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The Meiji Kimono | The Twenty-Fourth Annual Voorsanger Symposium

The School of Art Design History and Theory's ( MA Program in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies ( invites you to The Twenty-Fourth Annual Parsons/Cooper Hewitt Graduate Student Symposium on the Decorative Arts and Design.

The second paper is presented by Claire McRee, Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, The Meiji Kimono: Historical Context for the Adoption of Synthetic Dyes in Japan

COLOR/FORMS is sponsored by the MA Program in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies ( offered jointly by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum ( and Parsons The New School for Design (

This symposium would not have been possible without the support of donors to the Catherine Hoover Voorsanger Memorial Fund, whom we thank for their continued generosity.

Friday, April 24, 2015 at 10:30 am
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Lecture Room