About This Artwork

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

Curtain Panel (Prototype for Forster Textile Mills), c. 1950

Cotton, rayon, and cotton and rayon bouclé and chenille, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts
255.1 x 124 cm (100 1/2 x 48 3/4 in.)
Repeat: .3 x 1.2 cm (1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Gift of Else Regensteiner and estate of Julia McVicker, 1991.580

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

Thurman, Christa C. Mayer. Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1997. p. 58. (Image)




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