{"product_id":"marguerita-mergentime-american-textiles-modern-ideas-hardcover","title":"Marguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarguerita Mergentime\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eDonna Ghelerter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMadelyn Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarguerita Mergentime's textiles reshaped the sensibility of the 20th-century American home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a definitive source on this lauded American designer. Working in the heady milieu of 1930s New York, Mergentime (1894-1941) became best known for strikingly new printed fabrics, making her mark with tablecloths created to enliven American households with color, humor and entertainment. A member of the influential American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC), Mergentime was a woman whose career placed her alongside Donald Deskey and Russel Wright, as well as visionary architect Frederick Kiesler, who designed the furnishings in her New York apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMergentime reshaped the sensibility of the 20th-century home at a time when modernism was being defined, contributing original textiles to Radio City Music Hall, Wright's American Way and the 1939 New York World's Fair. Articles and advertisements promoted her career across the United States. Today her Radio City designs can still be seen in the legendary venue, and her fabrics reside in museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art; the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; the Brooklyn Museum; the Museum at FIT; and the Allentown Art Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, essays highlight Mergentime's life and career, and over 150 images illustrate her designs that brought asymmetry, politics, folk art and quizzes to the table. \u003ci\u003eMarguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e reintroduces the woman who asked, \"Are you allergic to meaningless uninspired patterns in printed cloths?\" and places her squarely back on the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 10.3 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765370126624,"sku":"9780692768273","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e394744d8051eba2560a180ee7ca9572.webp?v=1780267478","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/marguerita-mergentime-american-textiles-modern-ideas-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}