An American Style: Global Sources for New York Textile and Fashion Design, 1915-1928

by Ann Marguerite Tartsinis

In 1915 the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) embarked upon a mission to energize the American textile industry. Curators sought to innovate a distinctly "American" design idiom drawing on a more universal "primitive" language. Ethnographic objects were included in study rooms; designers gained access to storage rooms; and museum artifacts were loaned to design houses and department stores. In order to attract designers and reluctant manufacturers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300199430
• ISBN13: 9780300199437
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Bard Graduate Center
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 8.8"