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Textile (France)
This is a Textile. It is dated 1925 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is silk and its technique is damassée, 7\1 satin and 1\3 twill. It is a part of the Textiles department.
André Mare designed this fabric while working at La Compagnie des Arts Français, which he co-founded with Louis Süe. Both men were trained as painters, but were also well known for their furniture and textile designs. The multi-disciplinary decorating firm was made up of specialized designers, but they also commissioned work from independent artists. These types of companies, known as artistes décorateurs, of which La Compagnie des Arts Français was the most famous, were known for producing this type of eclectic design, the product of a successful dialogue among multiple influences. The layout and subject matter—fruit, flowers, cornucopias, and leaves—are quite traditional, indicative of a trend to historic revival, while the simplified, flattened look of those lushly saturated motifs coupled with a restrained colorway can be characterized as art deco.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Historic Revivalism Meets French Art Deco.
It is credited Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund and through gift of various donors.
- Drawing, Wall Elevation of a Salon
- graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-1
![Lightly stained design on off-white wove paper for a lidded, faience glazed ceramic vegetable serving dish with three perspectives. The drawing is in pencil; mostly graphite with accents of light blue. On top is a downward half-circle from the overhead view of the circular lid with a simple floral decoration in the center and large scalloped edges with curled handles. In the center of the drawing is a detail of the handle on the left, with the title text [GRAND LÉGUMIER] on the right in stylized lettering. At the bottom of the page is the side view of the tableware dish, with a rising lid, scalloped sides, and roped base with a platform underneath. A decorative purple stamp on the bottom left corner is paired with the number [4026] on the right corner. The names of the designers [SÜE ET MARE] is lightly stamped in-between, tilted and offset to the right.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/309966_5ca1da65a6d0aa41_n.jpg "Object ID #18640849")
- Object ID #18640849
- graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-2
- Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen
- graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper, laid down.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-3
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Sidewall, Marigold
- block-printed.
- Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc..
- 1935-23-4
- Drawing, Design for a Bracket Lamp
- graphite; red, blue color pencil support: white heavy wove paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-5
- Sidewall, Acorn
- block-printed on paper.
- Gift of Clifford Murvine, Reed Wallpaper Company.
- 1977-28-4-a/c
Its dimensions are
H x W: 175.3 × 132.1 cm (5 ft. 9 in. × 52 in.) Repeat H x W: 61.4 × 64 cm (24 3/16 × 25 3/16 in.)
It is inscribed
(woven in each selvedge) N.2 'SELECTION' Andre Mare
Cite this object as
Textile (France); silk; H x W: 175.3 × 132.1 cm (5 ft. 9 in. × 52 in.) Repeat H x W: 61.4 × 64 cm (24 3/16 × 25 3/16 in.); Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund and through gift of various donors; 1990-128-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
