We've got some really fantastic textile swatches in our collection. In past blog posts, we've featured our Wiener Werkstatte textiles and a group of textiles designed by Raoul Dufy. We've also shared compelling textiles designed by anonymous or as yet unknown designers. Today we present you with another small group of textile swatches. We're still researching this accession, so many are still undated. Hope you find them as inspiring as we do!
Printed silk crepe
1920s-1930s
Gift of Robert Fortunoff
99.274.107A
Silk with chenille
Gift of Robert Fortunoff
99.274.154
Printed cotton
Gift of Robert Fortunoff
99.274.171
Printed cotton
Gift of Robert Fortunoff
99.274.134
Printed silk
Gift of Robert Fortunoff
99.274.175
LOVE LOVE LOVE the little rooster people print! Any idea about that imagery? Makes me think of an opera or something...or a ballet...but can't remember which one.
Posted by: Becky D | July 29, 2011 at 07:22 PM
the opera you're thinking of is the Magic Flute...
Posted by: edgertor | July 31, 2011 at 09:13 AM
Yes, the characters Papgano (the bird catcher) and Papgana (his love interest)...
Posted by: Kevin | August 09, 2011 at 06:59 PM