<img width="640" height="298" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/285612_01-700x326.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Prototype for a table runner, 2014, USA, designed by Sandy Chilewich, (American, b. 1951), vinyl and acrylic double cloth, Gift of Sandy Chilewich, 2015-22-1." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/285612_01-300x140.jpg 300w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/285612_01-700x326.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/285612_01-170x79.jpg 170w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />Sandy Chilewich has been the creative mind behind the vinyl tabletop industry she popularized with her eponymous line in 2000. She has said that she always had a passion for repurposing manufacturing processes and finding new applications for materials that have been underutilized. Most recently she saw an experimental fabric being manufactured at the weaving...
