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2024

2025

Photograph, Gary L. Boddie gathering yarn to be fed into a carpet tufter

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Christopher Payne and subject: Interface, Inc..

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Christopher Payne as part of Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne.

It is dated 2021. Its medium is digital pigment print. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.


A tufter adds the surface pile to a carpet backing. Interface offers sustainable carpet backing that stores carbon to prevent it from being released into the atmosphere, reducing the negative environmental impact of the product.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 101.6 × 78.7 cm (40 × 31 in.) H x W (framed dimensions): 106.7 × 83.8 cm (42 × 33 in.)

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