Blue Leaves, Organized Flowers –

I’ve been ruminating over the textile in my last post — looking around the web for similar designs and wondering about a possible early twentieth century (and especially Arts & Crafts) proclivity for “organized nature”. At least that’s the phrase that pops to mind when looking at the methodical grid of La Maitrise. Well, long story short, I don’t know if there really was such a trend, at least I haven’t found any strong visual evidence in the last few days. (Maybe there are whole books on the subject that I’m simply unaware of.) I did come across this 1906 textile design by Josef Hoffman, however, and the blue leaves and stylized flowers are similar in feeling — although much more elegant.