Lebanese wood craftsman in US makes furniture with soul
At age 88, Sam Maloof still multiplies innovative designs
By Pat McDonnell Twair
Special to The Daily Star
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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If a Nobel Prize were awarded to craftsmen, Sam Maloof would be a Nobel winner.This son of Lebanese immigrants is the only living craftsman to have his work in the White House collection of American furniture. In 1985, he became the first wood craftsman to receive the MacArthur Foundation's "genius" grant and the Maloof year, the California legislature named him a "living treasure."
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