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EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR

Design Show: Christmas 1949

15 November 1949 to 8 January 1950

MoMA Staff

Selector

Alexander Girard American, 1907–1993

Arranger

Peter Blake British, born 1932

Artists

Alvar Aalto
Finnish, 1898–1976
19 exhibitions

AB Strömbergshyttan, Hovmantorp, Sweden
3 exhibitions

Allan Adler
American, 1916–2002
5 exhibitions

Beatrice Albert
American
1 exhibition

Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company
2 exhibitions

Arzberg Porcelain Mfg. Co., Arzberg, Germany
1 exhibition

Benjamin Baldwin
American, 1913–1993
5 exhibitions

Richard Blow
3 exhibitions

Bretton Fabrics Corp.
1 exhibition

The Buckeye Aluminum Company
1 exhibition

Robert Budlong
American, 1902–1955
1 exhibition

A.E. Carpenter
1 exhibition

Henry Cassen
1 exhibition

Charles Wiliam Doepke Mfg. Co.
1 exhibition

Columbus Plastic Products, Inc.
1 exhibition

Coors Porcelain Co., Golden, CO
American, est. 1910
9 exhibitions

Andries Dirk Copier
Dutch, 1901–1991
6 exhibitions

Corning Glass Works
American, est. 1851
15 exhibitions

L.J. Denmire
1 exhibition

Design Unit New York, New York, NY
4 exhibitions

Dirilyte Co. of America Inc.
2 exhibitions

Ed. Lane & Co., Inc.
1 exhibition

Ekco Products Co., Chicago, IL
American, est. 1888
10 exhibitions

Espenet Fine Woods
1 exhibition

Alex J. Ettl
American, 1898–1992
2 exhibitions

Kaj Franck
Finnish, 1911–1989
6 exhibitions

Greta Franke
1 exhibition

Joseph Franken Decorative Accessories, New York, NY
4 exhibitions

Alexander Giampietro
3 exhibitions

J. Gistl
1 exhibition

W. T. Gossard
American
1 exhibition

Hermann Gretsch
German, 1895–1950
6 exhibitions

Edith Heath
American, 1911–2005
4 exhibitions

Richard L. Hopkins
1 exhibition

Hungerford Plastics Corp.
1 exhibition

International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY
American, established 1914
1 exhibition

J.B. Miller Co., Inc.
1 exhibition

Jud Williams, Inc.
2 exhibitions

Karhula Glassworks, Finland
4 exhibitions

Keyes Fibre Co.
3 exhibitions

Alfred E. Knobler & Co.
1 exhibition

Knoll Associates, New York, NY
15 exhibitions

Kro Flies Kites
1 exhibition

Kromex Sales Co., Cleveland, OH
2 exhibitions

Krystallglasmanufaktur Theresienthal Gmbh, Zweisel, Germany
1 exhibition

Ernst Lichtblau
American, born Austria. 1883–1963
4 exhibitions

William Machado
4 exhibitions

McKay, Davis and McLane
1 exhibition

Menlo Textiles, Menlo Park, CA
4 exhibitions

Mil-Art Co., Inc.
2 exhibitions

Carl Molin
2 exhibitions

Montici Artisans
1 exhibition

Vittorio Necchi, Pavia, Italy
3 exhibitions

Marcello Nizzoli
Italian, 1887–1969
8 exhibitions

Isamu Noguchi
American, 1904–1988
39 exhibitions

Eliot Noyes
American, 1910–1977
9 exhibitions

Gunnel Nyman
Finnish, 1909–1948
3 exhibitions

Olivetti, Milan
7 exhibitions

Oy Arabia AB
1 exhibition

Patterson Fabrics, Inc.
1 exhibition

Paul Bonhop, Inc.
1 exhibition

Playskool
2 exhibitions

Plymouth Colony Farms
1 exhibition

K.E. Porter
1 exhibition

R.S. Radcliffe
1 exhibition

P. Rigatti, Empoli, Italy
1 exhibition

N.W. Roop
1 exhibition

Bernard Rudofsky
American, born Austria. 1905–1988
10 exhibitions

Franco Scalamandre
1 exhibition

Scalamandre Silks, Inc.
2 exhibitions

Sculpture House, New York, NY
2 exhibitions

Saul Steinberg
American, born Romania. 1914–1999
30 exhibitions

Stocker & Yale
1 exhibition

G.F. Stocker
1 exhibition

Bob Stocksdale
3 exhibitions

Gerda Strömberg
Swedish, died 1960
1 exhibition

Pipsan Saarinen Swanson
2 exhibitions

Taddei & Co.
1 exhibition

J.H. Thorp & Co., Inc., New York, NY
3 exhibitions

D.D. Tillet
2 exhibitions

Leslie Tillet
2 exhibitions

United States Glass Co., Tiffin, OH
1 exhibition

Villich-Franke Studios
1 exhibition

Vollrath Co., Sheboygan, WI
American, est. 1874
5 exhibitions

Antoinette Webster
1 exhibition

Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., NY
American
5 exhibitions

Zenith Radio Corporation, Chicago, IL
established 1923
2 exhibitions

M. Ziskin
1 exhibition

New York Times Review of the exhibition

PUBLISHED

16 November 1949

MUSEUM PRESENTS YULE SUGGESTIONS; Modern Art Display Includes Wide Variety of Attractive and Practical Gifts

Christmas shoppers who would like to have their gifts pre-selected by a board of experts should be particularly enthusiastic about "Design Show: Christmas 1949," which opens today at the Museum of Modern Art. This year's annual display of approved miscellaneous objects has been screened by the staffs of two museums.

New York Times • page 37 • 563 words