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1995

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1996

  • We acquired this object.

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2013

2025

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Textile, Everything for the Garden

This is a Textile. It was designed by Laura Foster Nicholson and woven by Philadelphia College of Textiles. It is dated 1995–96 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is cotton and its technique is jacquard damask with supplementary weft patterning. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund and through gift of Mrs. Edward Stern.

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Its dimensions are

H x W: 297.2 x 132.1 cm (9 ft. 9 in. x 52 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile, Everything for the Garden; Designed by Laura Foster Nicholson (American, b. 1954); Woven by Philadelphia College of Textiles; USA; cotton; H x W: 297.2 x 132.1 cm (9 ft. 9 in. x 52 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund and through gift of Mrs. Edward Stern; 1996-78-1

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