Antonín Kybal rug, constructivist textile art of the Czechoslovak Avant-Garde, ca. 1935

This rug by Antonín Kybal belongs to the characteristic textile works of the Czechoslovak avant-garde of the 1930s. Its design is based on a constructivist arrangement of black and red linear fields, exemplifying Kybal’s synthesis of artistic thinking, industrial textile production and the functionalist understanding of interior space.

The machine-woven wool structure reflects Kybal’s approach of combining craft and industry, a principle that became fundamental within the modernist movement in interwar Czechoslovakia. His works were conceived for the needs of modern architecture and translated architectural form language into textile compositions with clarity, geometry and spatial order.

Measuring 392 × 248 cm, the present rug belongs to the larger formats of his oeuvre, intended for representative domestic or public interiors. Comparable works were shown in the exhibition “Hej Rup! The Czechoslovak Avant-Garde in the Context of the European Modern Movement” and are regarded as key references in the development of modern textile design in Central Europe.

This piece is an original example from the interwar period and a significant document of functionalist design and architectural modernism. For collectors, it offers a rare opportunity to acquire an authentic work of Czechoslovak avant-garde textile art in a museum-level state of preservation, suitable for both private and institutional collections.Further reading:“Antonín Kybal: The Legacy of Czech Modernist Textile Design” by Adam Štěch
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