Drawing, Design for Woven Hanging "Birth of Round"

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1968–69 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is graphite, red, green color pencil on heavy cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 43.9 × 38 cm (17 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on left half of sheet, upper left: mathematical notations, BIRTH OF ROUND [turned sideways] / use silk with pick up stich / warp on table loom behind big loom; at center: warp linen / 12 per inch / Reed 6 [...] / sley 2 in one / make silk warp separate / wind? on weight beam / on little loom. / Resthread (sic) when needed / silk 18 per inch (not threaded) / sley 3 in one / width 20" for linen / [width] 8 1/2" silk / length 4 yd. for linen / 3 yd 24 " [for] silk; at lower left: 20" [above double arrow sign indicating width] linen 240 thr. / silk in 1 (encircled) 7" / [silk] 2 (encircled) 8 1/2" / [silk] 3 (encircled) 6" /[silk] 4 (encircled) 3" / mabre silk 8 1/2", move when necessary 153 thr. /1 (encircled) 10 1/2 linen 8 1/2 silk + linen 1 linen / 2 (encircled) same resley silk. / 3 (encircled) 8 1/2 linen 8 1/2 silk + linen 3 linen 4 (encircled) ditto; along right edge of sheet, upper right: mathematical notations; at center: shift fabric to left (crossed out); in green pencil: let warp show; in graphite, lower right: add 3" warp/original darkest of whole [...]

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