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Weaving Wonders of Richard Landis
American weaver Richard Landis’s works are characterized by complex design systems that echo the logic of their construction with a limited vocabulary of materials, texture, geometric forms, and...
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Jennifer Morla: Experimental Typography
In celebration of the milestone 20th anniversary of the National Design Awards, this week’s Object of The Day posts honor National Design Award winners. What does “typography” mean to you? Does the...
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Cleaning Your Plate for Your Country
Laura WilliamsPoster, Food Is A Weapon, 1943. Published by Office of War Information. 1987-24-23During WWII, the US government depended on Americans to volunteer in the war effort. Over 85 million...
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Arabian Nights
Gregory HerringshawSample book, Arabian Nights from Mezzotone Papers, Ilonka Karasz (American, b. Hungary, 1896–1981), 1948; Produced by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.; New Canaan, Connecticut, USA;...
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A Magic Carpet
Willa GrangerDrawing, Proposal for Pershing Square, 1986. James Wines. Gift of SITE, 1993-115-6.“Sustainability,” “green,” “eco-friendly”: these terms have become bywords associated with the...
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A Wallpaper View of Early New York
Gregory HerringshawSidewall, USA, 1830; Block-printed on handmade paper; Gift of New York State Historical Association, 1985-15-1This wallpaper shows a view of New York harbor as seen from Castle...
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Elegant Egg Cups
Cynthia TropeStacking egg cups. Denmark, 1958. Designed by Kristian Vedel (Danish, 1923-2003), Manufactured by Torben Ørskov & Co. Gift of John and Paul Herzan, 2005-18-1/3.Kristian Vedel is...
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What Would the Medici Do?
Sarah GibbonsPrint, From a Series of Naval Battles for Wedding Festivities of Cosimo Il de'Medici, Ship of Neptune, 1608. Etched by Remigio Cantagallina (Italian, 1582 - 1635) after Giulio Parigi,...
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Still Life with Canary, or A Hungry Cat
Gregory HerringshawFirescreen, France, 1825–40; Block-printed on handmade paper; Gift of Marian Hague, 1942-73-1While the genre of still life painting dates back to ancient times, it had emerged as a...
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When in Rome
Gregory HerringshawSidewall, When in Rome, 1958; Designed by Clarence Hawking for Denst and Soderland Chicago, Illinois, USA; Screen printed on silk; Gift of Denst and Soderlund, Inc., 1959-130-1This...
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Reflecting Well
Matilda McQuaidTextile, Reflecting Well, 2003. Junichi Arai. Polyester and aluminum. Gift of Masako Dempo Yuki, 2004-23-1.Reflecting Well, by Junichi Arai, continues his life-long investigation into...
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Lux in Tenebris/ Artists are Dogs
Pamela LawtonMaquette, Bookcover, Dylan Thomas, Portrait of a Young Artist as a Young Dog, 1901–50. Alvin Lustig for New Directions Press. Gift of Susan Lustig Peck, 2001-29-3.Lux in Tenebris, Latin...
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Colors within colors
Matilda McQuaidP.Kasuri No. 46, 2007. Jun Tomita. Woven choma. Gift of Sheila Hicks and browngrotta arts, 2007-52-1-a,bJun Tomita is a Japanese textile artist who has worked with the traditional dyeing...
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A Permutation Unfolding
Maleyne SyracuseTextile, 1998. Eve Andrée Laramée. Jacquard woven cotton, rayon, metallic thread. Gift of Eve Andrée Laramée, 1999-28-1.Eve Andrée Laramée is an installation sculptor whose work...
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Hercules Supports the World, and the Wall
Gregory HerringshawDado, France, 1810–15. Block-printed on handmade paper. Gift of Teresa Kilham, 1955-86-2This is a wallpaper dado, in the neoclassical style which would be hung at the bottom of the...
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Shopping carts crashing (servers)
Sebastian Chan"Shopping Cart at Willets Point" by Seven Train Photos, 2005, CC-BY-NC-SA.In post-apocalyptic cinema the slow sweeping shot of a half-submerged shopping cart in a river is a standard -...
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The Astronomer
Laura CamerlengoTextile, ca. 1780.In the style of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. Painted and gilded silk. Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, 1931-48-100Illustrated accounts of travels to the Far East served...
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Treasured Tresses- Hair Jewelry Pattern Books
Elizabeth Broman(L:) Charles T. Menge's Price List of Ornamental Hair Jewelry and Device Work, nos. 32 and 34 John Street, New York. Charles T. Menge, (b. ca . 1873). Smithsonian Libraries. q NK6076...
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Children's Frieze Makes Learning Fun
Gregory Herringshaw“Hunting” Frieze, 1905. Cecil Aldin1935). Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd., London, England. Block printed on ingrain paper. Gift of Standard Coated Products,...
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Not Only Ours
Jennifer JohnsonSampler, 1825. Embroidered by Catharine Parsells. Embroidered in silk on linen. Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer, 1981-28-135The Quakers, or the Society of Friends, played a primary...
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