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Glasägget (Glass Egg) (Sample of Drapery Fabric from the Skyttelvägen (Shuttleway) Collection)

A work made of linen, wool and fiberglass, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground weft floats.

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  • A work made of linen, wool and fiberglass, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground weft floats.

Date:

1948

Artist:

Designed by Astrid Sampe (Swedish, 1909-2002)
Marketed by Nordiska Kompaniet’s Textilkammare
Produced by Almedahls AB
Dalsjöfors, Sweden

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Astrid Sampe (Designer)

Title

Glasägget (Glass Egg) (Sample of Drapery Fabric from the Skyttelvägen (Shuttleway) Collection)

Place

Sweden (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1948

Medium

Linen, wool and fiberglass, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground weft floats

Dimensions

27.5 × 21.4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Repeat: 4.8 × 4.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Astrid Sampe

Reference Number

1986.369

Extended information about this artwork

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