Description
Two pulsating columns of black flowers, perhaps coneflowers, shown in high relief against a gold ground, represent one of the Atelier Martine’s most graphically compelling patterns. Curtains made from this fabric decorated the drawing room of the barge Amour, which was part of Poiret’s “pavilion” at the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts.
Provenance
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.
Accession Number
86368
Medium
Cotton and linen, plain weave; block printed
Dimensions
139.7 × 130.5 cm (55 × 51 3/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Allerton