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Silk Thread Waste

This is a Silk thread waste.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Luisa Cevese as part of Scraps.

It is dated 2015. Its medium is silk.

It is credited Courtesy of Mantero Seta Spa.

  • Spindle (Peru)
  • painted wood shaft; incised and painted ceramic whorl.
  • 1920-1-5

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Its dimensions are

H x diam. (each basket): 7.6 × 17.8 cm (3 × 7 in.); 5 baskets

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Scraps.

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