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Credit Department, Knoll Associates, Inc. Knoll was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture and textiles for many of Breuer's projects, including the Grosse Pointe Public Library.

1913 - 2006

 

President, General Bronze Corp. In 1943, he briefly hired Breuer as a design consultant but the agreement was canceled only a few months after it was proposed.

Employee, Rem-Lite, Inc. His company manufactured lighting fixtures and submitted an estimate for the lighting needed for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.

Contractor. Jacobson submitted an estimate for the construction of the Englund House, but the contract went to Joseph Moje.

Employee, Container Corp. of America. Breuer made sure that Jacobson received a complimentary copy of the Neustra Arquitectura issue devoted to Breuer's work.

Jacobus represented Herman Miller Furniture Co. in the south.

Employee of Lumium Limited. He was interested in producing Breuer's aluminum furniture but the two sides could never reach a satisfactory agreement.

Employee, Barker Bros. Painting Corp. Barker Bros. painted the Weintraub Agency offices.

Associate Editor, Institutions Magazine. He wanted to publish a feature on the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.

Draftsman in Breuer's office c. 1955.

Director of the Société Industrielle d'Ameublement - Société Anonyme (SIDAM), which acquired the rights to manufacture and sell Breuer's furniture designs in Belgium, Belgian colonies and Luxemburg.

Rector, St. Mary's Monastery in the Mountains. Jelliffe invited Breuer to participate in a workshop on Sacred Art at the 1958 National Liturgical Conference.

American Consul General, London, England.

Employee, Knoll Associates, Inc. Knoll was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture and textiles for many of Breuer's projects, including the Smith and Lauck houses.

Employee, Arthur E. Lane Mill Service, supplier of plywood and other lumber products.

Jenkisson stayed in Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT. for a period in 1954.

Employee, M. Steinert and Sons Co.

Contractor. He bid on the construction of Breuer's house in Lincoln, MA., but the contract went to Custance Brothers, Inc.

Manager, Product Design and Development Department, Philco corp. Philco manufactured the radio-photograph-television combination set which Breuer designed for the House in the Museum Garden.

The Jessops wrote to the Museum of Modern Art, requesting information on the door handles used in the House in the Museum Garden. They hoped to use similar handles in their own house.

1916

Architect. Johansen was a student of Gropius and Breuer at Harvard and he would go on to marry Gropius’s daughter, Ati. He worked for Breuer and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill before founding his own office in 1948. He also taught at numerous schools, most notably Pratt Institute. His projects include the US Embassy in Dublin and buildings for Roosevelt Island in collaboration with Ashok Bhavnani.

Employee, Consolidated Constructors, Inc. Johnson expressed interest in submitting an estimate for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College, but the contract went to the G. D. Campbell Building Co., Inc.

Andrew Johnson Corp. Johnson was the contractor for the Witalis House.

Employee, Russel Wright Industrial Design.

Chairman, Publicity Committee, Texas Society of Architects.

Director, The Museum of Natural History, Springfield, MA. At Breuer's request, she sent materials on a recently completed Planetarium in Springfield.

1912 - 2007

Wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson. First lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

Employee, Murphy Door Bed Co.

1906 - 2005

Architect and critic. He was a student of Gropius and Breuer at Harvard, graduating in 1943. He twice headed the Architecture Department at the Museum of Modern Art, where he and Henry-Russell Hitchcock curated the Modern Architecture: International Exhibition in 1932 and published The International Style both of which helped to define modern architecture for generations of Americans. He also curated a seminal exhibition on...

Chief of the Division of Timber Mechanics with the Forest Service, who worked with Breuer on producing plywood furniture the Museum of Modern Art's Competition for Low-Cost Furniture.

Lawyer. Johnson executed the contracts for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.

Owner, W. R. Johnson Co. Johnson was the plumbing and heating subcontractor for the Mills House and Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Employee, Ledlin Lighting, Inc.

Representative of several stone quarries. He arranged the donation of white pebbles for the roof of the House in the Museum Garden.

Employee, Jones Construction Co. His company specialized in highway, sewage and waterworks construction and was the subcontractor responsible for installing water lines and paving the driveway of the Scott House.

Lawyer who advised Abraham and Straus on the possibility of receiving a variance for a canopy on the façade of a new branch of their department store, located in Hempstead, Long Island.

Potential client. In 1945, Gilbert Tompkins indicated that Dr. Jones was interested in building a house, but no further records of this commission exist.

Manager, Detroit Division of J. Geo. Fischer and Sons, Inc., wholesale distributors of refrigeration equipment, electrical supplies and home appliances.

Employee, Jones Construction Co. His company specialized in highway, sewage and waterworks construction and was the subcontractor responsible for installing water lines and paving the driveway of the Scott House.

Secretary to F. R. S. Yorke, Breuer's partner during his sojourn in England.

Maintenance Chief, Grosse Pointe Board of Education. The Board of Education hired Breuer to design the Grosse Point Public Library.

 

Employee, Aluminium Works. Breuer hoped Joseph would be interested in manufacturing his aluminum chairs.

Manager (New York Office), Marsh Wall Products, Inc.

Jourdan translated the German catalogue texts for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition into French.

Architectural engineer who offered Breuer his services.

Treher and Jung. His company was the heating subcontractor for the Herrick House.

Employee, Baitinger Electric Co., Inc. His company supplied appliances for projects such as the first Stillman House and the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.