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Show AMERICAN LIFE DEPICTED BY OLD LIGHTS Two hundred years of American life are represented by nearly 100 Eighteenth and Nineteenth century lighting appliances and more than 250 samplers at a public exhibit in the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. English, Mexican, French, Spanish, Span-ish, Dutch, German, and Italian ncedlecrafl is displayed beside outstanding out-standing American samplers to show the variations developed in this country. Similarly, the lighting fixtures are arranged in chronological sequence, demonstrating the transformation in design that came with changing needs and the commercial development develop-ment of illuminating oils. New pieces in Cooper Union's extensive collections of wallpapers, textiles, antique jewelry, buttons, metal work, and pottery are shown for the many visitors. There are architectural sketches by the late Whitney Warren, internationally inter-nationally known architect, and designs de-signs for tiles by William Morris, English poet and craftsman for whom the Morris chair was named. A rare pair of glazed pottery figurines fig-urines of Belgian origin is also included. |