Sam Maloof dies at 93; designer and builder of simple, beautiful furniture

Sam Maloof, a designer and woodworker whose furniture was initially prized for its simplicity and practicality by Southern Californian homeowners in the 1950s and later valued for its beauty and timelessness by collectors, museum curators and U.S. presidents, has died. He was 93.

By Janet Eastman

May 23, 2009