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Textile design drawings

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Scope Note: Graphic delineations made for the design and production (or documentation of the design and production) of fabrics, both woven and non-woven.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jessica Rummel interior decoration working files

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0084
Abstract Ranging from the 1920s through the 1960s, this collection consists of files Jessica Rummel kept for her New York City-based interior decoration business, which operated during at least part of this period as Harding & Rummel, Inc. The files, which Rummel arranged, include small drawings, watercolors, site plans, and tracings of decorative elements, furniture, textiles, and interior layouts produced by Rummel in the course of her business. The collection also includes vendor...
Dates: 1920s - 1960s

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