Length of Fabric, "American Scene" Pattern Designer: Ruth Reeves (American, 1892–1966)
Manufacturer: W. & J. Sloane (American, 1843–1985)
Retailer: W. & J. Sloane (American, 1843–1985)

1930

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Cotton

Dimensions

105 1/2 × 47 1/4 in. (268 × 120 cm)
Pattern repeat: 56 in. (142.24 cm)

Credit Line

John P. Axelrod Collection, B.A. 1968

Accession Number

1995.49.7

Geography

Made in New City, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ruth Reeves, New Delhi, by 1966; transferred to the Estate of Ruth Reeves, New York, 1966-86; purchased by John P. Axelrod, Boston, 1986-95
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 134–35, no. 83
  • Marian Wardle, American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910–1945, exh. cat. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 2005), 33–34, fig. 42
  • Patricia Kirkham, Women Designers in the USA 1900–2000: Diversity and Difference, 2 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002),
  • "Acquisitions, January 1994–December 1995," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1995–96), 140
  • Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986), 140, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

textiles

Subject

Women designers

Marks

" 'American Scene' Designed by Ruth Reeves for W. and J. Sloane" printed on both selvages.

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