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Upholstery Fabric with Tree of Life Motif

1979

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Upholstery Fabric with Tree of Life Motif

1979

Physical Qualities Silk, possibly cotton, 78 3/4 x 56 5/8 in. (200 x 143.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Lutherville, Maryland
Object Number 2015.322
Compound weave fabric featuring weft-faced pattern of Tree of Life or undulating vine with various floral motifs on a warp-faced striped repp background. The floral vine composed of supplementary wefts includes green, rose, multiple shades of blue, light and dark gold, taupe, and white yarns. The warps of the background weave are cream. Two selvage edges and two cut edges.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Lutherville

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