The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)
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Textile Artists
313 works at MoMA
8 nationalities
Leading Artists in Textile
- 80 Louise Bourgeois American
- 59 Franz Erhard Walther German
- 7 Pierre Paulin French
- 5 James Lee Byars American
- 5 Wael Shawky Egyptian
- 4 Gaetano Pesce Italian
- 4 George Brecht American
- 4 Anni Albers American
- 3 Robert Rauschenberg American
- 3 Richard Serra American
National Distribution
Classification Sub-types
| Classification | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Design | 80 | 25.6% |
| Sculpture | 79 | 25.2% |
| Illustrated Book | 77 | 24.6% |
| Drawing | 16 | 5.1% |
| Multiple | 14 | 4.5% |
| Painting | 11 | 3.5% |
| 11 | 3.5% | |
| Textile | 10 | 3.2% |
Department Distribution
- Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 129
- Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 89
- Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 81
- Arms and Armor (MET) — 35
- Drawings and Prints (MET) — 10
- Media and Performance (MOMA) — 7
- Film (MOMA) — 5
- The American Wing (MET) — 5
- Photography (MOMA) — 2
- Robert Lehman Collection (MET) — 2
Production by Decade
7
0s
1
1850s
1
1910s
4
1920s
2
1930s
11
1940s
8
1950s
105
1960s
24
1970s
7
1980s
20
1990s
98
2000s
17
2010s
8
2020s
Physical Scale Distribution
| Scale bracket | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small (< 30 cm) | 24 | 8.3% |
| Medium (30–100 cm) | 161 | 55.5% |
| Large (1–3 m) | 80 | 27.6% |
| Monumental (> 3 m) | 25 | 8.6% |
Artist Birth Cohorts
2
1850–1874
5
1875–1899
23
1900–1924
40
1925–1949
30
1950–1974
10
1975–1999
1
2000–2024
Gender of Artists Working in Textile
- Male — 78
- Female — 29
Met Cultural Context
| Culture | Country | Met Records |
|---|---|---|
| German, Nuremberg | 6 | |
| Japanese | 4 | |
| American | United States | 4 |
| British, Greenwich | 4 | |
| German, Landshut and Augsburg; gorget, Italian | 2 | |
| German; restorations, French, Paris | 2 | |
| German, Augsburg | 2 | |
| German, Landshut | 2 | |
| Franco-Italian | 2 | |
| Flemish, possibly Antwerp | 1 |
On View Now
1 Textile works currently installed in Met galleries
Notable Highlights
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)
Baptiste Pellerin|Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555
French, possibly Paris
Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland
Jacob Halder · 1586
British, Greenwich