The Modern Garden Table

Sunset Magazine, July 1936 | The Modern Garden Table

The star of this July 1936 cover of Sunset magazine is the outdoor table setting designed by two San Francisco area decorators. “The story of this cover centers around the garden table, and the table centers around Ernest Amberg and Hugo Hirth, two young artists who are doing more than their part to promote modern decorative art on the Pacific Coast. In their shop at 165 Post Street. in San Francisco, they sell…only the finest handicraft of western artists – wood carving, metal work, weaving, and pottery.” Their firm, Amberg-Hirth, was well known for promoting area craftspeople and designers.

In the inset for the cover, Pacific Pottery is not mentioned by name, but you can clearly see the stack of BG plaid 613 dinner plates and the 449 and 450 demitasse creamer and sugar. A Bauer Pottery casserole is featured in the display at left.