Paul Frankl Skyscraper Furniture

Dubbed the skyscraper series the tall slender desks chests of drawers and dressers and cupboards remain some of frankl s best known designs.

Paul frankl skyscraper furniture.

Here frankl uses maple wood and bakelite to suggest the jagged upward reaching outline of a new york skyscraper. His first great success the skyscraper furniture line created when he was in new york epitomizes the city. Paul frankl furniture designs remain popular today. 5 out of 5 stars 164 164 reviews 595 00.

The pieces are tall cabinets with staggered shelves meant to mimic the jagged setbacks of manhattan. There he began to design interiors and champion the skyscraper as a source of a uniquely american modernist vision. Frankl art architecture design. Everything you need to know about the differences between los angeles and new york can be found in the works by paul frankl.

Frankl american by the 1920s the skyscraper was a symbol of american modernity. Together with his friend joseph urban he laid the foundations of the american tradition of modern decoration. Frankl spent the summer of 1925. Skyscraper furniture paul t.

Frankl skyscraper desk 1927. The term skyscraper was first introduced in the late 19th century to describe buildings employing new techniques of steel framed construction that stood at over 10 stories. Frankl opened frankl galleries on 48th street calling his company skyscraper furniture which became an epicenter of american modernism including modern textiles and wallpapers imported from europe. Favorite add to paul frankl full size headboard mid century modern furniture floridamodern.

From shop floridamodern. In the 1920s he introduced his celebrated skyscraper style before turning to metal furnishings in the 1930s. The impetus behind the skyscraper cabinet however was distinctly rural. Frankl immigrated to new york in 1914 and established his own gallery.

Born in vienna paul frankl came to the united states in 1914 as part of a wave of central european design luminaries among them kem weber rudolph schindler and richard neutra who were drawn by the energy and optimism of the american scene. Paul frankl for john stuart furniture mid century modern pair of twin headboards floridamodern. In the early 1930s frankl relocated to los angeles and moved beyond the art deco realm. Trained as an architect in vienna and berlin paul t.

Prolific and protean frankl would go on to design furnishings that are emblematic of nearly every key stylistic chord in american modernism. By the 1920s. Also known as the designer who put the bam in bamboo paul frankl ranks among design insiders best kept secrets. Frankl early skyscraper cabinet 1926.