textile materials
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Materials produced by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing natural or synthetic fibers so that they cohere into a form or unit; traditionally excludes fiberboard, paper, papier-mâché, and papyrus, which, though also fiber products, are considered as separate types of material. For generic reference to the genre, see "textiles."
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