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RJR Fashion Fabrics and Jinny Beyer

Discovery 1492

1991

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Discovery 1492

1991

Physical Qualities Cotton, 79-3/4 x 44-1/2 in. (202.6 x 113.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Anita E. Jones, Baltimore
Object Number 1992.302
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1992; Anita E. Jones, Baltimore, MD by purchase by 1992; Alexander Blank Fabrics & Design, Lutherville, MD
'RJR FASHION FABRICS introduces1492 DISCOVERY 1992 designed by Jinny Beyer,' a 20 page booklet with b & w and color illustrations of this line of fabrics and instructions for making quilts from them.

Inscribed: Printed in black five times down left hand selvage: ''DISCOVERY 1492' A Commemorative Design by Jinny Beyer for RJR FASHION FABRICS'; Printed on ribbon under compass eight times within the design '1492 DISCOVERY 1992'.

Manufacturer

RJR Fashion Fabrics

b. 1977

American, founded 1978
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Designer

Jinny Beyer

b. 1940

American, born 1941
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