Antelopes
<p>This pattern of sleek antelopes bounding through a verdant landscape was made by Paul Poiret, a French couturier celebrated for the radically simplified silhouettes and vibrant colors of his women’s clothing. By the time Poiret created this and other modern upholstery fabrics for the American textile firm F. Schumacher & Co, he was known as the “King of Fashion” and thus lent prestige to the company. F. Schumacher & Co. marketed Poiret’s bold colors, rhythmic repetition, and clear delineation of forms as the epitome of “new effects in decorative fabrics.”</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1929
- Dimensions
- 154.6 × 67 cm (60 7/8 × 26 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 77.8 cm (30 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Paul Poiret
Artist
Printmaking
Paul Poiret was a French fashion designer whose radical restructuring of women's silhouette in the early twentieth century liberated the body from the corset. Working from his couture house in Paris from 1903 onward, he introduced the hobble skirt, harem pants, and the chemise dress, abandoning the S-bend corset in favor of a vertical line that would dominate 1920s fashion. His designs were inseparable from his understanding of color, textile innovation, and theatrical presentation. Poiret also commissioned artists including Raoul Dufy and Georges Lepape to illustrate and promote his work, establishing the fashion house as a site of avant-garde collaboration.
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Record
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- Paul Poiret
- Year
- 1929
- Dimensions
- 154.6 × 67 cm (60 7/8 × 26 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 77.8 cm (30 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1929-131529
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified