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Thedlow Inc.

photographs of rugs

Description

Maker

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

Title

photographs of rugs

Year

ca. 1920-ca. 1970

Medium

  • black and white photograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • black and white photograph

Materials

black and white photograph

Supports

  • photopaper on matboard (erebe)

Dimensions

16.2 x 23.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches) b: 9 by 5 1/4, c: 9 by 5 1/4

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In ink in the lower right corner of the top photograph: "39 AI- 7'6" x 4'4" "

Marks: Ink stamp on the bottom edge of the top image: "ARTHUR H. LEE & SONS, INC. / 501 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y.". The two lower images both have a stamp at the top that reads, "K.V.T. / CARPETWEAVERS SINCE 1797". The lower left image also reads, "Design: A 1299 A 5 / Style: Louis XV / Ground: Vieux Rose / Ornament: gold / Inside border: Sal (missing?) in tone o(missing) / Outside borde(missing) / MINIMUM WIDTH (in this pattern): in Qual. ROYAL DEVENTER HANDKNOTTED: 12 feet (missing) / in Qual. ROYAL TEXEL HANDKNOTTED: 12 feet or 3 (missing)". The image in the lower right corner reads, "Design: A 16 C 5 / Style: Louis XV / Ground: tone on tone steel blue / Inside border: panel in champagne-color with flower-garlands surrounded by a ground in sea green / Outside border: light blue of ground-color / MINIMUM WIDTH (in this pattern): in Qual. ROYAL DEVENTER HANDKNOTTED: 12 feet or 3.65 meters / in Qual. ROYAL TEXEL HANDKNOTTED: 12 feet or 3.65 meters".

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

1989.103.600

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Exhibition History

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
photographs of rugs, ca. 1920-ca. 1970
black and white photograph
16.2 x 23.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches) b: 9 by 5 1/4, c: 9 by 5 1/4
Gift of the Felicia Fund, Inc. and Edward Lee Cave 1989.103.600

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