The story of 20th-century art is one of relentless effort to pull straight lines from knots of freehand scribbling. “A Mid-Century Experiment” spirals and loops, and not just a little, to show ...

and illustrates how utilitarian plans merged with art and architecture elements. On display are objects from the 1920s through the 1970s, with a greater focus on designs from the mid-20th-century.