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Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) designed this woven silk furnishing fabric for Bianchini-Férier in 1919-1920. Dufy was a painter who had exhibited with the Fauves. He began to design textiles for Paul Poiret in 1911. From 1912 until 1930 he designed woven and printed textiles for the silk manufacturers Bianchini-Férier. He created a range of lively fabrics in bright colours, many of which were bought by leading couturiers such as Lanvin, Patou and Poiret. Dufy’s woven and printed silks are recognisably in the same manner as his drawings and paintings. In these, the space is treated decoratively, rather than imposing a fixed perspective. Much avant-garde art of the time employed this technique. Dufy’s

Furnishing fabric · France · 1919-1920. Jacquard-woven mercerised cotton. By Dufy, Raoul. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.