Adrian Pearsall

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Adrian Pearsall
BornSeptember 18, 1925
DiedSeptember 6, 2011(2011-09-06) (aged 85)
Occupation(s) Architect, furniture designer
Years active1950-2011
Spouse Dorie Pearsall

Adrian Pearsall (born 1925, Trumansburg, New York) was an American architect and mid-century furniture designer. [1]

Adrian Mount Pearsall was born in Trumansburg New York. As a young man he went to the University of Illinois and studied Architectural Engineering, graduating in 1950. [2] That same year, he married his wife Dorie Kanarr Pearsall. [3]

Adrian Pearsall founded Craft Associates in Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1952 to manufacture his own designs. [4] He initially began crafting furniture with wrought iron, but by the late 1950s his designs incorporating walnut became hugely popular. [5]

In 1962, Pearsall designed and built a home for his family in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania featuring an indoor swimming pool, atriums, and full-size ice cream bar. [5] [6]

In 2023, Pearsall was posthumously inducted into the Luzerne County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame. He was among the Hall of Fame's inaugural class of inductees. [7]

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