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Furnishing fabric: Magnum
Designed by: Jack Lenor Larsen (American, born in 1927)
Designed by: Win Anderson (American, 1920–2009)
Designed by: Win Anderson (American, 1920–2009)
American
1971–73
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Silver mylar, machine embroidered with acrylic
Dimensions
Overall: 135.3 x 246.4cm (53 1/4 x 97in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Doris May and Suzanne W. and Alan J. Dworsky
Accession Number2001.133
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of fabric originally designed for theatre curtain of the Phoenix Civic Plaza Concert Hall, 1971. Acrylic yarn machine-embroidered over silver mylar, forming a grid of various combinations of 8 colors: olive green, purple, rust, red, magenta, orange, burgundy, and light rust.
ProvenancePurchased from private collection of Midwestern United States interior designer by Giles Kotcher, Somerville, MA, mid-1990s; Purchased by the MFA, 2001
CopyrightReproduced with permission.