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Max Kuehne (1880-1968) Max Kuehne was born in Halle, Germany in 1880. He later came to New York and studied with Kenneth Hayes and William Merritt Chase at the Chase School. He traveled extensively throughout his life, but it was Cape Ann that became artist Max Kuehne’s favorite destination. An athlete as well as an artist, he eventually set up a studio in Rockport in 1920 in order to spend every summer painting, sailing, [...] Click here to continue reading. Jacob Knagy (1796-1883) Jacob Knagy was a cabinetmaker in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles south of the Soap Hollow region, which surrounds Davidsville. Although many spelling variations of his name are known and his gravestone reads “Jacob Gnagy,” during his lifetime he spelled his name with a “K.” Knagy furniture is sometimes misidentified and marketed as Soap Hollow, yet they represent distinctly different schools of work and regions of origin. Knagy furniture [...] Click here to continue reading. Kilian Brothers Kilian Brothers competed with large New York cabinet makers like Pottier and Stymus and Herter Brothers by creating stylish Neo-Grec accent furnishings such as pedestals, side tables, reception chairs, easels, and music or folio stands. Designs generally employed a juxtapostion of machine-made walnut and ebonized structural elements with incised gilt decoration and black ground inlaid panels. Two Kilian side tables, one conserved by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, the other with Prudent Mallard’s (New [...] Click here to continue reading. John Jeliff The Victorian furniture designer and manufacturer John Jeliff apprenticed as a cabinetmaker at the age of 14 in New York City. Later, he became a journeyman, and in 1843 he opened his own business in Newark, New Jersey. His furniture is characterized by a lush use of woods and finely carved busts of Columbia, large crests, classical urns and other Renaissance Revival elements. Because of the very high quality of his work, [...] Click here to continue reading. George Hunzinger A German cabinetmaker from the same province as John Henry Belter, George Hunzinger (1835 to 1898) arrived in New York in 1855 and began his work as a cabinetmaker. His company continued to produce furniture well into the 20th century. Hunzinger is most famous for his “patent furniture”. Collapsible chairs, folding chairs, platform rockers (that did not take up as much room as conventional ones), and a method for upholstering by covering [...] Click here to continue reading. Herter Brothers One of the Victorian era’s leading interior design and custom furniture manufactures, Herter Brothers operated in New York City from 1865 to 1907. Gustave Herter immigrated to America in 1848 from Suttgart, Germany and quickly became one of the leading cabinetmakers and interior designers in New York. His elder brother Christian immigrated in 1859 and joined his brothers firm in 1864 where the pair created entire interiors for some of the most [...] Click here to continue reading. Jonathan Greenwood Born in Boston in 1727, Jonathan Greenwood worked as an engraver, and was a self-taught portrait painter there during his early career. In 1752, Greenwood departed Boston for Surinam on the northeast shoulder of South America, where he painted portraits for the next five years. By 1758, Greenwood was working as an engraver in Holland, and later ended up in London, where he became an art dealer in 1762 . Reference [...] Click here to continue reading. Samuel Gragg, Chairmaker The son of a wheelwright, Samuel Gragg was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire in 1772 and made chairs in Boston from 1801. He died in 1855. Gragg is best known for his “Patent” bentwood “Elastic” chairs, for which he received a Federal patent in 1808. He also made “bamboo, fancy and commmon Chairs and Settes – all made of the best materials in the most faithful manner” as set forth in [...] Click here to continue reading. Garouste & Bonetti In 1980 Elizabeth Garouste (born 1949, France) and Mattia Bonetti (born 1952, Switzerland) formed the French company Garouste & Bonetti. The company’s designs include ceramics, furniture, interior design, metalwork, and product design. Jonash Frisks (Swedish, 1787 to 1849) Jonas Frisks operated a successful furniture workshop at numerous locations in Stockholm, Sweden, from 1806 to 1825. Information courtesy of Freeman’s May, 2007. |
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