Author: Doordan, Dennis P.
Title: The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America
Description: Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2002. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards with black stamped lettering. Glossy white and color-illustrated dust jacket with gray and black lettering. 234 pp. 163 color and 54 BW illustrations. Contents: Pioneering the alliance of art and industry : the Toledo Museum of Art / Julie A. McMaster and Davira S. Taragin -- Out of the bondage of the commonplace : the construction of a culture of industrial design in Toledo, Ohio / Timothy Messer-Kruse -- Acres of diamonds : Toledo and the pursuit of reputation / Neil Harris -- Toledo tomorrow / Dennis P. Doordan -- The emergence of the industrial design profession in the United States / Jeffrey L. Meikle -- Toledo wheels : the design story of Willys-Overland, the Jeep, and the rise of the SUV / William Porter. Weighing the difference : industrial design at the Toledo Scale Company, 1925-50 / Jeffrey L. Meikle -- Breaking patterns : Libbey Glass in the twentieth century / Davira S. Taragin -- Clear as glass : the Libbey-Owens-Ford window to better living / Victoria K. Matranga. VG-/VG- stain on half title page, light scuffing to dj, minor interior foxing to dj.

Keywords: American Decorative Arts, Exhibitions, Ohio ; Decorative Arts and Industrial Design ; ; Museum Exhibitions - American Decorative Arts


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