Stylish Things   +  objects

ancient objects/industrial design
BannerstoneOhio River Valley100-500 ADBanded green stone3.25" highBannerstoneOhio River Valley100-500 ADFossilized stone4.5" highBannerstoneOhio River Valley100-500 ADBlack slate4" longBannerstoneOhio River Valley100-500 ADBanded green stone2.75" highMace HeadWestern Mexico200-600 ADMottled green stone1.75" highUrnWestern Mexico200 BC-300 ADOrange terra cotta14" highHatchet-form VesselWestern Mexico500-900 ADRed and Black terra cotta13" highCylindrical SealTlatilco, Mexico1,000-500 BCPolished brown terra cotta3" highOffering BowlGuerrero, Mexico100 BC-600 ADWhite Mexican onyx6.5" highUrnMonte Alban, Mexico600-900 ADGunmetal-grey terra cotta7" highTripod UrnWestern Mexico500-900 ADRed terra cotta10.5" high
"The products shown here were made by American designers,from the Ohio Valley to Central America,between1,000 BC and 900 AD.They knew no concept of "art" separated from objects that served a purpose, nor did they,as a result,design objects without appropriate and pleasingform."
Editor, Industrial Design Magazine, July 1957.