Reminiscences of Sam Maloof : oral history, 1985.

Biographical Note

Furniture designer.

Scope and Contents

Lebanese designer; natural inclination to art; work at an industrial design firm and at Walt Disney training school; military service, World War II; first furniture designs; American Craft Museum inaugural exhibit of furniture; methods of furniture making, integrity of business practices; discussion of American Craft Council, craftsman mentality; MacArthur Fund Award of $300,000.

Subjects

• American Craft Council.
• Furniture design.
• Furniture industry and trade.
• Furniture making.
• Furniture workers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Maloof, Sam--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987.