Panel (Dr #40)

Textiles

1944

Robert D. Sailors (American, 1913–1995)
United States, Michigan, Bloomfield Hills

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Robert D. Sailors (Designer)
Title: Panel (Dr #40)
Place: United States (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 1944
Medium: Cotton and rayon bouclé and wool chenille, plain weave open work; two selvages present
Dimensions: 87.7 × 92.1 cm (34 1/2 × 36 1/4 in.); Repeat: 9.5 × 18.8 cm (3 3/4 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert D. Sailors
Reference Number: 1987.257.2

Christa C. Mayer Thurman, “Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions,” published in conjunction with the exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 23, 1 (1997): 68 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Rooted in Chicago: Fifty Years of Textile Design Traditions, Feb. 12–July 27, 1997, cat.

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