Panel (Drapery Fabric)

Textiles

c. 1949

Designed by Else Regensteiner (American, born Germany, 1906–2003) and Julia McVicker (American, 1906-1990)
Produced by reg/wick studio (American, 1945–1980)
United States, Illinois, Chicago

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Artist: Else Regensteiner (Designer)
Title: Panel (Drapery Fabric)
Origin: Chicago
Date: 1944–1954
Medium: Wool, silk, and rayon, cotton and wool bouclé, acetate-film-laminated-metal-foil wrapped cotton, and acetate-film-laminated-metal-foil, plain weave
Dimensions: 267.5 × 103 cm (105 1/4 × 40 1/2 in.) Warp repeat: 70 cm (27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Else Regensteiner and Julia McVicker
Reference Number: 1991.577

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).

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

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