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Two hearts in harmony
Quilt: Indigo Stripes
Two hearts in harmony
Tomie Nagano (Japanese, born 1950)
Japanese
1997
Object Place: Shari-town, Hokkaido, Japan
Medium/Technique
Indigo and natural-dyed cotton plain weave; polyester and cotton batting; pieced and quilted with cotton covered polyester thread
Dimensions
Height x width: 93 11/16 x 93 5/16 in. (238 x 237 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Wayne E. Nichols
Accession Number2008.1985
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBed quilt made with hundreds of indigo and natural-dyed cotton plain weave strips, stitched and quilted into a traditional log cabin pattern in subtle, shifting shades of blues. Signed in the lower right corner: "1997.4 Tomie Nagano"
Signed
1997.4/Tomie Nagano
Provenance1997, created by artist Tomie Nagano, Japan; February 17, 2008, gift of Nagano to Wayne E. Nichols, Chestnut Hill, MA; gift of Nichols to the MFA (Accession date: December 31, 2008)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.