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Lunar Firmament

A work made of wool, twill weave; appliqued with wool and rayon felt and silk and rayon, plain weave; padded; embroidered with cotton, acrylic, and wool, machine straight and zig-zag stitches; laid work and couching; lined with polyester, plain weave.

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  • A work made of wool, twill weave; appliqued with wool and rayon felt and silk and rayon, plain weave; padded; embroidered with cotton, acrylic, and wool, machine straight and zig-zag stitches; laid work and couching; lined with polyester, plain weave.

Date:

1970

Artist:

Janet Kuemmerlein (American, born 1932)
United States, Kansas, Prairie Village

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Janet Kuemmerlein

Title

Lunar Firmament

Place

Kansas (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 1970

Medium

Wool, twill weave; appliqued with wool and rayon felt and silk and rayon, plain weave; padded; embroidered with cotton, acrylic, and wool, machine straight and zig-zag stitches; laid work and couching; lined with polyester, plain weave

Dimensions

124.5 × 105.3 cm (49 × 41 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the North Shore Suburban Embroiderers' Guild

Reference Number

1976.95

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