AMERICAN MID-CENTURY MODERN ADRIAN PEARSALL WALNUT SOFA,Designed by Adrian Mount Pearsall (American, 1925-2011), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, original fabric. Low loose button-tufted back and seat cushion flanked by padded arms; raised on shaped legs joined by arched stretcher - 25 in. x 102 1/2 in. x 26 in. Estimate $1,000-2,000
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Adrian Mount Pearsall studied at the University of Illinois, earning a degree in Architectural Engineering, and two years later founded Craft Associates, Inc., a furniture manufacturer that became the second largest employer in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Pearsall is seen as an important designer of the Atomic Age and was nominated into the American Furniture Hall of Fame, 2008. This sofa is typical of Pearsall's work done in the 1950-60's having a geometric form.
