"Flying Buttresses"

Silks Beau Monde, Marshall Field & Company|Walter Dorwin Teague

1933 · Printed silk · Modern and Contemporary Art

Teague was inspired to design this textile by the modernistic architectural motifs and emphasis on streamlined surfaces and bright colors that were presented at the Century of Progress International Exhibition, Chicago, 1933–34.

Artist

Silks Beau Monde, Marshall Field & Company|Walter Dorwin Teague

Date

1933

Medium

Printed silk

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, 1998