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Water-pattern textile

Designer Associated Artists American
Manufacturer Probably manufactured by Cheney Brothers American
1883–1900
Not on view
This abstracted water pattern seems to have been derived from a photolithograph in Thomas W. Cutler’s widely read pattern book A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design (1880). The plate illustrates fourteen different ways that Japanese artists represented water; one of them is matched almost exactly by the design of this fabric. Pattern books such as Cutler’s helped professional artists and amateurs alike become familiar with the Japanese design vocabulary.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Water-pattern textile
  • Designer: Associated Artists (1883–1907)
  • Manufacturer: Probably manufactured by Cheney Brothers (American, 1838–1955)
  • Date: 1883–1900
  • Geography: Made in Connecticut, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Silk, woven
  • Dimensions: 31 1/4 x 24 in. (79.4 x 61 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.70.20
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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