Drapery. Handwoven, plain weave in blue and black. Cotton, silk, metal.. Theater curtain for the S.S. United States. c. 1951
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Metal, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
ca. 1951
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 46 inches and length 108 inches
Comment:
SS United States is a luxury passenger liner built in 1952 for United States Lines. It was designed by American naval architect William Francis Gibbs to capture the trans-Atlantic speed record.