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Cradle

Object number2008.56.1 a-c

Made by Edward Kryzosiak

Datec. 1950

MediumMicarta; paper; ink

Credit LineIn memory of Edward Kryzosiak

DescriptionMicarta cradle. Incised decorative lines on outside walls of cradle. Two legs with flat feet; two rods at bottom. Metal screws on sides and feet. Multi-colored stickers: images of lively children's toys (bear, drum, duck, doll). Two removable rectangular planks from bottom of cradle.Dimensions(a) Height: 20.25 ; Width: 13.5 ; Length: 27.5
(b,c) H: .125 ; L: 24.375 ; W: 5.375
Historical NotesMicarta doll cradle made by Edward Kryzosiak for donor Dorothy Gray and her sister. Kryzosiak worked for the Micarta Division of Westinghouse from which he retired in the late 1950s. During the 1940s, he would make toys for his nieces and nephews out of discarded Micarta from the factory. Micarta, a composite of linen or paper fabric in a thermosetting plastic, and precursor to Formica, was developed at Westinghouse as early as 1910.

Related institution Westinghouse

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