The thousands of textiles currently housed at the Brooklyn Museum are prime examples of the vast glo

The thousands of textiles currently housed at the Brooklyn Museum are prime examples of the vast global history of textile making and sewing traditions in New York City. In participation with New York Textile Month, we will be showcasing one textile per day for the month of September. While difficult to narrow it down to only thirty textiles, we think these works are best at weaving narratives about topics such as innovations in the textile industry, craft and the beauty of the handmade, textiles from legendary designers like Frank Lloyd Wright and Anni Albers, as well as textiles with a sense of humor. Did you know that PeeWee’s Playhouse had a line of textiles made? This is one of five dramatic, large silk damask wall panels designed by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, one of the most important designers of the Art Moderne style, in 1923-4 for the salon of “Les Terrasses,” the newly-built house of A. Weitz, in Lyons, France. This is a remarkably well documented commission, with an initial narrative proposal and several bills-of-sale. The documentation, wall panels, curtains, and most of the furniture are preserved at the Brooklyn Museum. Ruhlmann’s proposal states: “In this room [the salon], according to our projects, there will be a dentiled cornice and a large flat frieze with straight pilasters, without any curves. Between them, the walls will be hung with a modern damask to our design. These panels will be brought forward from the wall.” Elsewhere he adds: “Providing and installing on the walls, panels of gray and red damask of our design, following the swatch provided (textile at 550 francs per meter and 130[cm] wide, from our shop. The textile 4,575.00 [francs].”Posted by Barry R. Harwood, Lark Morgenstern, and Caitlin Crews -- source link
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