Tag: Bargello

Bargello textiles: reductionism

Bargello textiles: reductionism

Simplicity of form in this fragment, …references a paring down of motifs to their geometric basics. That idea has proliferated in textile patterning not just since the 1920′s (Bauhaus and Art Deco), but certainly from the ‘Biedermeier’ era…

 

Bargello textiles: red brocade

Bargello textiles: red brocade

Florentine textile collections, the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence.