Furniture supplier founded in 1843 and located on Fifth Avenue in New York City. They supplied mattresses and box springs for the first Geller House.
Builders, hardware manufacturers and contractors based in Boston, MA. They provided hardware for Breuer’s own house in Lincoln, MA., the Chamberlain Cottage, the Fischer House and Studio and the Hagerty House.
Chair manufacturer based in Wayland, NY. Breuer hoped that they might be interested in manufacturing his bent plywood chairs.
British furniture manufacturer. They were interested in producing Breuer's furniture but negotiations ran aground.
Heating subcontractor for the first Breuer house in New Canaan, CT. and heating and plumbing subcontractor for the Mills House.
Contractor that submitted an estimate for the construction of the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College. The contract was awarded to L. H. Swenson Co., Inc.
Supplier of acoustical ceiling tiles for projects like the Weintraub Agency offices and the Tompkins House.
Museum located in Minneapolis, MN. The Walker Art Center was formally established in 1927. Their collections focus on modern and contemporary art and grew out of the private collection of the lumber baron, Thomas Barlow Walker.
Manufacturer of custom-made wallpapers. Wall Trends wallpaper for the Weintraub Agency offices.
Contractor based in Ossining, NY. that was interested in bidding on the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Architectural partnership based in Cambridge, MA. Breuer and Gropius worked together between 1937 and May of 1941, when Breuer asked to dissolve their partnership.
During World War II, the War Production Board (WPB) was granted the authority to direct procurement of materials and industrial production programs. Established by an executive Order on January 16, 1942, the WPB replaced the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board as well as the Office of Production Management. The WPB's primary task was converting civilian industry to war production. The board assigned priorities and allocated scarce materials such...
Surveyors. They surveyed the property on which the Rand House would be built.
New York City-based manufacturer of aluminum furniture. Gropius and Breuer considered having them manufacture metal furniture for the Hagerty House.
Private university founded in 1853 and located in St. Louis, MO. Alfred Roth, the Swiss architect with whom Breuer collaborated on the Doldertal Apartments, taught at Washington University's School of Architecture between 1949 and 1952.
Leather suppliers. They provided Thonet with leather to upholster furniture manufactured for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
In 1852 Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells, Fargo & Co. to serve the West. The new company offered banking (buying gold, and selling paper bank drafts as good as gold) - and express (rapid delivery of the gold and anything else valuable). By 1918 Wells Fargo was part of 10,000 communities across the country. That year, however, the federal government took over the nation’s express network...
Decorators and furnishers based in Bedford, England. In 1937, the company agreed to display furniture that Breuer had designed for Isokon.
Monthly magazine of the Bund Schweizer Architekten (Association of Swiss Architecture) and the Schweizerische Werkbund (Swiss Werkbund). The magazine focused on architecture, art and applied art. Das Werk was first published in 1914. In 1976, it merged with Archithese to form Werk-Archithese.
Workshops of the applied arts school of the city of Halle. Walter Gropius asked them to contribute products to be displayed in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Decorators and furnishers. Walter Gropius asked them to contribute modern furnishings for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Liberal arts college founded in 1831 in Middletown, CT. The college was named for John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and is among the oldest of the originally Methodist institutions of higher education in the United States. The renowned architectural historian, Henry-Russell Hitchcock--who wrote the catalogue for Breuer's first American exhibition at Harvard--taught at Wesleyan from 1929 to 1941.
The West China Development Corporation operated the largest wood product plants in Shanghai. They approached Breuer about a cooperative arrangement in which Breuer would serve as a technical and design consultant. It does not appear that an agreement was ever reached.
Manufacturer of lightning protection equipment. They were headquartered in Goshen, IN.
Contractor based in White Plains, NY. They expressed interest in submitting an estimate for the construction of the Marshad House. The contract eventually went to Joseph Moje.
Heating subcontractor that hoped to submit a bid on the installation of the heating system for the Marshad House.
Roofing supply company based in Mount Vernon, NY.
Waterproofing company who hoped to receive the contract to water proof the walls and floors of the basement of the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Founded by George Westinghouse in 1886, the Westinghouse Electric Company pioneered long-distance power transmission and high-voltage transmission. The company changed its name to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in 1889. By the 1940s, Westinghouse was also producing electrical appliances, which Breuer used in projects such as the first Geller House.
Housing authority in New Kensington, PA. that administered Gropius and Breuer's Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Wheaton College was founded as Wheaton Female Seminary in 1835. The seminary was dedicated to the memory of the daughter of Judge Laban Wheaton. The Massachusetts legislature granted Wheaton a college charter in 1912. The Museum of Modern Art and "Architectural Forum" sponsored a competition for an art center at Wheaton College in June of 1938. Gropius and Breuer's entry received second place out of 243....
Nursery located in Litchfield, CT. White Flower Farm provided plantings and landscaping services for the first Gagarin house.
Distributors of non-ferrous metals. Whitehead supplied nails for the Breuer and Kepes Cottages and the Scott House.
Accounting firm that handled the dissolution of Breuer and Yorke's partnership and Breuer's remaining tax affairs in London after Breuer emigrated to the United States in 1937.
Engineering firm based in Boston. They made recommendations regarding the placement of the water line for the Scott House.
The Whitney Museum of American Art was borne out of sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s advocacy on behalf of living American artists. At the beginning of the twentieth century, artists with new ideas found it nearly impossible to exhibit or sell their work in the United States. Recognizing the obstacles these artists faced, Mrs. Whitney began purchasing and showing their work, thereby becoming the leading patron of American art from...
English furniture manufacturer. Whitney Straight was interested in licensing Breuer’s aluminum furniture in England. Problems with Breuer’s patent and objections to the requested fees ended the negotiations.
Reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people. The title "Who's Who" is in the public domain, and thousands of Who's Who compilations have been published by various authors and publishers. The oldest and best known is the annual British publication Who's Who, a reference work on contemporary prominent people.
German brass works. Wieland-Werke participated in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
New York City-based structural engineering firm that began as Hayward and Wiesenfeld. Sometime in the mid- to late-1950s, the firm became Hayward, Wiesefeld and Leon. They worked on projects such as the Grieco House, Saint John's Church and Campanile, the Connecticut Junior Republic and the Torrington High School.
Plumbing and heating contractors based in Detroit, MI. They hoped to bid on the plumbing and heating contract for the Grosse Pointe Public Library. The contract eventually went to L. L. McConachie Co.
New York City-based carpet supplier. William Gold, Inc. provided carpets for a number of Breuer projects, including Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT. and the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Builders and general contractors. They would have been the contractor for the Almy, Bigelow and Washburn department store. Breuer produced preliminary plans for a new store and researched construction expenses, but the company decided to remodel their existing building.
Advertising agency. In 1949, Weintraub hired Breuer to design the interiors for their offices located on the 17th floor of a building at 488 Madison Avenue.
Publishers based in London and Toronto. They requested images of Isokon furniture for a book entitled "The Flat Book" by Sadie Speight and Leslie Martin.
Supplier of mattresses and other bedding for projects like the Mills House and the Wolfson Trailer House.
Donated canvas for canopy, tacks and bedding paint for the House in the Museum Garden.
Contractor based in New York City. They expressed interest in bidding on the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory, but Vassar College preferred to use a local contractor, G. D. Campbell Building Co., Inc.
Supplier of veneers, hardwoods and plastics. William L. Marshall Ltd. provided bathroom doors and cabinets for the first Breuer House in New Canaan, CT.
Publisher founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to the News Corporation in 1999. William Morrow is now an imprint of HarperCollins.
Supplier of window, plate and auto glass, as well as mirrors. The Williams Glass Co. hoped to bid on the glazing of the Lauck House.
General contractor based in Johnstown, PA. Wilson considered bidding on the Aluminum Terrace City defense housing project.
Architecture firm based in Dallas, TX. The partners requested drawings for the Geller House in order to study Breuer's detailing and construction.
Dealers in clay products and building materials. They supplied tiles and other materials for the Potter House.
Advertising firm based in Springfield, MA. They utilized the Robinson House in an advertisement for their client, H. B. Smith Co., makers of a boiler used in the house.
New York City-based manufacturers and importers of fireplace accessories and garden furniture.
Contractors based in Newark, NJ. They offered Breuer reports on the cost of materials and labor.
Swiss furniture store founded in 1931 by Sigfried Giedion, Rudolf Graber and Werner Moser to promote modern furniture and design, designs by Breuer, Le Corbusier, and Alvar Aalto. In 1933 Breuer received the commission to renovate the Wohnbedarf stores in Zürich and Basel through Giedion. He updated the Zürich store in 1956.
Furniture fabrication company owned by Mathias Schuster (who also co-owned Schuster and Geiger). The Wood Craftsman built custom furniture for the first Gagarin House and the Starkey House.
London based manufacturer of products including wall board marketed under the name of Ensonit and Ensoflex. Wood Products Ltd. hired Breuer and Yorke to designed a temporary exhibition stand for the Building Trades Exhibition of 1936.
Manufacturer of wrought iron furniture. Breuer indicated that he would be willing to design modern functional furniture for them.
Contractor for the second Breuer house in New Canaan, CT., the Marshad House, the Pack House and the Rand House.