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Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:00:38 +0000

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D.D. Tilllet

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Leslie Tillett

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<img width="640" height="503" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b-700x550.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features a length of off-white cotton canvas, screen-printed with loosely drawn bunches of tulips, with dark olive outlines, light olive leaves and charcoal gray blossoms, highlighted in white pigment. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b-700x550.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b-300x236.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b-170x134.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="32683" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/04/22/tulip-scatter/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,805" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b-300x236.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/135063_6f1ec51aa40c3ff4_b-700x550.jpg" />Doris Doctorow was working for Harper’s Bazaar when she was sent on assignment to Mexico to photograph the fabric workshop of brothers Leslie and James Tillett. She soon fell in love with Leslie, cancelled her return home, and learned the craft of silk-screen printing. Their partnership in work and life lasted nearly fifty years until...

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