Les Arums

Raoul Dufy first worked for the innovative designer Paul Poiret (1879-1944) as a painter and then as a designer, experimenting with textile printing. He took a particular interest in eighteenth century 'toiles de Jouy' and created his own block-printed versions. His example encouraged many other designers to take an interest in traditional crafts. Dufy also worked under contract to the important silk weaving and printing firm of Bianchini-Férier. This design is characteristic of Dufy's economy of line and colour and is typical of the earlier less geometric phase of the Art Deco Style. 'Les Arums' was also block-printed on linen. It was usual to check design proofs by printing them onto paper

Furnishing fabric · France · 1920. Woven silk damask. By Dufy, Raoul. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.