Gerald Summers & Marjorie Butcher: Makers of Simple Furniture, 1931–1940 Renate Muller and Vegetal Chair (2009)

and Vegetal Chair (2009)

ISBN: 9780970460837

the fostering of a material-focused contemporary design program

By Glenn Adamson

Gerald Summers & Marjorie Butcher: Makers of Simple Furniture, 1931–1940 Renate Muller and Vegetal Chair (2009)It was simple furniture and we were makers of it. In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers and his partner Marjorie Butcher opened their business, Makers of Simple Furniture, in London. Until 1940, the company produced hundreds of ingenious plywood designs that helped define the idea of the modern interior in Great Britain. Based on Marjorie Butchers vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished materialincluding photographs, personal