| Chris Kennedy Antiques Chris has been in the antiques business full time for about 20 years. He has an interest in vintage modern design, and in 1976 began his own company that focused on Mission, Deco, and modern furniture.  These days, Chris Kennedy Antiques deals exclusively in modern. All of the furniture we buy and sell is attributable to a known designer or manufacturer or has interesting intrisic design merit. We specialize in Heywood-Wakefield, Dunbar, Herman Miller, Knoll, and Widdicomb and other prominent modern manufacturers. Our showroom is 1,200 square feet, in addition to 2,000 feet of storage, and our office, which has been extensively redesigned in a tailored modern style, is 750 square feet. The company keeps an extensive database on those looking for and selling modern furniture and decoration. Recently, Chris Kennedy was mentioned in Metropolitan Home (September 1996) and Martha Stewart Living (May 1995). kennedy@javanet.com.. |
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| DESIGNbase® Over 4,000 published titles comprise this library on modernism. Trade and exhibition catalogues and original archives of original designers' estates, like Edward Wormley (extensive material), Hugo Gnam, Joseph B. Platt, and Stewart Ross James, monographs on modern designers, serials and periodicals relating to design and interior decoration from 1925 to the present,  and great books on all kinds of fun design (like a "how-to" guide to the cutting-edge graphic layouts in 1940)--all in this one privately-owned collection. DESIGNbase® encompasses this library on modernism and provides a resource for research. The reference system includes an anotated list on every book and identifies salient features of each. It's the ideal resource for anyone needing primary sources or enlightened references on anything pertaining to modern decorative and applied art. designb@javanet.com.. | ||
Schmieg&Kotzian  Also known as Schmieg Hungate Kotzian, this company was founded in London in 1908 when Karl Schmieg and Henri Kotzian met as apprentices to prominent London furniture manufacturers. They decided to become partners, and moved to New York to establish a premier cabinet-making firm. They became extremely well-known for exquisite modern design and superior-quality cabinetry. The corporation has changed ownerships several times since the late 1950s, ending with this company in 1995. Today, in the tradition of solid craftsmanship utilizing unique design, Schmieg&Kotzian provides customized reproduction of modern furnishings using the original blueprints by designers like Donald Deskey, Eugene Schoen, Walter Van Nessen, and many others. A catalog of its earlier vintage pieces is available for custom ordering and licensing of original designs. s&k@javanet.com.. |
