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Ananas (Pineapples)

Ananas (Pineapples)

1923
designed by

Charles Martin

(French, 1848–1934)
manufacturer

Bianchini-Férier

(French, Lyon, est. 1888)
France
patterned weave, Jacquard loom; silk
Overall: 248.3 x 129.9 cm (97 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.559
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Brightly colored silk fabrics were most often used as upholstery or in a more lavish display, as wall coverings.

Description

Stylized pineapples in subtle shades of pink blend the familiar with the abstracted in this design displayed at the 1925 world's fair in Paris, then in the associated traveling exhibition that toured American museums the following year.
  • American Association of Museums. A Selected Collection of Objects from the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Art at Paris 1925. [Washington, D.C.]: [American Association of Museums?], 1925. p. 2, no. 10
    Lubell, Cecil. Textile Collections of the World. London: Studio Vista, 1976. Vol. III p. 9
    Coffin, Sarah, Stephen Harrison, and Emily Marshall Orr. The jazz age: American style in the 1920s. 2017. p. 168, 170, 353
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
    Art Deco. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 1, 1971).
    Art Deco. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (June 6-August 1, 1971).
    International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Art, Paris, 1925.
  • {{cite web|title=Ananas (Pineapples)|url=false|author=Charles Martin, Bianchini-Férier|year=1923|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.559