Surveyor" and "The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer."

Supplier of masons' building materials, including the claystone quoins and stretchers used for the Marshad House.

Manufacturer of the Pierson Sashless Window.

Manufacturer of plywood signs with aluminum letters for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

Manufacturer of vitrines for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

László Moholy-Nagy asked Erwin - Löwe - Reklame to contribute a mobile graphing apparatus for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

Hungarian newspaper.

ESTO was created to manage the rights for Ezra Stoller's photographs. Stoller was one of the most famous architectural photographers of the twentieth century and documented many of the monuments of modernist architecture, including works by Breuer. Today the company represents numerous photographers but still concentrates on architecture, design and the built environment.

Purveyors of metal furniture. They held the license for the furniture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mart Stam and Anton Lorenz in France and its colonies. They hoped to acquire the rights to Breuer's furniture as well.

German firm involved in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.

Manufacturer of drawing materials and survey instruments.

Manufacturer of oil heating equipment.

Manufacturer of fabricated steel and aluminum products, including Infra Accordion Aluminum Insulation.

Manufacturer of intercom systems.

Manufacturer of locks for emergency exits.