Gerald Summers & Marjorie Butcher: Makers of Simple Furniture, 1931–1940 Renate Muller Rogan Gregory’s work pushes boundaries

Rogan Gregory’s work pushes boundaries across media and scale–from miniature bronze animal forms to towering sculptures and furniture in innovative aggregated materials

Interior Architect was published to accompany an exhibition of the same name at R & Company in 2001

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OCLC: 70778792

If one were to classify these pieces as furniture

Gerald Summers & Marjorie Butcher: Makers of Simple Furniture, 1931–1940 Renate Muller Rogan Gregory’s work pushes boundariesIt 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 Based on Marjorie Butchers vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished materialincluding photographs, personal