Horsehair

Salt.2006

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Black horse hairs used end to end as the weft, with several inches left unwoven at each side. The warp is white viscose used in irregular vertical bands. The horsehair is used more or less densely to create wide horizontal bands alternating between sheer and opaque.

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Details

Title: Horsehair
Creator: Salt.
Date Created: 2006
Type: Textile
Rights: Gift of June Swindell, Salt UK Ltd.
Medium: Medium: horsehair, viscose Technique: hand-woven in plain weave
Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Looking Forward, Looking Back: Recent Acquisitions in 20th and 21st Century Design, August 17 to October 11, 2007.
Dimensions: 200 x 80 cm (78 3/4 x 31 1/2 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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