2012.29.A-E, Shiro Kuramata, "Miss Blanche" armchair, designed 1988, executed 1989
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
With its “floating” artificial roses forever suspended in a body of acrylic resin, Shiro Kuramata’s Miss Blanche chair stands as a poetic realization of artifice and notions of eternal beauty, reflected in its title, taken from the character in Tennessee Williams’ play A
2003.35 Martha E. Keech, Baltimore, Maryland "Album" quilt
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Baltimore, Maryland, "Album" quilts, so named for their prevalence in the Atlantic seaport and their resemblance to keepsake albums, form an important moment in American textile history during a period in which manufactured - rather than homespun - fabrics appeared with increasing regularity.
1973.103.A-C, Alexander Calder, Model for Flying Colors ("Humor"), 1973
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This model of a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 airplane was painted by artist Alexander Calder to provide a paint scheme for Dallas-based Braniff Airlines' Flying Colors, a full-scale aircraft providing passenger service between North and South America.
1995.183.A-G, Aldo Rossi, "Cabina dell'Elba" cabinet, designed 1982
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Created in a style similar to that of the Memphis Group, this lacquered wood cabinet possesses form, function, and elegance. Aldo Rossi centered most of his work on basic forms and shapes such as cones, cylinders, and squares.
1995.148.a-c, Ettore Sottsass, Jr., Carlton room divider, designed 1981
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The totemic Carlton room divider is an outstanding example of the work of Ettore Sottsass, the defacto leader of the Memphis Group, a Milan-based collective of furniture and product designers whose work rose to prominence in the 1980s.
2010.40, Donald Judd, Chair (executed 1998, designed 1984)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1973, the artist Donald Judd (American, 1928-1994) moved his studio to Marfa, Texas. Lack of quality furniture available in Marfa prompted him to construct his first beds, chairs, tables, and desks for his own use.
1998.114, Frank Gehry, "Easy Edges" chair, 1971
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Designed and manufactured by Frank O. Gehry in 1972, this chair belongs to his "Easy Edges" collection - group of seventeen pieces of cardboard furniture which brought the young architect national attention.
1976.W.2153 Four-cornered hat (Peru, Wari)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The four-cornered hat was a popular high-status headdress in the south-central and southern Andean highlands among Huari (Wari) and Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) elites. The finest Tiahuanaco examples are of continuous tapestry weave, while the Huari examples reflect separate weaving of the band and top. The piling of supplemental fibers through lark’s head knots is common to Huari hats.
1989.W.2313 Headband (Peru, Wari)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
- Wari (Huari), Middle Horizon, 800–1000; updated by KJones in TMS on 03/31/14, 11/19/15, and 12/23/15.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean highlands or coast.
- Note
1989.W.2364 Bag (Peru, south coast?)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
- n.d., updated by KJones in TMS on 12/23/15.
- Updated geography, dates, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: south coast (?), A.D.