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On display at V&A South Kensington
Japan, Room 45, The Toshiba Gallery

Cotton Wool Cast Concrete

Loom-Width
1980s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Loom-width of woven wool. Black and white threads woven together in rectangular areas of different stitches and patterns, producing varying density of colour and some deliberate puckering.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCotton Wool Cast Concrete (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woven wool
Brief description
Loom-width of woven wool 'Cotton Wool - Cast Concrete', designed by Junichi Arai for Comme des Garcons, made by NUNO, Japan, 1980s
Physical description
Loom-width of woven wool. Black and white threads woven together in rectangular areas of different stitches and patterns, producing varying density of colour and some deliberate puckering.
Dimensions
  • Length: 290cm
  • Width: 87cm
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.151-1990

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2004
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