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Its aim was to unite architecture and the fine and applied arts.  Anni Albers often looked to her colleague Gunta Stölzl for inspiration and technical advice and eventually succeeded her as Director of the weaving workshop.\r\n\r\nAlbers argued for the need for craft-based design. She encouraged designers to become familiar with the fibres and textures which would be used and not to think of design solely in terms of linear patterns.\r\n\r\nThe original weaving of this important hanging was destroyed during the Second World War. It was rewoven by Gunta Stölzl and 'AA' is embroidered in the bottom right hand corner.","physicalDescription":"Hanging of triple weave construction of cream silk and black and yellow rayon. With a geometric design in black, white and yellow rectangular divisions. Silk warp and weft. The grey tones are created by weft and warp combination of two sets of warp threads, one set white and the other black. The rectangles are formed by a simple tabby weave. The hanging is sewn to a grey linen and the last two inches, top and bottom, are sewn over to form sleeves for the battens.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gunta Stölzl","id":"A2403"},"association":{"text":"weaver","id":"AAT25367"},"note":"Name without umlaut is Gunta Stoelzl"},{"name":{"text":"Anni Albers","id":"A6001"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Triple weave, silk and rayon\r\n\r\nBrenda Keneghan of V&amp;A Conservation Science carried out tests on the fibres in January 2020. The results were as follows:\r\nWhite warp = Cuprammonium rayon\r\nWhite weft = silk\r\nYellow warp = Hemp or ramie or cuprammonium silk – too close to really distinguish between them.\r\nBlack warp = Hemp or ramie or cuprammonium silk – too close to really distinguish between them.\r\n\r\nFrances Hartog of V&amp;A textile conservation added the following comment: Cuprammonium ‘silk’ is a type of rayon. I think this is more likely to be correct than the possibility of hemp being used.\n\nHowever, in archival documents, Gunta Stölzl  says the hanging is of 'silk and cotton'. \r\n","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Wall coverings","id":"THES48878"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AB6683","2006AX7281","2012FT0033","2012FT0041","2022NG1317","2022NG1318","2022NG1319"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"SR002","id":"THES392739"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Hanging","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Switzerland","id":"x29199"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1966","earliest":"1966-01-01","latest":"1966-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"1926","earliest":"1926-01-01","latest":"1926-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"2076","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"1214","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"80","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"47","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"1194","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Length of velcro attached along top back"}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'AA' [monogram]","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Embroidered in black thread below the right corner"}],"objectHistory":"Registered File Number 67/3533 taken from Departmental record","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Triple weave wall-hanging of silk and rayon, designed by Anni Albers, 1926/7, woven under the supervision of Gunta Stölzl, Zurich, Switzerland, 1966.\r\n ","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Takahiko Sano (ed.) <i>The European Art of Textiles</i>, Osaka : NKH Kinki Medi Plan, 1995","id":"AUTH357877"},"details":"no.151","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<i>Anni et Josef Albers, L'art et la vie</i>, Julia Garimorth (ed.), Paris Musées, 2021, pp. 48-49; 272 (cat. 202)."}],"production":"The original weaving of this important hanging was destroyed during the Second World War; it was rewoven under the supervision of Gunta Stölzl in an edition of three. 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