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1948	Work on this object began.
1949	We acquired this object.
2003	We photographed this object.
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Textile, Sawtooth

This is a Textile. It was designed by Ruth Reeves. It is dated 1948 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is linen and its technique is screen printed on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Frederick Rathbone.

This cotton textile has a rectangular blue frame surrounding varying angled geometric shapes and patterns. All seemingly random and placed on top or harmoniously to their neighboring lines, these shapes are all straight but range from triangles placed within rectangles, zigzags, arrows, and straight diagonal lines. Small triangles split in half become adjacent to zig zags, the zig zags appear as if they're placed in front of rectangles, creating even more triangles and asymmetrical blocks. The one thing in common is that no shape of the same color touches. The shapes are either black, orange, turquoise, teal, mint green, white, or light blue.

Coverlet, "Electric" Pattern
cotton.
65.2016.6

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 66.6 x 62.2 cm (26 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Designed by Ruth Reeves Morley Fletcher on Peruvian Linen

Cite this object as

Textile, Sawtooth; Designed by Ruth Reeves (American, 1892–1966); USA; linen; Warp x Weft: 66.6 x 62.2 cm (26 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Frederick Rathbone; 1949-13-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DoZa/
Accession Number 1949-13-1
Object ID 18612963