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textiles

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: General term for carpets, fabrics, costume, or other works made of textile materials, which are natural or synthetic fibers created by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing. For works of art or high craft that employ textile as a medium, prefer "textile art (visual works)."

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joann Nelsen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: nysidar_2016_01
Scope and Contents

Materials in this collection are mainly visual and consist of hand painted designs created by surface designer Joann Nelsen from the 1970s - 1990s. The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence, business papers, ephemera and photographs related to both her early career as a fine artist as well as her later career as a textiles and wallcoverings designer.

Dates: 1958-2013

Joe Martin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: nysidar_2018_02
Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the career of Joe Martin, textiles designer and interior renderer active in the mid-to-late 20th century who worked both in the United States and in Europe. The collection consists of textiles, renderings, magazine tears, editorials, and photographs. Martin’s textiles were produced by such companies as Falconetto, Arundell Clarke, Ltd., JOFA, Inc., Piazza Prints and Quiantaince. The collection contains two tubes of rolled fabrics, the...
Dates: 1940-1968, 2000