The history of women in design is not exactly a tale of feminist triumph, and this exhibition, which follows their work from the late 19th century to the present, is more eclectic than momentous
It comes about due to the closure of Montreal’s Musée d’arts decoratifs in 1997 and the donation by its founder, philanthropist Liliane Stewart, of 5,000 industrial and decorative objects from that collection to the MMFA. When the Stewart Program for Modern Design, a successor to the shuttered decorative arts museum, launched a website devoted to female designers in 2020, the idea for a physical exhibition was born.
The movement’s influence spread to North America and it is represented here by some stunning early 20th century ceramics from various Boston potteries, including vases by Marie Seaman, Annie E. Aldrich and Wilhelmina Post, and a 1905 Tiffany peacock lamp designed by Clara Driscoll. She has only been recognized as the chief designer of the famed Tiffany lamps in the 21st century, but was well compensated in her day because Louis Comfort Tiffany paid his female assistants as much as the men.
That lack becomes particularly apparent in the room devoted to mid-century modernism where a conventional history of design could be expected to reach a crescendo of functional form. Here there are nice examples, such as Greta Magnusson-Grossman’s good-looking walnut desk, Florence Knoll’s admirably functional double letter tray, and a trio of lovely ceramic bottles by the Montreal potter Rose Truchnovsky.
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