About This Artwork

Designed by Robert D. Sailors
American, 1913–1995
Produced by Robert D. Sailors Contemporary Textiles
United States, Michigan, Belmont

Curtain Panel, 1965

Cotton, linen, cotton chenille, and cotton and rayon bouclé, weft band plain weave with supplementary discontinuous patterning warps
299.9 x 131.4 cm (118 1/8 x 51 3/4 in.)
Weft repeat: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Gift of Louis B. Kuppenheimer, Lisa Fosse, and Kenneth Fosse, 1986.86

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Designed by the Yard: 20th Century Pattern Repeats," February 28–June 25, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions," February 12–July 27, 1997

Publication History

Thurman, Christa C. Mayer. Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1997. p. 71. (Image)




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