Pictured Size
2.45 x 3.05m (8' x 10')
Pictured Weave
Hand Knotted
Materials
Handspun wool
About This Rug
Smyrna Rug is based on Anni Albers’s 1925 study for this design
The study was given as gift by the artist to the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Produced in association with the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
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.
