Blue, olive, and teal fabric with custom printed portraits of Barack Obama
date: label: Date
content: 2011
name: label: Printed by
content: Shani Peters, American, born 1981
label: Manufactured by
content: Vlisco Group, Dutch, founded 1846
label: Subject of
content: Aisha Cousins, American
label: Subject of
content: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
notes: label: Description
content: Length of printed textile by Vlisco customized with added printed graphic portraits of Barack Obama. The fabric features a white ground with an abstract design in tones of blues with teal and olive. There are three (3) rows all the same, but with the top and bottom rows having olive details and the middle row having teal details. The design is a very large scale pattern of diamonds set horizontally in a row, the corners covered by large abstract flowers printed in tones of blue that connect the diamonds together on all sides to create a grid. The diamonds are shell-like, with undulating borders in dark blue and are infilled with thin dark blue undulating lines and a pebbled batik technique. The top and bottom rows have the olive batik and the middle row has the teal batik. There are partials of the pattern with the teal batik near the selvedge at both ends as well. The white spaces between the batik filled shell-like diamonds are also shaped like diamonds with the corners covered by the stylized flowers, and are also filled in with thin dark blue undulating lines. An oval-framed portrait of Barack Obama is custom printed in black and white onto the manufactured printed fabric. Text inside the frame reads "BLACK PRESIDENT'S DAY FEBRUARY 21, 2011 / BARACK OBAMA 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A." The added prints are placed on top of the olive and teal filled shell-like diamonds in an alternating pattern so that there are two (2) portraits stacked vertically in the top and bottom row of olive diamonds with the teal diamond in the middle between them left blank. In the next column, the olive diamonds are blank and the teal diamond contains the added printed portrait of Obama. Manufacturer's information is printed on both selvedges that reads in repetition "GUARANTEED DUTCH WAX VLISCO *SUPER-WAX* A1094 *SUPER-WAX".
place: label: Place printed
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Textile design
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.16.8
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 7/8 × 78 3/4 in. (119.1 × 200 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Horizontal Repeat: 35 13/16 in. (91 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Printed Portrait): 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (26.7 × 19.5 cm)