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Object Details

Date
2003
Designer
Sheila Hicks, (American, born 1934)
Description
Pieces of softly textured white hand-made paper inserted between green warps, with additional small areas of weaving in green, blue, yellow and orange.
made in
Paris, France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Accession Number
2006-13-7
Type
woven textiles
Object Name
Textile
Type
Textile
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Medium
Medium: cotton, handmade Japanese rice paper Technique: woven and embroidered Label: woven and embroidered cotton and handmade Japanese rice paper
Dimensions
Warp x Weft: 23.5 x 15 cm (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Metadata Usage
Not determined
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46034f6d7-cbd1-40a8-b1ad-7353ee747272
Record ID
chndm_2006-13-7