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Object Details

Designer

Gere Kavanaugh, (American, born 1929)

Manufacturer

Isabel Scott Fabrics

Description

Length of natural colored linen printed with a geometrical design of wavy vertical lines and triangles in black, brown, red-orange, and dark pink. Attached paper tag for Isabel Scott Fabrics.

Credit Line

Gift of Gere Kavanaugh

Date

ca. 1957

Accession Number

2023-14-7

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

printed, dyed & painted textiles

Object Name

Textile

Type

Textile

Medium

Medium: linen Technique: silkscreen printed on plain weave

Dimensions

H x W: 65.7 × 65.4 cm (25 7/8 × 25 3/4 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/kq40079a186-4e9c-4326-8009-d6236b43b373

Record ID

chndm_2023-14-7

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