Panel (Upholstery Fabric)

Textiles

1947/50

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

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Else Regensteiner (Designer) , Julia McVicker (Designer) , reg/wick studio (Producer)
Title: Panel (Upholstery Fabric), Upholstery Fabric
Places: Chicago (Object made in), United States (Object made in), Illinois (Object made in)
Date: Made 1947-1950
Medium: Cotton, jute, and probably leather, plain weave
Dimensions: 137.3 × 94 cm (54 1/8 × 37 in.); Repeat: 2.3 × 0.5 cm (7/8 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Else Regensteiner and Julia McVicker
Reference Number: 1991.584

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1997), p. 57(Image).

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.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Weaving beyond the Bauhaus, Aug. 3, 2019-Feb. 17, 2020.

The artists; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

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