THE LUTHER FACTORY PLYWOOD AND FURNITURE 1877-1940 Exhibition in the Museum of Estonian Architecture at Rotermann's Salt Storage 17. June – 5. September 2004 The beginning of the A. M. Luther Company’s activity in this field coincided with the birth of the European plywood industry and its most active development period. From 1897 the Luther brothers became involved in Venesta (veneer + Estonia), the company which was established in London with exclusive rights to market A. M. Luther’s plywood products. Through projects with Venesta and later, the Isokon Furniture Company during the 1930s, the Luther Company came into contact with the leading modernist architects-designers. Chairs and tables by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius were produced in Luther factory in Tallinn. The Curator
of exhibition Jüri Kermik (b. 1957) graduated from the Estonian Academy
of Art as an interior designer. He is currently working and teaching in
London. The Estonian publication of his thesis at the Royal College of
Art “A. M. Luther, 1877-1940. The History and Form of Plywood” (Tallinn,
2002), received a National Culture Award in 2003.
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