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Lunar Rocket

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Eddie Squires, (British, 1940–1995)

    Printer

    Stead McAlpin & Co., (Carlisle, England)

    For

    Warner Fabrics, (London, England)

    Description

    Parallel stripes of rising Saturn 5 rockets in red and orange, with the moon and two images of the Apollo 9 capsule falling to the earth's surface, on a background of deep blue dotted with stars.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Eddie Squires and Richard Reiche

    Date

    1969

    Accession Number

    1991-102-1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    printed, dyed & painted textiles

    Object Name

    Textile

    Type

    Textile

    Medium

    Medium: cotton Technique: screen printed with 5 screens on plain weave

    Dimensions

    H x W: 295 × 124.1 cm (9 ft. 8 1/8 in. × 48 7/8 in.)
    Repeat H: 75.5 cm (29 3/4 in.)

    made in

    London, England

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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/kq408a129c4-4388-4c7a-8ba1-935ac9cab457

    Record ID

    chndm_1991-102-1

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