Madeline Weinrib has shaped a style that is at once timeless and contemporary. Inspired by the challenge of translating painterly ideals to warp and weft, she sensed an opportunity to carve out a new niche and to modernize what was at the time a traditional idiom. Embracing authenticity as one of her hallmark values, Madeline’s aesthetic is defined by her individual approach to pattern, palette and scale and the use of techniques that favor hand over machine and tradition over automation. Madeline closed her textiles business in 2018 leaving a significant body of iconic work. She continued her rug design with a collaboration with Cristina Grajales Gallery in 2019 and is delighted to present new rugs with Emma Scully Gallery at the inaugural New York edition of the Collectible Design Fair.
Weinrib has served as the Creative Director of the Heirloom Project, working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art store and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s pop-up shop. The Heirloom Project celebrates the 10th anniversary of The Met’s reimagined Islamic Wing which seeks engagement with global artisans who pursue historic techniques and design principles. She has collaborated with such institutions as the Art Production Fund, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Neue Galerie, IFPA Print Fair, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (NGV), and the Parrish Art Museum.
