Korean Carrot with Holes

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Artist/Maker	Issey Miyake (designed for) NUNO Corporation (manufacturer) Arai, Junichi (designer)
Place of origin	Japan (made)

Loom-width of woven navy blue wool. Vertical slits between 11 and 13 cms in length appear at intervals down its length. They are arranged alternately. Attached to one side of each slit and emerging horizontally across the fabric are several plaited wool strands, 14 to 23 cms in length.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Loom-width
Title	Korean Carrot with Holes (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Woven wool with plaited wool strands Wool (Textile) Weaving Plaited
Brief description	Loom-width of woven wool 'Korean Carrot with Holes', designed by Junichi Arai for Issey Miyake, made by NUNO, Japan, 1980s
Physical description	Loom-width of woven navy blue wool. Vertical slits between 11 and 13 cms in length appear at intervals down its length. They are arranged alternately. Attached to one side of each slit and emerging horizontally across the fabric are several plaited wool strands, 14 to 23 cms in length.
Dimensions	Length: 291cm Width: 94cm
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	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.147-1990

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Record created	September 8, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103283/korean-carrot-with-holes-loom-width-arai-junichi/

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