“GIRLS” SEVEN-COLOR PRINT ON MEXICOTTON BASECLOTH, 47” × 65”, 1972. PICTURE CREDIT: GIRARD STUDIO / TODD OLDHAM AND JASON FRANK ROTHENBERG (PAGE 135).
IT ISN’T EVERY DAY that a designer is able to extend their talents across a variety of modalities, all while maintaining an outstanding quality that makes their work loved and respected for three quarters of a century. But Alexander Girard was no average designer. With a career spanning multiple decades and countries, Girard was able to deftly translate and even anticipate years in advance movements in the design world through many different mediums, making him one of the most prolific designers of the mid-century and beyond.
GIRARD MADE THESE WOODEN FURNITURE MODELS FOR HIS OWN FURNITURE COLLECTION IN THE 1930S. HANDMADE WOODEN MODELS FOR THE GIRARD FURNITURE COLLECTION. HAND-CARVED WOOD, LUCITE AND FINISHING NAILS PAINTED GOLD, 1930S. PICTURE CREDIT: GIRARD STUDIO / TODD OLDHAM AND JASON FRANK ROTHENBERG (PAGES 100-101).