The Kalo Shop
The Kalo Shop
American, active 1900–1970
PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
Biographyhttp://www.chicagosilver.com/kalo.htmThe Kalo Shop was founded in 1900 in Chicago by 32-year old Clara P. Barck. From a January, 1901 article in the Chicago Daily Tribune:
"The Kalo company is the latest group to be formed. It is composed of six young women, Bertha Hall, Rose Dolese, Grace Gerow, Clara P. Barck, Ruth Raymond, and Bessie McNeal, and their company name is taken from a Greek word meaning "to make beautiful." They are all graduates of the designers' course at the Art Institute, and besides designing for wall decoration, produce articles in burnt wood and decorated leather. The workshop of the Kalo company is in the Bank of Commerce Building."
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