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Loop & Dart Glass Pattern Loop & Dart with Round Ornament was the second major pattern introduced by the Portland Glass Co. (Maine), having been patented by Plant Superintendent William O. Davis in 1869. The company had a very short life, 1864 to 1874, so this pattern is relatively rare. Loop & Dart with Round Ornament features a row of spear points alternating with oval loops suspended from a rim band with raised round [...] Click here to continue reading. Raymond Fernand Loewy (1893 to 1986) Raymond Loewy created a vast array of designs ranging from the Studebaker to space stations, stamps and the Shell logo. During an astonishingly varied and productive life, Loewy designed airplanes, helicopters, trains, buses, cars and speedboats, along with space stations, satellites and other conceptual works for NASA. His logos for Exxon, Shell, Lucky Strike cigarettes and Carling Black Label beer are recognized around the world. Born, raised [...] Click here to continue reading. William Lloyd William Lloyd (1779 to 1845) was one of the artisians and craftsmen enjoying the newfound prosperity of Springfield, Massachusetts after it was designated the site of nation’s first Federal armory in 1793 by George Washington. The first published reference to Lloyd’s shop appeared in town’s “The Federal Spy” newspaper. The advertisement, dated July 6, 1802, “..Informs the Public that (Lloyd) carries on the Cabinet Business one door north of Zebina and Thomas [...] Click here to continue reading. THE LIVINGSTONS OF THE LIVINGSTON MANOR The Livingston dynasty is among the most important in American history. Members of the family settled in colonial New York in the seventeenth century and soon ranked among the patricians (their coat of arms is one of several represented in the capitol at Albany). Branches of the Livingston family were involved in major events throughout the past 300 years: members of the Continental Congress; signers of the Declaration [...] Click here to continue reading. Thomas Corwin Lindsay (American, 1839 to 1907) Thomas Lindsay, renowned Cincinnati landscape, portrait, and animal painter, active from 1858 to circa 1905. He displayed an unusual talent at a very young age. He made several ventures east, sketching along the way. Just after the Civil War, he left for Europe, studying in Dusseldorf and Paris. Upon his return, he embarked on a prolific career, executing hundreds of paintings. One reviewer noted in 1877 that: [...] Click here to continue reading. Lighthouse Clocks The master clockmaker, Simon Willard, working in Roxbury, Massachusetts invented the lighthouse clock and filed its patent in 1822. A rare clock with only about two dozen known, the lighthouse clock’s typical thirty inch form is usually a slightly tapering mahogany cylinder topped by a glass dome housing the clock’s dial and exposed works. Some cases have bronze mounts, some plain, and some are foreshortened and sit atop an integral square or [...] Click here to continue reading. Lifetime Furniture The “Lifetime furniture company” was formed 1911 as a merger of the Grand Rapids Bookcase Co. and Barker Brothers Chair Co. and named the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. It operated continuously until 1956 when it was merged into the John Widdicomb Company. It was subsequently purchased by Medallion Ltd. and operated as Hastings Corporation and closed for good in 1975. The company is best known for its mission style furniture [...] Click here to continue reading. Mattie Lietz (1893-1956) Born in Peoria, Illinois, Mattie Lietz was a painter and teacher who spent most of her career in that state. She studied at Butler College in Irvington, Indiana, and at the Art Institute of Chicago with Frederick Grant, George Elmer Browne, and John Thomas Nolf. She was a member of the Chicago Galleries Association and exhibited in New York at the National Academy of Design. She also exhibited at the Art [...] Click here to continue reading. Jonas Lie (1880-1940) The son of an American mother and a Norwegian father, Jonas Lie was born in Moss, Norway and first studied art in Paris, at age twelve, under the patronage of his namesake and uncle, the writer Jonas Lie, as well as among the inspired company of such other Norwegian luminaries as Edvard Grieg and Henrik Ibsen. The death of Lie’s father, however, interrupted these halcyon days, and the younger Jonas moved [...] Click here to continue reading. Roy Lichtenstein (1923 – 1997) Born in New York City in 1923, Roy Lichtenstein grew up in a city that epitomized the ideals and machinations of modernism. He therefore gained a unique understanding of the affects of modern life on the solitary soul, the group, and the society at large. Growing up during the depression years and coming of age at the start of World War II, he was greatly influenced by the jazz [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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