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Medium:
Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave Label: printed cotton
Dimensions:
Warp x Weft: 598 x 80 cm (19 ft. 7 7/16 in. x 31 1/2 in.)
Type:
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
Made in:
USA
Date:
late 1940s–mid-1950s
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Dress-weight plain weave cotton fabric printed in blue on a white ground. The overall pattern layout is an even horizontal stripe. In each band a suburban street is depicted, with houses in three different styles of architecture, one very modern. The pattern appears in positive (blue on white) and negative (white on blue) to form the stripe effect.
Credit Line:
Gift of Unknown Donor
Accession Number:
2005-32-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq403e2fd67-6f53-45ca-9407-889a6e4b47a0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2005-32-1