"Mira-Spectrum" Textile

Verner Panton|Mira-X

ca. 1970 · Printed cotton · Modern and Contemporary Art

Though Panton is best known for his plastic stacking chair (MMA 1986.425)—the first single-form, single-material chair to be mass produced—he was also responsible for designing a remarkable series of textiles for the Swiss manufacturer Mira-X. With its psychedelic, undulating wave pattern, this textile is a characteristic example of Op Art design, which experimented with abstract optical illusions achieved through judicious use of variation in hue and pattern. The palette is typical for Panton, and utilizes sequential variations in the limited color range that he favored for interior design.

Artist

Verner Panton|Mira-X

Date

ca. 1970

Medium

Printed cotton

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, by exchange, 2001