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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Warp is thin black cotton, weft is strips of mostly synthetic leather of various widths, the widest being about one-half inch, in white, olive, beige and gray. These are separated by a few picks of beige cotton. Backed with cotton cheese-cloth, applied with an adhesive.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Producer
Jack Lenor Larsen Incorporated, (New York, NY, USA)
Date
1959
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Medium
Medium: cotton, leather, synthetic leather Technique: plain weave
Dimensions
H x W: 47.6 x 113.7 cm (18 3/4 x 44 3/4 in.)
Type
woven textiles
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