Rug
- Designer
- Eileen Gray, Irish, 1878–1976
- Date
- 1975
- Material
- Cotton and wool
- Classification
- Coverings & hangings, textiles
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 42 1/2 x 78 3/8 in. (108 x 199.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by the Decorative Arts Society
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 49:1980
NOTES
Abstract, graphic carpets inspired by 20th-century avant-garde art movements like this one were an important part of modern designer and architect Eileen Gray’s diverse body of work. In 1910, Gray established a workshop to produce her designs for rugs and wall hangings. Although this example was made in a small-scale factory late in Gray’s life, it reflects her early design principles—a limited color palette, geometric composition, and devotion to handcraft, in this case, hand-knotting.
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