Lambach, A. D. (Adolph Daniel)

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A. D. Lambach was an industrial designer and furniture manufacturer. He was born in Europe and came to Chicago with his father in 1924. He began as an apprentice with the Macey Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1928, later working for the Progressive Table Company of Brooklyn, N.Y., and as a freelance designer for many of the large North Carolina furniture manufacturers. He returned to Chicago as vice president and general manager of the Chicago Cabinet Company, which manufactured radio, phonograph, and television cabinets and later became a division of the Admiral Corporation. In 1949 Lambach relocated to southern California where he worked for the Pacific Mercury Television Manufacturing Company, the west coast supplier of Sears Roebuck, and as a freelancer. He retired in 1982.

From the description of Papers, 1930-1992. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86134207

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associatedWith Sears, Roebuck and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Zenith Radio Corporation. corporateBody
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Bedroom furniture
Chairs
Industrial design
Desks
Furniture
Furniture design
Furniture designers
Lamps
Phonograph
Radio
Television
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Active 1930

Active 1992

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