Harwood Steiger Button

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Artifact Overview

The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. Its flora, fauna, and wildlife were a constant inspiration in their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

1956-2004

Creator Notes

Designed by Harwood Steiger and Sophie Steiger in Tubac, Arizona. Made by Badge-a-Minit of Lasalle, Illinois.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2017.84.3810.474

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of American Textile History Museum, donated to ATHM by Harwood Steiger, Inc.

Material

Metal
Cloth
Celluloid (Cellulosic)

Color

White (Color)
Blue
Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Diameter: 2.25 in
Length: 0.125 in

Inscriptions

stamped into back: BADE / A / MINIT / LASALLE / ILL, 61301
Harwood Steiger Button