Specifications
Pictured Size
3.05 × 3.35m (10' x 11')
Pictured Weave
Hand Knotted
Materials
Handspun wool
About This Rug
From Study For Camino Real, 1967.
Gouache on paper
Produced in association with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
Camino Real
Anni Albers
Designer
One of the most influential textile artists of the 20th century, Anni Albers began her career at the Bauhaus, where – prevented from studying other disciplines as a woman – she took up weaving under the tutelage of Gunta Stölzl. This kickstarted a lifelong passion for the tactile and aesthetic possibilities of textiles and led her to the US, where she became the first textile artist to be honoured with a show at the Museum of Modern Art – and the most famous weaver of the modern age.
