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Object Timeline

1962

  • Work on this object began.

1967

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Samples (Japan)

This is a Samples. It was produced by Auburn Fabrics Inc.. It is dated mid-1960s and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is silk and its technique is marbleized (suminagashi). It is a part of the Textiles department.

  • Bag, 8 Hours
  • silk selvedges, polyurethane.
  • Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.
  • 88.2015.19

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Samples (Japan); Produced by Auburn Fabrics Inc.; silk; 1991-25-26-A/D

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