Textile Design with Alternating Circular Motifs, Bundles of Stylized Fowers, and Intersecting Diagonal Garlands of Stylized Flowers

Vertical panel with a textile design that is part of a group of 266 textile designs by the American artist Robert Bryer, possibly made for United Designing Co., since most of the designs carry a stamp of the "United Designing Co. / WOrth 4 - 8975". Some of them also contain a stamp in the verso of the "Original Designing Company, Inc."

The collection contains a great variety of designs, from the more traditional floral and stripe patterns, to thematic designs based on various travel destinations, with palm trees and other holiday attributes. Especially interesting among these are patterns inspired by textiles and paintings of Native American tribes, including the Inca, Navajo, Aztec and Maya. The patterns are composed of semi-abstract figures distributed across the design in a regular or, in some cases, a more casual fashion. The spontaneity of designs and the use of floral and animal motifs suggest they were created for printed textiles in the forties.


This textile design is made up of alternating vertical rows of large dark blue and hot pink circles over a white background filled with bundles of stylized flowers colored with dark blue, and intersecting diagonal garlands of white stylized flowers outlined with dark blue that form a checked pattern over the circle motifs. This design presents a playful re-interpretation of "chintz" textile designs, by using flowers other than roses, a trend that was particularly important in the production of American textiles during the 1930s and 1940s.