Design in America : the Cranbrook vision, 1925-1950 /

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TextPublisher: New York : Abrams, in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [1983]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0810908018
0895580977
0870993410

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Summary: Its difficult to imagine the story of design in America without Cranbrook- that still vital community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, whose faculty and students have encompassed world-famous architects, sculptors, weavers, designers, metalworkers, ceramists, and painters. These include the prominent architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen; the furniture and interior designers Florence Knoll and Charles and Ray Eames; designer of fine silverware and sculptor Harry Bertoia; ceramists Maija Grotell; designers Loja Saarinen and her daughter Pipsan Saarinen Swanson; sculptor Carl Milles; and painter Zoltan Sepeshy, among others. [Cont...]

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	N330.B55 C74 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001136

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Dec. 14, 1983-Feb. 19, 1984, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, April 18, 1984-June 17, 1984, and at four other museums through June 30, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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