Gunta Stölzl - excerpt from The Development of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop, 1931, discussing the Weimar years the evolution and changes in textiles design.
"Gradually a change took place. We began to sense how pretentious these independent, unique pieces were: tablecloths, curtains, wall coverings. The richness of colour and form became too licentious for us; it did not adapt itself, it did not subordinate itself to living. We tried to become more simple, to discipline our means, to use these in a more straightforward and functional way. Thus we came to yard goods which could directly serve the room, the living problem. The watchword of the new epoch was models for industry."
"Gradually a change took place. We began to sense how pretentious these independent, unique pieces were: tablecloths, curtains, wall coverings. The richness of colour and form became too licentious for us; it did not adapt itself, it did not subordinate itself to living. We tried to become more simple, to discipline our means, to use these in a more straightforward and functional way. Thus we came to yard goods which could directly serve the room, the living problem. The watchword of the new epoch was models for industry."
Sample of furnishing fabric
1925
Warp: cotton orange and white
Weft: wool and silk yellow , orange and white
Private collection
1925
Warp: cotton orange and white
Weft: wool and silk yellow , orange and white
Private collection
Sample of furnishing fabric
1925
Warp: cotton orange and white
Weft: wool and silk yellow , orange and white
Private collection
1925
Warp: cotton orange and white
Weft: wool and silk yellow , orange and white
Private collection