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"Useful Objects Today: Teaching Portfolio Number 4" 1954 (SOLD)

DANIEL, Greta

The Museum of Modern Art

1954

Noel Martin (design) (illustrator). Paper portfolio containing [56] p. in 28 leaves, loose as issued, printed on card stock, with 71 ill. in photogravure. Survey of contemporary product and industrial design, with introductory essay followed by 44 photographs on 40 plates, containing numerous examples of modern dinnerware, cookware, kitchen tools, glassware, silverware, pottery, wooden bowls, baskets, lamps, luggage, hand tools, gardenware and appliances, with additional examples accompanying the introductory text.