Orongo (Furnishing Fabric)

Orongo (Furnishing Fabric)

Edinburgh Weavers

1967/68

Accession Number

199007

Medium

Cotton, weft-float faced 2:1 “S” twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts with weft-float faced 2:1 “Z” twill interlacings and 2:1, 1:1 interlacings of secondary binding warps and with areas of warp-float-faced 5:1 satin weave; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

294.7 × 119.1 cm (116 × 46 7/8 in.); Repeat: 64.2 × 68.1 cm (25 1/4 × 22 7/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by James Sanders