Architect and designer Kem Weber arrived in the United States in the vanguard of a wave of progressive Central European talents — among them, Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, Paul T. Frankl and Ilonka Karascz — who would profoundly affect the course of modernism in the United States. In his new home, Weber created a wholly American form of modern design that is sleek and stylish, yet comfortable and practical.
Karl Emanuel Martin Weber — “Kem” was his self-styled nom d’usage — was born and trained in Berlin. In 1914, he became an accidental immigrant to the U.S.. Sent to San Francisco by his teacher-turned-employer, architect Bruno Paul, to oversee an installation at a global design expo, Weber was marooned by the outbreak of World War I. But he quickly grew to love California, even if his early years there were difficult. When design commissions were hard to find, he took jobs as a lumberjack, chicken farmer and art school teacher. (He gained U.S. citizenship in 1924.)
In the mid-1920s, while working for the Los Angeles–based Barker Bros. department store — the largest furniture retailer in the country at the time — Weber regularly traveled around the nation to deliver lectures on modernism. His reputation as a champion of a new, clean and elegant style earned him architectural commissions and contracts to design furniture and items such silverware, coffee services and cocktail shakers. His masterpiece is the Airline lounge chair, designed 1934-1935. With its raked, gently angular frame and cantilevered seat, the chair suggests movement, speed and forward progress. Though it seemed perfect for mass production, Weber was never able to convince a major manufacturer to take it on. In the end, fewer than 300 Airline chairs were made. Today, those may be the rarest examples of Weber’s work, but are always worth looking out for. As you will see on these pages, his designs are both intelligent and stylish. They deserve to be a part of any serious collection of American modernism.
Pr. Art Deco/ Machine Age Chrome & Leather KEM Weber Springer Lounge Chairs
By lloyd manufacturing co., Kem Weber
Located in Buffalo, NY
This pair of supremely comfortable American art deco chairs was designed by Kem Weber (1889-1963) in 1937 for Lloyd Mfg. Known as the "springer" chairs, they sit on flat band chrome...
Chrome
Pair of Art Deco Tubular Chrome Lounge Chairs, K E M Weber, Lloyd
By Kem Weber
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of Art Deco tubular chrome lounge chairs designed by K E M Weber for Lloyd Manufacturing Co., Classic streamline design. Extremel...
Chrome
Classic Pair of Art Deco Machine Age Aluminium Lounge Chairs by Warren McArthur
By Warren McArthur
Located in Buffalo, NY
Matched pair of Art Deco. Machine Age aluminium lounge chairs by Warren McArthur, original unmolested condition, retains original cut mohair fabric upholstery as well as McArthur lab...
Aluminum
Pair of Art Deco Tubular Chrome Lounge Chairs, K E M Weber
By Kem Weber
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Pair of Art Deco tubular chrome lounge chairs attrib to K E M Weber for Lloyd Manufacturing Co., Classic streamline design. Extremely comfortable, retains original finish / p...
Chrome
Pair of Petite Lounge Chairs by Warren McArthur.Classic Art Deco / Machine Age
By Warren McArthur
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of Petite Lounge Chairs by Warren McArthur.Classic Art Deco / Machine Age...Classic design,, as fresh and modern today as the day they were designed,,Pure ,original , unmolested condition,, Original black leather upholstery,,minor cracking,(see photos) Retains original label...Hand delivery avail to New York City or anywhere en route from Buffalo NY Warren McArthur Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois to Warren McArthur Sr., a successful businessman, and Minnie Jewel McArthur.Frank Lloyd Wright was a friend of the McArthur family. In 1892, Wright designed the house for the McArthur family, located in Chicago. McArthur attended Cornell University where he studied engineering. In January 1912, McArthur announced his engagement to his future wife Lorraine Peaslee of Dubuque, Iowa. Shortly after graduating from Cornell, in 1912, McArthur received a patent for the short-globe lamp, which he sold to the Dietz Lantern...
Aluminum
Pair of Stylized Art Deco, Machine Age Chrome Side Chairs by Daystrom
By Daystrom Furniture, Walter Dorwin Teague
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of stylized Art Deco, Machine Age tubular chrome side chairs by Daystrom. Amazing design. attributed to Walter Dorwin Teague. All origin...
Chrome
Art Deco Lloyd KEM Weber Style Chrome Steel Springer Lounge Chairs - a Pair
By lloyd manufacturing co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Art Deco Lloyd KEM Weber Style Chrome Steel Springer Lounge Chairs - a Pair. Item features heavy chrome plated steel frames, fully upholstered in the original yellow floral vinyl, up...
Chrome
2 Armchairs Art Deco in Chrome and leather, Made in German, 1930 (Unrestored)
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
2 Armchairs Art Deco We can quote you to reupholster them Year 1930 Materials : chrome and leather Country: Germany Elegant and sophisticated armchairs. You want to live in the gol...
Chrome
Pair of PEL tubular chrome lounge armchairs, English 1930s
Located in Sherborne, GB
A pair of fantastic 1930's tubular chrome PEL chairs, these have been refreshed for today with new beautiful wool bouclé upholstery. Practical Equipment Ltd, known later simply as PEL, were the leading manufacturers of modernist tubular steel furniture in Britain. Established in Oldbury, near Birmingham the company was formed in 1931 by parent company Tube Investments, who were seeking to develop new markets and hoped to emulate the success of Thonet in producing tubular steel furniture. Critically acclaimed projects which featured PEL furniture...
Chrome
Pair of Art Deco Tubular Chrome Lounge Chairs in Silver Faux Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern pair of Art Deco tubular chrome lounge chairs in black leather.
Chrome
Pair of KEM Weber Springer Armchairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Matching pair of extremely comfortable Machine Age American Art Deco armchairs designed, circa 1935, for Lloyd manufacturing by Karl Emmanuel Martin (KEM) Weber (1889 -1963). Known a...
Chrome
1940s Pair of Kem Weber for Lloyd Maufacturing Cantilevered Arm Chairs in Steel
By Kem Weber
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a pair of large lounge chairs, designed by Kem Weber for Lloyd Manufacturing in 1935. The listed price includes the pair of chairs as shown. Their design features a chromed-s...
Steel, Chrome
