Wall hanging

Designer: Eero Saarinen

c. 1934

Linen, silk, discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A woven wall hanging features geometric patterns and a central stylized motif. The design incorporates vertical lines and rectangular shapes in shades of blue and brown against a neutral background. A woven wall hanging features geometric patterns and a central stylized motif. The design incorporates vertical lines and rectangular shapes in shades of blue and brown against a neutral background. This object can be seen as the product of an extremely talented family. The angular leaping fish and muted colors are hallmarks of the American Art Deco style, and are attributed to Eero Saarinen. The piece was created in the studio of his mother, Loja, at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, a leader in the development of modernism in the United States. Cranbrook was itself a family affair, guided by Loja and her husband, architect Eliel Saari