id:			109641
accession number:	1928.272
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.272
updated:		2025-03-25 15:01:47.687000

Flower of the Desert (No. C761), 1927. Stehli Silks Corporation  (America, Lancaster, PA, and New York, 1840–c. 1955). Silk: plain weave, printed; overall: 48.3 x 102.9 cm (19 x 40 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Stehli Silks Corporation, 1928.272

title:				Flower of the Desert (No. C761)
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creation date:			1927
creation date earliest:		1927
creation date latest:		1927
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creditline:			Gift of the Stehli Silks Corporation
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culture:	America, New York
technique:	Silk: plain weave, printed
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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* Stehli Silks Corporation  (America, Lancaster, PA, and New York, 1840–c. 1955)  - manufacturer
Founded in 1837 in Obfelden, Switzerland, by the Stehli family, the original cotton mill transitioned to weaving silk in 1840. By the 1890s, half of the silk produced by Stehli was being shipped to the United States; at that point moving production closer to the customer base made economic sense. Stehli opened their first US mill in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1898 and at the same time established an office in New York City, becoming one of the first American silk manufacturers. By the mid-1920s, Stehli operated five mills in three states—Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. In those two decades, Stehli’s business increased fourteen fold. A significant product line was their three Americana Prints series of 1925-1927, under art director and artist Kneeland “Ruzzie” Green. In a deliberate attempt to shift the silk industry away from traditional French design, the three series focused on imagery of contemporary American life. Fifteen well-known artists were commissioned to design 86 silk patterns.
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