Arthur Umanoff Raymor Cart  

Here's the pix of it

A crumb of information
I don?t know any of the company?s back-story, but I have seen photos of some terrific floor lamps from the late 1940s ? early 1950s manufactured by Raymor.
In William Hennessey?s book Modern Furnishings For The Home, originally published in 1952, Raymor is listed in the manufacturer?s index as being located at 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.

Raymor's wonderful Italian ceramics
Raymor also either produced (in Italy) or imported scads of really beautiful ceramics.
I've got some and can include some snaps later.

this cart reminds me of th...
this cart reminds me of the one i posted from Glen of California very nice,

Raymor ceramics
Here's 3 examples of the kind of stuff Raymor imported into the US:

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like em'

Raymor
I wish someone knew something about that company.

HI
I know a scant little...
HI
I know a scant little bit about Raymor, look at the Tony Paul thread, and the mention of them being a distributor of design. I don't know how much of a manufacturing company they were. They were based in N.Y. and handled USA distribution of many Danish modern, Italian modern, and other lesser known items. I would love to own some of their catalogs.
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Raymor
(1941-1980s)
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Raymor
(1941-1980s)
Also known as Richards Morgenthau & Co., the New York-based company Raymor was a well-known American distributor of modern domestic products, evolving from Russell Wright Accessories, with which the company's founder, Irving Richards, had been linked since 1935. The company's range included designs by Gilbert Rohde, Donald Deskey, Walter Dorwin Teague, Ray and Charles Eames, George Nelson, and Eva Zeisel. In the post-Second World War period Raymor also imported modern Scandinavian and Italian designs, including work by Arne Jacobsen, Tapio Wirkaala, Hans Wegner, and Ettore Sottsass, the latter designing a wide range of ceramics in the late 1950s. From 1947, when the Richards Morgenthau side of the business was formed, the company also manufactured lighting, ceramics, and glass in its own factory in New Jersey, many items being designed by Irving Richards himself. Although known both as Raymor and Richards Morgenthau & Co., the former was more closely identified with design and imports, the latter with sales.

Wow, Jesgord
Thanx a lot for your helpful information!
It's strange that both Raymor and Stiffel distributed some of the most outragiously advanced designs from Italy, Germany, Sweden and Norway during the most classic era of European modern designs, yet not much is written about them. It's not that they didn't design or make these treasures, but they had the brilliance to distribute this stuff to us in the US. THAT makes 'em important.

Raymor History
Raymor was founded by Irving Richards and Eugene Morganthau - hence Ray Mor. They hired industrial designers like Artie Umanoff and artists like Bobby Boushong of Tom Tru, and Eva Zeisel (who lived to be 105 and was a featured speaker at TED twice)to create the highest quality modern home furnishings which were carried by all the top retailers nationwide. They were leaders with a very sharp founder in Irving Richards (who lived to be 100) who was a bit of an artist himself and had an eye for what would sell. They were the first to import the Thonet bentwood rocker into the country. In addition to manufacturing lamps in New Jersey, they would find a factory that made high quality goods and take their industrial designers there to have them create a product that was manufactured exclusively for their direct sales force to take to retailers. Other companies they worked with that are still operational include Bennington Potters, Howard Miller Clocks, Shaver Howard, Artisan House and Thonet. They also owned a manufacturing company called Moreddi which made furniture. They were purchased by the Simmons Mattress company in the 1960's. This influx of cash allowed them to open additional showrooms. A few years later Simmons was bought out by Gulf and Western. Unfortunately Gulf and Western had no experience running a company in this industry and ended up hutting down what for many years had been an industry leader. My father, Everett Winters, worked his way up from being a salesman to becoming the president of the company when they were purchased by Simmons and was there for over 30 years.