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Arthur Elrod : desert modern design

Cygelman, Adلele, author

Overview

Arthur Elrod was the most successful interior designer working in the Palm Springs area from 1954 to 1974. His forward-thinking midcentury interior design appeared in primary homes, second houses, third houses, spec houses, country clubs, and experimental houses?in the desert and across the US. He was charming, handsome, and worked tirelessly for his A-list clientele, such as Lucille Ball and Walt Disney. Perhaps his most famous work was done in his own home, known as the Elrod House in Palm Springs, built by architect John Lautner in 1968.00His rise paralleled the growing modernist movement in desert architecture, and he worked alongside the leading California architects of the day including E. Stewart Williams, William F. Cody, Paul R. Williams, Buff & Hensman, A. Quincy Jones, Wexler & Harrison, Palmer & Krisel, Howard Lapham, Richard Dorman, Edward Fickett and, most famously, John Lautner.

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Subject: Elrod, Arthur, 1924-1974. / Interior decorators California Biography. / Interior decoration California History 20th century. / Modern movement (Architecture) California History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9781423648789, 1423648781

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NK2004.3.E55 C94 2019	1	BOOK	ARTS