TOMMI PARZINGER

June 03, 2016Evan Lobel

Tommi Parzinger, born in 1903, was a German furniture designer and painter. Born in Munich in 1903, he later moved to New York in 1932 escaping the rise of the Nazis and starting his first company in 1939. He had begun by designing for Manhattan style-setter Rena Rosenthal. He then became the head modern furniture designer for Charak Modern, a manufacturer known for its more traditional furniture before his tenure there.  Parzinger’s pieces were a hit with designers and he later opened his own showroom, Parzinger Originals, on East 57th Street.