cover image: Crown Silk

Crown Silk

1971

Research in Progress White on white transparent/ opaque pattern of a dense diamond grid enclosing open gauze areas
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Authors

Jack Lenor Larsen, (American, 1927–2020), Jack Lenor Larsen Incorporated, (New York, NY, USA)

Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Dates
1971
Format
Medium: cotton, silk Technique: continuous supplementary wefts in a gauze weave foundation, wefts hand-cut at pattern edges
Pages
Warp x Weft: 61.6 x 92.7 cm (24 1/4 x 36 1/2 in.)
Place Discussed
USA India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
United States of America
Reference
1973-67-8
Rights
Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/49f3fc2b1b162c48056fb0bdee0b2b19