Orion

Provenance

Nancy Hemenway Barton and Robert D. Barton [Textile Arts Foundation], West Boothbay Harbor and West Southport, ME, by 1984 [Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson 1984; incoming receipt RX2132, Sept. 4, 1996; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.

Orion

Ásgerður Ester Búadóttir

1981

Accession Number

146081

Medium

Linen, wool, and horsehair, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile; backing bands of jute, plain weave

Dimensions

135.3 × 116.8 cm (53 1/4 × 46 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy and Robert D. Barton