Exhibitions
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Tablescapes: Designs for Dining. Featuring many of Marguerita Mergentime’s vibrant 1930s table linens and Americana—the hanging Marguerita designed for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition full of 1930s slang and American sayings—was seen for the first time in 80 years at the museum, October 5, 2018–April 14, 2019
Schloss Hollenegg for Design, Schwanberg, Austria, Ad Mensam. This exhibition featured Mergentime’s political slogan tablecloth, Food for Thought, May 17–27, 2019
Museum of Modern Art, How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior. Mergentime’s Food for Thought tablecloth, Food for Conversation napkins, silk dress fabrics and the forward-thinking furnishings for her New York apartment, designed by her colleague Frederick Kiesler. October 1– April 23, 2017
Israel Museum, Design Matters. A day bed from Mergentime’s apartment was on display. June 3, 2017–February 17, 2018
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts, Utica, NY, Roaring into the Future: New York 1925–1935. Mergentime’s Once in a While napkins were featured. June 17– October 9, 2017
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Friedrich Kiesler: Architekt, Kunstler, Visionär. One room was dedicated to Kiesler’s furniture including photographs of and works from the Mergentime apartment as one of his most prominent projects. March 11–June 11, 2017
Cooper Hewitt, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Included a daybed from Mergentime’s apartment. April 7– August 20, 2017