subject: Design

 

Colored drawing of a chair

description
  • – A colored hand-drawn picture of a chair by W. Joseph Carr for the Heywood-Wakefield Company. The chair is done in a light pink color on a green background. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked for the Heywood-Wakefield Company as a furniture designer from 1936 till the company closed its doors in 1979. He also did freelance furniture designs for a variety of furniture companies including S. Bent&Brothers, Inc.
subjectrights
  • – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
collectiondate
  • – 1940-1960?
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Eucharistic Shrine

description
  • – A drawing of a Eucharistic Shrine by W. Joseph Carr. The drawing is done in pencil and marked with an 'A', being one of several versions that he drew. Joseph Carr was a Eucharistic minister at the Sacred Heat of Jesus Church in Gardner Massachusetts. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked mainly for Heywood-Wakefield as a furniture designer from 1936 till it closed its doors in 1979, but he also did freelance work for other furniture companies and by request for all types of items. Whether the design was used is not known.
subjectrights
  • – Text and images are the property of the Mount Wachusett Community College and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the Mount Wachusett Community College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The Mount Wachusett Community College prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Mount Wachusett Community College. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of Mount Wachusett Community College property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
collectiondate
  • – 1950-1990?
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Dressing comb, design no. 20

description
  • – A full scale hand drawn blueprint of a dressing comb mold created in 1948 by the Standard Tool Co. in Leominster, Massachusetts. The blueprint contains the view of the profile, the top, and the cross section for a beaded dressing comb mold, listed as Design No. 20. Tiara, Crown,&Crest are listed as suggested names. The blueprint is signed by E. Landry.
subjectrights
  • – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
collectiondate
  • – 1948-10-12
publishercreatorcontributor
  • – Standard Tool Company, Leominster (Mass.)
relation
  • – Is part of the collection, Standard Tool Records, 1940-1969. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

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