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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:
tea leaves in brown
Credit Line:
Courtesy of Mergentime Family Archive
Accession Number:
7.2018.15h
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Exhibitions Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4807bdb1c-0ff4-4ed2-be37-a0ab5ee4ff05
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_7.2018.15h