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1993

  • Work on this object began.

1999

  • We acquired this object.

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2024

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Shopping Bag, Takashimaya

This is a Shopping bag. It was designed by Susan Slover and design team member: Cliff Morgan and Sarah Allen and firm: Slover and Company. It is dated 1993 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is 3-color flexography on custom beater-dyed light beige matte-finished paper, blended wih longer fibers for durability; made in china. hand-strung handles and hand-tied and hand-combed tassels (four per bag); collapsible. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Slover and Company. It is credited Gift of slover [AND] company.

Its dimensions are

bucket-shaped: 18 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.; top flares to width of 16 15/16 in.; width when bag open: 5 1/2 in.

Cite this object as

Shopping Bag, Takashimaya; Designed by Susan Slover; Design Team Member: Sarah Allen, Cliff Morgan; Firm: Slover and Company; 3-color flexography on custom beater-dyed light beige matte-finished paper, blended wih longer fibers for durability; made in china. hand-strung handles and hand-tied and hand-combed tassels (four per bag); collapsible; bucket-shaped: 18 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.; top flares to width of 16 15/16 in.; width when bag open: 5 1/2 in.; Gift of slover [AND] company; 1999-14-1

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