Three Samples (8184)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Forster Willi + CO. AG (Producer)

Title

Three Samples (8184)

Place

Sankt Gallen canton (Object made in)

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Made 1904–1991

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; machine-embroidered with viscose-rayon in satin stitches; machine-executed cut and drawn work

Dimensions

a: 37.2 × 10.8 cm (14 5/8 × 4 1/4 in.); b: 16.5 × 11.3 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.); c: 28.9 × 5.2 cm (11 3/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Earl and Brenda Shapiro and James and Joan Shapiro

Reference Number

2008.141.1-3

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