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Sample (Ford Foundation Program)

Sample (Ford Foundation Program)

1967

Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in surface satin stitches over cardboard disk
Dimensions: 46 × 38.4 cm (18 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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silk (fiber)fiber artneedlework (visual works)Textile

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Sample (Ford Foundation Program) by Sheila Hicks — VisualArtsDB