Starry Indigo
Object Details
- Description
- Multiple shades of indigo-dyed threads and silver paper are woven in a seemingly random pattern to create the illusion of a night sky.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hosoo Co., Ltd.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 2014
- Accession Number
- 2015-46-1
- Designer
- Hosoo Co., Ltd.
- OeO, Denmark, est. 2003
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright Notice
- © 2015 Hosoo Co., Ltd.
- Type
- woven textiles
- Object Name
- Textile
- Type
- Textile
- Medium
- Medium: silk (88%), silver foil over washi paper (8%), polyester (4%) Technique: twill weave with continuous supplementary weft; indigo-dyed weft threads
- Dimensions
- H x W: 309.2 × 152.4 cm (10 ft. 1 3/4 in. × 60 in.)
- made in
- Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Record ID
- chndm_2015-46-1
- Usage
- Not determined
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