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Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo

Furnishing Textile Length

Maker

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871-1949), designer

Title

Furnishing Textile Length

Year

ca. 1920

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

Length: 264.2 cm (104 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Barbara Deering Danielson

Object Number

82.308.48G

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

“Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass"
Jun 10, 2014 – Mar 08, 2015

Label copy

This fabric’s large-scale floral and foliate pattern refers to the lush colors and textures of 17th-century Italian or Ottoman velvet. Spanish-born Venice-based artist Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo stencil-printed and hand-painted pigment that was impregnated with bronze powder onto a red cotton ground. He then discharge-dyed the fabric, carefully removing color from select areas.

The art and ornament of the Italian Renaissance, Persia, Byzantium, and classical Greece inspired Fortuny to experiment with new printing, draping, and pleating processes. Beginning in 1909, he accumulated 18 patents for printing silk and cotton fabrics with many layers of color.

A Decade of Collecting (Costume and Textiles)
Jul 17, 1987 – Sep 06, 1987
A Decade of Collecting (Painting and Sculpture; Prints, Drawings, and Photographs)
Jun 26, 1987 – Sep 20, 1987

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Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Spanish, 1871-1949), designer
Furnishing Textile Length, ca. 1920
Cotton plain weave, resist printed
Length: 264.2 cm (104 inches)
Gift of Barbara Deering Danielson 82.308.48G

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