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Angelo Testa

1918-1984

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Angelo testa fabric designed in 1951

 

Angelo Testa designed for Knoll in 1947

Designed for Knoll in 1947

 

fabric designed by Angelo Testa in 1952

"Animal Forms," fabric panel designed in 1942

Cities, fabric panel designed by angelo testa

Cities, fabric pannel designed circa 1950

Angelo testa

 

Angelo Testa was born in 1918 in Springfield, MA. He studied fine art painting and sculpture at the Chicago Institute of Design, during the 1940s.

angelo testa

Algiers, 1952

In 1947 he set up Angelo Testa & Company, producing hand screen-printed and woven textiles for the many architectural studios of Chicago. Testa developped collaboration in textile design with several companies like Schumachers. Testa approached his textile work as an abstract painter. He was interested in form and line and saw his work as being suited to the new minimal approach towards architecture.

 

Angelo Testa design

 

Angelo Testa fabric