Jack Lenor Larsen: Creator and CollectorA major profile of one of the greatest textile designers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, this compelling written beautifully illustrated book juxtaposes over forty of Larsen's most innovative textile designs with treasures of world and contemporary arts from his own collections that have helped to inspire them. |
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aesthetic Alexander Girard American Craft Council architect architecture archive Arts & Design batik casement fabrics cloth Collection Cowtan Collection Jack Lenor Collection LongHouse Reserve colorways contemporary cotton Cowtan & Tout Cranbrook created creative Creator and Collector Curator Dale Chihuly Design Studio detail of pl Doria drapery dyeing East Hampton Edward Larrabee Barnes Eero Saarinen exhibition fabric designs fiber gardens Gift of Cowtan Gift of Jack glass hand-spun hand-woven ikat inspired interior design Jack Lenor Larsen Japan Larsen collections Larsen Design Larsen Studio Lenor Larsen OPPOSITE Lever House Liliane and David linen loom metallic yarn Modernist Montreal Museum Museum of Arts Museum of Modern Owings & Merrill palette Peter Voulkos Polyester printed produced screen-printed Stewart Collection Stoneware structure techniques textile design Thai Silk Thailand Toshiko Takaezu translucent twentieth century University of Washington Unknown artist upholstery fabrics velvet warp warp-faced weave weaver weft Win Anderson wool York