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Length of furnishing fabric: Coquelicot
Designed by: Ken Scott (American (worked in Italy), 1918 -1991)
Italian
about 1965–75
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Printed cotton velvet (velveteen)
Dimensions
Overall: 228.6 x 129.5 cm (90 x 51 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Giles Kotcher
Accession Number2003.334
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionHot pink cotton velvet printed with an all-over pattern of oversized red and orange poppies and yellow wheat sheaves rendered in a graphic, Pop Art style. Selvedge reads "Ken Scott Coquelicot."
ProvenancePurchased from Arrow Gallery, Chicago by Giles Kotcher, November 2002; Gift to the MFA, June 25, 2003