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Furnishing fabric: Bukhara
Designed by: Jack Lenor Larsen (American, born in 1927)
American
1973
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Rotary screen-printed silk plain weave
Dimensions
Height x width: 197 x 40 1/2 in. (500.4 x 102.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Malcolm Rogers
Accession Number2008.338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSilk furnishing fabric inspired by Central Asian ikat texiles, printed with traditional abstracted floral design in purple, red, dark, blue and yellow to imitate the warp ikat technique. Ground is patterned with red ovals and purple teardrop shapes. From the Afghan Collection of 1974. Selvedge reads "A Larsen design 1973 by Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc"
ProvenancePurchased by the donor, Malcolm Rogers, in 2005 from Fitzwilliam Antiques in Fitzwilliam, NH; Gift to the MFA (Accession date: June 25, 2008)