Borealis (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1979

Designed by Eleanor Kluck (American, 1919-2016) and Henry Kluck (American, 1922-2007)
Produced by Elenhank Designers, Inc.
United States, Illinois, Riverside

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Eleanor Kluck (Designer)
Title: Borealis (Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Riverside (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1979
Medium: Polyester, plain weave; screen printed
Dimensions: 276.3 × 127 cm (108 3/4 × 50 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Eleanor and Henry Kluck
Reference Number: 1985.747

Christa C. Mayer Thurman, “Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 23, 1 (1997): 46, 78 (ill.).

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

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