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Textile Design: Blue and White Squares and Rectangles

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Office of

    Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)

    Draftsman

    Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Design for linen textile with all-over, repeat pattern of squares that fade from blue at upper left to white at lower right. Within each square, three diagonal rectangles fade from white at upper left to blue at lower right.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Deskey

    Date

    ca. 1930

    Accession Number

    1975-11-27

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    textile designs

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and blue and white gouache, graphite on off-white illustration board

    Dimensions

    50.9 x 37.7 cm (20 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
    Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)

    made in

    New York, NY, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f271cac6-e2d1-4954-bb09-118a9085a20d

    Record ID

    chndm_1975-11-27

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