Designed by Anni Albers (American, born Germany, 1899–1994)
Manufactured by Knoll International
United States
Eclat (Furnishing Fabric)
INV-2258
Designed by Anni Albers (American, born Germany, 1899–1994)
Manufactured by Knoll International
United States1974 (produced 1976)
Eclat (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Anni Albers (American, born Germany, 1899–1994) Manufactured by Knoll International United States →bauhausweaving - printedweaving
Date
1974 (produced 1976)
Medium
Cotton, linen and rayon; plain weave with paired warps; screenprinted
Dimensions
282.3 × 143.8 cm (111 1/8 × 56 5/8 in.); Repeat: 12.7 × 45.8 cm (5 × 18 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of George Larson in honor of Christa C. Mayer Thurman
Anni Albers was one of the leading textile designers and weavers of the 20th century. She trained at the Bauhaus school of design in Germany, where she met her husband, Josef Albers. The Bauhaus closed permanently in 1933 under pressure from the Nazis, and the couple relocated to the United States. Throughout these years, Anni Albers continued to design and weave, and in the 1960s she developed a new interest in printmaking. Eclat, a seemingly random arrangement of small parallelograms arranged on the diagonal, was first conceived as a print and was subsequently produced by Knoll as a furnishing fabric.
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Furnishing Fabric
Produced by the Bauhaus Workshop (Germany, 1919–1933) Germany, Weimar
