Designer:

Marguerita Mergentime, (American, 1894–1941)  Search this

Medium:

Medium: linen (six napkins), cotton (2 napkins- graphology, tea leaves) Technique: printed on plain weave

Dimensions:

L x W (brown palmistry): 16.2 × 19.4 cm (6 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

L x W (green phrenology): 15.9 × 19.4 cm (6 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

L x W (green fortune telling): 15.9 × 20 cm (6 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

L x W (red crystal ball): 15.9 × 19.4 cm (6 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

L x W (red numerology): 16.2 × 19.7 cm (6 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

L x W (blue fortune telling): 16.2 × 19.7 cm (6 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

L x W (blue graphology): 16.2 × 18.7 cm (6 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

L x W (brown tea leaves): 16.2 × 19.4 cm (6 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Type:

Exhibitions

Cocktail napkin

Object Name:

Cocktail napkin

Date:

1939

Description:

crystal ball in red

Credit Line:

Courtesy of Mergentime Family Archive

Accession Number:

7.2018.15f

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Exhibitions Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4869b5c87-1971-499e-a71d-1d1750d8e681

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_7.2018.15f