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Series Title: Americana Prints

Metropolis

1927
designer

Frederick Valentine Carpenter

(British, 1891–1952)
manufacturer

Stehli Silks Corporation

(United States; Pennsylvania, Lancaster; and New York, New York, 1840–c. 1955)
Culture
America, New York
Medium
silk: plain weave, roller printed
Measurements
Overall: 52.1 x 53 cm (20 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Stehli Silks Corporation 1928.586
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
234 Textile Gallery
Print

Description

The basis for Carpenter's abstract design for this silk may have been an aerial photograph of New York City. This roller printed textile design was produced as part of Stehli Silk Corporation's Americana Prints series, which was manufactured from 1925 to 1927. The company commissioned designs that captured a distinctly modern America. Carpenter designed two textiles for Stehli Silks Corporation, this one and one called Gulls, an abstract image of birds in flight.

Metropolis

1927

Frederick Valentine Carpenter, Stehli Silks Corporation

(British, 1891–1952), (United States; Pennsylvania, Lancaster; and New York, New York, 1840–c. 1955)
America, New York

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