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Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925-1950
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Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925–1950

Various authors
1983
352 pages
366 illustrations
George Wittenborn Award, Winner (1985)
This title is out of print.
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Preface
Acknowledgments

North by Midwest
Neil Harris

Cranbrook and the Search for Twentieth-Century Form
Robert Judson Clark

The History of the Cranbrook Community
Davira S. Taragin

Eliel Saarinen and the Cranbrook Tradition in Architecture and Urban Design
David G. De Long

Interior Design and Furniture
R. Craig Miller

Metalwork and Bookbinding
J. David Farmer

Textiles
Christina C. Mayer Thurman

Ceramics
Martin Eidelberg

Sculpture and Painting
Joan Marter

Afterword
Roy Slade

Biographies of the Artists

Chronology
Mary Rioardan and John Gerard

Notes
Bibliographic Note
Index
Photo Credits

Met Art in Publication

Chair, Eliel Saarinen American, Black walnut with new leather upholstery
Chair
1929
Lounge Chair
ca. 1950
"FSW" Folding Screen, Charles Eames American, Mahogany plywood and canvas
"FSW" Folding Screen
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1946
"LAR" Armchair, Charles Eames American, Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, zinc-plated steel
"LAR" Armchair
Multiple artists/makers
1949
"Aluminum Group" Lounge Chair
Multiple artists/makers
1958
Armchair
1952
Ottoman
1952
"ESU 420-C" Storage Unit
1950
Table
1950
Vase, Maija Grotell American, born Finland, Glazed stoneware
Vase
1940

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Clark, Robert Judson, Adele Westbrook, and Detroit Institute of Arts, eds. 1983. Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925 - 1950 ; [the Detroit Institute of Arts, December 14, 1983 through February 19, 1984 ...]. New York, NY: Abrams.