Box 2
Contains 10 Results:
India merchandising trip, 1955-1968
Documents a trip to India on behalf of Bloomingdale’s to source merchandise, primarily textiles. Consists of Granville's report, correspondence regarding travel, and a pamphlet on new Coca-Cola plants inscribed by Mohan Singh. The file also includes a later proposal by Granville to the Indian consulate to serve as merchandising consultant to the Indian government, as well as William Suhr's permit for trekking in Nepal.
Showroom photographs (Photographers: Richard Averill Smith, Charles R. Diamond), 1950-1951, undated
Correspondence: General, 1965-1971, 2012-2014
Includes letters and photographs from Granville's colleagues, including most notably Holiss S. Baker, Dorothy Liebes and H.O. Gummerus.
Correspondence with Edgar Kaufmann, 1952-1988
Includes notes commending Granville on Bloomingdale's display of merchandise from the Museum of Modern Art's "Good Design" show, as well as personal notes and Kaufmann's writings about Frank Lloyd Wright's house, Fallingwater, which had been commissioned by his father.
Dansk Designs Ltd.: Building photographs and clippings, probably 1955
Documents Dansk's showroom in Westchester County, New York. According to Granville, the building was modeled on a Mayan temple.
Granville, Henriette: Curriculum vitae, documentation of work as consultant, and photograph, 1967-1987, undated
Includes a press clipping depicting furniture designer Ward Bennett with a metal rack. According to Granville, the rack was her idea. Also includes a photograph of a woman who might be Granville or a member of her family.
Granville Suhr residence photographs, 1951-1958
Includes photographs of interiors and press clippings about the design and decoration of Granville's East 72nd Street apartment in New York City, and her Mount Kisco home.