Red Cloth
Sample
1994 (made)
1994 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Red Cloth (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Woven copper and cotton |
| Brief description | Sample 'Red Cloth' of woven fabric with copper wire warp threads and cotton weft threads, designed by Reiko Sudo, NUNO Corporation, Japan, 1994 |
| Physical description | Sample of pinky iridescent fabric woven with red copper wire (60%) warp threads and white cotton (40%) weft threads. Attached is a small (6 cm long x 8.5 cm) sample of the same fabric made with black cotton thread instead of white. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by NUNO Corporation. |
| Object history | Included in the Design Collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum (1994). 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. |
| Production | Attribution note: Manufacturer's note: The copper wefts of this fabric are of the very same material used in telephone lines, while the polyurethane coating that protects against electric shock and signal noise also happens to prevent 'greening' and brittleness, rendering it an ideal weaving thread. Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative. |
| Other number | 9-183A - Manufacturer's number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.118:43-1998 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2007 |
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