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1957

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • Work on this object ended.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2013

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2025

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Collage, Textile Design

This is a Collage. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 1957–59 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is colored paper mounted on cardboard, ballpoint pen and ink, graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.

Its dimensions are

13.3 x 15.6 cm (5 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ballpoint pen and ink, across top margin: all stripes same width; in graphite, verso upper left corner: I-5 / "for 3840 ends

Cite this object as

Collage, Textile Design; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); USA; colored paper mounted on cardboard, ballpoint pen and ink, graphite; 13.3 x 15.6 cm (5 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-276

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