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Object Timeline

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1938

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Sample (France)

This is a Sample. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is silk and its technique is cut and voided supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a taffeta ground. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Unknown. It is credited Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 3.6 × 9.5 cm (1 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Labeled: "6010 Velours de Mosquée"

Cite this object as

Sample (France); silk; H x W: 3.6 × 9.5 cm (1 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg; 1938-82-189-k

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