Holiday Party
Honoring John Kirksey, FAIA
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Museum Acquisitions
2001
Flatware service from the pattern Contempora
Eliel Saarinen, 1935
2001
Nomos Table, Model 70816
Sir Norman Foster, 2000
2001
Amnesie Vase Model A 38, 46, and 51
Andrea Branzi, 2000
2001
FOG Chair Prototype
Frank Gehry, 1999
2001
Executive Desk Prototype
Sally Walsh, 1978
2001
Manhattan Cocktail Set
Norman Bel Geddes, 1937
2001
Stair Baluster
Louis Sullivan, 1899
2002
The Modernique Clock, Model 431
Paul Theodore Frankl, 1929
2002
Coffee Table
Paul Theodore Frankl, 1929
2003
Hunting Chair
Borge Mogensen, 1951-55
2003
Bowl
John Pawson, 2002
2003
6 piece place setting from the Diamond pattern
Gio Ponti, 1958
2003
Carafe
Michele De Lucchi, 1979-1980
2003
LCP Chair
Maarten van Severen, 2003
2004
Candelabrum
Reed & Barton, 1928
Honoree: Martha Murphree
2004
Sitzmaschine, Model 670
Josef Hoffman, 1908
Honoree: Martha Murphree
2005
Lounge Chair, Model no. B35 and Stool Model no. B37
Marcel Breuer, 1930
Honoree: S.I. Morris
2006
Armchair
William Lescaze, 1931
Honoree: Anderson Todd
2007
Dinner Service for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1962-1968
2007
Zig-Zag Chair
Gerrit Rietveld, 1940
Honorees: S.I. Morris and Anderson Todd
2007
Tea and Coffee Piazza
Aldo Rossi, 1985
Honoree: John Chase
2008
Five piece Tea/Coffee Service with Tray
Gae Aulenti, 1979-80
Honoree: Preston Bolton
2009
Chair, Model no. NV-45
Finn Juhl, 1945-46
Honoree: Willie Pena
2010
Speisezimmer Chair
Peter Behrens, 1902
Honorees: Willie Pena and Preston Bolton
2010
Vase
Alvar Aalto, 1937
Honoree: Arthur Jones
2011
Prototype for Tree 5
Andrea Branzi, 2008-10
Honoree: Charles Tapley
2012
Flower Basket
Josef Hoffmann, 1909-10
Honoree: Raymond Brochstein
2013
Chair 41
Alvar Aalto, 1934-39
Honoree: William F. Stern
2014
Rocking Chair
George Nakashima, 1973
Honoree: Charles Thomsen
2014
First Chair
Michele De Lucchi, 1951
2014
The Little Dripper
Michael Graves, 1934
2015
Tea Table
E.W. Godwin, 1880
Honoree: James Furr
2016
Adjustable Table Lamp, Model No. T-5-G
Lester Geis, 1951
Honoree: Bill Neuhaus, FAIA
2017
Floor Lamp, Model 831
Greta Magnusson Grossman
Honoree: Nonya Grenader, FAIA
2018
The Magic Garden, Temple of the Grail, Klingsor’s Magic Castle
(set design studies for the Wagner opera Parcifal)
Joseph Urban
c.1910-12
watercolor and pencil on wove paper
Honoree: Barry Moore, FAIA
2019
Armchair
Manufactured by Gemla Fabrikers AB, Swedish, est. 1861
​Sigurd Lewerentz, Swedish, 1885 – 1975
c. 1932
Beechwood and leather
37 13/16 x 22 7/16 x 24 3/16 in.
Honorees: John Casbarian, FAIA & Danny Samuels, FAIA
2022
Consolec
Charlotte Perriand, French, 1903-1999
1951Larchwood and aluminum
28 1/3 x 50 2/5 x 36 in.
Honoree: Carrie Glassman Shoemake, FAIA