Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1920 (made)
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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) designed this furnishing fabric of woodblock printed linen for Bianchini-Férier about 1920. Dufy was a painter who had exhibited with the Fauves. He began to design textiles for Paul Poiret in 1911. From 1912 until 1930 he designed woven and printed textiles for the silk manufacturers Bianchini-Férier. He created a range of lively fabrics in bright colours, many of which were bought by leading couturiers such as Lanvin, Patou and Poiret.
The vivid, large-scale floral motifs of this print are close in mood to textiles created by designers of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) and Munich School of the time. Dufy had visited the Deutsche Werkstätten in Munich in 1909. Shortly before Poiret employed him, he had produced woodcuts to illustrate the poet Apollinaire’s volume Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée.
The vivid, large-scale floral motifs of this print are close in mood to textiles created by designers of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) and Munich School of the time. Dufy had visited the Deutsche Werkstätten in Munich in 1909. Shortly before Poiret employed him, he had produced woodcuts to illustrate the poet Apollinaire’s volume Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woodblock printed linen |
| Brief description | Woodblock printed linen, French, 1920 ca. |
| Physical description | Plain weave linen block printed in red with two-dimensional design of large red and white flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Margaret H. Armitage (née Bulley) |
| Summary | Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) designed this furnishing fabric of woodblock printed linen for Bianchini-Férier about 1920. Dufy was a painter who had exhibited with the Fauves. He began to design textiles for Paul Poiret in 1911. From 1912 until 1930 he designed woven and printed textiles for the silk manufacturers Bianchini-Férier. He created a range of lively fabrics in bright colours, many of which were bought by leading couturiers such as Lanvin, Patou and Poiret. The vivid, large-scale floral motifs of this print are close in mood to textiles created by designers of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) and Munich School of the time. Dufy had visited the Deutsche Werkstätten in Munich in 1909. Shortly before Poiret employed him, he had produced woodcuts to illustrate the poet Apollinaire’s volume Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée. |
| Bibliographic reference | Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 12.
Grant, Sarah. Toiles de Jouy. French Printed Cottons. London: V&A Publishing, 2010, p. 131, fig. 58. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.2:29-1934 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2002 |
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