A CUSTOM WOOL RUG
A CUSTOM WOOL RUG

DESIGNED BY RAYMOND LOEWY EXECUTED BY EDWARD FIELDS FOR AIR FORCE ONE, CIRCA 1961

细节
A CUSTOM WOOL RUG
Designed by Raymond Loewy
Executed by Edward Fields for Air Force One, circa 1961
Reverse border printed with continuous Edward Fields logo, together with 'Air Force One', a lithograph hot stamped with silver foil, Raymond Loewy, 1978
the lithograph annotated AP (lower left) and signed RL (lower right), apart from the edition of 300
The rug: 53 x 47in. (134.6 x 119.5cm.)
The lithograph: 23 x 29 7/8in. (58.4 x 75.9cm.), framed (2)

拍品专文

The rug in the offered lot was one of two originally made for John F. Kennedy's Air Force One, and was to be placed between the two beds on the plane. Kennedy kept one and returned the other to Raymond Loewy