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    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Divided vegetable bowl, “Residential” pattern

    Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904–1976
    Manufacturer: Northern Industrial Chemical Company, American
    Retailer Distributor: Richards Morgenthau Company
    Date: 
    Designed 1953
    Medium: 

    Sea mist melmac

    Accession Number: 
    2000.102.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Platter, “Residential pattern”

    Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904–1976
    Manufacturer: Northern Industrial Chemical Company, American
    Retailer: Richards Morgenthau Company
    Date: 
    Designed 1953
    Medium: 

    Sea mist melmac

    Accession Number: 
    2000.102.2
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Plato Dishrack

    Designer: Kerr Keller Design
    Manufacturer: Umbra Incorporated, American
    Date: 
    designed 1995
    Medium: 

    Seagreen molded, high impact, virgin polypropylene

    Accession Number: 
    1999.83.1a-b
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Bowl

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Onyx

    Accession Number: 
    1955.4.162
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Republic period (1921 - 1949)
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Cigarette Box

    Designer: Edward C. Sloan, American, 1894–1987
    Retailer: Brown-Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Maker: General Electric Plastics Dept.
    Date: 
    patented 1935
    Medium: 

    "Textolite" plastic, chrome-plated steel

    Accession Number: 
    2001.126.10
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Wavo Wing Drainer

    Manufacturer: InterDesign, Incorporated, American, founded 1976
    Designer: James Hampshire, born 1946
    Designer: Product Plus, founded 1989
    Date: 
    designed 1998
    Medium: 

    Silver and colored polypropylene

    Accession Number: 
    2002.116.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Food storage containers with lids

    Designer: Philippe Starck, born 1949
    Retailer: Target Corporation
    Date: 
    2001
    Medium: 

    Yellow, blue and green plastic

    Accession Number: 
    2003.124.1.1-.4
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    Fragment of large unglazed storage vessel

    Date: 
    ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256
    Medium: 

    Terracotta

    Accession Number: 
    1938.5999.4609
    Culture: 
    Syrian, Dura-Europos
    Period: 
    Greco-Roman or Parthian
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Tumbler, one of three

    Manufacturer: Du Bois Plastic Products, Incorporated, American, 1946–1983
    Date: 
    1946
    Medium: 

    Nylon

    Accession Number: 
    2006.189.3
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Five “Max 2” cups and saucers in box

    Designer: Lella Vignelli, American, born Italy, 1934–2016
    Designer: Massimo Vignelli, American, born Italy, 1931–2014
    Manufacturer: Heller Designs, Incorporated, American, founded 1971
    Date: 
    designed 1970, introduced 1971
    Medium: 

    Orange melamine, corrugated cardboard

    Accession Number: 
    2006.14.2.1-.7
    Culture: 
    American and Italian
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    On view*

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