Designer:

Yvonne Clarinval, (French, 1884–1979)  Search this

Manufacturer:

Tassinari & Chatel, (Paris and Lyons, France, founded 1680)  Search this

Medium:

Medium: warp: silk weft: tussah silk Technique: compound satin weave Label: silk and rayon compound satin

Dimensions:

H x W: 201.9 x 128 cm (6 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 50 3/8 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Textile

Object Name:

Textile

Made in:

Lyon, France

Date:

1925

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Length of woven fabric with a brown ground and a bold pattern of orange flames and swirling gold clouds of rising smoke forming paisley-like forms; salamanders move among the flames. Le Feu is one of a series of silks representing the four elements (earth, air, fire and water) exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1925.

Credit Line:

Gift of Anonymous Donor

Accession Number:

1931-1-14

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44992dfbb-9a68-4a4b-b645-13d04a208d2e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1931-1-14