Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1920s

Designed and produced by Atelier Martine (French, 1912-1929), founded by Paul Poiret (French, 1879–1944)
Paris, France

Poiret participated in the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris. His “pavilion” consisted of three barges moored on the river Seine. One, called Orgues (Organs), was the site for presenting his latest couturier collection. The backdrop consisted of painted scenes of Paris life by his old friend Raoul Dufy. The second, called Delices (Delights), was a luxury restaurant. The third, Amours (Loves), showcased Poiret’s interior design work, as produced by the Atelier Martine. The drawing room of Amours featured a heady mix of rich colors and audacious floral patterns, including curtains made from the fabric shown here.

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Department: Textiles

Artist: Atelier Martine (Producer)
Title: Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Paris (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 1920–1929
Medium: Cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed
Dimensions: 135.9 × 130.5 cm (53 1/2 × 51 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Allerton
Reference Number: 1924.200

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Off the Bolt; Robert Allerton’s Designer Fabrics, Feb. 6-July 19, 2015.

Chambord, Inc., New York, by Apr. 1, 1924 [incoming receipt, Apr. 1, 1924; copy in curatorial object file]; sold through Robert Allerton, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.

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