Born in Berlin, Anni Albers studied at the Bauhaus beginning in 1922. She entered the weaving workshop as that was the only workshop open to women but quickly she became well-known for her abstract wall hangings and textiles. Her textiles created decorative patterns based upon the underlying grid structure inherent in the weaving process. She also experimented with the inclusion of new materials such as synthetic fibers and cellophane. She married Josef Albers, then an instructor at the Bauhaus and received her diploma in 1929. The couple emigrated to the United States in November of 1933 so that Josef could help develop the visual arts curriculum at Black Mountain College and Anni could set up a weaving workshop. They remained at Black Mountain until Josef became the chairman of the Department of Design at the Yale University School of Art in 1950. She published a seminal book "On Weaving" in 1965. Breuer contacted Anni about providing fabrics for the Frank House. She ran into difficulties producing the experimental fabrics but a pink-copper fabric was included in the master bedroom.