PATTERN PLAY USA

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PATTERN PLAY USA 〰️

View fullsize Join me for this free virtual presentation! Register at link in stories 💗 🌈Dorothy Liebes: Modern Fashion’s Starchitect 📅 Tuesday, April 1 ⏰6:00-7:00pm CDT My thanks to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation for recognizing Dottie’s im
View fullsize ‘IBM Disks’ now on the grid ☢️ I can’t believe I’ve never posted this. I've had it as my profile picture since I launched this account 5 yrs ago, and never told you more about it. This was designed by Angelo Testa as a corpor
View fullsize BIG NEWS! 📢 I've been asked to author a book on d.d. & Leslie Tillett. Pinch me as I feel I'm still dreaming about this. I'll be working closely with @SethTillett to make this worthy of his parents' aesthetics. Stay tuned for more details. Trus
View fullsize The purrrrrfect way to wish Carolyn Schnurer a happy birthday! This ad dates to 1951; the sun dress & capelet are fashioned from crisp Everfast Everglaze fabric is in a sultry pareo-inspired pattern called ‘Hawaiian Night’…whic
View fullsize What I'm choosing to start the year with 🩵 • #ddandleslietillett #fiberglas #schumachertextiles @schumacher1889 #patternplayusa @sethtillett @yard.sail #sayitwithtextiles #20thcenturydesign #textiledesign #textilehistory #designhistory
View fullsize Cheers to a sparkling new year! ✨🥂✨ Enjoy this shimmering palate cleanser by Claire McCardell, a dress shot through with gold Lurex (modeled by Sunny Harnett)...possibly the least patterned thing I've ever posted. Use this plain pause to brace your
View fullsize I love soft winter pastels! ❄️🍧❄️ And I love this recent acquisition: 'Ice Reflections' by Hans Moller, 1953. It's an Associated American Artists print I hadn't seen before. Stylistically has a touch of the ol' Klee...and here's a funny fact. Hans M
View fullsize Ujima (collective work and responsibility), embodied ❤️💚🖤 Have a meaningful Kwanzaa! Kwame Brathwaite, ‘Untitled’ (Naturally '68 photo shoot in the Apollo Theater, featuring @theoriginalGrandassamodels and founding @AJASS1956 members
View fullsize It's the third night, and it's getting bright! Wishing you a peaceful Hannukah & holiday season 🕯️ Design for Knotted Pile Hanging with Menorah, by weaver Trude Guermonprez (ca. 1950, @cooperhewitt) A quiet beauty of gouache, watercolor, graph
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