April 17

THE HIGH: DECORATIVE ARTS & DESIGN- PERMANENT COLLECTION

The High’s decorative arts and design collection is the most comprehensive survey of American decorative arts in the southeastern United States with more than 2,000 objects dating from 1640 to the present. Highlights include The Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection of American decorative art with important works by Alexander Roux, Herter Brothers, Tiffany & Co. and Frank Lloyd Wright. Other notable gifts include The Frances and Emory Cocke Collection of English Ceramics from 1640 to 1840. Recent acquisitions have focused on design from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including key additions of Gerrit Rietveld’s Red/Blue Chair (1918) and Ron Arad’s Blo Void 1 (2006).

POSSE PHOTOS:

Lia and Layla at The High

Lia and Layla in the lobby of The High

Jenny, Lia, Layla and Grace with the modern chair

Jenny, Lia, Layla and Grace with the modern dresser

Leslie, Grace, Lia and Layla with the Paul T. Frankl Dressing Mirror

Jenny, Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Jenny and the girls with the Stained Glass window

Jenny, Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Jenny, Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Lia, Layla and Grace with the Stained Glass window

Layla reading the quilt

Layla reading the Ode to Edmund Quilt

Quilt wall text

Ode to Edmund Quilt wall text

Layla reading the quilt

Layla reading the quilt

Corn cob table

Corn cob table

Grace, Layla and Lia with the quilt

Grace, Layla and Lia with the quilt

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Layla, Lia and the quilt

Layla, Lia and the Wini McQueen’s Quilt

Layla with quilt

Layla with Wini McQueen;s quilt

Layla and Lia with quilt

Layla and Lia with Wini McQueen’s quilt

Contemporary quilt

Wini McQueen’s quilt

Layla, Lia and the clay face pot

Layla, Lia and the clay face pot

Lia and Layla admiring the clay face pot

Lia and Layla admiring the clay face pot

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Lia, Layla and the American Chair

Wall text

Wall text

Chair

Chair

Chair

Chair

The piano

The piano

Decorative Arts

Decorative Arts

Lia, Layla and the Piano

Lia, Layla and the Piano

Lia, Layla and the Piano

Lia, Layla and counting keys on the Piano

Lia, Layla, and Jenny

Lia, Layla, and Jenny

Green chaise lounge

Green chaise lounge

Green chaise lounge

Green chaise lounge

Decorative Arts

Layla and Lia looking at the underneath of the Sewing Table 

Decorative Arts

Lia and Layla with Jenny discussing the Sewing Table 

Decorative Arts

Closeup of the painting on top of Sewing Table

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Grandma Sewell and Iman

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Walter Dorwin Teague Wood Camera and box

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Grace, Leslie, Layla and Jenny with the camera

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Layla imitating art

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Lia, Layla and Grace with the smile

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A transitional statue

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Grace, Layla. Lia and Jenny with the statue

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Saarinen Womb Chair

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Grace, Layla and Lia calling dibs on the modern furniture

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Reitveld Red/Blue Chair

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Red/Blue Chair Wall Text

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Frank Lloyd Wright Window

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Donald Deskey Waste Basket

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Lia, Layla and Jenny with early convertible furniture piece

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Lia and Layla looking at the detail on the piece

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Layla commenting on the piece

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Lia with Layla and Grace reading the text about the piece

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Walter Dorwin Teague Nocturne Radio and waste paper basket

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Front view of Nocturne Radio