Walter Gropius asked Köhler Volkmar to contribute an apparatus for displaying maps to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Manufacturer of gymnastics equipment based in Cologne. Walter Gropius asked them to contribute materials to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Contractor who expressed interest in submitting an estimate for the construction of the Weintraub Agency offices.
Furniture supplier. Kalmus-Golden supplied a metal desk for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Manufacturer of screens and shades based in Kane, PA. They fabricated screen doors for the first Gagarin House.
College of art and design located in Kansas City, MO. The college had its origins in a Sketch Club founded in 1885 "to talk over art matters in general and to judge pictures." Notable names associated with the school include Thomas Hart Benton, who taught at the school from 1935 to 1941, and Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Morris, who studied there in the 1940s....
Contractor based in Detroit, MI. They performed excavation work for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Dutch architecture publication whose name translates as Catholic Building Magazine. They published an article on Breuer's designs for the De Bijenkorf Department Store.
Manufacturer of wallpapers that Breuer considered for the Bandler House.
Pittsburgh department store founded in 1871. The Kaufmanns were enthusiastic supporters of modern design, and the store carried Breuer’s furniture, among other modern designs. Breuer ordered furniture and fabric for the Frank House from the store.
Aircraft manufacturer. In 1943, the company approached Hans Knoll about furniture production. Knoll included Breuer in the meetings with A. Thornton Baker, who was involved with postwar planning for Kellett.
Contractor who hoped to bid on the Witalis House. The Andrew Johnson Corp. eventually received the contract.
Specialists in the design, fabrication and installation of radiant and standard heating.
Japanese publication whose name translates as "Architectural Culture." The magazine was published between 1946 and 2004.
New York City-based film production company. They produced an outline of a film on Breuer's House in the Museum Garden. It is unclear whether the film was ever made.
Contractor based in New York City. Kennerly hoped to submit an estimate for the construction of the Marshad house. The contract eventually went to Joseph Moje.
Real estate agency based in Grosse Pointe, MI. Kenneth Moore acted as an intermediary between Breuer and the Grosse Pointe Board of Education and the donor, Dexter Ferry, Jr.
New York City-based supplier of carpets and rugs, founded in 1886. Kent-Costikyan offered their services for the Frank House and the offices for the Weintraub Agency.
Japanese monthly magazine devoted to building and home décor. They published articles on the first Harnischmacher House and Breuer's aluminum furniture designs.
New York City-based advertising agency. Breuer's client, Ogden Kniffin, worked for Kenyon and Eckhardt.
Paper product manufacturer founded as Kimberly, Clark and Co. in Neenah, WI. in the 1870s.
German firm involved in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Universal Electric Stage Lighting Co., Inc., established in 1896. They invented and manufactured Klieg lights. Kliegl Bros. provided lighting fixtures for projects such as the Hagerty House.
Manufacturers of ornamental iron and structural steel. Knowlton provided an estimate for the sliding roof of the Margolius House.
Manufacturer of kitchen and bath fixtures founded by John Michael Kohler and Charles Silberzahn when they purchased a cast iron and steel foundry in Sheboygan, WI. in 1873. The company was initially named Kohler and Silberzahn and manufacturer plows and other farm implements. A decade later the company began to manufactured plumbing products such as cast iron bathtubs. In 1912, it adopted its current name,...
Japanese architectural periodical whose name translates as "International Architecture." In the 1930s, they published Breuer's essay "Wo Stehen Wir?" and an article on the first Harnischmacher House.
International Architecture Society. They published the magazine Kokusai-Kenchiku.
Manufacturers of modern lamps and shades. The company was run by Peter Fischer, a former employee of Jack Pritchard who had studied architecture in Vienna. Fischer hoped to speak to Breuer about modern lighting after reading an article in "Retailing Daily," which reported Breuer’s criticism of modern lamp design during the planning of the House in the Museum Garden.
German firm that contributed a photograph used in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Supplier of drapery hardware and accessories, carpet and linoleum hardware. The Kroder Reubel Co., Inc. was founded in 1876.
Furniture manufacturer. In 1902, Peter E. Kroehler bought the Naperville Lounge Co., a maker of wooden lounge chairs and upholstered furniture. Kroehler built a new factory in Naperville in 1913 after the original facility was destroyed by a tornado. Soon thereafter, he renamed the company Kroehler Manufacturing Co. By the middle of the 1940s, Kroehler was the second-largest furniture maker in the United States. The company...
General contractors. Kroogman expressed interest in submitting an estimate for the construction of the Clark House. The contract eventually went to Emerson Daniels.
German glass grinder and glazier. They contributed materials for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Supplier of lighting fixtures for the House in the Museum Garden and Breuer’s second house in New Canaan, CT.