Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman: California Mid-Century Designers Lacquer Alice Rawsthorn

Alice Rawsthorn

over half a million people had seen the exhibition

Publisher: Vitra Design Museum

the English designer Gerald Summers and his partner Marjorie Butcher opened their business

Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman: California Mid-Century Designers Lacquer Alice RawsthornJerome and Evelyn Ackerman, the prolific artist couple, were central to the development of mid century design in Southern California. They combined modernist craftin weaving, carving, ceramics, tapestries, hookings, and mosaicsand made it accessible to the middle class. Their works were celebrated for combining bright colors and craftsmanship with an artisanal attention to detail. In Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman: California Mid Century Designers, Laura