Edward S. Cooke, Jr.
Scandinavian Modern Furniture in the Arts and Crafts Period: The Collaboration of the Greenes and the Halls

Figure 1

Table, designed and made by Charles Sumner Greene, Pasadena, 1900. Wood. (Private collection; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 2

Bureau, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henrv Mather Greene for the Jennie Reeve house, Long Beach, California, probably Pasadena, ca. 1904. Oak and cedar. (Private collection; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 3

Desk, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henrv Mather Greene for the Adelaide Tichenor house, Long Beach, California, probably Pasadena, ca. 1904. Ash. (Private collection; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 4

Entry hall in the Henry Robinson house, Pasadena, 1906—1907. (Photo, Documents Collection, Charles Sumner Greene Collection (1959-1) Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.)

Figure 5

Library table, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene for the Henry Robinson house, Pasadena, 1906—1907. (Private collection; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 6

Drawing of a hall table in the Henry Robinson house, Pasadena, 1906—I907. (Photo, Drawings and Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York.)

Figure 7

Dining-room furniture, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the Henry Robinson house, Pasadena, 1906—1907 (in recreated setting). Mahogany. (Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 8

Sideboard, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the Henry Robinson house, Pasadena, 1906—1907. Mahogany. (Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 9

Desk, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the Henry Robinson house, Pasadena, 1906—1907 Mahogany. (Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 10

Chiffonier, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the master bedroom of the David Gamble house, Pasadena, 1908—1909. Mahogany, ebony, and oak; fruitwood inlay. (The Gamble House; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 11

Detail of drawer construction of the chiffonier in fig. 10. (Photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 12

Dressing table, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the guest room of the David Gamble house, Pasadena, 1908—1909. Maple, ebony, and oak; silver and ivory inlay. (The Gamble House; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 13

Detail of drawer construction of the table in fig. 12. (Photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 14

Armchair, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the Robert Blacker house, Pasadena, 1908—1909. Mahogany, ebony; fruitwood, silver, and copper inlay. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Max Palevsky in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary.)

Figure 15

Photograph of X ray of detail where the splat is joined to the rear seat rail of the chair in fig. 14. (Photo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.)

Figure 16

Photograph of X ray of detail where the splat is joined to the crest rail of the chair in fig. 14. (Photo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.)

Figure 17

Photograph of X ray of detail where the arm is secured to the front post of the chair in fig. 14. (Photo, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.)

Figure 18

Bench, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the Robert Blacker house, Pasadena, 1908—1909. Mahogany, ebony, oak. (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Reproduced with permission. ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Figure 19

Photograph of X ray of detail where the batten is secured to the top board of the bench in fig. 18. View is from above the seating surface. (X ray ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; photo, Edward S. Cooke.)

Figure 20

Detail of underside of the bench in fig. 18. (Photo, ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)

Figure 21

Photograph of X ray of detail where the knee bracket and rail are secured to the front leg of the bench in fig. 18. (X ray ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; photo, Edward S. Cooke.)

Figure 22

Cabinet, designed and made by Gottlob Karl Lapple, Pasadena, 1915—1930. Oak, ebony, and yellow poplar. (Private collection; photo, Edward S. Cooke.)

Figure 23

Detail of drawer from the cabinet in fig. 22. (Photo, Edward S. Cooke.)

Figure 24

Sideboard, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henrv Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the William Thorsen house, Berkeley, California, 1909—1910. Mahogany and ebony; fruitwood and motherof pearl inlay. (Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 25

Dining room in the Cordelia Culbertson house, Pasadena, 1911—1913. Furniture designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop. (Photo from original in the Greene and Greene Library, Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.)

Figure 26

Sideboard, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene and made by the Hall shop for the Charles Sumner Greene house, Pasadena, 1912—1913. Mahogany and oak. (Private collection; photo, Marvin Rand.)

Figure 27

Box, Hall Manufacturing Company, Pasadena, 1918—1921. Redwood. (Private collection; photo, Edward S. Cooke.)

Figure 28

Interior of the Hall Manufacturing Company, Pasadena, 1918—1921. (Photo from original in the Greene and Greene Library, Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.)

Figure 29

Gaming table and chairs, designed by Charles Sumner Greene and probably made by John Hall with carving by Charles Sumner Greene for the Mortimer Fleishhacker house, Woodside, California, 1923—1925. Mahogany; leather. (Photo from original in the Greene and Greene Library, Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.)