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Alexander Girard Textile Re-editions for the Herman Miller Collection HermanMiller Materials
Alexander Girard Textile Re-editions for the Herman Miller Collection Alexander Girard
“Alexander Girard taught us Trained as an architect, but proficient in all manner of that business ought to be activities, Alexander Girard was introduced to Herman fun, that part of the quality Miller through Charles Eames and George Nelson, of life was joy, excitement established the Textile Division in 1952, and served as and celebration.” its Director of Design until 1973. From his outpost in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he designed over 300 textiles –D.J. De Pree in multitudes of colorways, multiple collections of President of Herman Miller wallpaper, decorative prints and wall hangings, an from 1923-1961 expansive group of furniture, and both decorative and useful objects. His passion for international folk art led him around the globe as he amassed a collection of roughly 106,000 pieces, and his many corporate and freelance assignments engendered lavish praise for his diverse skills and unique vision.
Introduced in 1952, Girard’s first textile collection for Herman Miller included a range of bold colors and versatile textures. To this foundation he began adding sympathetic and interrelated woven patterns and printed designs. Girard envisioned the textile program Alexander Girard
An exhibition celebrating as a flexible tool kit that offered endless variation the breadth of Girard’s through combination and use. Unhampered by work and life was installed contemporary dictums of style and taste, over the in Chicago for NeoCon course of his 21-year tenure at Herman Miller Girard 2012, where it will remain explored wildly different approaches to production through Spring 2013. method, yarn content, pattern, texture, color, and mood. The resulting body of work is not only staggering in sheer volume and creativity, but due to its fundamental qualities of beauty and usefulness, remains completely relevant today.
Our first re-edition of textiles by Alexander Girard for the Herman Miller Collection focuses on quintessential textures. Though often heralded for his patterns, Girard produced a body of woven textures for Herman Miller that are timeless and versatile. We have reproduced each textile as faithfully in weave and color as is possible with one enhancement: they now utilize the most advanced environmental constructions and materials available.
Lanalux “Lana” is Italian for wool, and Lanalux is exactly what the name implies—a wool textile with a luxuriously soft hand. Lanalux’s astonishing texture is achieved by using fine micron wool fibers. Three different yarns are spun and then plied together to make a single delightfully uneven and thick yarn. This yarn is then used in the warp and weft to achieve the chunky, seemingly random texture of the surface. Lanalux
Superweave Characterized by its distinct warp and weft, Superweave radiates a richness of both color and texture. The textile’s subtle multi-color effect is created by a labor- intensive process in which the fibers are dyed first, and then different colors of fiber are carded together to achieve the desired effect.
Superweave Alexander Girard
Linomix Characterized by a pixel-like interweaving of colored yarns, Linomix demonstrates Girard’s playful mastery of production capabilities to create a seemingly random pattern. Based on two surviving examples, one in our archive and another at the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, the resulting construction is woven in a patented process called Climatex Lifecycle which meets Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM Gold criteria. Linomix
Colorado Plaid A single Eames Sofa Compact surviving from a custom order placed by Colorado State University in the 1960s served as the basis for recreating this bold and beautiful plaid. Our re-edition features 13 warp sections across, with 17 weft sections interwoven to create a perfectly balanced plaid. The large-scale pattern is intended to be applied at random, allowing for great variety even in a single installation. Colorado Plaid
Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. Colorado Plaid
Seating
Designer Alexander Girard Price Category 11 Content 91% wool, 9% ramie Width 51" Weight 19 ounces/linear yard Repeat 51" width x 67" height Lightfastness Grade 4, 40 hours Flammability CA TB 117, NFPA 260 Origin Switzerland
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Multi 11901
Repeat: 51" width x 67" height Lanalux
Seating
Designer Alexander Girard Price Category 14 Content 100% wool Width 54" Weight 33.1 ounces/linear yard Lightfastness Grade 4, 40 hours Flammability CA TB 117, NFPA 260 Origin Scotland
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Raw Umber, Black Black, White 13A78 13A75
Yellow Brown White, Black 13A83 13A84
Orange Light 13A86
Crimson Natural 13A87 13A80 Linomix
Seating
Designer Alexander Girard Price Category 11 Content 91% wool, 9% ramie Width 51" Weight 19 ounces/linear yard Lightfastness Grade 4, 40 hours Flammability CA TB 117, NFPA 260 Origin Switzerland
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Natural, Umber, Sepia, Khaki 12002
Natural, Black, Pink, Blue Grey 12003
Natural, Orange, Sienna, Green 12004
Natural, Blue Grey, Ochre, Grey Dark 12001 Superweave
Seating
Designer Alexander Girard Price Category 10 Content 100% wool Width 54" Weight 23.6 ounces/linear yard Lightfastness Grade 4, 40 hours Flammability CA TB 117, NFPA 260 Origin Scotland
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Yellow Dark 22A04
Sienna Orange, Pink Dark 22A03 22A20
Olive Green Dark Dark 22A08
Ultramarine Dark 22A07 Printed samples are representative of the material to be supplied and may not General product and company information indicate an exact match; some variation may occur. www.hermanmiller.com
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Alexander Girard is a registered trademark of The Alexander Girard Estate. Colorado Plaid, Lanalux, Linomix, and Superweave © 2013 Alexander Girard®. All rights reserved. Used under license. * ACT® registered certification marks © 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan. All rights reserved.
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