Double weave pickup textile sample, 1960-61
date: label: date made
content: 1960 - 1961
name: label: maker
content: Adrosko, Rita J.
notes: label: Description
content: A double-weave pickup textile panel woven by Rita J.Adrosko on a Fulbright scholar award in Helsinki, 1960-61. The design and technique are documented in the project sample book by Adrosko also in this donation. 7 ¾” L (warp direction) x 23” W (weft direction). Linen, pickup weave; pointed, elongated ovoid form with interior line elements both horizontal and vertical, in natural beige and dark brown coarse linen yarn. “Täkänä”, traditional Finnish pickup weaving technqiue. Woven by Rita J. Adrosko at the Central School of Industrial Art (Taideteollisuuskeskuskoulu), Helsinki, Finland during her Fulbright residency in 1960-61.
label: Description
content: Rita Adrosko was for many years a curator in the Division of Textiles, MHT/NMAH.. Her donations to the collection document her own work as a textile designer and scholar of woven textiles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Finland
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rita J. Adrosko
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0320.04
label: accession number
content: 2017.0320
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0320.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: textile sample
label: Object Name
content: sample, textile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pickup weaving technique (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 23 in; 19.685 cm x 58.42 cm