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Reproduction, Circular Staircase at Holthanger, Surrey
This is a Reproduction. It was designed by Marion Dorn Kauffer. It is dated 1935. Its medium is photograph. It is a part of the department.
Dorn designed floor coverings and textiles that responded to their architectural surroundings. At Claridge’s Hotel, her circular carpet’s directional lines helped visitors navigate the hexagonal lobby. Dorn’s fringed fabric Lodore enclosed the circular staircase of an estate in Surrey by noteworthy architect Oliver Hill. Against the home’s spare and smooth white walls, the textile added textural contrast.
It is credited Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections.
![A cream poster for an exhibition of modern architecture. In the center is an image resembling an abstracted hourglass, with tan and blue conical geometric shapes linked by a black rectangular element. Surrounding the image are words pertaining to the exhibition. At the top in blue, tan, and black capital letters [NEW ARCHITECTURE / EXHIBITION OF] is printed; across the central image, in various orientations: [THE ELEMENTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE / DESIGNED BY / MARS GROUP] is printed. Below this, in lines of alternating black and tan capitalised text: [NEW BURLINGTON GALLERIES / BURLINGTON GARDENS W 1 / JANUARY 12TH TO 29TH 1938 / 10 A.M. TO 8 P.M. ADMISSION 1/-] is printed. The capital letters [M] and [A] can be found inside the abstracted hourglass in blue and black with a white outline, respectively. In the top right corner [MADE IN ENGLAND] is printed in small red capital letters. On the right hand side of the hourglass the work is signed by the designer, [E McKnight Kauffer '37], in small tan letters.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/65797_026768c95fc76609_n.jpg "Poster, New Architecture")
- Poster, New Architecture
- lithograph.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-97
Its dimensions are
H x W: 58.4 × 43.2 cm (23 × 17 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.
