The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Coquillages (Shells)

early 1900s
designer

Raoul Dufy

(French, 1877–1953)
France, 20th century
patterned weave, Jacquard loom; silk
Overall: 238.8 x 102.9 cm (94 x 40 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.558
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This textile was designed by the French painter Raoul Dufy (1877-1953).

Description

Displayed at the 1925 world's fair in Paris then in an associated traveling exhibition that toured American museums the following year, this textile design illustrates a modern, abstracted approach to depicting flora and fauna.
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    Coffin, Sarah, Stephen Harrison, and Emily Marshall Orr. The jazz age: American style in the 1920s. 2017. p. 230-1, 339
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
  • {{cite web|title=Coquillages (Shells)|url=false|author=Raoul Dufy|year=early 1900s|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.558