Meroe Textile

Designer: Sir David Adjaye, English-Ghanaian (born Tanzania), born 1966
Maker: Knoll Inc., East Greenville, Pennsylvania, founded 1938
Date: 2015
Material: Cotton, polyester, and nylon
made in: East Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Classification: Textiles
Collection: Decorative Arts and Design
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: three yards per design: 12 ft. 8 in. × 58 in. × 36 in. (386.1 × 147.3 × 91.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Centro Modern Furnishings
Rights: © Knoll
Object Number: 7:2017

NOTES

The structure of a pyramid, defined in fine concentric lines, creates the pulsing zigzag pattern of this woven furnishing fabric. For his first collection of textiles, celebrated British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye mined the rich diversity of African textile traditions and his extensive travels across the African continent. This pattern gets its title, Meroe, from an ancient city in the present-day Sudan.

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