Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 25. (Budapest, 2007)

Zsolt SOMOGYI: Pál Horti's Late Works in the United States of America

son of a furniture seller. In 1894, he established a furniture factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There he manufactured pieces influenced by European taste. These exhibited the influence of Charles Rennie Mackintosh primarily. The products of the Limbert factory were close to the world of linear forms followed by Gustav Stickley; however, their moderate curves, their square and heart-shaped incisions, and their proportions point to Glasgow school influence mixed with elements from the Austrian Secession, Japanese art and furniture art of Dutch settlers. The heyday of the factory, which produced good-quality oak furniture, lasted from 1902 until 1907. The scale of production is indicated by the fact that Limbert opened another factory in Holland,

3. Bill/Poster for the Charles P. Limbert and Co. 1904-1906. Published in Magyar Iparművészet 1907,p. 175.

Quartered Church Oak. Old Coppered Trimmings.

Height, 67ki inches. Width, 22 incA«- Depth, 14 inches.

Marquetry Panels of imported Colored Austrian Woods.

Price, Any Oak Finish

...........................................................$40 00.

W

e will furnish the glassware necessary to fill this cellarette, if desired, in an appropriate pattern for.

$5 oa

Do not fail to mention whether you want us to ship the glassware or not

4. Cellarette No 327. Carried out on the basis of a design published in Magyar Iparművészet 1907, illustrated here on fig. 2. Detail from the articles’ catalogue of the Shop of the Crafters, Cincinnati, 1906, p. 9. (Fac simile edition: New York, 1983)

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