Alexander Girard: Using Folk Art to Work and Play in the Modern Way

Monica Obniski, High Museum of Art

Chair Alexander Girard

Chair Alexander Girard, manufactured by Herman Miller Armchair, from Braniff VIP Lounge, c. 1968 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Floral Alexander Girard

Floral Alexander Girard, manufactured by American Art Textile Printing Company, distributed by Herman Miller April, 1960 SFMOMA

The Girard Family with folk art objects, 1952

The Girard Family with folk art objects, 1952

Charles Eames, unknown woman, Edgar Kaufmann jr, Ray Eames, Susan Girard and Alexander Girard

Charles Eames, unknown woman, Edgar Kaufmann jr, Ray Eames, Susan Girard and Alexander Girard Vitra Design Museum, Alexander Girard Estate

Over 600 textile samples (from Richard Gorecki, traveling salesman for Herman Miller)

Over 600 textile samples (from Richard Gorecki, traveling salesman for Herman Miller) Photo courtesy of Wright Auctions Milwaukee Art Museum

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