Sample
1929-1930 (made)
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Sample of handwoven cream-coloured silk and wool with a textured pattern of a grid of small squares formed by the thicker strands of wool loosely spun and enmeshed in the finer silk threads. Possibly intended as furnishing fabric. The sample is attached to a thin sheet of card which has also a fragment of point-paper stuck on it which refers to the weaving.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Handwoven silk and wool, paper and card |
| Brief description | Sample of handwoven silk and wool, on card, designed and woven by Margaret Leischner at Bauhaus, Dessau, 1929-1930 |
| Physical description | Sample of handwoven cream-coloured silk and wool with a textured pattern of a grid of small squares formed by the thicker strands of wool loosely spun and enmeshed in the finer silk threads. Possibly intended as furnishing fabric. The sample is attached to a thin sheet of card which has also a fragment of point-paper stuck on it which refers to the weaving. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Margaret Leischner |
| Production | Woven at Bauhaus. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.17-1968 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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