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2015

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2016

2026

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Ruler

This is a ruler.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It has been able to spend time at the museum on loan from Thom Browne.

It is dated 2015. Its medium is nickel-plated wood.

It is credited Courtesy of Thom Browne.

  • Fair Square Ruler
  • steel (chrome-faced), wood.
  • Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
  • 1993-151-14-a,b
  • Ruler, Metal Ruler
  • offset lithography, metal.
  • Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
  • 1993-151-37

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Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 31.1 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm (12 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in.)

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