Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1956-1957 with newspaper clippings, fabric swatches, and promotional materials for women's wear, and some men's wear and children's wear, made with Everfast Fabrics. There are ads for fashions designed by Cole of California, Ship n' Shore, and Claire McCardell, and for the Grace Line Cruises promotion with Nelly de Grab, Young Modes, and Junior House. There are newspaper articles about current trends in cottons and fashion, a hang tag for Everfast...

Scope and Contents This folder holds items pertaining to Harriet Meserole's inclusion in the Museum of Modern Art's Organic Design in Home Furnishings exhibition, curated by Elliot Noyes in 1941. The exhibition originated as a competition challenging designers to submit works that exemplified “...harmonious organization of the parts within the whole, according to structure, material, and purpose.” Winners were included in the exhibition and "...awarded contracts for...