Bikupan (Beehive) (Sample of Furnishing Fabric)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Samuel A. Marx (Designer)

Title

Bikupan (Beehive) (Sample of Furnishing Fabric)

Place

Sweden (Object made in)

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Made 1949

Medium

Cotton, gilt strip, rayon and fiberglass, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts

Dimensions

26.5 × 20.5 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Astrid Sampe

Reference Number

1986.370

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