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Hand-woven Sample (USA)
This is a Hand-woven sample. It was designed by Anni Albers and woven by Anni Albers. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is silk, cotton and its technique is plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.
In large doses, complementary colors tend to increase the vividness of each color, but in a small-scale pattern, the complements can neutralize each other. Here, Anni Albers uses orange-red and yellow-green together to create a woven pattern that appears calm at a distance, but pops close-up.
This object was
donated by
Anni Albers.
It is credited Gift of Anni Albers.
- Fragment
- silk.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1896-1-34
- Textile (France)
- silk, cotton.
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
- 1932-1-70
- Fragment
- silk.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-56-84
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Textile
- Gift of Mrs. Harold H. Fisher.
- 1957-152-4
- Hand-woven Sample For Drapery Material (USA)
- silk, cotton, metallic.
- Gift of Anni Albers.
- 1953-208-3
- Band Or Picture (Italy)
- silk, metallic.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-360
Its dimensions are
Warp x Weft: 17.5 x 27 cm (6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Hand-woven Sample (USA); Designed by Anni Albers (American, b. Germany, 1899–1994); silk, cotton; Warp x Weft: 17.5 x 27 cm (6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.); Gift of Anni Albers; 1953-180-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
