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1935

  • Work on this object began.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2017

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Panel, Festival

This is a Panel. It was made for Ruth Reeves. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is wool and its technique is embroidered in running stitch on plain weave (surface darning). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. Mary Ricketson Bullard.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 254 x 114 cm (8 ft. 4 in. x 44 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

"192-A" accompanying the panel identifies it as Number 21 in the Guatemalan Exhibition in the RCA building in 1935.

Cite this object as

Panel, Festival; Made for Ruth Reeves (American, 1892–1966); USA; wool; Warp x Weft: 254 x 114 cm (8 ft. 4 in. x 44 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Mary Ricketson Bullard; 1991-155-1

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