Latchford Furniture ( "William Latchford and Sons.")

  • Maker (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
William Latchford and Sons, Box Hill, Victoria was a contract furniture maker and the manufacturer of the Jens Risom line in Australia. This firm also held the licence for manufacturing Knoll International furniture including works by Breuer, Mies van der Rohe, Bertoia, Saarinen, Charles and Rae Eames and others.

Citations

  • “William Latchford and Sons.” Architecture and Arts, March 1962, p.17 (illus)

  • “William Latchford and Sons.” Building, Lighting, Engineering, Oct 1963, p.88

  • Terence Lane. One Hundred Modern Chairs. National Gallery of Victoria, 1974

  • Joyce Turner. “Under License.” The Age, 30 August 1966, p.8

  • “William Latchford & Sons.” Building, Lighting, Engineering, October 1963, pp.88-89. Illus. article about their furniture under license, Rison, Knoll, Mies, Bertoia, Saarinen

  • Kirsty Grant, et al. Mid-Century Modern. Australian Furniture Design. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2014, p.14.

  • Nanette Carter & Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. Frances Burke, Designer of Modern Textiles. Melbourne Univ. Press, 2021, 221 pages, illustrated, p.65