Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to Drawing, Design for a Jacquard Woven Textile.

Sidewall, Chopped Herringbone

Sidewall, Chopped Herringbone
screen-printed on vinyl.
Gift of Alan Buchsbaum.
1980-66-1-b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A rectangular weaving with a plaid-like pattern of variously-sized blue, brown, orange, grey, and white shaded rectangles. The lines of the textile intersect quadratically, creating the variously sized rectangles. The pattern is akin to an abstract quadratically-geometric stained glass window.

Textile, Cathedral, 1976
mercerized cotton double weave.
Frederick and Frances Sommer Foundation.
64.2017.2

There are 2 images and 2 videos of this object.

A gridded pattern of pixelated shapes depicting various muted tones of cyan, magenta, and yellow. From a distance, the colors seem to combine and become blurry, however at close inspection thin, multicolored threads intertwine to establish the pattern.

Textile, Campo di Fiori, 1976
mercerized cotton double weave.
Gift of Richard Landis.
2018-15-1

There are 2 images and 1 video of this object.

Poster with angled design and geometric composition. At the top, it reads “Bauhaus” and at the center, has an image of the school shown in black and white. The building is blocky and has the word “Bauhaus” written in stacked text down the left side. Geometric, horizontal windows are shown. A narrow, tall, red rectangle is behind the school, and another is next to the name. Red and black text in German frames the image.

Poster, Bauhaus: Die Standard-tapete (Standard Wallpaper), 1927
lithograph and adhered wallpaper.
Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
15.2019.36