Designed by Paul Poiret (French, 1879-1944)
Manufactured by F. Schumacher & Co. (American, founded 1889)
New York, United States
Antelopes
INV-1596
Designed by Paul Poiret (French, 1879-1944)
Manufactured by F. Schumacher & Co. (American, founded 1889)
New York, United States1929/30
Modernismweaving - printedtextile
Date
1929/30
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; block printed
Dimensions
154.6 × 67 cm (60 7/8 × 26 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 77.8 cm (30 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Textile Purchase Account
This pattern of sleek antelopes bounding through a verdant landscape was made by Paul Poiret, a French couturier celebrated for the radically simplified silhouettes and vibrant colors of his women’s clothing. By the time Poiret created this and other modern upholstery fabrics for the American textile firm F. Schumacher & Co, he was known as the “King of Fashion” and thus lent prestige to the company. F. Schumacher & Co. marketed Poiret’s bold colors, rhythmic repetition, and clear delineation of forms as the epitome of “new effects in decorative fabrics.”
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