Curator’s Eye
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Firephant – Red Dot Design Award Winner
“With gently flowing lines that are vaguely reminiscent of an elephant, it is colorful, functional, and very much an icon of protection” A small fire can quickly turn into an inferno, which is why having a fire extinguisher in the house is always important. Unfortunately, fire extinguishers are usually not very attractive and are thus [...]
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Koloman Moser Armchair
The basic shape of this armchair is a cube. Both the rigidity of its geometrical form and its reduced coloring are hallmarks of the Wiener Werkstätte, founded by Koloman Moser and architect Josef Hoffmann in 1903, the year the chair was designed…
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Early Twentieth Century Vase
This vase is a rare and outstanding example of American art pottery from the first years of the twentieth century. As an early advertisement boasted, “Teco Pottery is the pottery of restful, peaceful green, and is remarkable for its purity of line and newness of design.”
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Modern Tapestry
This work illustrates the collaborative effort between a Navajo weaker, a modernist painter, and a tapestry.
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Peche mirror
“Peche created a series of highly inventive mirror frames, each more lavish than its predecessor”
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Eliel Saarinen knife
“His architectural training is apparent in the overlapping panels on the handle that emulate the soaring proportions and setbacks of skyscrapers”
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Harvey K. Littleton Vessel
“This experimental activity changed everything about how glass might be expressed in art, craft, architecture, and design”
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Breakfast Service
“The product heralds modernist ideals that Zwart fervently embraced: to rid design of ornamentation and
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Sam Maloof Rocking Chair
“Hand-craftsmanship and a direct one-on-one relationship with his client became of paramount importance to Maloof”
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Laura F. Andreson Bowl
“This serene bowl with a smooth, softly curved shape invites being cradled in the hands”
