Sampler (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1955/65

Designed by Else Regensteiner (American, born Germany, 1906–2003) and Julia McVicker (American, 1906–1990)
Produced by reg/wick studio (American, 1945–1980)
Manufactured by Forster Textile Mills, Inc.
United States, Illinois, Chicago Heights

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Else Regensteiner (Designer)
Title: Sampler (Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Chicago Heights (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 1955–1965
Medium: Linen and cotton; rayon and acetate bouclé, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps
Dimensions: a: 78.8 × 22.9 cm (31 × 9 in.); b: 131.4 × 24.7 cm (51 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.); c: 2.2 × 21.5 cm (3/4 × 8 1/2 in.); d: 109.7 × 22.9 cm (43 1/4 × 9 in.); e: 6 × 20.8 cm (2 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.); f: 82.5 × 23.2 cm (32 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Else Regensteiner
Reference Number: 1996.517a-f

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