Marguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692768270 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Marguerita Mergentime's textiles reshaped the sensibility of the 20th-century American homeMarguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas serves as a definitive source on this lauded American designer. A member of the influential American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC), Mergentime was a woman whose career placed her alongside Donald Deskey and Russel Wright, as well as visionary architect Frederick Kiesler, who designed the furnishings in her New York apartment.Mergentime reshaped the sensibility of the 20th-century home at a time when modernism was being defined, contributing original textiles to Radio Ci
(Daniella Ohad Daniella on Design) . You may still find it hard to remember the name but the work is unforgettable. A treat for what it brings to light of the pre-war modern home-style sensibility that blends modernist abstraction with representational floral motifsand an unusual typographic sensibility. (Steven Heller Print Mag)A comprehensive volume that presents the personal voiceand comes to illuminate the career of this designer who came to shape a new sensibility of the American home