Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2011–June 2012


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Textile length

about 1970
Manufactured by Lowenstein Fabrics
Length x width: 309.9 x 115.6 cm (122 x 45 1/2 in.)
Screen-printed cotton/poly plain weave

Classification: Textiles

Culture: American

Accession number: 2011.485

Description: Length of furnishing fabric with a dense repeating pattern of butterflies, rendered in a psychedelic, graphic style in intense hues of aqua, yellow, and hot pink.

Provenance/Ownership History: About 2000, purchased by Junnaa Wroblewski at an antiques fair, California; 2011, sold by Junnaa and Thomi Wroblewski LTD to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)

John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund