Arterior Textile GmbH was a German textile manufacturer based in Wuppertal, Germany, best documented through its production of artist-designed carpets and wall hangings from the 1960s through the early 1990s. The company is listed in the Getty Research Institute’s Union List of Artist Names as an institution associated with textile production in Wuppertal.[1]
Design and History
Arterior Textile GmbH operated as a manufacturer of woven and tufted wool textiles, producing works for artists and designers. The Museum of Modern Art in New York identifies Arterior Textile GmbH, Wuppertal, Germany as the manufacturer of Sheila Hicks’ “Prayer Rug” (1965), a hand-spun wool work in its collection.[2] Auction records also document Arterior-produced wall tapestries by Hicks from the 1970s, stamped with the company name.[3]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Arterior became associated with the “Arterior Collection,” a carpet project commissioned by the German flooring manufacturer Vorwerk. Vorwerk, founded in 1883 as the Barmer Teppichfabrik Vorwerk & Co. in Wuppertal, engaged roughly 20 international artists for the series, including Richard Long, David Hockney, Sam Francis, Günther Förg, Mimmo Paladino, and Jiri Georg Dokoupil.[4][5] Auction house Dorotheum describes the Arterior Collection as “an ambitious carpet project” that was “commercially unsuccessful” and “soon discontinued.”[4]
Carpets from the collection carry fabric labels reading “ARTERIOR VORWERK” followed by the designer’s name and a Dessin (pattern) number, as documented on auction listings for works by Dokoupil, Förg, and others.[6][7] The relationship between Arterior Textile GmbH and Vorwerk is documented through these production labels and auction descriptions, which note that carpets were “made by Vorwerk, Wuppertal” for the Arterior line.[8]
Meaning and Symbolism
No documented description of an Arterior Textile GmbH logo, crest, or emblem has been located in the available research. The company’s visual identity is not documented in museum records, auction catalogs, or archival sources that were retrieved. The only verifiable branding elements are the woven or printed fabric labels and stamps applied to finished textile works, which identify the manufacturer and, in the case of the Arterior Collection, the Vorwerk partnership and the individual artist-designer.[6][3]
Because no primary or secondary source describing the company’s graphic mark, its designer, or its design rationale was found, any claims about the appearance, symbolism, or typography of an Arterior Textile logo cannot be verified and are omitted here.
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