"Graves Design" T-Shirt, 1996
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Artifact Overview
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
Artifact Details
Artifact
T-Shirt
Date Made
1996
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2019.144.18
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cotton (Textile)
Color
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 30.5 in (CB, collar to hem)
Width: 20 in (Shoulder to shoulder)
Size: undefined Large
Inscriptions
on front:
Graves / GRAVES DESIGN
on back:
ALESSI / ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS / ARKITEKTURA / ATELIER INTERNATIONAL / BALDINGER ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING / BELVEDERE STUDIO / DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS / DOMORE CORPORATION / DUNBAR / FANTASMA / KRON U.S.A. / THE MARKUSE CORPORATION / MOLLER INTERNATIONAL DESIGN / RITZENHOFF CRISTAL / SAWAYA AND MORONI / STEUBEN / SWID POWELL / TAJIMA / VORWERK & CO.
on tag:
L / ADULT / 100% COTTON / PRESHRUNK / FRUIT OF THE LOOM / MADE IN U.S.A.
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