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1944	Work on this object began.
1982	We acquired this object.
2012	We photographed this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2014	This was an Object of the Day.
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Textile, Vegetable Tree

This is a Textile. It was designed by Josef Frank and manufactured by Svenskt Tenn. It is dated designed 1944; this printing 1981 and we acquired it in 1982. Its medium is linen and its technique is screen printed on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled The Father of Swedish Modern Design .

This object was donated by Svenskt Tenn. It is credited Gift of Firma Svenskt Tenn.

Sidewall (France)
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-10

Textile (France)
silk, metallic.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-900-a,b

Digital image of a matrix of blue, red, yellow, green, orange and black dots arranged in an irregular plaid pattern, with mostly blue and green dots on either side of the matrix and mostly red, orange and red in its middle. A few points seem trickling away at the bottom of the matrix. There is no explanation of the significance of the different dot colors. There are more columns than rows, so the matrix appears as a wide rectangle. A legend on the left (title: Taxonomic depth) indicates that each row in the matrix represents a different type of bacteria. The legend consists of several bars next to each other (in a gradation of colors from light yellow to magenta) that show the classification of bacteria in its hierarchical subdividision. A bar next to most rows reads “Bacteria” (yellow); on its right, a light orange bar is split in “Proteobacteria”, “Actinobacteria” and others; Proteobacteria is further subdivided in the next bar (dark orange), in “Alphaproteobacteria” and “Betaproteobacteria”, and so forth. Thus the legend indicates that rows in the matrix are clustered according to the scientific classification of bacteria, so that rows next to each other represent bacteria that are more closely related on an evolutionary scale. A diagonally aligned text at the top of each column creates the illusion of depth and, although the font is very small and hardly readable, appears to indicate that each column represents a different gene product (a specific protein). Overall, the impression gained is that of a summary of genetic diversity within a sample of bacteria, organized both according to the type of bacteria (rows) and the diversity of specific metabolic functions (columns) identified within the sample. Above the matrix is a general title of the visualization: 'Thiocyanate bioreactor genome summary. High density genome summary matrix linked to a phylogenetic hierarchy'.

Metagenomic Data Visualization, 2016
videos (2), data visualization.
Courtesy Banfield Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and Stamen....
NATURE.010

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bare root tree, rendering, drawing, tree of 40 fruit.
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Its dimensions are

H x W: 504.2 x 128.9 cm (16 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 50 3/4 in.) Repeat H: 81.9 cm (32 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Vegetable Tree Komp av Josef Frank Svenskt Tenn Stockholm

Cite this object as

Textile, Vegetable Tree; Designed by Josef Frank (Austrian, active Sweden, 1885 - 1967); Manufactured by Svenskt Tenn; Sweden; linen; H x W: 504.2 x 128.9 cm (16 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 50 3/4 in.) Repeat H: 81.9 cm (32 1/4 in.); Gift of Firma Svenskt Tenn; 1982-60-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2EmCa/
Accession Number 1982-60-1
Object ID 18800129