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Object Timeline

1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1938

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Fragment (France)

This is a Fragment. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is silk and its technique is warp printed on plain weave (taffeta). It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Unknown. It is credited Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.

It is inscribed

Labeled: #624 Taffeta Jardinière.

Cite this object as

Fragment (France); silk; Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg; 1938-82-70-c

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