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Ossabaw Island dead tree

MARIANNE STRENGELL (1909-1998), photograph of a tree on Ossabaw Island, 1964, part of her sources material for her textile designs. Below, "big plaid" upholstery fabric sample, mohair and synthetics, hand woven, 1963. Strengell taught at Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1937 to 1961, where she rose from instructor to department head. She created original textile designs for car interiors and commercial airlines. A pioneer in the use of synthetic fibers, Strengell drew inspiration from patterns in nature. Marianne Strengell papers. Gift of Marianne Strengell, 1982-1983, and Strengell and her husband Olav Hammarstrom, 1989.

Ossabaw Island dead tree, 1964. Photograph. 21 x 13 cm. Marianne Strengell papers, 1904-1989. Archives of American Art.