LaMont Adelbert Warner was a designer, a teacher, and an artist. He was born in Stamford, New York, on October 24, 1876. He graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, with a degree in fine arts, majoring in design. His teachers included Arthur Wesley Dow and Alvan C. Nye, who was also a designer for the Hayden Furniture Company. This company hired Warner as a designer upon his graduation.
In 1900, Warner moved to Syracuse, New York, to be a designer and head draftsman for the company of Gustav Stickley, soon to become Craftsman Workshops. Warner was hired shortly after Stickley began producing mission furniture, and Warner undoubtedly was responsible for many of the new designs. For the most part, Warner’s work is known from initialed drawings in The Craftsman, Stickley’s magazine that promoted his company’s products and lifestyle.
LaMont Warner left The Craftsman Workshops in 1906 to take a position as assistant professor at Teachers College of Columbia University. His former teacher Arthur Dow was head of its Fine Arts Department. Warner taught classes in design (including costume design), interior decoration, and color harmony. In 1907, he made the first of several trips to Europe in order to gain first-hand knowledge of European designs. In 1918, Warner noted that he was the Fine Arts Director of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1908, the Warner family (LaMont, his wife Emma V. Smith, and their young daughter Victorine, who was born in 1905) built a Craftsman-style house in Bronxville, New York. The house was the featured in the illustrated article “A Craftsman Dwelling” written by Louise Shrimpton (another former Craftsman Workshop employee) and published in Good Housekeeping in September 1909. She noted that much of the furniture, the electric light fixtures, and the house itself were designed by Warner. LaMont and Emma even made the dining room chandelier themselves. The article described the finishes and colors used throughout the house. (Although the house was still standing at the end of the 20th century, there was reason to believe that the original Arts and Crafts interior had been altered.)
The Warners lived in Bronxville until 1938. They were members of the Bronxville Reformed Church, for which LaMont served as an elder. When Emma died (before her 50th birthday), he made a silver cross and presented it to the church in her memory. He was a painter, as well as a designer, and exhibited his work at local art shows. However, during the Great Depression, LaMont decided to return to Stamford, New York, where he found a position as an art teacher in the local high school. The Bronxville house was sold.
In addition to being a furniture designer, Warner designed the interiors of several YMCA buildings in the United States and in the Panama Canal Zone. He was a member of the Cooperstown Association, the Albany Institute of Arts, the Oneonta Community Art Center, the American Institute of History and Art, and many religious and community service organizations. LaMont Warner lived in Stamford until his death on November 27, 1970. His daughter Victorine and her husband H. Allan Knox preserved Warner’s studio and design files.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection is composed of LaMont Warner’s design scrapbook; letters he wrote to his wife while he was in Europe in the summers of 1907 and 1909, plus a few other letters; pages from his design scrapbook; designs he drew for his book entitled Design in Line, Notan, and Color for Students and Teachers of Household Arts, House Decoration and Fine Arts (the text has not been found; apparently the book was never published); a few furniture designs done by Warner; drawings by him, mostly flowers done while he was a student at Pratt; diaries kept by Warner between 1902 and 1968 (there is not a diary for every year); photographs; trade catalogs of Arts and Crafts style furniture; Japanese woodblock prints; and a Japanese fabric sample book dated 1842, which belonged to Arthur Dow before it was acquired by Warner.
Most of Warner’s extant furniture designs were executed in 1925 and were for Early American pieces of furniture: beds, mirrors, a dresser, a low boy. There are a few Arts and Crafts designs found in his design scrapbook. Among the photographs are exterior views and two interior views of the house he built in Bronxville in 1908. The Arts and Crafts influence is clearly seen in the interior views. Other photos are of family members and other houses.
Some magazines and books which were once part of Warner’s library comprise part of the collection. Although some publications focused on antique furniture, others were about contemporary design, including pieces in the Art Deco style. A collection of wood veneers, mostly of American walnut, is found. As well, the collection includes pattern pieces for upholstering a wing chair and a collection of Photostats of tombstone rubbings, most of which feature a willow tree motif.
In the 1980s or 1990s, David Cathers became interested in LaMont Warner. He collected articles about the Arts and Crafts movement and Gustav Stickley and wrote an article about Warner which was published in Style 1900. Copies of all those articles, plus some that seem to have been collected by Warner’s son-in-law Allan Knox are included in the collection.
SOURCE- http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0647.htm
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
In 1900, Warner moved to Syracuse, New York, to be a designer and head draftsman for the company of Gustav Stickley, soon to become Craftsman Workshops. Warner was hired shortly after Stickley began producing mission furniture, and Warner undoubtedly was responsible for many of the new designs. For the most part, Warner’s work is known from initialed drawings in The Craftsman, Stickley’s magazine that promoted his company’s products and lifestyle.
LaMont Warner left The Craftsman Workshops in 1906 to take a position as assistant professor at Teachers College of Columbia University. His former teacher Arthur Dow was head of its Fine Arts Department. Warner taught classes in design (including costume design), interior decoration, and color harmony. In 1907, he made the first of several trips to Europe in order to gain first-hand knowledge of European designs. In 1918, Warner noted that he was the Fine Arts Director of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1908, the Warner family (LaMont, his wife Emma V. Smith, and their young daughter Victorine, who was born in 1905) built a Craftsman-style house in Bronxville, New York. The house was the featured in the illustrated article “A Craftsman Dwelling” written by Louise Shrimpton (another former Craftsman Workshop employee) and published in Good Housekeeping in September 1909. She noted that much of the furniture, the electric light fixtures, and the house itself were designed by Warner. LaMont and Emma even made the dining room chandelier themselves. The article described the finishes and colors used throughout the house. (Although the house was still standing at the end of the 20th century, there was reason to believe that the original Arts and Crafts interior had been altered.)
The Warners lived in Bronxville until 1938. They were members of the Bronxville Reformed Church, for which LaMont served as an elder. When Emma died (before her 50th birthday), he made a silver cross and presented it to the church in her memory. He was a painter, as well as a designer, and exhibited his work at local art shows. However, during the Great Depression, LaMont decided to return to Stamford, New York, where he found a position as an art teacher in the local high school. The Bronxville house was sold.
In addition to being a furniture designer, Warner designed the interiors of several YMCA buildings in the United States and in the Panama Canal Zone. He was a member of the Cooperstown Association, the Albany Institute of Arts, the Oneonta Community Art Center, the American Institute of History and Art, and many religious and community service organizations. LaMont Warner lived in Stamford until his death on November 27, 1970. His daughter Victorine and her husband H. Allan Knox preserved Warner’s studio and design files.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection is composed of LaMont Warner’s design scrapbook; letters he wrote to his wife while he was in Europe in the summers of 1907 and 1909, plus a few other letters; pages from his design scrapbook; designs he drew for his book entitled Design in Line, Notan, and Color for Students and Teachers of Household Arts, House Decoration and Fine Arts (the text has not been found; apparently the book was never published); a few furniture designs done by Warner; drawings by him, mostly flowers done while he was a student at Pratt; diaries kept by Warner between 1902 and 1968 (there is not a diary for every year); photographs; trade catalogs of Arts and Crafts style furniture; Japanese woodblock prints; and a Japanese fabric sample book dated 1842, which belonged to Arthur Dow before it was acquired by Warner.
Most of Warner’s extant furniture designs were executed in 1925 and were for Early American pieces of furniture: beds, mirrors, a dresser, a low boy. There are a few Arts and Crafts designs found in his design scrapbook. Among the photographs are exterior views and two interior views of the house he built in Bronxville in 1908. The Arts and Crafts influence is clearly seen in the interior views. Other photos are of family members and other houses.
Some magazines and books which were once part of Warner’s library comprise part of the collection. Although some publications focused on antique furniture, others were about contemporary design, including pieces in the Art Deco style. A collection of wood veneers, mostly of American walnut, is found. As well, the collection includes pattern pieces for upholstering a wing chair and a collection of Photostats of tombstone rubbings, most of which feature a willow tree motif.
In the 1980s or 1990s, David Cathers became interested in LaMont Warner. He collected articles about the Arts and Crafts movement and Gustav Stickley and wrote an article about Warner which was published in Style 1900. Copies of all those articles, plus some that seem to have been collected by Warner’s son-in-law Allan Knox are included in the collection.
SOURCE- http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0647.htm
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
LaMont Adelbert Warner was a designer, a teacher, and an artist. He was born in Stamford, New York, on October 24, 1876. He graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, with a degree in fine arts, majoring in design. His teachers included Arthur Wesley Dow and Alvan C. Nye, who was also a designer for the Hayden Furniture Company. This company hired Warner as a designer upon his graduation.
In 1900, Warner moved to Syracuse, New York, to be a designer and head draftsman for the company of Gustav Stickley, soon to become Craftsman Workshops. Warner was hired shortly after Stickley began producing mission furniture, and Warner undoubtedly was responsible for many of the new designs. For the most part, Warner’s work is known from initialed drawings in The Craftsman, Stickley’s magazine that promoted his company’s products and lifestyle.
LaMont Warner left The Craftsman Workshops in 1906 to take a position as assistant professor at Teachers College of Columbia University. His former teacher Arthur Dow was head of its Fine Arts Department. Warner taught classes in design (including costume design), interior decoration, and color harmony. In 1907, he made the first of several trips to Europe in order to gain first-hand knowledge of European designs. In 1918, Warner noted that he was the Fine Arts Director of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1908, the Warner family (LaMont, his wife Emma V. Smith, and their young daughter Victorine, who was born in 1905) built a Craftsman-style house in Bronxville, New York. The house was the featured in the illustrated article “A Craftsman Dwelling” written by Louise Shrimpton (another former Craftsman Workshop employee) and published in Good Housekeeping in September 1909. She noted that much of the furniture, the electric light fixtures, and the house itself were designed by Warner. LaMont and Emma even made the dining room chandelier themselves. The article described the finishes and colors used throughout the house. (Although the house was still standing at the end of the 20th century, there was reason to believe that the original Arts and Crafts interior had been altered.)
The Warners lived in Bronxville until 1938. They were members of the Bronxville Reformed Church, for which LaMont served as an elder. When Emma died (before her 50th birthday), he made a silver cross and presented it to the church in her memory. He was a painter, as well as a designer, and exhibited his work at local art shows. However, during the Great Depression, LaMont decided to return to Stamford, New York, where he found a position as an art teacher in the local high school. The Bronxville house was sold.
In addition to being a furniture designer, Warner designed the interiors of several YMCA buildings in the United States and in the Panama Canal Zone. He was a member of the Cooperstown Association, the Albany Institute of Arts, the Oneonta Community Art Center, the American Institute of History and Art, and many religious and community service organizations. LaMont Warner lived in Stamford until his death on November 27, 1970. His daughter Victorine and her husband H. Allan Knox preserved Warner’s studio and design files.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection is composed of LaMont Warner’s design scrapbook; letters he wrote to his wife while he was in Europe in the summers of 1907 and 1909, plus a few other letters; pages from his design scrapbook; designs he drew for his book entitled Design in Line, Notan, and Color for Students and Teachers of Household Arts, House Decoration and Fine Arts (the text has not been found; apparently the book was never published); a few furniture designs done by Warner; drawings by him, mostly flowers done while he was a student at Pratt; diaries kept by Warner between 1902 and 1968 (there is not a diary for every year); photographs; trade catalogs of Arts and Crafts style furniture; Japanese woodblock prints; and a Japanese fabric sample book dated 1842, which belonged to Arthur Dow before it was acquired by Warner.
Most of Warner’s extant furniture designs were executed in 1925 and were for Early American pieces of furniture: beds, mirrors, a dresser, a low boy. There are a few Arts and Crafts designs found in his design scrapbook. Among the photographs are exterior views and two interior views of the house he built in Bronxville in 1908. The Arts and Crafts influence is clearly seen in the interior views. Other photos are of family members and other houses.
Some magazines and books which were once part of Warner’s library comprise part of the collection. Although some publications focused on antique furniture, others were about contemporary design, including pieces in the Art Deco style. A collection of wood veneers, mostly of American walnut, is found. As well, the collection includes pattern pieces for upholstering a wing chair and a collection of Photostats of tombstone rubbings, most of which feature a willow tree motif.
In the 1980s or 1990s, David Cathers became interested in LaMont Warner. He collected articles about the Arts and Crafts movement and Gustav Stickley and wrote an article about Warner which was published in Style 1900. Copies of all those articles, plus some that seem to have been collected by Warner’s son-in-law Allan Knox are included in the collection.
SOURCE- http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0647.htm
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
In 1900, Warner moved to Syracuse, New York, to be a designer and head draftsman for the company of Gustav Stickley, soon to become Craftsman Workshops. Warner was hired shortly after Stickley began producing mission furniture, and Warner undoubtedly was responsible for many of the new designs. For the most part, Warner’s work is known from initialed drawings in The Craftsman, Stickley’s magazine that promoted his company’s products and lifestyle.
LaMont Warner left The Craftsman Workshops in 1906 to take a position as assistant professor at Teachers College of Columbia University. His former teacher Arthur Dow was head of its Fine Arts Department. Warner taught classes in design (including costume design), interior decoration, and color harmony. In 1907, he made the first of several trips to Europe in order to gain first-hand knowledge of European designs. In 1918, Warner noted that he was the Fine Arts Director of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1908, the Warner family (LaMont, his wife Emma V. Smith, and their young daughter Victorine, who was born in 1905) built a Craftsman-style house in Bronxville, New York. The house was the featured in the illustrated article “A Craftsman Dwelling” written by Louise Shrimpton (another former Craftsman Workshop employee) and published in Good Housekeeping in September 1909. She noted that much of the furniture, the electric light fixtures, and the house itself were designed by Warner. LaMont and Emma even made the dining room chandelier themselves. The article described the finishes and colors used throughout the house. (Although the house was still standing at the end of the 20th century, there was reason to believe that the original Arts and Crafts interior had been altered.)
The Warners lived in Bronxville until 1938. They were members of the Bronxville Reformed Church, for which LaMont served as an elder. When Emma died (before her 50th birthday), he made a silver cross and presented it to the church in her memory. He was a painter, as well as a designer, and exhibited his work at local art shows. However, during the Great Depression, LaMont decided to return to Stamford, New York, where he found a position as an art teacher in the local high school. The Bronxville house was sold.
In addition to being a furniture designer, Warner designed the interiors of several YMCA buildings in the United States and in the Panama Canal Zone. He was a member of the Cooperstown Association, the Albany Institute of Arts, the Oneonta Community Art Center, the American Institute of History and Art, and many religious and community service organizations. LaMont Warner lived in Stamford until his death on November 27, 1970. His daughter Victorine and her husband H. Allan Knox preserved Warner’s studio and design files.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection is composed of LaMont Warner’s design scrapbook; letters he wrote to his wife while he was in Europe in the summers of 1907 and 1909, plus a few other letters; pages from his design scrapbook; designs he drew for his book entitled Design in Line, Notan, and Color for Students and Teachers of Household Arts, House Decoration and Fine Arts (the text has not been found; apparently the book was never published); a few furniture designs done by Warner; drawings by him, mostly flowers done while he was a student at Pratt; diaries kept by Warner between 1902 and 1968 (there is not a diary for every year); photographs; trade catalogs of Arts and Crafts style furniture; Japanese woodblock prints; and a Japanese fabric sample book dated 1842, which belonged to Arthur Dow before it was acquired by Warner.
Most of Warner’s extant furniture designs were executed in 1925 and were for Early American pieces of furniture: beds, mirrors, a dresser, a low boy. There are a few Arts and Crafts designs found in his design scrapbook. Among the photographs are exterior views and two interior views of the house he built in Bronxville in 1908. The Arts and Crafts influence is clearly seen in the interior views. Other photos are of family members and other houses.
Some magazines and books which were once part of Warner’s library comprise part of the collection. Although some publications focused on antique furniture, others were about contemporary design, including pieces in the Art Deco style. A collection of wood veneers, mostly of American walnut, is found. As well, the collection includes pattern pieces for upholstering a wing chair and a collection of Photostats of tombstone rubbings, most of which feature a willow tree motif.
In the 1980s or 1990s, David Cathers became interested in LaMont Warner. He collected articles about the Arts and Crafts movement and Gustav Stickley and wrote an article about Warner which was published in Style 1900. Copies of all those articles, plus some that seem to have been collected by Warner’s son-in-law Allan Knox are included in the collection.
SOURCE- http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0647.htm
Thanks,
Kent Gebhard
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