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Kingswood School Cranbrook Rug for Reception Room I

Designer (Swedish, 1873-1952)
Workshop (American, 1928-1942)
1931

The linear blue pattern reflects the design on the windows and the painted blue trim along the built-in-seat and on the woodwork in the Kingswood School Cranbrook Reception Room I. By 1952, the rug was used in the hallway area on the Kingswood School Cranbrook fourth floor (the former Dance Room, colloquially known as Heaven).

Kevin Adkisson
Curator
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
April 2024


DimensionsLength: 183 in (464.8 cm)
Width: 142 1/2 in (362 cm)
ProvenanceKingswood School Cranbrook (1931–1973)
Cranbrook Educational Community (1973–present)
Credit LineCranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Cultural Properties Collection, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School - Kingswood Campus
Medium | MaterialsWool pile, wool weft, linen warp
MarkingsThe rug contains the mark "CA" in one corner and is signed "MAW" in another
GenreObject TypeRugs (textiles)
Alternate Title(s)
  • Kingswood School Cranbrook Dormitory Reception Room I Rug
Select Bibliography and Archival Citation(s)"Curtains & Rugs." Kingswood School Cranbrook Inventory of Equipment and Supplies. November 1938. Series IV: Cranbrook Institutions. Cranbrook Foundation Records, 1981-05. Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
KS 1931.16