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Sample (Upholstry Fabric)

A work made of cellophane and cotton, warp-float faced float weave backed by weft-float faced twill weave of supplementary warps and wefts.

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  • A work made of cellophane and cotton, warp-float faced float weave backed by weft-float faced twill weave of supplementary warps and wefts.

Date:

1919/33

Artist:

Possibly designed by Otti Berger (Yugoslav, 1898–1944)
Possibly produced by the Bauhaus Workshop (Germany, 1919–1933)
Germany, Weimar, Dessau, or Berlin

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Otti Berger (Weaver)

Title

Sample (Upholstry Fabric)

Place

Germany (Object made in)

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Made 1919–1933

Medium

Cellophane and cotton, warp-float faced float weave backed by weft-float faced twill weave of supplementary warps and wefts

Dimensions

43.1 × 37 cm (17 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of George E. Danforth

Reference Number

1984.1052

Extended information about this artwork

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