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Object Details

Designer

Alexander Hayden Girard, (American, 1907–1993)

Manufacturer

American Art Textile Printing Company, Inc., USA

Producer

Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Printed plain weave in a red and orange checkerboard with an orange and white flower pattern. Red squares are printed with orange flowers with a white square in the center while the orange squares have white flowers with a black square in the center. Number 651.

Credit Line

Gift of Alexander H. Girard

Date

1954

Accession Number

1969-165-1193

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

printed, dyed & painted textiles

Object Name

Textile sample

Type

Textile sample

Medium

Medium: silk Technique: printed on plain weave

Dimensions

Warp x Weft: 57.8 x 59.1 cm (22 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40be62be5-288f-4b90-8b2b-84faf86ca957

Record ID

chndm_1969-165-1193

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