Design for Carpet: Guitars and Cocktail Glasses for Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY
Object Details
- Office of
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- Designer
- Donald Deskey, (American, 1894–1989)
- After
- Ruth Reeves, (American, 1892–1966)
- Client
- Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for carpet for Radio City Music Hall with all-over repeat pattern of cubist guitars and cocktail glasses. Stylized guitars and cocktail glasses with maraschino cherries play across geometric background in tones of terra cotta, navy, brown and tan. Objects placed on diagonal axis and punctuated by mottled dots throughout. Black border.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald Deskey
- 1932
- Accession Number
- 1975-11-42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- textile designs
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, graphite on cream illustration board, lined
- Dimensions
- 29.7 x 35.1 cm (11 11/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
- made in
- New York, NY, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1975-11-42
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43df2d29d-10c2-4639-84b5-a9149c990677
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