The strong, earnest quartz reefer, carrying with him a well-filled swag, and enough money to hold on and try his luck in a systematic manner - a well-dressed and respectable man.

[…] in Carlton's living room one Saturday evening, spending a few hours lyming over rum and, of all things, codfish dumplings, another thing Carlton loved, even in the evening […]

a fine view of Lake George

Following his move to America in 1938, he did not come up with any new furniture designs; the Barcelona chair remains his most famous work.