Panel (Upholstery Fabric)

Textiles

c. 1948

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
Title: Panel (Upholstery Fabric)
Date: 1943–1953
Medium: Cotton, cotton bouclé, wool, rayon and acetate-film-laminated-metal foil, bands of 2:2 twill weave, 2:2 weft chevron weave, and plain weave
Dimensions: 320 × 107.9 cm (125 × 42 1/4 in.) Repeat: 30.5 × .6 cm (12 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Else Regensteiner and Julia McVicker
Reference Number: 1948.473

Thurman, Christa C. Mayer. Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1997. pp. 23, 58. (Images)

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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