History of Design

Johannes Gutenburg

The Bible, page from the book of Proverbs

German, Gothic

1455

Charles LeBrun & Gobelins Manufactory

Louis XIV Inspecting the Gobelins Manufactory

French, Baroque

1670

Thomas Chippendale

Pg from the Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Directory

English, Rococo

1762

Windsor Chair

Connecticut, American

1780

Dinner Plate with the Coat-of-Arms of Hugh, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

Chinese Export Porcelain

1745

Josiah Wedgwood

“Frog Service” Platter

English, Rococo

1774

Pierre Didot

Sample pgs of Virgil’s Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis

French, Neoclassic

1798

Eli Whitney

Cotton Gin

American

1793

Joseph-Marie Jacquard

Jacquard Loom & Punch Cards

French

1801

Haffner

Toy Soilders Representing the Franco-Prussian War

German

1870s

Sir Charles Barry & Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

The Houses of Parliment

London, England, Gothic Revival

1839-1852

Des. by Richard Redgrave, Manu. by Stangate Glass Works

Well-Spring Jug

English

1847

Sir Joseph Paxton

The Crystal Palace

London, England

1851

Perhaps designed by Michelangelo Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta, Made by Castellani

Gold & Enamel Letter Opener

Italian

1863

Samuel Colt

Navy Caliber .36 Revolver

American

1851

S. Booth

Civil War Recruiting Poster

American

1861

John Lockwood Kipling & Bhai Ram Singh

Durbur Hall, Osborne Hall, Isle of Wight

English, Mughal Revival

1890-93

Sears, Roebuck, & Co

Consumer’s Guide Catalog

American

1899

Paris Porcelain Teapot & Creamer

French, Rococo Revival

1830s

Walter Crane

Illustration for Beauty & the Beast

Pub. by George Routledge & Sons, London

English, Aesthetic

1875

Thomas Jeckyll (Architect) & James McNeil Whistler (Decorator)

Harmony in Blue & Gold: The Peacock Room

London, England

American, Aesthetic

1876

Louis Comfort Tiffany

The Blue Room

The White House, Washington D.C.

American, Aesthetic

1882

Des. by William Morris, Made by Morris & Co

The Strawberry Thief Printed Cotton Fabric

English, Arts & Crafts

1883

Decorated by Harriet Elizabeth Wilcox, Manu. by Rookwook Pottery

Freesia Vase

American, Arts & Crafts

1890

Frank Lloyd Wright

Robie House, Chicago, IL

Prairie Style

1909

Alphonse Mucha

Poster for Job Cigarette Papers

Czech, Art Nouveau

1896

Will H. Bradley

Poster for Victor Bicycles

American, Art Nouveau

1896

Louis H. Sullivan

Sullivan Center

Chicago, IL, Art Nouveau

1899

Beatrix Potter

Illustration for The Tale of Peter Rabbit

English

1902

Maxfield Parish

Illustration for Poems of Childhood, by Eugene Field

American

1903

Jessie Wilcox Smith

Cover for Collier’s Magazine

American, Art Nouveau

Josef Hoffmann

Great Hall, Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium

Australian, Wiener Werkstatte

1905-1911

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Library, Glasgow School of Art

Scottish, Art Nouveau

Designed by Clara Driscoll, Manufactured by Louis Comfort Tiffany

Royal Blue Wisteria Table Lamp

American, Art Nouveau

1910