| Description |
432 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Issued in connection with an exhibition held May 18, 2011-July 31, 2011, Bard Graduate Center, New York. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Susan Weber -- Introduction / Earl Martin -- Editor's notes -- Chronology / Ann Marguerite Tartsinis -- The design, promotion, and production of modern textiles in the USA, 1940-60 / Susan Ward -- Knoll before Knoll textiles, 1940-46 / Paul Makovsky -- Making Knoll texiles: Integrated fabrics for modern interiors, 1945-65 / Susan Ward -- The heart and soul of the company: The Knoll planning unit, 1944-65 / Bobbye Tigerman -- Knoll without the Knolls: Change and transformation, 1963-78 / Angela Völker -- Traditions and reinvention, 1978-2010 / Angela Völker -- Designer biographies / Earl Martin and Ann Marguerite Tartsinis -- Checklist of the Exhibition -- Bibliography -- Photographic credits. |
| Summary |
"In 1940, Hans Knoll founded a company in New York that soon earned a reputation for its progressive line of furniture. Florence Schust joined the firm and helped establish its interior design division, the Knoll Planning Unit. In 1947, the year after their marriage, Hans and Florence Knoll added a third division, Knoll Textiles, which brought textile production in line with a modern sensibility that used color and texture as primary design elements. In the early years, the company hired leading proponents of modern design as well as young, untried designers to create textile patterns. The division thrived in the late 1940s through 1960s and, in the following decade, adopted a more international outlook as design direction shifted to Europe. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Knoll tapped fashion designers and architects to bolster its brand. The pioneering use of new materials and a commitment to innovative design have remained Knoll's hallmarks to the present day."--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
KnollTextiles (Firm) -- Exhibitions.
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Textile design -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Textile design -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Ausstellung.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Earl (Earl James), 1974-
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Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture.
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| Spine Title |
Knoll Textiles, nineteenhundredfortyfive - twothousandten |
| Added Title |
Knoll Textiles, nineteen hundred forty five - two thousand ten |
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Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010 |
| ISBN |
9780300170696 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0300170696 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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