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Textile (Italy)

This is a Textile. It is dated 1960–61 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is wool (weft and embroidery), silk (warp), cotton (embroidery) and its technique is machine embroidered and discharge printed on jacquard weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Marion K. Morgan and from General Acquisitions Endowment, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, and Eleanor G. Hewitt Funds.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 118.5 x 88 cm (46 5/8 x 34 5/8 in.) Repeat H (printed): 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.) Repeat H (embroidered): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Attached label: Fabric imported from Italy".

Cite this object as

Textile (Italy); wool (weft and embroidery), silk (warp), cotton (embroidery); Warp x Weft: 118.5 x 88 cm (46 5/8 x 34 5/8 in.) Repeat H (printed): 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.) Repeat H (embroidered): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Marion K. Morgan and from General Acquisitions Endowment, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, and Eleanor G. Hewitt Funds; 1991-90-10

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