wallcoverings
Wallpaper. In 3-D.Contemporary British designer, Tracy Kendall, challenges the notion that wallcoverings are solely represented in two dimensions. In the White Room, one of her many bespoke three-dimensional wallpapers, is composed of overlapping rectangular sheets of white paper, which are finely hand-stitched onto a white paper backing. wallcoverings, contemporary, British, Tracy Kendall |
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Experiencing surface designPerhaps you are familiar with his stage sets for Hairspray... Or, you noticed his designs for the 2009 and 2010 Academy Awards... Or, you've ventured to any number of the restaurants his designs have helped make a destination: Nobu, Bar Americain, or Adour Alain Ducasse at The St. Regis New York... wallcoverings, David Rockwell, contemporary design, craft, felt, National Design Award |
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Meet the Staff: Greg HerringshawGreg Herringshaw, our Assistant Curator in charge of the Wallcoverings Department, shares his experiences. wallcoverings, curator, staff |
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Wallpaper: A Picture-Book of Examples in the Collection of the Cooper Union Museumwallpaper, permanent collection, wallcoverings |
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Creative Craft in Denmark Today: An Exhibition of Contemporary Work Organized by the Danish Handcraft GuildDenmark, Danish, Greenland, handicrafts, artisans, decorative arts, textiles, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, wallcoverings, 20th century |
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More Than Meets the EyeA comprehensive history of the Cooper-Hewitt collection. The 400 objects on display span several centuries and include textiles, drawings, prints, decorative objects, furniture, cutlery, and wallcoverings. Organized by Elaine Evans Dee, Dorothy Twining Globus, Gillian Moss, Christian Rohlfing and Milton Sonday. Funded by a grant from the New York State Council of the Arts. permanent collection, textiles, drawings, prints, decorative objects, furniture, wallcoverings, exhibitions |
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The Four ContinentsAn exhibition tracing the allegorical representation of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America on decorative objects since the 5th century. The more than 100 objects on display include ceramics, coins, glassware, maps, textiles, globes, wallpaper, and engravings. The 17th and 18th centuries are the main focus of the exhibition because of Europe's discovery of the New World. Most of the objects on view were formerly in the private collection of James Hazen Hyde. James Hazen Hyde, ceramics, coins, glassware, MAPS, textiles, decorative objects, wallcoverings, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349839 |
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Color Light Surface: Contemporary FabricsAn exhibition devoted to the fabrics of the 1980s. Metallics, pleating, and puckering feature among the 150 textiles on view. textiles, textile design, textile printing, fabrics, wallcoverings, floor coverings, 1980s, exhibitions |
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A Day Without ArtThe highlight of this exhibition are ten panels that will soon join the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Textiles, wallcoverings, drawings, and prints created by designers who have died of AIDS accompany the panels, including works by architects Roger Ferri and Alan Buchsbaum, textile and wallpaper designer Peter Todd Mitchell, and graphic designer David Exley. More than 150 New York museums and galleries are commemorating “World AIDS Day" on December 1. quilts, textiles, wallcoverings, prints, exhibitions |
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From Background to Foreground: Looking at an 18th-century WallpaperThe centerpiece of this exhibition is a late-eighteenth-century French arabesque-patterned wallpaper, printed by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, "Manufacture Royale" under Louis XVI. The Réveillon wallpaper, discovered by Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt in 1900, is part of the Museum's permanent collection of wallcoverings—the largest collection of its kind in the United States. wallpaper, wallcoverings, France, French, permanent collection, 18th century, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349379 |
