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Orongo (Furnishing Fabric)

A work made of cotton, weft-float faced 2:1 “s” twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts with weft-float faced 2:1 “z” twill interlacings and 2:1, 1:1 interlacings of secondary binding warps and with areas of warp-float-faced 5:1 satin weave; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment.

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  • A work made of cotton, weft-float faced 2:1 “s” twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts with weft-float faced 2:1 “z” twill interlacings and 2:1, 1:1 interlacings of secondary binding warps and with areas of warp-float-faced 5:1 satin weave; woven on a loom with a jacquard attachment.

Date:

1967/68

Artist:

Designed by Carona Danorfar (English, active c. 1967)
Produced by Edinburgh Weavers
England, Cumbria, Carlisle

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Edinburgh Weavers (Producer)

Title

Orongo (Furnishing Fabric)

Place

Carlisle (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 1967–1968

Medium

Cotton, weft-float faced 2:1 “S” twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts with weft-float faced 2:1 “Z” twill interlacings and 2:1, 1:1 interlacings of secondary binding warps and with areas of warp-float-faced 5:1 satin weave; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

294.7 × 119.1 cm (116 × 46 7/8 in.); Repeat: 64.2 × 68.1 cm (25 1/4 × 22 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by James Sanders

Reference Number

2009.207

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