Couroc of Monterey 51 Product Pamphlets 1958-1985 PDFs approx. 426 pages on CD. For Sale

Couroc of Monterey 51 Couroc Product Catalogues
1958 to 1985
(1961 and 1962 are missing.)
51 PDF Files - Approx. 434pgs - 300 color pages - 134 bw pages - 561mb
USA SALES ... All 51 PDFs copied onto a cd and mailed. $100
Couroc History

Whimsical and intricately designed, Couroc trays and barware were produced for more than 40 years by highly skilled artisans in Monterey, California. Due to a unique process of hand-inlaying natural materials and fusing them into phenolic resin, no two Couroc pieces are exactly alike; each vintage mid-century modern piece celebrates unmatched beauty and durability.

The Couroc Company was founded by Guthrie Courvoisier and his wife Moira Wallace in 1948. Prior to creating the company, Courvoisier ran the Courvoisier Galleries in San Francisco, which he inherited from his father in 1934. In 1937, when Walt Disney premiered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Courvoisier saw a chance to represent a unique line of art - a desire of his that would grow in scope and vision, ultimately leading to the creation of the Couroc Company. In 1938, Disney granted Courvoisier the exclusive right to market their original animation art. The art sold exceptionally well, but, in 1942, the Courvoisier Gallery closed to produce plastic parts for military aircraft. This too would ultimately fuel the successful creation of Couroc products.

Courvoisier’s wartime efforts gained him valuable experience with different plastics. He was able to take that experience, and his expertise with design and innovation, and develop a proprietary formula of phenolic resin that was durable enough to form into trays and bowls. The formula was resistant to alcohol, boiling water, and cigarette burns, making the pieces the perfect addition to any home bar.

Courvoisier’s wife, Moira, was a child prodigy artist, who had her first art show in 1927. She became chief designer for Couroc, and worked on the different inlay techniques involving woods, metals, shell, coins, plants and crystals. Oftentimes the material used for the trays was sourced locally, with abalone, coral, and seaweed collected by skin divers among the rugged Monterey Coast. Throughout the decades, the husband-and-wife team led skilled artisans in crafting unique pieces that rose to high popularity and were sold in many high-end department stores.

Significantly, each piece’s design is slightly different because the inlays are set by hand - no two are ever exactly alike. Made of brass, wood, rhinestones, shells, and other unique materials the eye-catching scenes seem to glow against the satiny black finish of the trays.

Designs include seagulls soaring high over a tiny fishing boat, a precocious karate cat, intricately detailed lighthouses, and so much more. With these vintage mid-century trays, one is never enough. As the company would say, “Any tray can serve a drink. Only Couroc can start a conversation.”

This is the original Couroc plant building located in Sand City, Ca. on the Monterey Peninsula. 51 Couroc Product Catalogues 1958 to 1985 (1961 and 1962 are missing.) 1950
1958-Fall-4pgs
1959-Fall-4pgs 1960
1960-Fall-12pgs
1960-Spring-4pgs
1963-Fall-12pgs
1964-July-12pgs
1965-Fall-2pgs
1966-Fall-2pgs
1966-Fall-12pgs
1967-Spring Fall-2pgs
1968-Fall-19pgs
1968-Spring Fall-2pgs
1969-Fall-21pgs
1969-Spring-4pgs 1970
1970-Spring-4pgs
1971-18pgs
1971-Fall-18pgs
1971-Spring Additions-4pgs
1972-July-17pgs
1972-Spring Additions-4pgs
1973-1974-17pgs
1973-Spring Additions-6pgs
1974-1975-12pgs
1974-Spring Gallery-6pgs
1975-1976-16pgs
1975-Spring-6pgs
1976-1977 Contempo Napkins-2pgs
1976-1977 Spring-4pgs
1976-1977-18pgs
1976-Spring-4pgs
1977-1978 30 yrs-21pgs
1978-1979-16pgs
1978-Coasters-2pgs
1978-Spring Supplement-4pgs
1979-1980-16pgs
1979-Couroc on TV-1pg
1979-Spring Supplement-4pgs 1980
1980-1981-20pgs
1980-Spring Supplement-4pgs
1981-1982-16pgs
1981-Spring Supplement-2pgs
1982-1983-14pgs
1982-Contempo Classics-2pgs
1982-Spring Supplement-1pg
1983-1984-12pgs
1983-Spring Supplement-2pgs
1984-1985-10pgs
1984-Fall Special-1pg
1984-Spring Supplement-2pgs
1985-1986-12pgs
1985-Spring-4pgs


No.1
1958-Fall-4pgs
No.2
1959-Fall-4pgs
No.3
1960-Fall-12pgs
No.4
1960-Spring-4pgs
No.5
1963-Fall-12pgs
No.6
1964-July-12pgs
No.7
1965-Fall-2pgs
No.8
1966-Fall-2pgs
No.9
1966-Fall-12pgs
No.10
1967-Spring Fall-2pgs
No.11
1968-Fall-19pgs
No.12
1968-Spring Fall-2pgs
No.13
1969-Fall-21pgs
No.14
1969-Spring-4pgs
No.15
1970-Spring-4pgs
No.16
1971-18pgs
No.17
1971-Fall-18pgs
No.18
1971-Spring Additions-4pgs
No.19
1972-July-17pgs
No.20
1972-Spring Additions-4pgs
No.21
1973-1974-17pgs
No.22
1973-Spring Additions-6pgs
No.23
1974-1975-12pgs

No.24
1974-Spring Gallery-6pgs
No.25
1975-1976-16pgs
No.26
1975-Spring-6pgs
No.27
1976-1977 Contempo Napkins-2pgs
No.28
1976-1977 Spring-4pgs
No.29
1976-1977-18pgs
No.30
1976-Spring-4pgs
No.31
1977-1978 30 yrs-21pgs
No.32
1978-1979-16pgs
No.33
1978-Coasters-2pgs
No.34
1978-Spring Supplement-4pgs
No.35
1979-1980-16pgs
No.36
1979-Couroc on TV-1pg
No.37
1979-Spring Supplement-4pgs
No.38
1980-1981-20pgs
No.39
1980-Spring Supplement-4pgs
No.40
1981-1982-16pgs
No.41
1981-Spring Supplement-2pgs
No.42
1982-1983-14pgs
No.43
1982-Contempo Couroc Classics-2pgs
No.44
1982-Spring Supplement-1pg
No.45
1983-1984-12pgs
No.46
1983-Spring Supplement-2pgs
No.47
1984-1985-10pgs
No.48
1984-Fall Special-1pg
No.49
1984-Spring Supplement-2pgs
No.50
1985-1986-12pgs
No.51
1985-Spring-4pgs

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