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Textile, 1920–1929
This is a Textile. It was manufactured by Cheney Brothers. It is dated 1920–1929 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is silk and its technique is jacquard woven. It is a part of the Textiles department.
When Cheney Brothers opened its Paris studio in 1918, Henri Créange was engaged to take over the firm’s creative direction. He soon introduced a collection of fabrics inspired by the designs of artist Raoul Dufy and Paris couturier Paul Poiret, of which this appears to be an example. Poiret had opened an experimental art school, École Martine, for untrained, working class girls. Atelier Martine adapted the best of the students’ drawings to create fresh, “naïve” designs for textiles and wallpapers. This pattern of clusters of simple daisies evokes the style, although it is woven in silk rather than printed on simple cotton or linen. The gold and brown color scheme is reminiscent of the single-color wood block prints Dufy created for Poiret’s fashions, and later for Bianchini Ferier.
This object was
donated by
American Textile History Museum.
It is credited American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of James and Diane Affleck.
Its dimensions are
H x W: 129.5 × 61.6 cm (51 × 24 1/4 in.) Repeat H: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Cite this object as
Textile, 1920–1929; Manufactured by Cheney Brothers (United States); silk; H x W: 129.5 × 61.6 cm (51 × 24 1/4 in.) Repeat H: 20.3 cm (8 in.); American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of James and Diane Affleck; 2016-35-104
