id:			109676
accession number:	1928.32
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.32
updated:		2025-05-08 19:30:46.344000

Red Riding Hood, 1928. Anthony Frederick (Tony) Sarg (American, 1880–1942), Stehli Silks Corporation  (America, Lancaster, PA, and New York, 1840–c. 1955). Silk: plain weave, roller printed; overall: 36.2 x 47.6 cm (14 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1928.32

title:				Red Riding Hood
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creation date:			1928
creation date earliest:		1928
creation date latest:		1928
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culture:	America, New York
technique:	Silk: plain weave, roller printed
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* Anthony Frederick (Tony) Sarg (American, 1880–1942)  - designer
Tony Sarg was an illustrator, animator, and master puppeteer, who made puppets his life’s work. Born in Guatemala to a diplomatic family, Sarg first achieved professional success as an illustrator in London and New York. In the 1920s, Sarg gained renown for his touring puppet shows based on classic tales like <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> and <em>Robinson Crusoe</em>. Fusing traditional marionettes with a modern sensibility, Sarg’s productions were foundational to American puppetry. This was only one facet of Sarg’s varied career; he was also a pioneer in animated films and children’s books, and, as a longtime designer for the department store Macy’s, he invented the giant balloons used in the firm’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
* Stehli Silks Corporation  (America, Lancaster, PA, and New York, 1840–c. 1955)  - manufacturer
Founded in 1837 in Obfelden, Switzerland, by the Stehli family, the original cotton mill transitioned to weaving silk in 1840. By the 1890s, half of the silk produced by Stehli was being shipped to the United States; at that point moving production closer to the customer base made economic sense. Stehli opened their first US mill in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1898 and at the same time established an office in New York City, becoming one of the first American silk manufacturers. By the mid-1920s, Stehli operated five mills in three states—Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. In those two decades, Stehli’s business increased fourteen fold. A significant product line was their three Americana Prints series of 1925-1927, under art director and artist Kneeland “Ruzzie” Green. In a deliberate attempt to shift the silk industry away from traditional French design, the three series focused on imagery of contemporary American life. Fifteen well-known artists were commissioned to design 86 silk patterns.
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measurements: Overall: 36.2 x 47.6 cm (14 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	purchased from Halle Brothers Co., Cleveland, Ohio
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Boardman, Michelle, and Allentown Art Museum. <em>All That Jazz: Printed Fashion Silks of the ’20s and ’30s</em>. Allentown, Pa.: Allentown Art Museum, 1998.
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	Sarg, Tony, Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Lenore D. Miller, Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, and Nantucket Historical Association. <em>Tony Sarg: Genius at Play: Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture</em>. First edition. New York: Abbeville Press, 2023.
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