American Modernist Textured Carpet by V’Soske
Stanislav V’Soske (1899-1983) trained as a painter at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. In the mid-20s, he co-founded a carpet workshop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his brothers. They initially focused on hooked rugs before developing new hand-tufting techniques. V’Soske pioneered the use of designs as a function of texture, originating hand-carving in rugs and developing new ways to vary carpet surfaces with tufted, incised, and modelled patterns. The carpet offered here exemplifies his technique, featuring a scalloped border created by carefully hand-clipping the open field and wave border contours.
V’Soske won numerous awards and secured prestigious commissions, including work for the White House’s Green Room. Many galleries and museums exhibited his rugs and tapestries, with the Museum of Modern Art in New York commissioning some of his work for its permanent collection.