Design/Pedagogy - 4. view

Bauhaus-inspired design in Canada B

Designer unknown (Canadian?), high round table in lacquered wood and metal, ca. 1931-34. Displayed on the table: Unidentified Canadian designer/manufacturer, Desk Lamp in red enamel metal with articulated column (perhaps inspired by designs by Marianne Brandt and Hinrich Bredendeick, Bauhaus, 1928); Four digital exhibition prints: Thonet Furniture designed by Breuer and Mies on display at T. Eaton Co. College St. Toronto; Marcel Breuer Furniture by Thonet 1927 on display at Robert Simpson Co., Toronto 1931; Bedroom Display at Ridpaths Ltd., Toronto mid 1930s (Advertisement in Canadian Homes and Gardens Jan-Feb 1935; Advertisement for Sunniweb sheer drapery from Canadian Homes and Gardens April 1934, with a living room interior view including tubular steel high round table and chair. Source for images: Virginia Wright, Modern Furniture in Canada). (All items are from a private collection)