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| book on Edward Wormley |
In 1950 Chicago Merchandise Mart joined with the Museum of Modern Art to sponsor the GOOD DESIGN exhibition. Edward J Wormley, who designed for the Dunbar Furniture Company, became an icon in American design and furniture history. This annual show was designed to commend selected home furnishings for their “excellent appearance and progressive performance.” Over a three year period Wormley's designs for Dunbar dominated the exhibition collecting 30 awards for their "Good Designs".
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| set of Wormley slipper chairs original fabric sold from our shop |
It was in 1931 that Wormley, a twenty three year old with fresh ideas, joined up with Dunbar Furniture. Wormley, with a passion for quality and an eye for detail, inspired global perspective and introduced world-class design philosophies into the American home furnishing. The U. S. had been lagging behind the Europeans in forward thinking for functional furnishing for the modern home. He up dated how American Interiors should feel, with his clean lines a passion for details. Dunbar was the perfect vehicle for his pieces and his forward thinking. He is known for reinterpreting historical and classical designs into clean modern designs, thus creating the new classics. There was a retrospective of his work in 1997, two years after his death, bringing renewed interest to his designs. Dunbar has even began to reissue some of his designs.
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| magazine stand by Wormley for Dunbar |
Edward Wormley - American, 1907 - 1995
“Modernism means freedom—freedom to mix, to choose, to change, to embrace the new but to hold fast to what is good.”We can be forever grateful to Wormley and to Dunbar for his thoughtful modern designs.
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