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Length of furnishing fabric: "Papua"
Designed by: Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916–1982)
Fabric manufactured by: Nordiska Kompaniet's Textilkammare (Swedish)
Fabric manufactured by: Nordiska Kompaniet's Textilkammare (Swedish)
Swedish
1952
Medium/Technique
Screen-printed cotton/linen plain weave
Dimensions
Length x width: 271.8 x 127 cm (107 x 50 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Textile and Costume Society, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Accession Number2011.486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of furnishing fabric with bold, large-scale pattern of black palm fronds on yellow ground. Selvedge reads: " 'Papua' Stig Lindberg design NK's Textilekammare Made in Sweden"
ProvenanceAbout 2000, purchased by Junnaa Wroblewski at an antique shop, Sweden; 2011, sold by Junnaa and Thomi Wroblewski LTD to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)