Study for a Luggage Label, Orient Line
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Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- Orient Line, Anderson, Green & Company Ltd., London, United Kingdom, 1879 - 1998
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Study for a circular design of an adhesive Orient Line luggage label. Large letter "A" in black, designating the area of the ship to which luggage was headed, with text in white, upper center: ORIENT; lower right: LINE; joined by a thin, white line.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- Februrary 25, 1935
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-560
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and red, black, and white gouache on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 11.9 × 11.9 cm (4 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-560
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c646d1df-694c-4e50-89cd-a57e1e23192e
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