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1959

  • Work on this object began.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Shiny Squares, 1959

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is graphite on off-white tracing paper. 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

25.7 x 51.9 cm (10 1/8 x 20 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in black, lower left: "Shiny Squares" DATE: 12-28-59 / SCALE: Full / BY: JFD / JOB. NO. / DRAWING NO.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center left: PATTERN #1 / FILLER COLORS / #1-#4 / WARP COLOR

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Shiny Squares, 1959; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); graphite on off-white tracing paper; 25.7 x 51.9 cm (10 1/8 x 20 7/16 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-299

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