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1980s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Loom-width of fine cream coloured silk woven with a top layer of nylon thread.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk and nylon thread
Brief description
Loom-width of silk woven with nylon thread, designed by Junichi Arai for NUNO Corporation, made by NUNO, Japan, 1980s
Physical description
Loom-width of fine cream coloured silk woven with a top layer of nylon thread.
Dimensions
  • Length: 340cm
  • Width: 119cm
Credit line
Given by Sudo Reiko
Object history
Registered File number 1988/305.
NUNO was founded in 1984 as a commercial venture dealing with all stages of textile creation: planning designing, manufacturing and sales. It is a small company which endeavours to combine the best of the past, by drawing on traditional Japanese aesthetics and creative processes, and combining them with modern technologies.
Collection
Accession number
T.150-1990

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2004
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