New York Harbor
- Artist
- Lillian Glaser, American, 1888–1931
- Date
- 1928
- Material
- Wool and linen
- Depicts
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Coverings & hangings, textiles
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 132
- Dimensions
- 60 1/4 x 27 5/8 in. (153.0 x 70.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of St. Louis Weavers' Guild
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 141:1952
NOTES
Symbols of modernity—ocean liners, airplanes, and skyscrapers—intermingle with old-fashioned sailboats and bridges in this stylized view of New York Harbor from 1928. Lillian Glaser, a native of Belleville, Illinois, wove this pictorial textile on a handloom, a slow and technically complex process. Glaser taught weaving at Washington University in St. Louis and was a founding member of the city’s Weavers’ Guild. She likely envisioned the design for this wall hanging on a 1925–26 leave of absence to pursue her artistic education in New York.