Reminiscences of John Dunnigan [electronic resource] : oral history, 1988.

Biographical Note

Woodworker.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Providence, Rhode Island; Catholic upbringing; education; studies at Rhode Island School of Design; construction, factory jobs; training as cabinet-maker; parents' attitudes toward work; restoration carpentry; work with Swedish boat-building company and impact on style; opening of first shop, 1970; instruction from Tage Frid; work with students at the Rhode Island School of Design; original interest in classical forms, later use of plastics, upholstery; work for shows, private individuals.

Subjects

• Cabinetmakers--Interviews.
• Cabinetwork.
• Dunnigan, John, 1950---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Plastic furniture.
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.
• Rhode Island School of Design.
• Upholstery.
• Woodwork.
• Woodworkers--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989.