Portrait

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Black and white portrait of Mao Zedong or Chairman Mao (1893 – 1976). Chinese inscription on bottom border.
Credit Line
Gift of Friends of Textiles
1970–79
Accession Number
1975-23-5
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
woven textiles
Portrait
Medium
Medium: viscose rayon Technique: Jacquard woven. Plain weave (white) with floats of varying length of a continuous supplementary weft which acts also in complementary fashion with the white foundation weft. A supplementary warp is used to tie down long floatson the back.
Dimensions
H x W: 79 x 51 cm (31 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
made in
China
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1975-23-5
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
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