Untitled (Mobiles)

Marian Mahler

c.1952

A roller-printed rayon textile that translates the idea of hanging mobiles into a repeating pattern, aiming to bring playful, kinetic modernism into everyday interiors.

Densely packed vertical motifs — red arching forms, yellow discs, and textured white pendants strung on thin gray lines set against deep black — give an immediate sense of suspended balance and rhythmic movement.

Made around 1952, it exemplifies postwar modern textile design that translated sculptural abstraction into industrially produced fabrics, helping avant-garde forms become part of ordinary domestic life.

Palette

Exhibitions

Printed Textiles for the Home

1947

Textile Design

1945

Design Trends in Unit Furniture, Fabric and Tableware

1946

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age

1968