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(2) Ward Bennett Brickel Enron Velvet Lounge Chairs Free Shipping Forward Air to the terminal nearest you (MR5303) |
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 Quite simply, there is no area of art and design in which Ward Bennett has not been involved. His career evolved from his teen years onward, when he left home at thirteen and began traveling at sixteen. Travel, he says has continually been a prevailing influence on his work. Early on, he undertook various studies in the fine arts including drawing at the Porto Romano school in Florence and in Paris with Brancusi, painting in New York with Hans Hoffman and sharing space at the Clay Club with Louise Nevelson. His sculpture was exhibited at the Whitney Annual of 1944. Best known for his interiors, Mr. Bennett`s projects include residence in New York, London, Venice and Rome, as well as his own quarter--a Manhattan apartment atop the Dakota, a country house in Long Island and a flat in Paris. In the commercial category, works encompass a national network of showrooms for Brickel, projects for Chase Manhattan Bank and consultant plans for the Solow Building Corporation. In 1963, he began a collaboration with Brickel Associates, designing first furniture and later textiles. He is considered a prodigious designer of objects: china, glassware and silver for Tiffany and Company; flatware for Supreme; porcelain for Sasaki; and, leather goods for Hermes. Bennett designs are well represented in the Museum of Modern Art`s permanent collection and in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Brickel Associates became Geiger Brickel. The company was recently acquired by Herman Miller. |
These Lounge Chairs Came From The 49th and 50th Floors of 1400 Smith Street, ENRON`s Corporate Headquarters, where the offices of the Corporate Executives included the CEO, COO and CFO. Enron Corporation was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy in late 2001, Enron employed around 21,000 people (McLean & Elkind, 2003) and was one of the world`s leading electricity, natural gas, pulp and paper, and communications companies, with claimed revenues of $111 billion in 2000. Fortune named Enron "America`s Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years. It achieved infamy at the end of 2001, when it was revealed that its reported financial condition was sustained mostly by institutionalized, systematic, and creatively planned accounting fraud.The planning and execution of this fraud, and the subsequent ruin of many of Enron`s employees, took place in the Enron executive offices on 1400 Smith Street, Houston Texas. In this building, high on the 50th floor, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling met, planned and worked amidst pieces of designer furniture. Metro Retro has acquired these pieces. |
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 Free shipping via Forward Air to the terminal nearest you Customer is responsible for pick up from terminal QUOTED FOR U.S. ONLY International Shipping When requesting international shipping rates, please allow Us 3 to 5 Days to Quote Preparation, Timing and Shipment Please Allow 7 to 10 Business Days Plus Shipping Time. If Item needs restoration additional time will be required (Determined by item or items being refinished or reupholstered) |
