About This Artwork

Designed by Else Regensteiner (American, born Germany, 1906–2003) and Julia McVicker (American, 1906–1990) for Harold F. Reynolds
Produced by reg/wick Handwoven Originals
United States, Illinois, Chicago

Curtain Panel, c. 1949

Wool, silk, and rayon, cotton and wool bouclé, acetate-film-laminated-metal-foil wrapped cotton, and acetate-film-laminated-metal-foil, plain weave
267.5 x 103 cm (105 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.)
Warp repeat: 70 cm (27 1/2 in.)
Gift of Else Regensteiner and Julia McVicker, 1991.577

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

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

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1997), p. 59(Image).




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