Carpet Design: Still Life with Musical Instruments, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
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Object Details
- Designer
- Ruth Reeves, American, 1892–1966
- Office of
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- Client
- Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for carpet for Radio City Music Hall. Repeating pattern of still life with musical instruments in tones of brown and beige. Repeat unit is rectangular; some feature instruments including the guitar, saxophone, and accordion, while others rendered with undulating abstract shapes; nine units shown.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald Deskey
- 1932
- Accession Number
- 1975-11-73
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- textile designs
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, graphite on cream wove paper, lined
- Dimensions
- H x W: 18.6 × 14.1 cm (7 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
- H x W (Mat): 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
- made in
- New York, USA
- New York, NY, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1975-11-73
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4332264f6-6fbc-4904-9d48-921013fa130f
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