BLACKBODY – OLED lighting specialist has a superb achievement in a mythical building of New York. A chandelier I.RAIN by Thierry Gaugain  in the American Woolen Building lobby …

OLED light illuminates one of the most emblematic buildings of New York. Founded in 1899 by William Wood of Lawrence, Mass, and Charles Fletcher of Providence, The American Woolen Co. has moved its headquarters from New York City in this building in 1912. Located at 221-227 Fourth Ave. (Known as Park Ave. South since the early 1960s). American Woolen was a huge textile conglomerate with numerous interests in woolen mills in New England…

The American Woolen Building is a high-rise 19-storey building, designed by architect Robert Henderson Robertson (1849-1919), and built in 1909. The facade of the building has a carved head of sheep very recognizable ! For the record, the American Woolen Co. was absorbed by Amerstron Corp. in the mid 1950s and left the building at this time …

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