Collection Online as of March 23, 2023

Chrysanthemums

c. 1925

manufacturer

Maison Henry Bertrand

(French)

France

Silk, artificial gold thread; twill-based jacquard weave

Overall: 310.1 x 108 cm (122 1/16 x 42 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 2003.42

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Elaborately constructed textiles, such as this example from Maison Bertrand of Lyon, were most often used in creating high couture fashion.

Description

Among the many sumptuous textiles presented at the 1925 Paris exposition was this silk brocade by Maison Henry Bertrand of Lyon, probably intended for use in a coat or shawl design.

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 369

Coffin, Sarah, Stephen Harrison, and Emily Marshall Orr. The jazz age: American style in the 1920s. 2017. p. 43, 45, 328

Exhibition history

The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).