2002.29.98, Robert Venturi, "Candlestick", introduced 1986
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Robert Venturi, the recognized patriarch of postmodernism who drew inspiration from diverse historical sources, created this innovative design for Swid Powell in 1986.
2001.323, Robert Venturi, "Chippendale side chair," designed 1984
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Robert Venturi's designs for Knoll International are widely regarded as among the most important decorative arts commissions of the Venturi firm to date.
2001.320.a-b, Richard Meier, Framed bowl, designed 1994
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Designed by the architect Richard Meier and evidencing a highly formal modernist aesthetic, the curved glass bowl of this centerpiece balances on a refined, rectilinear metal frame. It is a signature work of Swid Powell that is part of the Framed Vessel Collection by Richard Meir, created in 1994.
2000.394, Warren Platner, "Wire-based armchair", designed 1961-1966
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Between 1963 and 1967, Warren Platner collaborated with the Knoll Design Development Group, and the result was perhaps Platner's most widely admired furniture.
1997.39.a-b, Mario Bellini, "Area 50" lamp, designed 1975
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Mario Bellini's "Area 50" lamp features a whimsical flower-like form that softly and subtly diffuses light from a naked bulb.
1985.3 Wall Drawing #398
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Sol LeWitt, a seminal figure in the development of conceptualism in the 1960s, consistently created work that explores the very meaning and underlying structure of art. His work is based on elaborations of elementary geometric systems and mathematical calculations.
1983.68 Woman's ceremonial skirt (tapis)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Called tapis raja medali, or "king's medallion skirt," this resplendent skirt for an aristocratic woman features embroidered antiquated and contemporary figurative motifs.
1983.67 Woman's ceremonial skirt (tapis)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This opened tubular skirt (tapis) combines a rich mixture of colors, foreign and local materials, and an opulent embroidered and appliqué center panel. It would have been worn by an aristocratic woman as a marriage skirt, or donned during dances and important ceremonial functions.
1997.36, Eero Aarnio, "Gyro" chair, designed 1968
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Pastille chair, sometimes referred to as the Gyro, is a novel interpretation of a rocking chair.
1983.69 Woman's ceremonial skirt (tapis)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Graceful ancestral boats with curving bows and sterns are embroidered with silk threads on two bands of this tapis. Each vessel carries five frontal figures. The central figure on the right boat—with a mica disk for a head—sits beneath a decorated arch and is flanked by others wearing feathered headdresses.