Kingswood School Cranbrook Library Rug No. 19
This rug was designed for Kingswood School Cranbrook's Library.
Established in 1928 and rooted in the English Arts and Crafts movement, the Cranbrook Arts and Crafts Studios produced handmade objects—furniture, silver, ironwork, prints, book bindings, and textiles—for a growing campus. Founded by philanthropists and newspaper publishers Ellen Scripps Booth and George Gough Booth, between 1922 and 1942, Cranbrook developed into an intentional community of schools, museums, and a graduate art academy.
Studio Loja Saarinen, led by its namesake Finnish American sculptor and textile artist, was responsible for handweaving dozens of rugs, hundreds of curtains, bolts of upholstery fabric, and more for Cranbrook and for retail sale.
Kevin Adkisson
Curator
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
April 2024
Width: 96 in (243.8 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
Markings"CA" logo and "MAW' "1931" in one corner
GenreObject TypeRugs (textiles)
Alternate Title(s)
- Kingswood School Cranbrook Rug No. 28, Library Rug
A House Party at Cranbrook Celebrating Loja Saarinen. Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School - Kingswood Campus Common Room, May 21, 2022
Studio Loja Saarinen: The Art and Architecture of Weaving, 1928-1942
Saarinen House: April 28, 2019-December 1, 2019
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.
