Tartsinis, Ann Marguerite, <br/><br/>
An American style :  global sources for New York textiles and fashion design, 1915-1928 / 
Ann Marguerite Tartsinis. 
 - 144 pages :  illustrations (black and white, and colour) ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> In 1915 the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) embarked upon a mission to energize the American textile industry. Curators sought to innovate a distinctly 'American' design idiom drawing on a more universal 'primitive' language. Ethnographic objects were included in study rooms; designers gained access to storage rooms; and museum artefacts were loaned to design houses and department stores. This book positions the project at the AMNH in the broader narrative of early 20th-century design education in New York which includes the roles of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Newark Museum. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300199437 (pbk.) :  £25.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Textile design--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Textile design--History--United States--Sources.<br/>Fashion design--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>677'.022'0973'09042