Box 1
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Contains 33 Results:
[serial] Colonial Homes, March/April, 1986. Reprint of Manorial replicas. [Century Furniture Co. adaptations]
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Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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[serial] House Beautiful, January 1993, v. 135, no. 1.
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From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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Hekman Furniture, n.d. / G.R. Bookcase Chair, 1948 / Mt. Airy Chair, 1955, 1963
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From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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Century Showplace. Winter Magazine 1994 [serial] Includes “Decades of Style, Ray Sobota”, p. 4
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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Copy of above article.
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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[photocopy] A New take on Oriental / by Barbara Garet. Design Lines [column]. Wood Wood Products May 1993. [serial] 2 copies
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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[photocopy] Encore of the Century. Country Home Oct. 1993. [serial] 2 copies
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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[photocopy] Century News. 40th Anniversary Special Issue. P. B-7 “But the hiring of Ray Sotoba in 1953, both men say, was a key factor in ensuring the company’s success. Sobota designed the first correlated group ever introduced at a furniture market. The 6000 Citation Group, unveiled at the 1954 fall market …
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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.f [photocopy] “Century Furniture Company takes pride in presenting The National Trust Collection of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Mr. Harley F. Shuford, Junior, President and Mr. Raymond K. Sobota, Director of Design … “ Includes excerpt from New York Times, Apr. 8, 1985 and NYT Magazine Apr. ? 1985.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
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American Society of Furniture Designers’ Distinguished Designer Award. Furniture Today, Oct. 22, 1989., p. 53.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
Dates:
n.d.