About the Exhibition

On view at Cooper-Hewitt March 6—September 7, 2009

Fashioning Felt presents an extraordinary range of felt. From two-dimensional carpets to three-dimensional environments, each work reveals the virtuosity of both the material and the designers. The exhibition and book focus on felt that has been produced by traditional hand- or machine-felting processes; they exclude non-woven felt and techniques, in order to underscore the essential elements of feltmaking — wool fiber, agitation, moisture, and pressure.

Fashioning Felt is made possible by the generous support of


The exhibition is also funded in part by The Coby Foundation, Ltd., and the Mondriaan Foundation

Support for the Claudy Jongstra installation is provided by Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown.

Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, the Consulate-General of The Netherlands, the Information Centre of Danish Crafts, The Netherland-America Foundation, The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, and The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.