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Play Boy

Furnishing Fabric
1930-1931 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric/towel of printed cotton.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlay Boy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric/towel 'Play Boy' of screen printed cotton, designed by Ruth Reeves for W. & J. Sloane, New York, 1930-1931
Physical description
Furnishing fabric/towel of printed cotton.
Dimensions
  • Width: 27in
  • Length: 110in
  • Diameter: 112mm (rolled)
Credit line
Given by the retailers
Bibliographic reference
A dress in this fabric was shown at “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.267-1932

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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