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Selvedges From Hosoo Metallic Brocaded Silks

This is a Selvedges from Hosoo metallic brocaded silks.

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 gilded washi paper, silk.

It is credited Courtesy of Hosoo Company Ltd..

  • Textile, Starry Indigo
  • silk (88%), silver foil over washi paper (8%), polyester (4%).
  • Gift of Hosoo Co., Ltd..
  • 2015-46-1
  • Fringe
  • silk, metallic thread.
  • Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
  • 1962-56-60-c

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 17.8 × 20.3 cm (7 × 8 in.)

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

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