Mosaic craftsman. This company provided an estimate for the execution of a mosaic in the master bedroom of the first Gagarin House.
Interior decorator. Larsen supplied tassel pull cords for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Manufacturers of contemporary upholstered furniture. They provided brass lamps for the first Stillman House.
Liberal arts college founded by Matthew Vassar in 1861. Vassar aimed to provide women with the type of liberal arts education only available to men at the time. The college became co-educational in 1969. Breuer designed the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory for the school between 1950 and 1951. The dormitory was the gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., whose sister and daughter both attended...
Manufacturers of Venesta plywood cases, boxes and barrels, Luterma chair seats, Plymax a metal faced plywood, metal foils and collapsible tubes. Venesta manufactured some of the plywood furniture that Breuer designed for Isokon.
Association of German Silk Weavers. Walter Gropius approached the organization about contributing materials for display in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Associated Model Workshops. They provided a model of Breuer's design for a high-rise hospital for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Associated Workshops for Art in Handicraft. They executed the furniture for rooms designed by Breuer featured in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
German publishing house. They published the catalog for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Boston-based supplier of marble. They supplied marble for the Levy House. Their subsidiary, the Vermarco Lime Co., manufactured lime products, including finishing plaster.
Manufacturer of handmade ash furniture. The company collaborated with Breuer to produce furniture for the Museum of Modern Art’s International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture.
The Veterans Administration was established in 1930 when Congress authorized the President to "consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting war veterans." The VA oversees programs for disability compensation, insurance for service persons and veterans, and vocational rehabilitation for the disabled.
Vickers, Sons & Co. Ltd. was formed in 1867. It was based initially in Sheffield, where the head office was attached to the steelworks at the River Don Works. In its early years the company concentrated on the production of high quality steel castings. By the start of the twentieth century, however, it was producing a wide range of military equipment. Vickers expanded into other areas, acquiring the...
Television manufacturer. Breuer met with Irving Kane, the President of Viewtone, in 1946 to discuss the design of a combination television-radio-gramophone-record storage unit.
Contributor to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Manufacturer of portable typewriters. Walter Gropius asked Kleyer to supply two typewriters for his rooms in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.