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Manufacturer:
The Jack Denst Designs, Inc.  Search this
Designer:
Clarence Hawking  Search this
Medium:
Screen printed on muslin tapestry and paper
Dimensions:
47 x 64 cm (18 1/2 x 25 3/16 in.)
Type:
Wallcoverings
Sample book
Object Name:
Sample book
Made in:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date:
1966
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Small scale representations of designs to be printed as large scale murals: overscale weeds, geometricized flowers, building facades, sun face, Oriental carpet, letter forms, linear composition suggesting landscape, eagle, playing cards, trees, 1920s fashion models, antique automobiles. The titles include: "Ode to a Wild Carrot", "Memento of a Summer Past", "Around the Corner on 8th Street", "Hyperion", "Abracadabra", "Writing on the Wall", "A Gentle Pleasure-Roaming in Indiana", "Nighthawk", "Mississippi", "Beyond the Path-You Can See the Sky", "Age of Innocence", and "Memorabilia".
Credit Line:
Gift of The Jack Denst Designs, Inc.
Accession Number:
1969-95-1-1/52
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Wallcoverings Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41418b264-31d5-46f8-8683-70d3a641916e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1969-95-1-1_52