Handwoven Sample For A Wall Covering (USA)

Anni Albers

ca. 1945

linen, cellophane, paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A woven textile sample features a dense, repeating pattern of horizontal and vertical threads. The edges are frayed, showing loose strands. A woven textile sample features a dense, repeating pattern of horizontal and vertical threads. The edges are frayed, showing loose strands. Hand-woven sample of wallcovering material with a narrow horizontal stripe of light brown cellophane strip alternating with wider strip of light orange paper. Warp of undyed linen. Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane