Serge Chermayeff
"Navajo" from the "America Designs" series

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Designer Serge ChermayeffBritish, born Russia, 1900–1996

ManufacturerManufactured by L. Anton Maix FabricsAmerican, established 1948

CultureAmerican

Titles

"Navajo" from the "America Designs" series

Datedesigned 1950

Fabricated inUnited States

MediumPrinted linen

DimensionsOverall: 35 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (90.8 × 65.4 cm)

Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of Charles Tapley, in his honor

Object number2011.1002

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Object Type

TEXTILES

Provenance[Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Hands on the Loom: Dine' Textiles Past and Present," Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas, August 22, 2023–January 14, 2024. (OL.1642)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Paper tag was attached with brass safety pin and now removed and placed into file: " W3023 American / 36 x 24", 1952 / Navajo by / Serge Chermay- / eff. Blue and / Gray triangle. " Other side of tag has illegible writing.

Present selvedge printed: L. Anton Maix Fabrics N.Y.C.—Kaleidoscopic Prints Reg 1952
Cora Ginsburg W3023

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