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Carrying cloth

600–1000

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Carrying cloth of loosely woven, overspun wool yarn, in red, possibly dyed with cochineal, with a geometric pattern in white cotton.

Details

Title: Carrying cloth
Date Created: 600–1000
Location Created: Peru
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: red wool with white cotton Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary warp and weft patterning Label: wool plain weave with supplementary warp and weft patterning
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann

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