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Rambusch: The First 100 Years, 1898–1998 chronicles the growth of an independent, workshop-based, family business now being run by a fourth generation. This book offers the definitive history of the company started by Danish-born Frode Christian Valdemar Rambusch (1859–1924) in New York. Beginning with his efforts in decorative painting and murals, the story expands into lighting design and continues with a study of subsequent generations building upon—and further expanding—these fields of work into other media. The narrative also provides focus on more than two dozen artisans responsible for making the objects and interiors often requested by well-known architects. Few American firms have flourished as this company has in the United States. Now in the twenty-first century, the firm inspires similar collaborative efforts between architects, designers, and craft studios to work together for the decorative arts to regain their place in the finishing of our nation’s buildings. Notable for its longevity and still going strong, the story of Rambusch needs to be told, especially while generations who have institutional memory can tell it.

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Author:   Rambusch Decorating Company ,  Barbara Snowden Christen
Publisher:   Oro Editions
Imprint:   Oro Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.534kg
ISBN:  

9781961856059

ISBN 10:   1961856050
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PROLOGUE 7 INTRODUCTION 9 NOTE ABOUT ILLUSTRATIONS 15 CHAPTER I History of the Rambusch Decorating Company 17 II Church Interior Design and Decoration 31 III Art Metal: Techniques, Trends, and Styles 45 IV Lighting Fixtures: Innovation, Technology, and Design 65 V Stained Glass: Techniques and Styles 85 VI Hotels, Restaurants, and Shops 101 VII Theaters and Movie Houses 115 VIII New York World’s Fair, 1939 131 IX War Effort 145 X State Capitols and Other Public Spaces 157 XI Restoration 175 XII International Commissions 195 EPILOGUE 207 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 219 APPENDIXES A Interior Decoration firms, Manhattan: 1880s–1890s and Previous Rambusch Affiliations 221 B Letter of Incorporation 222 C Impressions of an Early Employee 227 D List of Jobs (selected), 1926–1932 230 E New York World’s Fair, 1939: Partial List of Commissions 233 F Rambusch Decorating Company: Design Studios and Workshops 237 G Staff of the Rambusch Decorating Company, 1976 239 ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND EDITOR 241 CREDITS 243 INDEX 244

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Catha Jackson Grace, educated at Smith College and New York University, was founder and national director of the Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records (COPAR) at the AIA and created the Catalog of Landscape Records (CLR) at Wave Hill. Barbara Snowden Christen received her training at Williams College and CUNY Graduate Center. As an editor and architectural historian, she has worked at the National Gallery of Art, the Council of Independent Colleges, and the New-York Historical Society.

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