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Knoll in New York

May 26, 2011

The current exhibition ‘Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010’ at the Bard Graduate Center in New York is “the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to a leading producer of modern textile design.” On until 31 July 2011 the show is a great display of work completed by Knoll Textiles over 65 years. Each decade takes a floor of the exhibition […]

The current exhibition ‘Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010’ at the Bard Graduate Center in New York is “the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to a leading producer of modern textile design.” On until 31 July 2011 the show is a great display of work completed by Knoll Textiles over 65 years. Each decade takes a floor of the exhibition space and is a clear way of highlighting the changes and progression in style, weave, colour in fabrics that took place as Knoll as a company changed ownership and direction.

'Mosaic' by Noémi Raymond. Introduced 1950. Rayon. Private collection

'Tracy' by Eszter Haraszty. Introduced 1952. Cotton, screen-printed. Collection of Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Museum Purchase (CAM 1953.4)

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