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May 18, 2013
LECTURE

Design for Living: Gustav Stickley and The Craftsman Magazine

2 – 3 p.m.
Friends Community Room

Lecturer: Debra Hegstrom, PhD Gustav Stickley disseminated ideas about domesticity and the role of the American homemaker through his magazine, The Craftsman (published 1901-1916). The influence of The Craftsman continues today in magazi...
Seder plate
Title:Seder plate
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:c. 1880-1890
Creation Place:Europe, Czechoslovakia,
Credit Line:Gift of Michael Engel in memory of Celia Engel
Accession Number:98.140
This Seder plate was owned by a German Jewish couple who escaped from Germany in 1938 to Shanghai, China. They subsequently immigrated to the United States, where the donor obtained the plate from them.