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History: Samuel Solomon Maloof

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!Early Life
Sam was born in Chino, California, to the east of Los Angeles. Chino was a farming community where market gardens and citrus groves flourished. Sam's father, Slimen Nasif Nadir Maloof, and mother, Anisse, had arrived in the US from Lebanon, then a region of the Ottoman Empire, in 1905. The family entered through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island|Ellis Island], New York, and crossed the country to California, where Nasif's sister, Holla, had a store in Santa Barbara. Nasif peddled vegetables and dry goods from a horse-drawn carriage; Anisse sold her handmade lace, embroidered linens and crochet work from it. Sam's love of craftsmanship drew from his early admiration of his mother's skills, and he took much pride in his Lebanese heritage and extended family.

He learned to speak Spanish from a Mexican housekeeper and Arabic from his parents even before he knew English. The hard times of the Depression were managed with 17 family members living in a crowded home. Everyone shared space and tasks - tending a market garden and earning small income with part-time jobs. Sam was a natural "improver". Even as a child he was able to help shape, fix or make whatever family and friends needed.{FOOTNOTE()}“Sam Maloof, Furniture Craftsman, Dies at 93 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com.” N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Aug. 2015.{FOOTNOTE}

!Later Life
During the 1930s, while Sam was in high school, his natural abilities as a calligrapher, cartoonist and ((Graphic Artist|graphic artist)) became known. His "Welcome to Chino" sign stood at the entrance to the town, and he earned cash from hand-lettering store windows and advertising signs on brick buildings. On leaving school, he did graphic work for the engine air filters produced by the Vortox Manufacturing Company, took night classes in the ((Frank Wiggins Trade School)) and gained further experience by work with the industrial designer ((Harold E Graham)).

In 1948 Sam met and married Alfreda Ward. Sam could no longer give Sheets the undivided attention that studio work demanded. So, at the age of 34, Sam struck out on his own, at first making simple furniture from fir plywood that he salvaged from construction forms. He built a workshop outfitted with rudimentary tools in a garage of his home in Ontario, California. His first commission proved to be a financial disaster, since the cost of materials devoured his commission - a mistake that he did not make again.{footnote sameastag="1"}

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!Quotes
{QUOTE( replyto="Sam Maloof" source_url="http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/maloof/design/index.html")}I do not feel that it is possible to make a working drawing with all the intricate and fine details that go into a chair or stool, particularly. Many times I do not know how a certain area is to be done until I start working with a chisel, rasp, or whatever tool is needed for that particular job.{QUOTE}
 
!Publications
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!Further Reading
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!External Links
[http://sammaloofwoodworker.com/|Sam Maloof, Woodworker Incorporated]

[http://www.malooffoundation.org/|Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts]

[http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/14235/sam-maloof-1916-2009|Sam Maloof: 1916-2009 in Fine Woodworking]

[https://americanart.si.edu/blog/eye-level/2009/27/1016/memoriam-sam-maloof-1916-2009|In Memoriam: Sam Maloof (1916-2009), Eye Level]

[http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-sam-maloof-12518|Oral history interview with Sam Maloof, 2002 Jan. 10-11]

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