Gerald Summers
British, 1899–1967
Potential Influences
Michael Thonet
Austrian, 1796–1871
Gustav Stickley
American, 1858–1942
Samuel Gragg
American, 1772–1855
Barry Parker
British, 1867–1947
Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
British, 1865–1945
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
British, 1868–1928
J. & J. Kohn
est. 1867
Carlo Zen
Italian, 1851–1918
Peer Bücking
German, 1906–1940
René Herbst
French, 1891–1982
Isaac I. Cole
American
Otto Wagner
Austrian, 1841–1918
Contemporaries
Gebrüder Thonet
Austrian, established 1853
Bruno Mathsson
Swedish, 1907–1988
Ray Eames
American, 1912–1988
Marcel Breuer
American, born Hungary. 1902–1981
Alvar Aalto
Finnish, 1898–1976
Gerrit Rietveld
Dutch, 1888–1964
Albin Johnson
American, 1887–1964
Charlotte Perriand
French, 1903–1999
Jorge Ferrari Hardoy
Argentine, 1914–1977
Juan Kurchan
Argentine, 1913–1975
Antonio Bonet
Spanish, 1913–1989
Josef Frank
Swedish, born Austria. 1885–1967
Later Artists
Hans Wegner
Danish, 1914–2007
Grete Jalk
Danish, 1920–2006
Charles Eames
American, 1907–1978
Peter Karpf
Danish, born 1940
Niko Kralj
Slovenian, 1920 – 2013
Poul Christiansen
Danish, born 1947
Komplot Design
Danish, founded 1987
Boris Berlin
Danish, born Russia 1953
Eero Saarinen
American, born Finland. 1910–1961
Peter Danko
American, born 1949
Edward Wormley
American, 1907–1995
Maarten Van Severen
Belgian, 1956–2005
