2017 Design Talk at Boscobel: The Streamlined Antiquarian
Join Boscobel and Manitoga for Americana and Industrial Design: Lurelle Guild, The Streamlined Antiquarian - a lively talk by John Stuart Gordon of Yale University Art Gallery. At mid-century, Russel Wright and Lurelle Guild looked to America's past to forge a vision for its design future. $20. Free Admission for Manitoga Members. Details & tickets at Boscobel.org.
Photo: Lurelle Guild designed vacuum cleaner coutesy The yale University Art Gallery
2017 Design Talk at Boscobel
The Streamlined Antiquarian
Friday, October 20, 6:30pm
$20, Free to Manitoga Members
Boscobel House and Gardens
1601 Route 9D, Garrison, NY 10524
Tickets available through Boscobel.org
Join Boscobel and Manitoga for Americana and Industrial Design: Lurelle Guild, The Streamlined Antiquarian - a lively talk by John Stuart Gordon of Yale University Art Gallery. At mid-century, Russel Wright and Lurelle Guild looked to America's past to forge a vision for its design future.
Guild—who famously redesigned the Electrolux vacuum cleaner— was also an author, amateur architect, and a collector of American antiques. Guild’s diverse interests informed the objects he created for leading companies, some of which have become icons of Depression-era design. Guild also built and decorated a series of idiosyncratic Connecticut homes that celebrate his interest in early Americana.
This design talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception.
Reception sponsored by Munder-Skiles