USA, 1900-2000 Flashcards
Armchair
Type: seating furniture
Materials/Techniques: oak and leather
Creator/Culture: Gustav Stickley/American (Eastwood, New York)
Date/Period: ca. 1907
Style Period: Arts and Crafts
Repository: Museum of Modern Art, New York
#541 Writing Arm Windsor Chair
Type: seating furniture
Materials/Techniques: pine, ash, maple
Creator/Culture: Wallace Nutting/American
Date/Period: ca. 1922
Style Period: Colonial Revival
Repository: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Manhattan
Type: textile
Materials/Techniques: printed cotton
Creator/Culture: Ruth Reeves at W. & J. Sloane/American (New York)
Date/Period: 1930
Style Period: Modern (inspired by Cubism)
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Vacuum Cleaner Model 30
Type: home appliance
Materials/Techniques: cast aluminum, chrome-plates and enameled steel, steel, vinyl, plastic, rubber
Creator/Culture: Lurelle Guild by the Electrolux Corporation
Date/Period: designed 1937
Style Period: Streamline Moderne
Repository: various
Coffee Maker
Type: kitchen ware
Materials/Techniques: Pyrex glass, wood, leather
Creator/Culture: Peter Schlumbohm by Chemex Corporation
Date/Period: 1941
Style Period: Modern
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
Cup and Saucer, “Killarney Rose” pattern
Type: Tableware
Materials/Techniques: Boontonware (plastic)
Creator/Culture: Belle Kogan by Boonton Molding Co./American (Boonton, NJ)
Date/Period: 1950s
Style Period: Modern
Repository: BGC Study Collection
The Dinner Party
Type: installation
Materials/Techniques: ceramic, porcelain, textile
Creator/Culture: Judy Chicago and Dinner Party members/American
Date/Period: 1973-79
Style Period: Feminist Art
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
Queen Anne Side Chair
Type: seating furniture, sculpture
Materials/Techniques: maple plywood, plastic laminate
Creator/Culture: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown and Knoll International, Inc./American (New York)
Date/Period: 1983
Style Period: Postmodern
Repository: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Good Grips Peeler
Type: kitchen tool
Materials/Techniques: stainless steel, rubber
Creator/Culture: Smart Design by OXO International/American (New York)
Date/Period: 1989
Style Period: Universalist Design
Repository: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nike Blanket Petition
Type: textile, protest
Materials/Techniques: various fibres
Creator/Culture: Cat Mazza and international group of knit and crochet hobbyists
Date/Period: 2003-2008
Style Period: Contemporary
Repository:
