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Tammis Keefe new article content ... An American textile designer now most notably known for her whimsical hankerchief designs. Born Margaret Thomas Keefe on December 27, 1913 in Los Angeles, California to Emma Stone Keefe. Her father, Thomas, was a successful investment attorney who died one week before her birth.

Tammis trained at Chouinard Art School, now part of California Institute of the Arts, commonly called CalArts. It is possible that she crossed paths with fellow Chouinard students, Mary Blair, noted illustrator and designer for Disney and Gyo Fujikawa, children's book illustrator. It is interesting to note that all three women have a certain whimsy in their designs and a well developed color sense.

Tammis Keefe worked in San Francisco for Dorothy Liebes Designs, Inc. and moved to New York when a second east coast studio was opened in the late 1940's. By 1949, Keefe was freelancing her designs. Lord & Taylor and Kimball Scarves were among her clients. In 1950, her "Lemons" fabric was included in the MoMA Good Design exhibition. Tammis Keefe was a prolific designer producing hundreds of designs for tea towels and handkerchiefs among other textile products. She also worked under the pseudonym Peg Thomas.



She spent the last years of her life with her partner, Jane Trahey, an award winning copy writer. Tammis died on June 5, 1960 in Ridgefield, Connecticut after a long battle with cancer.

In 2000 the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York featured her work in an exhibit called A Woman's Hand: Designing Textiles In America, 1945-1969.