Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2009–June 2010
Length of suiting fabic
1960–65
Length x width: 238.8 x 119.4 cm (94 x 47 in.)
Wool twill weave, printed
Classification: Textiles
Culture: French
Object Place: France
Accession number: 2010.56
Description: Heavy-weight cream wool twill fabric, printed with abstract Op-Art pattern of brown wavy lines and circles.
Provenance/Ownership History: By 2009, Junnaa & Thomi Wroblewski, Ltd., London; sold by the Wroblewskis to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Denman Waldo Ross Collection