Horizontal stripes of varying width in yellows, oranges and browns; handwoven with weft looping (handspun mohair with nylon warp) Machine hem 4.5 - 5" both ends. Horizontal stripes of varying width in yellows, oranges and browns; handwoven with weft looping (handspun mohair with nylon warp)

%C2%A9 Jack Lenor Larsen%2C Inc.%2C Jack Larsen

Wolf Trap Theater Curtain, 1971

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Mohair, nylonexpand_more

Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc.expand_more  99.1.970

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When Larsen was commissioned to design the stage curtain for the Wolf Trap Theater in Virginia, the company worked with Coral Stephens, head of a handweaving studio in Swaziland. The Swazi weavers had already produced a series of casement fabrics for the Larsen line and used handspun mohair yarns. In 1971 the cloth was the largest Swazi export.

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Title
Wolf Trap Theater Curtain
Artist Life
born 1927
Role
Designer
Accession Number
99.1.970
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Horizontal stripes of varying width in yellows, oranges and browns; handwoven with weft looping (handspun mohair with nylon warp) Machine hem 4.5 - 5" both ends. Horizontal stripes of varying width in yellows, oranges and browns; handwoven with weft looping (handspun mohair with nylon warp)

© Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc., Jack Larsen