Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

INV-8640

Designed and produced by Atelier Martine (French, 1912-1929), founded by Paul Poiret (French, 1879–1944) Paris, France

c. 1918

Modernismtextileweaving - printed

Date

c. 1918

Medium

Cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed

Dimensions

134.9 × 132.1 cm (53 1/8 × 52 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Robert Allerton

This charming pattern displays the folksy charm of various Wiener Werkstätte patterns. it appears in photographs from 1919 and 1922 of the Atelier Martine shop in Biarritz, where it was used in curtains.

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