id: 114175
accession number: 1933.425
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.425
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Science Tower (Century of Progress Prints), 1933. Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1961), Marshall Field & Co. (American, Chicago, 1852–2005). Plain weave silk, printed; overall: 47 x 52.1 cm (18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.425
title: Science Tower (Century of Progress Prints)
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creation date: 1933
creation date earliest: 1933
creation date latest: 1933
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: plain weave silk, printed
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Textile
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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.
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measurements: Overall: 47 x 52.1 cm (18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Purchased from Marshall Field and Co.
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RELATED WORKS
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Science Tower (Century of Progress Prints), 1933. Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1961), Marshall Field & Co. (American, Chicago, 1852–2005). Plain weave silk, printed; overall: 52.1 x 50.2 cm (20 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edd A. Ruggles 1933.32
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CITATIONS
Century of Progress International Exposition. Official Pictures of a Century of Progress Exposition. 1933.
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"The Store Book: Views and Facts of the Retail Store of Marshall Field & Company," Marshall Field & Company (1933)
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"The Store and A Century of Progress 1934, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago," Fashion of the Hour, Marshall Field & Company (1934)
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Reid, Kenneth. Walter Dorwin Teague, Master of Design. New York: Architectural Review, Inc, 1937.
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Teague, Walter Dorwin. Design This Day; The Technique of Order in the Machine Age. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940.
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Marchand, Roland. 1991. “The Designers Go to the Fair: Walter Dorwin Teague and the Professionalization of Corporate Industrial Exhibits, 1933-1940.” Design Issues 8 (1)
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Boardman, Michelle. All That Jazz: Printed Fashion Silks of the '20s and '30s. Allentown, Pa: Allentown Art Museum, 1998.
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Allen, Franklin. Silk Industry of the World at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. [Place of publication not identified]: Nabu Press, 2010.
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