Making Design

 

This exhibition was on display from December 12, 2014 to September 01, 2016.

This exhibition has been divided in to the following sections:

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  • Shoe Horn (England)
  • heat- and steam-shaped horn, with engraved and black-stained decoration.
  • Gift of Barbara Munves.
  • 2011-31-1
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  • Brisé Fan (China)
  • carved ivory sticks, silk ribbon, glass stone .
  • Gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1952-161-225-a
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Long Chair Chair
  • birch (frame), birch-faced plywood (seat).
  • Museum purchase through gift of George R. Kravis II, Anonymous Donor, and....
  • 2013-17-1
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  • Tassel (Italy)
  • linen, wood.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-51-8
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • Tassel (Italy)
  • linen, wood.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-51-16
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • Tassel (Italy)
  • linen.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-51-28
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Tassel (Italy)
  • linen.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-51-61
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Tall Green Bloom Urn Urn
  • nylon.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie and from General....
  • 2013-53-1
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Sidewall (USA)
  • machine-printed paper.
  • Gift of Victorian Collectibles.
  • 1979-91-588-a,b
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  • Fragment (Spain)
  • silk, metallic yarns (gilded parchment wound around linen core).
  • Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
  • 1902-1-311
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Textile, Eclat
  • cotton.
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and from....
  • 2011-41-1
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Cravat End (France)
  • linen.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-50-18-a
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 5 images of this object.
  • Hanging (USA)
  • silk, wool, cellophane.
  • Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.
  • 1993-121-25
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Textile, Spiral
  • cotton.
  • Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
  • 2007-5-3
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Katagami, Arrow Design
  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin....
  • Gift of Helen Snyder.
  • 1976-103-289
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  • Spun Chair
  • rotationally molded polyethylene.
  • Gift of Herman Miller, Inc..
  • 2012-18-1
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  • Moss Lamp
  • silicone, plastic, metal.
  • Gift of Marlene Meyerson.
  • 2010-11-1
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  • Pixel Chair (Prototype)
  • cnc-milled resin.
  • Museum purchase from the General Acquisitions Fund through gift of Lisa....
  • 2014-43-1
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