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Tag Archives: Decorative Arts
American Industrial Design Stamps
One could say that I’m jumping the gun on this post. But I’ll argue that I’m giving design-lovers six months fair warning, and I can’t contain my excitement: The United States Postal Service has announced their 2011 special stamps. In … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art News
Tagged American Art, Decorative Arts, Design, Donald Deskey, Henry Dreyfuss, Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Russel Wright, Walter Dorwin Teague
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Gothic Ivories Project
It’s always exciting to be contacted by colleagues at other museums about objects in the Museum’s permanent collection. It helps us find out more information about what we have! In early 2010, I was contacted by Dr. Catherine Yvard, the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Curatorial
Tagged Crucifixion, Decorative Arts, European art, gothic art, ivory, Religious Art
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A quick trip to the Niedecken archives
This afternoon I had to run a quick errand to the Museum’s George Mann Niedecken archives (formerly Prairie Archives) and decided to take a camera, and you blog readers, along for the trip. As we prepare for the upcoming Frank … Continue reading
From the Collection–Ettore Sottsass’ “Carlton” Bookcase
Postmodern design is a difficult thing to pin down or describe concisely. It refers to all manner of playful, ornamented, subversive, and/or heady things. The aesthetic is often likened to 1980s popular objects like Swatch wristwatches, but the designer’s meaning … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century art, Decorative Arts, Design, Ettore Sottsass, From the Collection, Furniture, Postmodernism
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Listening to the Decorative Arts
As of late we at Chipstone have found ourselves discussing how the different senses affect our perception of decorative arts objects. For example, have you ever been asked to describe an object while blindfolded? At our summer session for college … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Curatorial, Education
Tagged Art Installation, Chipstone Foundation, Decorative Arts, Michelle Erickson
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