Léon Bakst, Robinson Silk Company for Clingen and Selig, and others
Design with Flowers in Grid
1923
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- Designer: Léon Bakst
- Manufacturer: Robinson Silk Company for Clingen and Selig
- Manufacturer: United Piece Dye Works
Design with Flowers in Grid
1923
Physical Qualities
Silk, 31-3/8 x 9-1/2 in. (79.7 x 24.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John W. Garrett, Baltimore
Object Number
1950.82.1a
The textile design may originally have been inspired by Turkish velvets brought to Russia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as Turkish embroideries. But Bakst‘s luxurious colors, contrasted with a white (also available in black) ground, and his stylization of the motifs have resulted in a modern interpretation.
Ex. Coll: Evergreen House.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Charles Spencer, Léon Bakst, New York: Rizzoli, 1979, pp. 182-188, illus. p. 186. Reference to: Katherine Gibson, 'Textile Designs by Léon Bakst,' Design, Syracuse, 1929, vol. 31.
Inscribed: Printed signature in black found along selvages of pieces 'b' & 'd': 'Léon Bakst'
