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Textile (France)
This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1919 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is silk and its technique is cut and voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.
The ability to alter the character of a pattern by changing just one of its component colors is called the “Bezold effect” after the theories of Wilhelm von Bezold. In this sample blanket, textile designer Herman Elsberg is experimenting with six different background colors and three color variations in the secondary leaf pattern: pale green, silver, and off-white.
This object was
bequest of
Unknown.
It is credited Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
- Sample Blanket (USA)
- cotton, lurex.
- 1968-119-1
- Color Sample (France)
- silk.
- Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
- 1938-82-205
- Sample Book (USA)
- cotton, rayon.
- Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson.
- 1976-54-1
Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Manufacturer's Color Blanket (USA)
- synthetic.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1968-135-76
- Color Blanket, Weaving Palettes
- 54% cotton, 30% solution-dyed nylon, 15% post-consumer recycled polyester.
- Gift of Momentum Group.
- 2013-36-4
![Book plate showing a color wheel which is split into twelve segments each a different color of the spectrum from yellow through to green. A black cross is in the center and black dotted lines form x shaped diagonal lines crossing the color wheel with the letters yg, yr, br, and bg at the edges, which stand for yellow-green, yellow-red, blue-red and blue-green. The letters Y, R, B, G are written at the 12, 3, 6, and 9' o'clock positions if the circle was a clock, which stand for yellow, red, blue and green. Underneath the color wheel is a scale from white through grey to black in the form of seven sections with the letters V and S above the white and black segment respectively. Above the color wheel black capitalised text states [FÄRGTONKRETS], while above the white to black scale the word [GRASKALA] is printed in black capitlalised letters.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/337971_c65dc53e29f1182d_n.jpg "Book, Färg: den allmänna färglärans grunder (Color: The General Coloring Grounds)")
- Book, Färg: den allmänna färglärans grunder (Color: The General Coloring...
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, QC495 .J6 1952X.
- 92.2016.43
Its dimensions are
H x W: 169.7 × 58.5 cm (5 ft. 6 13/16 in. × 23 1/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Labeled: "1367 Velours Faconné fd. Satin"
Cite this object as
Textile (France); silk; H x W: 169.7 × 58.5 cm (5 ft. 6 13/16 in. × 23 1/16 in.); Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg; 1938-82-204-a
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
