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Two Samples (8050)

Date:

1904/91

Artist:

Produced by Forster Willi + CO. AG, founded 1904
Switzerland, St. Gallen

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Forster Willi + CO. AG (Producer)

Title

Two Samples (8050)

Place

Sankt Gallen canton (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 1904–1991

Medium

Cotton, 4:1 warp-float-faced satin weave; machine-embroidered with viscose-rayon in satin stitches

Dimensions

a: 25.7 × 10.5 cm (10 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.); b: 10 × 4.7 cm (6 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Earl and Brenda Shapiro and James and Joan Shapiro

Reference Number

2008.138.1-2

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