Designed Cynthia Schira (American, born 1934) using JacqCAD software and woven on a TIS Jacquard Handloom
Centre des metiers d'arts en construction textile
Montreal, Canada
Panel Entitled "ABC Drawn Quilt"
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Designed Cynthia Schira (American, born 1934) using JacqCAD software and woven on a TIS Jacquard Handloom
Centre des metiers d'arts en construction textile
Montreal, Canada1998
Panel Entitled "ABC Drawn Quilt"
Designed Cynthia Schira (American, born 1934) using JacqCAD software and woven on a TIS Jacquard Handloom Centre des metiers d'arts en construction textile Montreal, Canada →textileweaving
Date
1998
Medium
Cotton and linen, areas of warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; warp and weft-float faced 7:1 twill weaves; diamond and point twills; combined twill; and plain weaves with areas of paired warps or wefts and plain weaves self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; woven on TIS Jacquard handloom with Jacquard Computer Aided Design
Dimensions
137.5 × 108 cm (54 1/8 × 42 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Cynthia Schira
Cynthia Schira made this work on a digital Jacquard handloom, a loom in which the wefts are inserted by the weaver while the pattern is controlled by a computer. Schira was one of the first artists to experiment with this technology, which was developed in the 1990s. It allowed her to produce a wider range of surface textures than would have been practical with a less sophisticated mechanism. ABC Drawn Quilt marks the beginning of a series called Intersecting Traditions (1998–2005), which employed traditional textile motifs represented by visual fragments and symbols. Here, the artist referenced the use of multiple blocks, or pattern elements, to form a whole, pieced quilt.
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