Seireeni Textile
- Designer
- Maija Isola, Finnish, 1927–2001
- Date
- 1965
- Material
- Screenprinted cotton
- made in
- Helsinki, Uusimaa province, Finland, Europe
- Classification
- Textiles
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 55 1/2 x 192 in. (141 x 487.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marimekko Oy
- Rights
- © Maija Isola, courtesy of Marimekko Corporation
- Object Number
- 157:1971
NOTES
Like a powerful ocean swell, the sinuous wave of this furnishing fabric challenges human scale. Seireeni, or siren in Finnish, is part of artist and designer Maija Isola’s Arkkitehti series for the famed Finnish fashion and textile company Marimekko. Organic and abstract, these macroprints were originally marketed to architects and interior designers. Each design was conceived individually. Original patterns were created with paint and cut paper, and then like all Marimekko prints, they were transferred onto large silk screens and hand-printed at the Finland-based studio.
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