Drawn by: Anthony Sansotta, Jo Watanabe, David Higginbotham and Mark Snedegar, April, 1985.

The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.

This tall case clock is among the very first of its type made entirely in America and one of only four existing examples by clockmaker Benjamin Bagnall.

The decoration of this chest, composed of inset strips of light-colored wood, suggests a geometric pattern of tulips and berries.

Founded in 1993 by Gijs Baker and design historian Renny Ramakers, Droog, Dutch for “dry,” is a Dutch designer collective renowned for conceptual yet pragmatic design. Droog designers commonly utilize recycled materials in reference both to the ready-made movement established by Marcel Duchamp and consumerism.

The Tree-trunk bench was one of several designs that Jurgen Bey designed for Droog in the 1990s.

Born in Copenhagen, Louise Campbell graduated from the London College of Furniture in 1992 and continued her studies at Denmark’s Institute of Industrial Design, where she graduated in 1995. Since establishing her Copenhagen studio in that year, Campbell’s clients have included Louis Poulsen, Zanotta, HAY, Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Stelton, Muuto, Interstop, and The Danish Ministry of Culture.

"The design is based on the pleasure that can be found in repetition. A single circle is not particularly interesting, but 240 circles, meticulously organised until they form an entire chair, are interesting." – Louise Campbell