Past Exhibition

I Remember That

The room contains a blue upholstered chair, a side table with intricate carvings, decorative drapery, large windows with patterned curtains, and a console table with items and a mirror. A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The color palette includes deep blues, golds, reds, and greens, with accents of white and brown. The chair is positioned in the foreground to the left, the side table with books and a vase of flowers sits centrally in front of the chair, and the draped windows are in the background.
Perkins Harnly, Boudoir, 1939, transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on wove paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.7633

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    Ground Floor, Cafeteria Corridor
The room contains a blue upholstered chair, a side table with intricate carvings, decorative drapery, large windows with patterned curtains, and a console table with items and a mirror. A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The color palette includes deep blues, golds, reds, and greens, with accents of white and brown. The chair is positioned in the foreground to the left, the side table with books and a vase of flowers sits centrally in front of the chair, and the draped windows are in the background.
Perkins Harnly, Boudoir, 1939, transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on wove paper, Index of American Design, 1943.8.7633

Overview: A selection of 19 watercolors by Perkins Harnly from the Index of American Design featured interiors of the previous generation. This was one of 20 circulating exhibitions prepared by the Index staff.

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