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

Panel, 1946

Rayon, wool, cellulose, and acetate-film-laminated-metal-foil-wrapped cotton, plain weave; warp fringe
133.6 x 104.8 cm (52 1/2 x 41 1/4 in.)
Repeat: 35.5 x 2.6 cm (14 x 1 in.)
Gift of Else Regensteiner, 1947.329

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, The Allerton and Cheney 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. 58.