Artworks · Marianne Strengell

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1967 · Wool, plain weave

46.2 × 44.5 cm (18 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

1959 · Rayon, cotton, and metal strip encased in polyester film, broken combined twill weave

184.8 × 158.3 cm (72 7/8 × 62 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1957 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

38.2 × 39.3 cm (15 × 15 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1957 · Jute, wool, rayon and cotton, weft band plain weave; knotted warp fringe

97.3 × 20.1 cm (38 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1956 · Linen, wool, cotton, and rayon, weft-faced, weft band plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots;" knotted warp fringe

48.8 × 24.3 cm (19 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample prototype for the Alcoa Forecast Rug

1956 · Linen, wool, aluminum thread

H. 40, W. 9 inches (101.6 x 22.9 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rug Sample

1952 · Linen, abaca, cotton and wool, plain weave and weft-faced plain weave; knotted warp fringe

33.7 × 26.2 cm (13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample

1951 · Linen and rayon, plain weave; silk screen printed.

45.4 × 61.3 cm (17 7/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen and wool, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots"

22.6 × 13.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, wool and jute, plain weave; knotted warp fringe

28 × 21 cm (11 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample

1950 · Cotton and rayon, plain weave

41.5 × 39.4 cm (16 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample

1950 · Cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, plain weave

42.6 × 44 cm (16 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample

1950 · Rayon, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave

45.4 × 52.7 cm (17 7/8 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

1950 · Nylon, cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by weft-float face areas of main-warp and ground weft floats

45.3 × 50.8 cm (17 3/4 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

1950 · Nylon, wool, cotton and rayon, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of ground weft floats

45.7 × 51.8 cm (18 × 20 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

25 × 30.1 cm (9 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

23.3 × 28.4 cm (9 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool, cotton, and jute, plain weave; knotted warp fringe

69.1 × 20.4 cm (27 1/4 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

20.4 × 23.9 cm (8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

25.5 × 28.5 cm (10 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;"knotted warp fringe

64.4 × 16.8 cm (25 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, nylon, cotton, wool, modacrylic metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

43.3 × 52.7 cm (17 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Wool, cotton, linen, rayon, jute and nylon, weft-faced plain weave with weft bands of pile woven from woven fringe and chenille yarn ground wefts and by supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

93.1 × 21.7 cm (35 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool, cotton, and saran, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

42 × 26.4 cm (16 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Cotton, jute and wool, plain weave with two-color complementary wefts; knotted warp fringe

39.6 × 30.2 cm (15 5/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen and wool, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots"; knotted warp fringe

23.3 × 12.1 cm (9 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fall Meadow (Sample)

1950 · Cotton, plain weave with wool yarns forming "hooked" pile

42.5 × 41.5 cm (16 3/4 × 16 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1950 · Linen, wool and cotton, weft band plain weave, weft-wrapping and 'countered' weft-wrapping; knotted warp fringe

33.5 × 21.1 cm (13 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Textile length

1950 · Lurex and baste fiber

8 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 18 1/2 in. (252.7 × 47 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red Devil (Drapery fabric)

1947 · Cotton and wool

180 x 50" (457.2 x 127 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Shooting Stars" Curtain

1947 · Rayon with cotton lining

90 in. × 89 3/4 in. (228.6 × 228 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1946 · Rayon, wool and acetate, plain weave

33.6 × 37.5 cm (13 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woven Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1944 · Cotton and rayon, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts

53 × 52.2 cm (20 7/8 × 20 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1943 · Linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots;" knotted warp fringe

26.6 × 24.3 cm (10 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1943 · Cotton, linen and rayon, two-warp reversed twill weave self-patterned by reversing of faces

45 × 44 cm (17 3/4 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1942 · Linen, cotton and rayon, plain weave self-patterned by main warp floats

49.1 × 45.2 cm (19 3/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1942 · Cotton, linen, wool and rayon, weft-stripe plain weave

41.6 × 38.4 cm (16 3/8 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

1942 · Cotton and polyester, plain weave; screen printed

274.7 × 111.6 cm (108 1/4 × 43 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1941 · Cotton, linen, wool, rayon and nylon, warp stripe weft band plain weave

44.4 × 46.4 cm (17 1/2 × 18 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rug Sample

1941 · Linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots"

36.2 × 28 cm (14 1/4 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shooting Star (Furnishing Fabric)

1940 · Rayon, plain weave; silk screen printed.

39.6 × 44 cm (15 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)

1940 · Cotton, nylon and rayon, weft rib plain weave with self-patterning ground wefts

46.2 × 50.8 cm (18 1/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

1940 · Cotton, wool (bouclé) and rayon, creped and plied yarns, warp stripes in plain weave variations

274.4 × 91.6 cm (108 × 36 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drapery fabric

1940 · Jute and rayon

19 3/4 x 14 1/2" (50.2 x 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Casement Cloth

1940 · Cotton and rayon

31 x 21 1/2" (78.8 x 54.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1938 · Cotton, wool and rayon, plain weave

61 × 55.4 cm (24 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

1938 · Cotton, rayon, wool, metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft band plain weave

44.5 × 39.5 cm (17 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

1938 · Rayon, plain weave; screen printed

288.2 × 127.9 cm (113 1/2 × 50 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago