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Thedlow Inc.

Design for Rugs

Maker

Thedlow Inc. (American, 1919-1979), interior designer

Title

Design for Rugs

Year

ca. 1920-ca. 1970

Medium

  • pencil

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • pencil

Materials

pencil

Supports

  • Tracing paper

Dimensions

49.5 x 106.7 cm (19 1/2 x 42 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

-On recto in pencil: far left side: "white / beige (background beige) / deep beige / yellow beige / light blue / medium blue / medium brown / dark blue / dark brown / rose". -Center left panel going clockwise from top left corner: "o / o / o / o / o / DB / LB / o / rose / white / DB / W / beige / white / rose / d Blue / m blue". Then, at the center of this panel there is a design: the very center going out: "o / DB / DB / white / LB / rose". -Center right panel from top to bottom: "dark blue / mb / mb / lb / brown / blue / rose / white background / rose / lb / light blue / blue / dark blue / 3 blues / brown / beige", and along left edge of center right panel: "W / dark blue / LB / MB / DB". -Far right panel from top to bottom, and where on all the same level from left to right: "W / Y / DB / DB / DB / Y / Y / W / white / dark beige / yellow / DB / yellow / DB / 4" / DB / y / white / LB / yellow / white / to(?)d by MB + DD / beige / DD / MB / MB / DB / DB / LB / MB".

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Felicia Fund, Inc. and Edward Lee Cave

Object Number

1989.103.535

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Exhibition History

American Architects in Paris, 1900-1910
Feb 16, 1990 – May 20, 1990

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Thedlow Inc. (American, 1919-1979), interior designer
Design for Rugs, ca. 1920-ca. 1970
pencil
49.5 x 106.7 cm (19 1/2 x 42 inches)
Gift of the Felicia Fund, Inc. and Edward Lee Cave 1989.103.535

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