Alfons Bach was born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1904. He moved to New York in 1926, he became a freelance industrial designer and architect.

He designed modern carpets for The Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, chairs and sofas for Karpen & Brothers, pianos for Jesse French Pianos, lamps for The Mutual Sunset Lamp Company, tables, bookcases, and accessory pieces for Pulaski Veneer Corporation, and suites of furniture for Haywood Wakefield.