Edward Wormley was born in 1907 and studied briefly at the Art Institute of Chicago.  When money ran out he went to work as an interior designer for the Marshall Fields & Co department store.  During the Depression Wormley was introduced to the president of Dunbar Furniture Corporation of Berne, Indiana which at the time was making old style reproduction furniture.  They hired Wormley in the 1930’s to see how the public would respond to more modern pieces.  From the start, his pieces were a hit.  A devotee to meticulous craftsmanship, he would create some of the most memorable pieces of the mid-20th century.