"Americana Prints: Thread" Textile

Designer Edward J. Steichen American, born Luxembourg
Manufacturer Stehli Silks Corporation American
1927 (Series III, released spring 1928)
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 909

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  • Title: "Americana Prints: Thread" Textile
  • Designer: Edward J. Steichen (American (born Luxembourg), Bivange 1879–1973 West Redding, Connecticut)
  • Manufacturer: Stehli Silks Corporation (Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1897–1953)
  • Date: 1927 (Series III, released spring 1928)
  • Medium: Printed silk
  • Dimensions: 27 3/4 x 38 3/4 in. (70.5 x 98.4 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Printed
  • Credit Line: Gift of Stehli Silks Corporation, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.243.9
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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