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Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the Present
June 23, 2009–June 23, 2011
LAW Wing, Design and Architecture Gallery
This installation of highlights from the Museum’s modern and contemporary design collection
features 46 objects spanning the past century up to the present, including Charles Rennie
Mackintosh’s hand-crafted oak, tile, and glass washstand (1904); Marcel Breuer’s iconic modernist
"Wassily" chair (1927); a 1985 Formica "Ivory" table by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass; and
architect Zaha Hadid’s 2006 "Gyre" lounge chair, made of polyester resin and lacquer. Also
presented are metalwork, ceramics, glass, jewelry, drawings, and posters.
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