Object Details
Maker
Eduardo Portillo, (Venezuelan, born 1966)
Mariá Dávila, (Venezuelan, born 1966)
Description
Field of 972 mosaic squares in different shades of blue and metallic with natural color palm fiber complementing the indigo and metallic and partially forming the frame of the mosaic.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Suzanne Tick, Dorothy Waxman, and Maylene M. Syracuse and Michael Trenner in memory of Richard M. Syracuse
Date
2015
Accession Number
2016-52-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
woven textiles
Object Name
Textile
Type
Textile
Medium
Medium: silk, wool, moriche palm fiber, copper, metallic yarn; dyed with indigo, cochineal, eucalyptus, onion and lengua de vaca (Rumex spp) Technique: triple weave
Dimensions
H x W: 182.8 × 125.8 cm (5 ft. 11 15/16 in. × 49 1/2 in.)
made in
Venezuela
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2016-52-1