Fountains (Les Jets d’Eau) Textile
- Date
- 1925
- Material
- Cotton and rayon
- Classification
- Textiles
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 53 1/4 × 49 3/4 in. (135.3 × 126.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by The Lea-Thi-Ta Study Group
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 464:2018
NOTES
Stylized streams of water—chains of squares and triangles and waving rivulets—form shimmering arches across this textile’s burgundy ground. Abstracted blossoms bubble up from the base of the jets in a lively floral froth. In the 1910s and ’20s, French designer Édouard Bénédictus translated natural forms into complex, geometric flat patterns for textiles, wallpaper, carpets, and inlaid leather. Presented at the 1925 Paris World’s Fair (L’Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes), Fountains covered the walls of a grand reception room in an imagined French embassy.
Provenance
1950s - 2016
Jose Furmero, North Carolina, received as part of a larger gift of historic textiles
2016 - 2018
Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York, NY, purchased from Jose Furmero [1]
2018 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Cora Ginsburg, LLC [2]
Notes:
[1] Per email from Titi Halle, owner of Cora Ginsburg, LLC, to curator Genny Cortinovis on May 1, 2018 [SLAM document files].
[2] Invoice dated May 11, 2018 [SLAM document files], and Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 17, 2018.
Jose Furmero, North Carolina, received as part of a larger gift of historic textiles
2016 - 2018
Cora Ginsburg, LLC, New York, NY, purchased from Jose Furmero [1]
2018 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Cora Ginsburg, LLC [2]
Notes:
[1] Per email from Titi Halle, owner of Cora Ginsburg, LLC, to curator Genny Cortinovis on May 1, 2018 [SLAM document files].
[2] Invoice dated May 11, 2018 [SLAM document files], and Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 17, 2018.
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