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Banned

Object Details

Description
Square scarf with a deep blue ground and a design of and aerial view of the lights of the Mediterranean region at night, with the word BANNED in large white block letters, struck through with a black line.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Céline Semaan Vernon, born 1982, Lebanon
Producer
Slow Factory, founded 2012, United States
Date
2017
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
Medium
Medium: 70% cotton, 30% silk Technique: digitally printed on plain weave
Dimensions
H x W: 125.7 × 128.6 cm (49 1/2 × 50 5/8 in.)
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Object Name
Scarf
Type
Scarf
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