Cubism

1990.10.317 (1).jpg

Subject

Textiles

Title

Cubism

Date

1915 - 1947

Format

31 inches long; 31 1/2 inches wide (238 cm x 81.3 cm)

Description

Discharge printed silk with repetitive lines in leaves alternating between black and white, accented by red berry motif on a white ground.

The discharge process removes color from the fabric to create, for this fabric, a white background.

Source

Donor: Louis J. Cella, Jr.

Identifier

URI 1990.10.317

Medium

discharge, printed silk

Provenance

The Tirocchi Dressmaker Shop, Providence, Rhode Island

Citation

“Cubism,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed April 23, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/2.