University of Rhode Island DigitalCommons@URI Open Access Master's Theses 1993 Art and Textile Design: The Onondaga Silk Company's "American Artist Print Series" of 1947 Amy C. Lund University of Rhode Island Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses Recommended Citation Lund, Amy C., "Art and Textile Design: The Onondaga Silk Company's "American Artist Print Series" of 1947" (1993). Open Access Master's Theses. Paper 1566. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/1566 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. \\JK~ -'Sb~-~ ~k \ °'C\6 ART AND TEXTILE DESIGN: THE ONONDAGASILK COMPANY'S "AMERICAN ARTIST PRINT SERIES" OF 1947 BY AMY C. LUND A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TEXTILES, FASHION MERCHANDISING, AND DESIGN UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND ABSTRACT In the spring of 1947, the Onondaga Silk Company collaborated with the Midtown Galleries of New York City to create the "American Artist Print Series." This collaboration, drawing upon the familiar practice of using well-known international artists as textile designers, resul t ed in a collection of dress fabrics inspired by works o f lesser-known American artists. The goal was to bring American art to the fashionable consumer. Ideas and influences from art, industrial design, textile design and fashion design from the first half of the twentieth century are reflected in this series.