Pollution
Furnishing Fabric
1971 (designed)
1971 (designed)
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Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. Printed with scenes of dustbins, walls with slogans in graffiti, skyscrapers and clouds of steam interspersed with scenes of a man and woman embracing beside a stream containing two fish and surrounded by flowering foliage. Two road sweepers wear masks and two protesters hold placards reading 'STOP AIR POLLUTION' and 'KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL', and one protester wears a gas mask.
Object details
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| Title | Pollution (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Roller-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Pollution' of roller-printed cotton, made by Avondale Mills Inc., United States, 1971 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. Printed with scenes of dustbins, walls with slogans in graffiti, skyscrapers and clouds of steam interspersed with scenes of a man and woman embracing beside a stream containing two fish and surrounded by flowering foliage. Two road sweepers wear masks and two protesters hold placards reading 'STOP AIR POLLUTION' and 'KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL', and one protester wears a gas mask. |
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| Credit line | Given by Avondale Mills Inc. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.18-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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