Textile
Mohnköpfe (Poppyheads) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918) Produced by Johan Backhausen und Söhne (Austrian, founded 1849) Austria, Vienna. 1900. Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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A pattern changes its surface →This work in Afterlives
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- A flower learns to repeat.Chicago records Moser’s design, manufacture by Backhausen, a Jacquard attachment and a repeat of 45.5 × 29.8 centimetres.
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- A flower learns to repeat.Close reading · Where does one pattern end and the next begin? (A measured production repeat does not locate its edges in this photograph. The adjustable window is an exploratory crop, not a verified repeat unit. Repetition of the complete photograph is a display study.)
- Follow a flower.An Artologium visual comparison across cyanotype, painted repeat design and Jacquard weave. No botanical or workshop lineage is asserted.
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- Plantmotif · Artologium visual observation · Source ↗
- Floral repeatrepeat structure · Artologium visual observation · Source ↗
- Textilematerial · Institution record · Source ↗
- Warp-float faced satin weave with ground-weft patterning; loom with Jacquard attachmenttechnique · Institution record · Source ↗
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TextileObject type
An object classified as a textile.
A picture of cloth is not a textile object.
The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Textile” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Textile
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
CottonMaterial
Cotton recorded in the object's medium.
A depicted material or colour resemblance is a separate assertion.
The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present; silk (fiber); wild silk; cotton (fiber)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present; silk (fiber); wild silk; cotton (fiber)
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
SilkMaterial
Silk recorded in the object's medium.
A depicted material or colour resemblance is a separate assertion.
The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present; silk (fiber); wild silk; cotton (fiber)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present; silk (fiber); wild silk; cotton (fiber)
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
WeavingTechnique
Weaving is a making process named in the museum catalogue.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present; satin weaving” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Silk, wild silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; right selvage present; satin weaving
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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