"Cross Patch" Textile

Ray Eames|Charles Eames|Schiffer Prints Division, Mil-Art Co., Inc.

ca. 1945 · Cotton · Modern and Contemporary Art

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.

Artist

Ray Eames|Charles Eames|Schiffer Prints Division, Mil-Art Co., Inc.

Date

ca. 1945

Medium

Cotton

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Geoffrey N. Bradfield, 1984