Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925–1950

Various authors
1983
352 pages
366 illustrations
George Wittenborn Award, Winner (1985)
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Preface
Acknowledgments

North by Midwest
Neil Harris

Cranbrook and the Search for Twentieth-Century Form
Robert Judson Clark

The History of the Cranbrook Community
Davira S. Taragin

Eliel Saarinen and the Cranbrook Tradition in Architecture and Urban Design
David G. De Long

Interior Design and Furniture
R. Craig Miller

Metalwork and Bookbinding
J. David Farmer

Textiles
Christina C. Mayer Thurman

Ceramics
Martin Eidelberg

Sculpture and Painting
Joan Marter

Afterword
Roy Slade

Biographies of the Artists

Chronology
Mary Rioardan and John Gerard

Notes
Bibliographic Note
Index
Photo Credits

Met Art in Publication

Chair, Eliel Saarinen  American, Black walnut with new leather upholstery
Eliel Saarinen
1929
Eero Saarinen
ca. 1950
"FSW" Folding Screen, Charles Eames  American, Mahogany plywood and canvas
Charles Eames
ca. 1946
"LAR" Armchair, Charles Eames  American, Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, zinc-plated steel
Charles Eames
1949
Charles Eames
1958
Harry Bertoia
1952
Harry Bertoia
1952
Charles Eames
1950
Charles Eames
1950
Vase, Maija Grotell  American, born Finland, Glazed stoneware
Maija Grotell
1940

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Clark, Robert Judson, Adele Westbrook, and Detroit Institute of Arts, eds. 1983. Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925 - 1950 ; [the Detroit Institute of Arts, December 14, 1983 through February 19, 1984 ...]. New York, NY: Abrams.