id: 114096 accession number: 1933.37 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.37 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:23.770000 Hanging Dome (Century of Progress Prints), 1933. Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1961), Marshall Field & Co. (American, Chicago, 1852–2005). Plain weave silk, printed; overall: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edd A. Ruggles 1933.37 title: Hanging Dome (Century of Progress Prints) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1933 creation date earliest: 1933 creation date latest: 1933 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Edd A. Ruggles copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: plain weave silk, printed department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1961) - designed by Industrial designer and architect Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960) was a pioneering American modern industrial designer. Best known for his design of the Ford Building at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Teague was also responsible for the interior design of Detroit-based industrial architect Albert Kahn’s (1869-1942) Ford pavilion at the Century of Progress exposition (Chicago, 1933-34). Teague impressed the public with his minimalism and dramatic lighting, a style that can be seen in his designs for cameras, radios, graphics, textiles and more. The Cleveland Museum of Art owns ten of Teague’s silk textiles in eight different patterns inspired by the architectural installations at the Century of Progress exposition. * Marshall Field & Co. (American, Chicago, 1852–2005) - manufacturer Built from a small dry goods store in the 1850s, Marshall Field and Co. (1852-2006) was one of the United States’ largest department stores by 1930. Marshall Field offered international luxuries—boasting oriental rug galleries and French dressing parlors. In the summer of 1933 alone, store guides (called Sightseers) led over 100,000 tours. In 1930, the company opened the Chicago Merchandise Mart, a massive expansion of their wholesale operations into a new building that was at the time the largest building in the world. It has its own zip code! Walter Dorwin Teague’s Century of Progress silk prints were manufactured and printed by Marshall Field and Co. in celebration of the Century of Progress exposition, held in Chicago in 1933-34. Walter Dorwin Teague’s silks, trademarked under the name Silks Beau Monde, were exhibited on the fourth floor of the Merchandise Mart; they were woven, dyed and printed in Marshall Field’s mill in Union Hill, New Jersey. --- measurements: Overall: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES