Paul Rodier / Silk Curtain Fabric Depicting Tropical Vegetation / c.1927

Paul Rodier
Silk Curtain Fabric Depicting Tropical Vegetation
c.1927
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Creator Name: Rodier, Paul
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Designed by
Creator Dates/Places: 1907
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Paul Rodier
Title: Silk Curtain Fabric Depicting Tropical Vegetation
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1922
Creation End Date: 1932
Creation Date: c.1927
Object Type: Textiles
Materials and Techniques: silk, compound weave, reversible
Dimensions: Overall: 398.6cm x 121.9cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1998.419
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Derek Ostergard
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: When this luxurious French silk was hung as a curtain in a New York City penthouse apartment overlooking Greenwich Village in the late 1920s, it was strikingly avant garde. The linear drawing of exotic tropical vegetation is characteristic of the French Art Deco movement?highly creative Art Moderne decorative work that relied upon the luxury trades for its production for some thirty years (about 1910 to 1940). This silk was designed about 1927 by the prominent Art Deco designer, Paul Rodier, who was renowned for his technical knowledge of textiles, which he used to achieve rich textures. In this reversible fabric, the nobly tangerine-copper silk pattern contrasts with the shimmering golden silk ground, creating a lively, opulent effect.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1998.419
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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