<img width="640" height="891" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b-700x974.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features: Length of printed cotton with a pattern of faces, clocks, and clock hands in black, white and yellow on a gray ground. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b-700x974.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b-216x300.jpg 216w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b.jpg 736w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="34501" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/07/05/clock-watchers/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b.jpg" data-orig-size="736,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b-216x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/331797_9808490d3af78bf0_b-700x974.jpg" />Laura Jean Allen rose to fame by the time she was 30 as an illustrator for Seventeen magazine and designer of clothing and cosmetic compacts for teenaged girls. She became involved with Associated American Artists in the early 1950s and was soon one of the group’s most prolific textile designers. Upon the 1954 release of...
