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Textile, Optical Check

This is a Textile. It was designed by David Jamison and made by Jamison Print Ltd.. It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is viscose and its technique is 7&1 satin weave; printed using minafoam. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Clock Prototype, A Million Times, 288 H
aluminum, electric components, powder-coated clock hands, screen-printed dials.
Courtesy of Victory Hunt Designart Dealer.
8.2015.1

A horizontally-rectangular weaving consisting of rectangles in various sizes in shades of brown, grey, green, lilac, yellow, blue, pink, tan, and white. The textile is predominantly earth-toned in color, with the more vibrant lilac, yellow, blue, and pink rectangles seen in smaller strips interspersed throughout the overall pattern. The pattern of rectangles runs mostly horizontal save for a few thin vertical strips that acheive an optical illusion of protruding from the textile; this is done by splitting each strip into three smaller strips, each strip a series of differently-shaded rectangles that appear as two sides and then the top of a protruding pole. There are three thin 'poles' that section the textile evenly, with a fourth pole all the way on the right of the textile comprised of squares instead of rectangles and three times the size of the other poles. Each pole is comprised mainly of non-earth toned rectangles.

Textile, Fourth Dimension, 1986
mercerized cotton double weave.
Richard Landis.
63.2017.16

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 321 x 111 cm (10 ft. 6 3/8 in. x 43 11/16 in.) Repeat H x W: 41 x 30.5 cm (16 1/8 in. x 12 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile, Optical Check; Designed by David Jamison (b. 1949); Made by Jamison Print Ltd.; England; viscose; Warp x Weft: 321 x 111 cm (10 ft. 6 3/8 in. x 43 11/16 in.) Repeat H x W: 41 x 30.5 cm (16 1/8 in. x 12 in.); 1990-134-2

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dvha/
Accession Number 1990-134-2
Object ID 18634133