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Object Timeline

1942	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Textile (Japan)

This is a Textile. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is silk and its technique is compound twill weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Alan L. Wolfe. It is credited Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.

An object with ring and environment composed of multiple parts in synthetic, semi-synthetic and natural materials with several functions. The object with ring is constructed of a miniature Grey Heron Airplane adorned with embroidered French Knots on her wings as part of a knitted sweater to keep her warm. She has an apparatus with wheels attached to her underside in order to have a smooth landing on a landing strip designed for when she is not being worn as a ring. The strip is a grey knitted textile with a fragmented traffic line down the center bordered with light green hand woven fringe on two sides that could be a metaphor for grass. When the ring is not being worn it could be considered a sculpture or an environment for the Grey Heron.

Grey Heron Airplane Ring Object With Ring
textile (viscose, polyester/polyamide), plastic heron, 14kt white gold, glass....
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-113-a/c

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 22.5 x 22.2 cm (8 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile (Japan); silk; Warp x Weft: 22.5 x 22.2 cm (8 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.); Gift of Alan L. Wolfe; 1942-86-55

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Davn/
Accession Number 1942-86-55
Object ID 18567619