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Textile designers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: People and corporate bodies who specialize in the design of textiles, which are materials produced by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing natural or synthetic fibers. Included may be those who create designs for finished textile art works, or designs for the textile materials, such as patterns to be printed on fabrics.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lea Hoyt papers and design work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0027-01
Summary

Lea Hoyt (1912-1998) received a degree in graphic design from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design) in 1933, and went on to a six decade career as a graphic and textile designer. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence, design drawings, photographs, and examples of Hoyt's work, represented by napkins and paper plates, among other items.

Dates: 1933 - 1998

Sherl Nero papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0145-01
Summary Sherl Nero (1939-2006) was a fashion and textile designer who graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1962 and worked in sportswear design before joining the Design Works of Bedford Stuyvesant (DWBS) in 1971. DWBS was the brainchild of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and designers Doris and Leslie Tillett. With financing from the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the Black-owned business produced African-inspired designs for fabrics and homewares. This collection...
Dates: 1900 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1997