Homage to Emily Dickinson
Furnishing Fabric
1930 (made)
1930 (made)
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This printed cotton velvet furnishing fabric was designed by Ruth Reeves (1892-1966) for W. & J. Sloane in 1930. Reeves trained with Fernand Léger (1881-1955) during the 1920s and was influenced by his Cubist paintings. She produced a wide range of printed and woven fabrics, mainly depicting modern life in America. Her most widely acknowledged commission was for the carpets in Radio City Music Hall in New York.
'Homage to Emily Dickinson' is a repeat pattern of a woman looking from an apartment window into a garden filled with flowers, cats and birds.
'Homage to Emily Dickinson' is a repeat pattern of a woman looking from an apartment window into a garden filled with flowers, cats and birds.
Object details
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| Title | Homage to Emily Dickinson (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton velvet |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Homage to Emily Dickinson' of printed cotton velvet, designed by Ruth Reeves, made by W. & J. Sloane, New York, 1930. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of printed cotton velvet. Repeat pattern of a woman looking from an apartment window into a garden filled with flowers, cats and birds in browns, beige, yellow and blue. |
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| Credit line | Given by the retailers |
| Object history | Registered File number 32/1618 taken from Departmental record |
| Summary | This printed cotton velvet furnishing fabric was designed by Ruth Reeves (1892-1966) for W. & J. Sloane in 1930. Reeves trained with Fernand Léger (1881-1955) during the 1920s and was influenced by his Cubist paintings. She produced a wide range of printed and woven fabrics, mainly depicting modern life in America. Her most widely acknowledged commission was for the carpets in Radio City Music Hall in New York. 'Homage to Emily Dickinson' is a repeat pattern of a woman looking from an apartment window into a garden filled with flowers, cats and birds. |
| Bibliographic reference | Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 70.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.282A-1932 |
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| Record created | August 29, 2002 |
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