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Holland-America Line, S.S. Statendam, Luncheon, July 24, 1930, Holland-America Line

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

Holland-America Line, S.S. Statendam, Breakfast, July 24, 1930, Holland-America Line

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

Red Star Line, S.S. Lapland, Farewell Dinner, July 18, 1930, Red Star Line

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of The Rhode Island School Of Design, Vol. 18, No. 3, L. Earle Rowe, Risd Museum, Risd Archives

Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (1913 - 1937)

No abstract provided.

The Student Designer April 1931, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The April 1931 issue covered topics including: the death of RISD President Eliza G. Radeke, Mechanical Department honors and news, a Jewelry Design student named Martin Nelson, class updates, satirical and comedic writing, current events happening on campus, RISD sports, and advertisements.

The Student Designer April 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The April 1930 issue contained a poem, short essays, humorous bits, and an appeal for contributions to The Student Designer. Also included were ads for local businesses and a brief article about The Art Ball held at Memorial Hall on the RISD campus.

Bulletin Of The Rhode Island School Of Design, Vol. 18, No. 2, L. Earle Rowe, Risd Museum, Risd Archives

Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (1913 - 1937)

No abstract provided.

Great White Fleet, United Fruit Company Steamship Service, T.E.S. Talamanca, Dinner Menu, March 31, 1940, United Fruit Company

Cruise Ship & Shipping Line Menus

No abstract provided.

The Student Designer March 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The March, 1930 issue had an article about the RISD Mechanical Design department, it's history and mission. Gallery talks and art exhibitions in the Providence area were also included. Bits of humor, an essay about the RISD museum, brief articles about music and the arts and local ads were also in this issue.

The Student Designer February 27, 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The February 27, 1930 issue had articles about the RISD Jewelry and Silversmithing department, art exhibitions in the Providence area, RISD sports news, class news, and social news. An article about RISD Alum and sculptor Nancy Elizabeth Prophet winning a Harmon Foundation prize for her wood carving of the "Head of a Negro" is present. Also included were local ads and a poem.

The Student Designer January 31, 1930, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The January 31, 1930 issue had an article about RISD architecture students who wanted a change in their curriculum. Also included was an article about the RISD textile department. Bits of humor, ads and information about art exhibitions were also in this issue.

Lunch Menu Aboard Train From Paris To Avignon, Rail Line Unknown, 1930, Unknown

Train Menus

No abstract provided.

First Forms Of Art : Pt.2. Crystal Forms, Hans Carl Perleberg, T. H. Schenk

Nature

2 v. : 80 leaves of plates ; 36 cm. Cover title. In portfolio. "This collection of 156 different forms of crystals was produced by microphotography. Professor T.H. Schenk, of Austria, experimented several years in order to bring about interesting designs through the action of acids on various metals..."--Pt. 2., cover page verso. Pt. 1. Nature -- Pt. 2. Crystal forms. Library has Pt. 2 only ; Plates: 1-20.

Abstract Pattern Portfolio, Mizuki Heitaro, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration

1 sheet of text, 32 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 40 cm. In half-cloth portfolio. Eight plates are color stencilled, twenty-four are color printed (color lithography). The portfolio comprises 99 designs, four of which are full page. Color plate mounted on portfolio cover. Mizuki develops his patterns from a mathematical starting point, devising combinations of basic geometric shapes from equations. His work is influenced by the European Art Deco aesthetic, most notably drawing from M. P. Verneuil's portfolio, Kaleidoscope - Ornements Abstraits (Paris 1926). All text in Japanese.

Collection Decors Et Couleurs: Album No. 1, Georges Valmier, Jean Saudé, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pochoir

20 leaves of color plates : illustrations (pochoir) ; 46 cm.

Gift of Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf. In portfolio. Pochoir plates.

Bronze Grave Markers, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

SP4.0, Series I. Catalogues, Box 1, Folder 5. Gorham Manufacturing Company records, 1890-2008 RIAMCO finding aid

Gifts In Sterling Silver, Reed & Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Catalogs

13, [3] pages : illus.. Cover title. Last three pages are a price list. Reed & Barton merged with Dominick & Haff of Newark, N.J. in 1928. Some prices noted in pencil on pgs. 2-3, 6, 11. From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc.

Munsell Hue Chart And Mask, The Munsell Color Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Color

2 unnumbered plates : color illustrations, 27 cm.

Title from paper envelope (29 x 21 cm) "Chart H" Copyright date from color plate. "Hue" mask plate has five circular windows to view colors on the "Hue--the name of a color" plate. "The color chart and mask enclosed in this envelope illustrate graphically the first dimension of color -- Hue." Part of a larger set?

1930 The Analysis, Chester Edwin Blood

Philadelphia University Yearbooks

WHEN this book is published it will consummate long hours of labor and many entreaties and pleadings to the school at large for material. The result was that we were not overpowered by material. However, with our composite fertile brain and desire to do a good job, we took the offerings, wrote more and now, lay down the evidence of our work.

Our aim in sending forth this book has been to so construct it that it may become the treasured possession of every graduate and student. How well this aim has materialized will be proved by the individual estimation …

Black-Jacks Mugs And Leather Bottles, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

SP4.0, Series I. Catalogues, Box 1, Folder 3. Gorham Manufacturing Company records, 1890-2008 RIAMCO finding aid

Bulletin Of The Rhode Island School Of Design, Vol. 18, No. 1, L. Earle Rowe, Risd Museum, Risd Archives

Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (1913 - 1937)

No abstract provided.

The Student Designer December 1929, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Student Designer was a student-run monthly newspaper published between 1929 and 1932. The issue of December 1, 1929 included a brief article with information about a reception for Mr. Farnum given by the RISD Alumni Association. There also were articles about the Textile and Mechanical Design departments. Bits of humor, club and school news and local art exhibitions were also included.

Bulletin Of The Rhode Island School Of Design, Vol. 17, No. 4, L. Earle Rowe, Risd Museum, Risd Archives

Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (1913 - 1937)

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of The Rhode Island School Of Design, Vol. 17, No. 3, L. Earle Rowe, Risd Museum, Risd Archives

Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (1913 - 1937)

No abstract provided.

Modernism And Graphic Arts, Frank L. Vander Heiden

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of The Rhode Island School Of Design, Vol. 17, No. 2, L. Earle Rowe, Risd Museum, Risd Archives

Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (1913 - 1937)

No abstract provided.

Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Marion, Mrs. Alexander Marion Gemmell, Jessie Marion King, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

56 pages color illustrations. Printed Photo-Offset by Suttley & Silverlock, LTD., Blackfriars Road. Color illustrated frontispiece, title page, and endpapers. Eleven full-page illustrations, with color decorations on each text page. Bound in bright paper covered pictorial boards with title in red. Case binding. Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875--3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her beautiful illustrated children's books; she also designed jewelery and fabric, and painted pottery; King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

God's Man, Lynd Ward, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Printmaking

144 unnumbered leaves of plates : all illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Printed by Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass. "Gods' Man is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward (1905-1985) published in 1929. In 139 captionless woodblock prints, it tells the Faustian story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbrush. Gods' Man was the first American wordless novel, and is considered a precursor of the graphic novel, whose development it influenced."--Wikipedia. Cover also designed by Ward. Gift of Robert Garzillo."

International Sterling Hollow Ware / International Silver Co., International Silver Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Silver

159, 146, 90 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), 32 cm. De Luxe Bound Edition of the 1929 Catalog of International Sterling Hollow Ware, Flatware and Novelties. This book contains a complete representation of the Sterling Silver products of the Wilcox & Evertsen, the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., and the Watrous Mfg. Co. divisions of this company. -- Fine Arts Division, International Silver Co."-- mailing insert. Blue cloth spine, decorated paper over boards, printed in silver, black, red, light blue, and gray on off-white paper. Cover features a geometric art deco design. Includes index. Trade catalogue, with prices. Purchased …

La Femme 100 Têtes; The Hundred Headless Woman, Max Ernst, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

17 leaves, [147] leaves of plates : illus. Title translation: The hundred headless woman. Plates arranged in 9 chapters, each accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. "12 ex. sur Japon Imṕerial numérotes de 1 à 12 plus 3 ex. H.C. ... 88 ex. sur Hollannde Pannekoek numérotés de 13 à 100. 900 ex. sur vélin teinté numérotes de 101 à 1000. Exemplaire vélin teinté. No 522" Gift of H. Lane Smith.