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- Ottoman Footstool, from The Girard Group Series, 1966-1967 - Alexander Girard was best known as a textile designer, but he also practiced architecture, graphic design, interior design, and furniture design. This ottoman design, initially created as part of Girard's large-scale redesign for Braniff International Airways, was later sold by Herman Miller Inc. in the Girard Group Series. Girard-designed textiles were available for the upholstery too -- this one features his colorful "Jacob's Coat" pattern.
- 1966-1967
- Collections - Artifact
Ottoman Footstool, from The Girard Group Series, 1966-1967
Alexander Girard was best known as a textile designer, but he also practiced architecture, graphic design, interior design, and furniture design. This ottoman design, initially created as part of Girard's large-scale redesign for Braniff International Airways, was later sold by Herman Miller Inc. in the Girard Group Series. Girard-designed textiles were available for the upholstery too -- this one features his colorful "Jacob's Coat" pattern.
- Footstool, 1720-1740 - The firm of Ernest LoNano -- active from 1912 into the 1980s -- was known as the premier re-upholsterers of antique American furniture. Museums from coast to coast sought the advice of three generations of LoNanos for accuracy in period upholstery fabrics. The company specialized in adapting historic fabrics for reuse. Here, LoNano refashioned a green silk velvet, now faded, for this 18th-century footstool.
- 1720-1740
- Collections - Artifact
Footstool, 1720-1740
The firm of Ernest LoNano -- active from 1912 into the 1980s -- was known as the premier re-upholsterers of antique American furniture. Museums from coast to coast sought the advice of three generations of LoNanos for accuracy in period upholstery fabrics. The company specialized in adapting historic fabrics for reuse. Here, LoNano refashioned a green silk velvet, now faded, for this 18th-century footstool.