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Silk and the City
Susan BrownTextile: Manhattan. Designed by Clayton Knight, manufactured by Stehli Silks. 1925. Gift of Marian Hague.The cityscape is a natural subject for textile design—grid-based, repetitive and...
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Hidden Treasure
Floramae McCarron-CatesDrawing: Design for a Candelabrum, 1530–40. Designed by Michelangelo. Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane, 1942-36-4.So, realistically, what were the chances...
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One Child's Seder
Maleyne SyracuseTextile: The Seder. Designed by A. Nedby. United States, 1930s. Screen printed on cotton. Gift of the Estate of Ella Ostrowsky.This charming textile depicting a Seder was made in the...
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Colorforms
Pamela HornJust before joining Cooper-Hewitt (C-H) I clocked a lot of time on its newly revealed collections portion of its website. Searching the database of more than 115,000 objects using the...
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A Fabric with a Touch of Tomorrow
Maleyne SyracuseGold Ripple-Wave auto upholstery fabric. Designer unknown, for Ford Motor Company. ca. 1956. Museum Purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund....
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Design for Corsage Ornament
Sarah DonahueDrawing: Design for Corsage Ornament, 1860–1900. Designed by René Lalique. Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund through gift of The Florence Gould Foundation. 1998-50-1....
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Branded in Early Twentieth-Century Vienna
Rebecca McNamaraBox, Designed by Koloman Moser, Austrian, 1868–1918, Made at Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria, 1903–1932, silver-plated brass, Gift of Anne EhrenkranzToday’s luxury designers...
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Discover Architecture- Carry A Magnet!
Elizabeth BromanIllustrations of iron architecture, made by the Architectural Iron Works of the city of New York by Daniel Badger. New York : Baker & Godwin, printers ..., 1865. Smithsonian...
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I Wish I Had Been There!!
Elizabeth BromanDécors éphémères: les expositions jeux d'eau et de lumière. by André Granet . Paris: 1948. Smithsonian Libraries. fTK4148.F8G73 1948. In 1909, Granet initiated the 1st exhibition of...
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Art Chantry's Hands-On Approach
Kadie YaleGive Peace a Dance. Art Chantry, 1986. Gift of Art Chantry. 1995-69-40.Protests take on a variety of forms, from petitions to sit-ins and sign-wielding on the streets. In 1983, over a million...
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Poiret's liberating plates
Jen Cohlman Les Robes De Paul Poiret racontées par Paul Iribe. (1908) Smithsonian Libraries. q TT505 .P6I75 1908 This fashion plate from Les Robes De Paul Poiret (1908) is one of eleven illustrations...
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Informal Living
Cynthia E. SmithAmerican Modern pitcher, Designed by Russel Wright, 1937, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1991-30-39I sold an almost complete set of chartreuse curry colored American Modern dinnerware two...
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Rhythm
Kira Eng-WilmotTextile: Rhythm. Designed by Elenhank Designers Inc., manufactured by Elenhank Designers Inc., 1972. Gift of Henry C. and Eleanor Kluck. 1985-84-14-a,b. Rhythm (1972) is like a visual...
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How Can You Not Love That Glove?
Ethan RobeyPoster: Engelberg, Trübsee/Switzerland, 1936. Designed by Herbert Matter. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2006-15-1.How can you not love that glove? It takes up...
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Harmonious Line
Gail S. DavidsonPoster: Tropon est L'Aliment le Plus Concentré (Tropon, the Most Concentrated Food Supplement), 1898. Designed by Henry Van de Velde. Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee S....
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Lost Tribes
Elizabeth BromanAntiquities of Mexico by Kingsborough, Edward King, viscount, 1795-1837: the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio. London: Printed by James Moyse ...: Published by Robert Havell ... and...
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Nothing to Prouvé
Stephanie KeatingPoster: Jean Prouvé: Architekt und Konstrukteur. Designed by Siegfried Odermatt for Odermatt & Tissi, c. 1978. Gift of Sara and Marc Benda. 2010-21-44.Born on today’s date in 1901,...
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Odalisque Reconsidered
Alex C-M KellyPoster: Takeda Cosmetics for Men, Takeda Chemical Industry" 1974. Designed by Tadanori Yokoo. Gift of Sara and Marc Benda. 2009-12-16. Tadanori Yokoo is a celebrated Japanese artist for...
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Silk Banksia
Matilda McQuaidTextile: Silk Banksia. Designed by Jennifer Robertson. 2007. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2009-7-1.The natural world is inspiration for British textile...
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Cat Memes of Antiquity
Katie ShellyFigure of cat and kitten, late 19th–early 20th century. Painted brass. Gift of Anonymous Donor. 1949-49-35.The internet looooves silly cats. This we all know.The Walker Art Center even had...
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