Designer: Curtis Freiler (1910 - 2013) and Jerry Fels (1917 - 2007)

Item: Arrow Bookends

Manufactured by: Artisan House for Curtis Jere

Country of origin: United States

Year made: 1970s

Materials: Steel and paint

Dimensions: one is 4” x 4 ½” x 4 ¼” and the other is 4 ½” x 5” x 4 ¼”

Condition: Excellent. A few very minor spots or paint loss. One retains all its original cork pads and the other retains one cork pad and the others are more recent felt pads. Also retains their original labels.

Description: Here is a pair of the hard-to-find Curtis Jere Arrow bookends. We have handled a few pairs in the painted finish. We have seen them in blue, yellow and orange, but they are usually found with gold gild finishes. It is rare to find a pair in such excellent condition.

Curtis Jere or C. Jeré was a metalworking company of sculptures and decorative household accessories such as mirrors and bookends.Curtis Jere works were made and marketed by the corporation Artisan House, which was founded in 1963 by the brother-in-law’s Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels. The name Curtis Jere is a compound of their names. Freiler and Fels combined pieces of their own names to create the C. Jeré signature. Freiler was the production chief and Fels was head of design. Fels and Freiler sold Artisan House in 1972 and the works thereafter were made overseas.