Photograph of a Conover cabinet displayed with one sliding door and two levels of shelves holding the ceramic pieces.
Installation view of Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
Photograph of an open Conover cabinet holding light coloured ceramic dinnerware.
Installation view of Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
Photograph of two closed Conover cabinets holding ceramics pieces with the Barge mural and three Emily Carr in the background.
Installation view of Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
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Conover Cabinets

Luther W. (Bill) Conover (b. 1913; d. 1993, Larkspur, California), a Sausalito-based furniture designer known for his work in metal and wood, designed and fabricated the showroom cabinets for the purpose-built Heath Ceramics factory in 1959. His cabinets were re-created for this installation; an original set of wrought iron supports were used on the Exposed Clay Edge and Two-toned Porcelain-lined display cabinet.

Photograph of a Conover cabinet displayed with one sliding door and two levels of shelves holding the ceramic pieces.
Installation view of Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
Photograph of an open Conover cabinet holding light coloured ceramic dinnerware.
Installation view of Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
Photograph of two closed Conover cabinets holding ceramics pieces with the Barge mural and three Emily Carr in the background.
Installation view of Edith Heath and Emily Carr: From the Earth, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022, Photo: Rachel Topham Photography
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