Sample (Upholstery Fabric)
1967 · Wool, plain weave
46.2 × 44.5 cm (18 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Marianne Strengell
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56
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64
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951–1952
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950–1951
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Modern Art in Your Life
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
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100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947–1948
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Marianne Strengell was an American weaver whose handwoven textiles merged modernist abstraction with the structural vocabulary of the loom. Working across fine art and functional design, she developed a formal language rooted in the postwar craft revival, establishing herself as a significant figure in mid-century American textiles. Her practice demonstrated that weaving could function as both autonomous artwork and applied craft without compromise to either register.
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