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W drobne kwiatki
With small flowers
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Rug
W drobne kwiatki
With small flowers
Polish (Zakopane)
1984 (?)
Medium/Technique
wool tapestry on linen
Dimensions
Length x width: 213.4 × 151.1 cm (84 × 59 1/2 in.) without fringe
Credit Line
Gift of Emanuel Balkin
Accession Number2018.3741
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular rug woven with linen warp and wool wefts in tapestry technique; background formed from interlocking marled grey and white leaf-like fields containing stylized floral sprigs and larger branches in shades of green, pink, and cream; serrated green border at top and bottom; vertical bands with serpentine floral vine on white ground flanked by serpentine green guard borders at either loom end; linen warps kilim woven at either end terminating in self knotted fringe aprox. 4" long; printed white cotton label sewn to lower right corner verso, stamped at top in purple ink "TO SIE 198[4? 1?]": "Zakopianskie / Warsztaty Wzorcowe / So-nia Rek. Lud. Art. / w Zakopanem / 4-1017 [inscribed] / Export no. 90/670/5 / Kind of kelim kilim grzebyczkowy / Name 'W drobne kwiatki' / Designer's name M. Bujakowa / Warp len / Wool wełna / Sizes: / a) langth 2.11 / b) width 1.49 / c) square meters 3.14 / Weight / Contents: % flax 8 / % woll 92 / Hand Made in Poland", with additional paper swing tag indicating that the piece is "Mothproofed for life."
ProvenanceBetween about 1962 and 1989, acquired by Emanuel Balkin and Lorraine Balkin (b. 1930 - d. 2017) for Décor International, Boston; 2018, gift of Emanuel Balkin to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
NOTE: Emanuel and Lorraine Balkin founded and operated the gallery Décor International from 1962 until 1989.
NOTE: Emanuel and Lorraine Balkin founded and operated the gallery Décor International from 1962 until 1989.