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Whiskered Rug by Angelo Testa
Art Institute of Chicago

Whiskered Rug

Angelo Testa · 1970s

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Weaving beyond the Bauhaus, Aug. 3, 2019-Feb. 17, 2020.

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Recorded facts

Artist

Angelo Testa

Date

1970s

Medium

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary wool yarns forming hooked cut and uncut pile; attached wool tassels embellished with plain oblique interlacing, knotting, plaiting, and wrapped with wool, hemp, silk and linen yarns

Dimensions

76 × 76.4 cm (29 3/4 × 30 in.)

Classification

textile

Department

Textiles

Culture / origin

Chicago

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Marianne Willisch

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Artist authority

Angelo Testa

Person; male; Engraver in Rome; still active in 1825.; printmaker; Italian; 1775 c. (1775–1825)

Lifespan
1775 – 1825
Wikidata
Q57788922
VIAF
205153468

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