Caran D'Ache 849 Alexander Girard, Check Stripes pink

Alexander Girard was one of the leading figures in American design during the postwar era. While textile design was the primary focus of Girard's oeuvre, he was also admired for his work in the graphic arts as well as furniture, exhibition and interior design. Girard brought a sensuous playfulness to twentieth-century design that had been absent from the austere aesthetic of classic modernism. Since the earliest days of his youth, Girard was accustomed to taking a writing instrument along…