Woman's Wrapper

AsanteWW-1925-114428

1925·Cotton, sixteen narrow woven strips of warp-stripe, warp-faced plain weave, some with bands of weft-faced plain weave and warp-faced plain weave with discontinuous supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; pieced·208.5 × 136.4 cm (82 1/8 × 53 5/8 in.) Approximate strip width: (3 1/4 in.)

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Year: 1925
Medium: Cotton, sixteen narrow woven strips of warp-stripe, warp-faced plain weave, some with bands of weft-faced plain weave and warp-faced plain weave with discontinuous supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts; pieced
Dimensions: 208.5 × 136.4 cm (82 1/8 × 53 5/8 in.) Approximate strip width: (3 1/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Asante

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Asante

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