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Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

A work made of cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed.

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  • A work made of cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed.

Date:

c. 1920

Artist:

Designed by Francis Jourdain (French, 1876–1958)
Produced by Atelier Martine (French, 1912-1929), founded by Paul Poiret (French, 1879–1944)
Paris, France

About this artwork

Although the majority of the Atelier Martine’s textiles were designed by anonymous school girls, some patterns were provided by experienced artists or designers. One was Francis Jourdain, who trained as a painter and printmaker but turned to interior design early in his career. In addition to acting as an ensemblier, creating whole interior ensembles, he designed furniture, fabic, wallpaper, and stained glass. Jourdain set up an atelier to produce his furniture designs, following Poiret’s example, but had no such operation for textiles, so he provided this design to the Atelier Martine.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Francis Jourdain (Designer)

Title

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

Place

Paris (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 1910–1930

Medium

Cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed

Inscriptions

Inscription (printed on selvage, yellow ink): Les Tissus de Francis Jourdain

Dimensions

138.1 × 128 cm (54 3/8 × 50 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton

Reference Number

1924.204

Extended information about this artwork

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