Screen with white background and abstract shapes. These include scattered black lines, loosely forming triangles whose lines don't quite meet. In between the black lines are various shapes and colors, including curved yellow lines in groups of threes, green partially-cut pie shapes, and dark blue wave-like shapes.

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Object Timeline

-0001	We photographed this object.
1920	Work on this object began.
1930	Work on this object ended.
1968	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Textile (France)

This is a Textile. It was manufactured by Paul Dumas. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is cotton and its technique is screen printed on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

The pattern of this textile, which incorporates influences from Léger to the Wiener Werkstätte, was also used for wallpaper on view at the 1925 Paris Exposition. The textile and wallcoverings manufacturer Paul Dumas also produced work for Paul Poiret’s decorating workshop Atelier Martine.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.

Sidewall (possibly Austria)
block-printed paper.
Gift of Frankl Galleries.
1930-11-1-m

Day Dress
floral printed cotton, trimmed with silk velvet.
Lent by Museum of the City of New York. Gift of Katherine Cortesi Armstrong,....
76.2016.7

Sidewall. The background consists of small, light green circles with brown borders. The foreground consists of flowers spread throughout. Each flower has leaves with blue borders and yellow centers with little dots at the middle. The flower petals themselves are tan and white.

Sidewall (France)
machine printed on paper.
Gift of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz.
2010-31-42

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Ribbons (France)
silk, metal strips wrapped around cotton core.
Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
1938-82-184-a/e

Hanging (Italy)
wool.
Gift of Mary G. Morrison.
1959-168-1

Shawl (France)
silk, metallic thread (wound on silk core).
Gift of Rodman A. Heeren.
1960-151-15

Its dimensions are

H x W: 102 x 75 cm (40 3/16 x 29 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile (France); Manufactured by Paul Dumas (French, 1865 - ca. 1940); cotton; H x W: 102 x 75 cm (40 3/16 x 29 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little; 1968-110-98

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CCei/
Accession Number 1968-110-98
Object ID 18462403