Glasägget (Glass Egg) (Sample of Drapery Fabric from the Skyttelvägen (Shuttleway) Collection)

Designed by Astrid Sampe (Swedish, 1909-2002) Marketed by Nordiska Kompaniet's Textilkammare Produced by Almedahls AB Dalsjöfors, Sweden

Date

1948

Medium

Linen, wool and fiberglass, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of main warp and ground weft floats

Dimensions

27.5 × 21.4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Repeat: 4.8 × 4.5 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Astrid Sampe