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"Cross Patch" Textile

Designer Ray Eames American
Designer Charles Eames American
ca. 1945
Not on view
While most of the Eames' oeuvre is considered collaborative, with the majority of their designs attributed to both partners, Ray was responsible for the textile designs, which display her highly distinctive abstract yet organic graphic style. The "Cross Patch" pattern was originally submitted to a textile competition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1947. It was subsequently produced by Schiffer Prints. The geometric pattern of squares, triangles, and circles was available in several different colorways. Its nonrepresentational, highly graphic design was especially suitable to the informal, modern furnishings and interiors popularized by the Eameses and other designers of the era.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Cross Patch" Textile
  • Designer: Ray Eames (American, Sacramento, California 1912–1988 Los Angeles, California)
  • Designer: Charles Eames (American, St. Louis, Missouri 1907–1978 St. Louis, Missouri)
  • Manufacturer: Schiffer Prints Division, Mil-Art Co., Inc.
  • Date: ca. 1945
  • Medium: Cotton
  • Dimensions: 38 1/4 × 50 1/2 in. (97.2 × 128.3 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Painted and Printed
  • Credit Line: Gift of Geoffrey N. Bradfield, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.265.1
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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