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Stripe

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Plain and gauze weave in white and beige. Warp is comprised of fine white threads and heavier beige yarns. Beige yarns give a vertical stripe effects. Weft is comprised of fine beige threads.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Alexander Hayden Girard, (American, 1907–1993)
Manufacturer
Original
Producer
Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA
Date
1952
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander H. Girard
Medium
Medium: modacrylic Verel (70%), flax (16%), and rayon (14%) Technique: plain and gauze weave
Dimensions
Warp x Weft: 29.8 x 30.5 cm (11 3/4 x 12 in.)
Type
woven textiles
Object Name
Sample
Type
Sample
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