Tommi Parzinger

His works were collected by famous clients, including Billy Baldwin, Marilyn Monroe, and a number of high-fashion New York families.

His focus turned to Expressionist painting during the final 15 years of his life, no longer working on designing furniture.

A 1939 LIFE article stated that his silverware was unique in its "light, graceful feeling and fine etched decoration".

[6] Parzinger's works were titled "high-style modernism", which represented a "more idiosyncratic, rarefied midcentury design".

Most of the pieces he created were custom-built for large studios, with Parzinger using "cosmopolitan-looking designs, involving costly, craft-intensive materials and processes like brass work and lacquer".