Hi @chris35
Welcome to the news group!
There’s a lot of info missing, for people to be able to help you. What does “but I could not make it” mean? Is the mapping wrong, does the texture show up at all, does Rhino crash, is the orientation wrong or is it something else? Best thing to do is to post the relevant geometry (the curved surface) and the texture in a 3dm-file, and I’m sure someone will try and sort you out 
Here’s @DavidRutten’s excellent write-up on asking efficient questions - it’s made for Grasshopper, but all the info pertains to Rhino as well - look here
HTH, Jakob