Milton Sonday | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Milton Sonday’s 30-year tenure at Cooper Hewitt began in 1967, when he became the museum’s Assistant Curator of Textiles. Prior to joining what was, at that time, the Cooper Union Museum, Sonday had been curator in charge of the rug collection at The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. from 1961. He contributed numerous articles to The Textile Museum Journal, and to the 1987 publication Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart. Sonday served during the museum’s move from Cooper Union to its new home in the Carnegie Mansion, under the stewardship of Smithsonian Institution. In 1977, he became Curator of Textiles, a title he retained until he retired. He curated numerous exhibitions, including Lace... more.

We have 237 objects that Milton Sonday has been involved with.

Silk waistcoat with flowers running down the center and bottom. Flowers are a variety of colors and shapes; green fern leaves, tan stalks, and multi-colored petals of blue, maroon, and purple. As this narrow pattern runs from the center of the coat to the bottom, it blossoms more fully, with the floral pattern beginning a waving, circular motion, creating a thick, brush texture at the bottom of the coat.

Milton Sonday has collaborated with
Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Company and
American Silk Label Manufacturing Company.

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