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1956

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1966

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Textile (France)

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1961 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is nylon warp; acrylic and cotton wefts and its technique is plain weave with bands of plain weave with continuous supplementary wefts. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Marion K. Morgan and from General Acquisitions Endowment, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, and Eleanor G. Hewitt Funds.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 375.5 x 107 cm (12 ft. 3 13/16 in. x 42 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Attached label , " C tissu est constrit sur unu chaine en fils de NYLON fins ce qui rend necessaires des coutures a points serres avec bords largeset surjetes ou mieux des coutures anglaise . Repassage leger a fer tiede".

Cite this object as

Textile (France); nylon warp; acrylic and cotton wefts; Warp x Weft: 375.5 x 107 cm (12 ft. 3 13/16 in. x 42 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Marion K. Morgan and from General Acquisitions Endowment, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, and Eleanor G. Hewitt Funds; 1991-90-2

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