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Bookplate, Farbmesstafel (Color Table)
This is a bookplate. It was written by Wilhelm Ostwald and published by Muster-Schmidt.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
Farbmesstafel is Ostwald’s color theory translated into the form of a functional color tool. It allowed for easy identification of colors when the cutout windows were held in front of an object. Published in five languages, this was one of the first universal standards used for color matching in printing.
It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, QC495.2 .O88 1939.
- Book, Elementary Color
- letterpress with collage on paper.
- Gift of Walter Granville, Smithsonian Libraries, ND1489 .B811 1895.
- 92.2016.26
- Book, Atlas of the Munsell Color System
- letterpress with collage on paper.
- Gift of Walter Granville, Smithsonian Libraries, ND1492 .M96a.
- 92.2016.33
- Book, Die Farbenfibel (The Color Primer)
- letterpress with collage on paper.
- Gift of Walter C. Granville, Smithsonian Libraries, ND1493 .O85 1928.
- 92.2016.42
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Bookplate, Der Farbkörper (The Color Body)
- letterpress with collage on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, QC495 .O85 1927 quarto.
- 92.2016.45a,b
- Textile, Color Sample Blanket
- silk.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2018-20-1
- Color Blanket, Cato
- 86% wool, 14% rayon.
- Gift of Knoll Textiles.
- 2015-30-10
Its dimensions are
H x W: 21 × 30 cm (8 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
