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Carpet Design

1926-7 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bauhaus (designed for)
Stölzl, Gunta (maker)
Place of origin
Dessau (made)

Design for a geometrically patterned carpet

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Floor Coverings
Drawings
Object type
Carpet design
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Pencil
Gouache
Ink
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Gunta Stölzl. Design for a multi-coloured carpet. German, 1926-7
Physical description
Design for a geometrically patterned carpet
Dimensions
  • Support height: 41.2cm
  • Support width: 34cm
  • Design sheet height: 270mm
  • Design sheet width: 200mm
Measured J Ceresole.
Styles
Bauhaus
Modernist
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stölzl ca. 1927. (Signed and dated on back in ink.)
  • No. 2.
  • Entwurf für Knüpfteppich Bauhaus Dessau
  • Stölzl (in ink on the support under the design to the right)
Subject depicted
Carpets
Bibliographic references
  • Barry Bergdoll and Leah DickermanBauhaus 1919-1933. Workshops for Modernity New York: MOMA, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-87070-758-2.
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1967
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1967
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.694-1967

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Record createdDecember 10, 2008
Record URL
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