The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Science Tower (Century of Progress Prints)

1933
designed by

Walter Dorwin Teague

(American, 1883–1960)
manufacturer

Marshall Field & Co.

(American, Chicago, 1852–2005)
America
Silk: plain weave, printed
Overall: 52.1 x 50.2 cm (20 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edd A. Ruggles 1933.32
Location: 234 Textile Gallery
  • Century of Progress International Exposition. Official Pictures of a Century of Progress Exposition. 1933.
    "The Store Book: Views and Facts of the Retail Store of Marshall Field & Company," Marshall Field & Company (1933)
    "The Store and A Century of Progress 1934, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago," Fashion of the Hour, Marshall Field & Company (1934)
    Reid, Kenneth. Walter Dorwin Teague, Master of Design. New York: Architectural Review, Inc, 1937.
    Teague, Walter Dorwin. Design This Day; The Technique of Order in the Machine Age. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940.
    Marchand, Roland. 1991. “The Designers Go to the Fair: Walter Dorwin Teague and the Professionalization of Corporate Industrial Exhibits, 1933-1940.” Design Issues 8 (1) pp. 4-17
    Boardman, Michelle. All That Jazz: Printed Fashion Silks of the '20s and '30s. Allentown, Pa: Allentown Art Museum, 1998. pp. 17-20
    Allen, Franklin. Silk Industry of the World at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. [Place of publication not identified]: Nabu Press, 2010.
  • American Printed Silks, 1927–1947. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 2025-November 8, 2026).
  • {{cite web|title=Science Tower (Century of Progress Prints)|url=false|author=Walter Dorwin Teague, Marshall Field & Co.|year=1933|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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