Sheik (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1956

Designed by Angelo Testa (American, 1921–1984)
Produced by Angelo Testa & Company (American, 1947–1984)
United States, Illinois, Chicago

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Angelo Testa (Designer)
Title: Sheik (Furnishing Fabric)
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 1956
Medium: Cotton, mohair (wool), and rayon, plain gauze weave
Dimensions: 191.8 × 118.2 cm (75 1/2 × 46 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Alexander Demond Fund
Reference Number: 1982.153

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): 53 (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.

Angelo Testa, Chicago, IL [incoming receipt RX13555, May 25, 1982; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.

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