Fragment (Furnishing 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

Artist: Else Regensteiner (Designer)
Title: Fragment (Furnishing Fabric)
Place: United States (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 1947–1950
Medium: Cotton, wool, and wool and nylon bouclé, plain weave
Dimensions: 42.5 × 89 cm (16 3/4 × 35 in.); Repeat: 2.9 × 1.6 cm (1 1/8 × 3 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Else Regensteiner and Julia McVicker
Reference Number: 1991.589

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): 57 (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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