A) Handwoven sample for fabric with a color-and weave effect. Bright red-orange fine cotton warp. The weft alternates one thin green silk yarn with a paired weft of off-white cotton bouclé yarn and off-white silk. Narrow band at top and a thicker bottom of plain weave with green silk weft. Red fringe lines the top and bottom of the sample while the left edge has off-white and green fringe. B) Close-up of the handwoven fabric sample, the intricate combination of red-orange cotton and yellow-green silk yarn are clearly woven in a warp/weft construction. Tiny squares of off-white yarn are outlined by red and green pieces of yarn woven together.

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Object Timeline

1943	Work on this object began.
1953	We acquired this object. Work on this object ended.
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Hand-woven Sample (USA)

This is a Hand-woven sample. It was designed by Anni Albers and woven by Anni Albers. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is silk, cotton and its technique is plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

In large doses, complementary colors tend to increase the vividness of each color, but in a small-scale pattern, the complements can neutralize each other. Here, Anni Albers uses orange-red and yellow-green together to create a woven pattern that appears calm at a distance, but pops close-up.

This object was donated by Anni Albers. It is credited Gift of Anni Albers.

Classical pattern of curved filagree and sprigs in red repeat on a green background. The red tone of the design is faded, leaving a subdude greyer tone in controst to the mid-tone green that fills the negative space

Fragment, 17th century
silk.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1896-1-34

Textile (France)
silk, cotton.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1932-1-70

Fragment
silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-56-84

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Hand-woven Sample For Drapery Material (USA)

Hand-woven Sample For Drapery Material (USA)
silk, cotton, metallic.
Gift of Anni Albers.
1953-208-3

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 17.5 x 27 cm (6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Hand-woven Sample (USA); Designed by Anni Albers (American, b. Germany, 1899–1994); silk, cotton; Warp x Weft: 17.5 x 27 cm (6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.); Gift of Anni Albers; 1953-180-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2ChR8/
Accession Number 1953-180-4
Object ID 18397201