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Woven Sample
Marianne Strengell
Cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)
Marianne Strengell
Nylon, cotton, rayon and metallic strip encased in polyester film, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by weft-float face areas of main-warp and ground weft floats · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Woven Sample (Automobile Upholstery Fabric)
Mary Hammond Rodman
Nylon, cotton, metallic strip encased in polyester film, tied and free double cloth of plain weave backed by supplementary weft floats and plain weave self-patterned by areas of warp-float faced twill weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
Linen, nylon, cotton, wool, modacrylic metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Up 142 M #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Cotton, wool, nylon, rayon, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, broken twill weave · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Hired Hand Quilt with Tumbling Block Pattern
Amish
Cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain and twill weaves; pieced; backed with cotton and polyester, plain weave; quilted with cotton thread · 1950
Art Institute of Chicago
Side Chair
Charles Eames
Molded polyester reinforced with glass fibers, wire struts, and rubber shock mounts · 1950
Museum of Modern Art
Panel (Dr. 78 B #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, cotton, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1948
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Up 99 R #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, metallic foil encased in polyester film, cotton, and acetate, plain weave · 1948
Art Institute of Chicago
Armchair (model LAR)
Charles Eames
Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, steel wire, and rubber shockmounts · 1948
Museum of Modern Art
Rocking Armchair (model RAR)
Charles Eames
Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, steel, birch, and rubber shockmounts · 1948
Museum of Modern Art
Armchair (model DAX)
Charles Eames
Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, steel tubing, rubber shockmounts, and plastic glides · 1948
Museum of Modern Art
Armchair (model DAR)
Charles Eames
Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, steel rod, rubber shockmounts, and plastic glides · 1948
Museum of Modern Art
Sample (Upholstery Fabric)
Dorothy Liebes
Silk, rayon, cotton, wool, metallized polyester film and metal strip, plain weave of paired warps with occasional shots of weft interlacing single warps in floats · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Up 27 D #2)
Robert D. Sailors
Cotton, rayon, metallic foil encased in polyester film, and wool, broken twill weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Up 92 N #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, cotton, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, broken twill weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Panel (Dr 100 V #2)
Robert D. Sailors
Cotton, wool, and rayon, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in plain interlacing; with needle-worked element · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Up 113 L #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, cotton, hemp, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Up 103 A #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, cotton, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, broken twill weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Dr 6 F #12)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon and metallic film encased in polyester film, broken twill weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (C.T. 4W #4)
Robert D. Sailors
Leather, cotton, rayon, wool, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, broken twill weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Dr 19 J #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, wool, cotton, and metallic film encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Dr 57 K #6)
Robert D. Sailors
Cotton and copper foil encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago
Sample (Dr 110 N #1)
Robert D. Sailors
Mohair, nylon, rabbit hair, rayon, and metallic foil encased in polyester film, plain weave · 1947
Art Institute of Chicago